Katharine is also inspired by John Green but maybe a little more meaningfully than Lorien was. Also, Katharine just took a vacation to Japan and a lot of things about that made her anxious and joyful.

Sources:

• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tuberculosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351250
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis#History
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis
• Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green; 2025.

A tale of three (?) AirTags

Sources:

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/25/tracking-device-domestic-violence-offenders-stalking-apple-find-my-friends
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address
• https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/29/tile-security-flaws-can-let-both-the-company-and-stalkers-track-your-location/
• https://www.wired.com/story/tile-tracking-tags-can-be-exploited-by-tech-savvy-stalkers-researchers-say/
• https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/29/tile-security-flaws-can-let-both-the-company-and-stalkers-track-your-location/
• https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/abuse-using-technology/ways-survivors-use-and-abusers-misuse-technology/gps-monitoring-0
• https://www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SPARC_StalkngFactSheet_2018_FINAL.pdf
• https://www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SPARC-Stalking-Techology-Fact-Sheet.pdf
• https://www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Identifying-Stalking-as-SLII-Strategies.pdf
• https://cyber.nyu.edu/2025/10/20/kicking-hitchhiking-stalkers-off-gps/
• https://uwpd.wisc.edu/apple-airtags-and-your-safety/
• https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/phantom-airtag-alerts-send-iphone-users-on-wild-goose-chases-11651799060
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/14/the-biggest-security-pros-and-cons-of-using-bluetooth-gps-trackers.html
• https://cooler.bike/en-us/products/silent-smart-tag-ios-security-tracker?srsltid=AfmBOoo6FyxNeuKk0S9VpXNssASNj-FNf3INY43yKVkCMSJU0dLspGt4
• https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/stalkerware-what-know
• https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-09-15/colton-underwood-restraining-order-cassie-randolph
• https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/colton-underwood-stalking-cassie-restraining-order-details/

Katharine takes Lorien along for the ride, coming for another fun summer activity.

Sources:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafting

- https://www.whitewaterrafting.com/rafting-info/history

- https://www.whitewatervoyages.com/intro-to-whitewater-rafting

- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sixth-grader-dies-annual-school-rafting-trip-poconos-rcna347380

- https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/professional-raft-guide-career/?scope=initial

- https://sageoutdooradventures.com/blog/is-white-water-rafting-dangerous/

- https://mild2wildrafting.com/rafting-blog/extreme-whitewater-rafting-in-us

- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/18/white-water-rafting-near-death-experience

- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-06-vw-1596-story.html

- https://parks.wa.gov/about/rules-and-safety/boater-education-safety/cold-water-safety

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Powell

Diseases, aggression, and bird strike, oh my!

Sources:

• https://www.ncwildlife.gov/species/canada-goose
• https://www.audubon.org/magazine/10-fun-facts-about-canada-goose
• https://www.audubon.org/news/learn-tell-cackling-goose-canada-goose
• https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/birds/waterfowl/canada-geese/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-minnesota-towns-love-hate-relationship-with-giant-geese
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/goose-attack-leaves-ottawa-cyclist-shaken-and-scarred-1.2686751
• https://aviancontrolinc.com/blog/federal-regulations-need-know-getting-rid-canadian-geese
• https://bird-x.com/blog/goose-attack/
• https://wildlifehelp.org/solution/district-columbia/canada-goose/how-deal-aggressive-geese/94
• https://www.popsci.com/diy/avoid-getting-attacked-by-a-goose/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/05/rochester-canada-geese-management/629916/
• https://www.goosemasters.com/blog-post/what-diseases-are-associated-with-geese
• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16638-e-coli-infection
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/canada-goose'
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Air_Flight_2216
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/US-Airways-Flight-1549-incident
• https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/travel/miracle-on-the-hudson
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-china-is-using-guard-geese-to-uphold-its-zero-covid-policy

Katharine tells Lorien about those big, dangerous, goofy, majestic (?) river horse.

Sources:

• https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/ten-hippo-facts/
• https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hippo
• https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/hippopotamus
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7416829/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c869jj5dy4qo
• https://thewildsource.com/should-you-fear-hippos-on-safari-debunking-the-deadly-hippo-myth/
• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/south-african-killed-by-pet-hippo/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/19/niger-hippo-attack-deaths
• https://www.britannica.com/animal/hippopotamus-mammal-species/Pygmy-hippopotamus
• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hippo-attack-avoid-survive-paul-templer

Lorien learned a lot of rodent-related facts she doesn't like. She shares them with Katharine.

Sources:

Sources

• https://www.instagram.com/p/DYPeDuARj29/
• https://www.instagram.com/laurel__bristow/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus
• https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/symptoms-diagnosis
• https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/treatment
• https://www.nmhealth.org/publication/view/general/5072/
• https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/surveillance/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/media/pdfs/2025/01/HantavirusBrochure-508.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
• https://thepreamble.com/p/the-daily-brief-may-15-2026
• https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/health/hantavirus-outbreak-quarantine.html
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/cdc-no-us-hantavirus-cases-people-monitored.html

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-where-is-it-what-to-know.html

A Katharine classic!

Sources:

- https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/manosphere

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manosphere#:~:text=The%20manosphere%20is%20a%20varied%20collection%20of,that%20feminists%20promote%20misandry%20(hatred%20of%20men).

- https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/03/world/expose-rape-assault-online-vis-intl/index.html

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate

- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64125045

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Going_Their_Own_Way

- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/26/men-going-their-own-way-the-toxic-male-separatist-movement-that-is-now-mainstream

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_rights_movement

- Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, 2026, Netflix.

Lorien tells Katharine about mystery mushrooms, magic mushrooms, and mushroom foraging (and reveals that the hunter/gatherer gene skipped her).

Sources

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70698051/mushroom-bizarre-hallucination/
• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people
• https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Psilocybin-2020.pdf
• https://calpoison.org/about-magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-safety
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/308850#summary
• https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/psychoactive-psilocybins-evolution-in-magic-mushrooms/
• https://www.beckleyretreats.com/blog/types-of-psychedelic-mushrooms
• https://food52.com/story/6306-eugenia-bone-on-mushrooms-myths-and-foraging
• https://food52.com/story/20860-an-illustrated-guide-to-mushroom-foraging-10-earthy-savory-recipes
• https://food52.com/story/20860-an-illustrated-guide-to-mushroom-foraging-10-earthy-savory-recipes
• https://barebonesliving.com/blogs/gardening-foraging/foraging-for-mushrooms-a-complete-guide?srsltid=AfmBOoojEexVoJOsvnKbJRLZO04G53F-0SldhYROYYivS88zdLBz3qVQ
• https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/5rulesforforagingwildedibles/?srsltid=AfmBOood16NZQUcHRepd1lL60a10Pk1P8mc3Cm2j0wkz7qpHMTW6x4Mk
• https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/how-to-hunt-mushrooms/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/deadly-mushroom-arrives-canada/581602/
• https://www.npr.org/2025/12/10/nx-s1-5639775/death-cap-mushrooms-california
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/four-dead-and-three-receive-liver-transplants-after-eating-death-cap-mushrooms-in-california
• https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5451735/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-sentence