Have you heard of joro spiders? Do you like sleep? If you said no to both, learn about this enormous new* species here.

_{Photo Credit: “Joro Spider” by jdnx is marked with CC BY 2.0}

I am very excited for the new Obi Wan Kenobi show.

Although it does draw fresh attention to the fact that George Lucas didn’t think through his decision to make robes the default Jedi uniform (warning: language!).

Not a surprise, but another study says that mask mandates were effective in curbing the spread of COVID-19.

And finally, my Denver Broncos finally have a quarterback for the first time since Peyton Manning retired. Don’t understand the people thinking they gave up too much — if you’re a quarterback away and you go out and get a future Hall of Famer, I don’t care what you had to give up. Patrik Walker of CBSSports agrees with me.