and sometimes they help me speak to trees.

maybe a jitterbug

Raw waste is, of course, nasty stuff until all the dangerous bacteria have been killed off, either by heat or anaerobic digestion.

source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/05/07/182010827/is-it-safe-to-use-compost-made-from-treated-human-waste

Training routine for next year.

The beginning of Flowers for Algernon, or how I was introduced to the story through the movie Charly.

I was curious on this one also, this is as close as I got, Never Cry Wolf. Never seen it, so I'm still lost.

He'll just turn the other cheek, but he can also respawn, so I think eventually he'll wear you down.

Frontline did a decent piece on them.

Bueller Bueller Bueller...5

*40 years later... Here! Here!

Not too far fetched. Many vaccines are made with surface proteins from viruses that can be recognized by the immune system. But my guess is going through the pasteurization most proteins would be denatured and not in the functional form.

https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/making-vaccines/how-are-vaccines-made

Gotta be a MTG toe joke in there somewhere.

And why it's important to the Russian population.

“During Navalny’s funeral, people realized that they are many and that there’s a way for them to show that their opinion counts,” Duntsova, the barred presidential hopeful, told POLITICO. “In today’s Russia, queues have become a symbol of dissent, a way to express your civic position.”