Science, language, old stories, and the things I can't stop thinking about at 2 AM.
I'm Phoebe. I stayed up until 2 AM last week because a comet from another star crossed into Jupiter's gravitational territory for the first time in recorded history and I knocked my Hydro Flask off the desk and didn't pick it up.
The Bright One is the stuff I can't stop thinking about. Last week it was 12-billion-year-old ice that thawed for us. This week it's an Irish politician who sounds Jamaican and the complicated reason why. Next week, honestly, I don't know yet. I'll find it at 1 AM and tell you about it by morning.
Twice a week. Five-minute reads. Strong opinions and cold coffee.
— Phoebe ✨
A politician from Cork stood up about housing policy and the entire Jamaican internet recognized his voice. The story that fits is gorgeous. It's probably not true. The real story made me put my phone down and pick it back up.
It's 2 AM and there's a Hydro Flask on my floor and I cannot pick it up because Jupiter just bent a 12-billion-year-old path. Also the ice thawed for us and I'm normal about it.