Wed. 03/17 - Why Doesn't Channel 37 Exist?

Why analog TVs never had channel 37. Spoiler: the answer includes aliens. The rise of bitcoin ATMs. And the pretty amusing self-reported symptoms from the AstraZeneca vaccine. And all the latest breaking marine mammal news.

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Links:

• Why You Generally Can't Find TV Stations on Channel 37 (Tedium)
• This Month in Physics History (APS News)
• Bitcoin ATMs are coming to a gas station near you (Reuters)
• Dogecoin Will Be Available in Bitcoin ATMs Across America (Crypto Briefing)
• What are AstraZeneca's self-reported side effects? (Quartz)
• There's a whale in the San Francisco Bay right now, something never before seen in March (SF Gate)
• ‘Putrid’ stench of rotting whale carcass on Australian beach leaves locals retching (The Guardian)
• Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered! (KATU News, YouTube)
• Thu. 07/02 - The Exploding Whale Memorial Park (is a real thing) (Kottke Ride Home) 
• Arctic walrus takes a nap on an iceberg, wakes up in Ireland (LiveScience)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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