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OOPS: A non-zero number of prior experimental studies suggesting widespread contamination from microplastics may have overestimated those levels… due to particles sloughing off the nitrile gloves used in the experiemnts.
SPEAKING OF LADY RACERS THAT HAVE GRACED THESE PAGES BEFORE: Katherine Legge secures last-minute deal to attempt Indy 500/Coke 600 Double next week. Should she qualify for both races, she’d be the 6th driver to attempt the double, as well as the first woman, first non-American, and oldest.
SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN (NET) MAY 19: SpaceX Starship’s Twelfth Flight Test.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED: having not qualified for last weekend’s Watkins Glen race, Dystany Spurlock returns to attempt debut at Dover Motor Speedway.
THEY DID ANNOUNCE IT, JUST NOT VERY LOUDLY: Chrome’s 4GB AI model isn’t new, but you’re not wrong for being confused.
You can turn it off and delete the model (and thereby free up 4 GB of disk space) if you want.
THE VOICE, FOR GENERATIONS OF NEW YORK BASEBALL FANS: John Sterling, legendary Yankees voice, dead at 87.
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: Alex Zanardi, ex-F1 driver and Paralympic champion dies aged 59. The 15-time CART race winner and two-time series champion, having had both legs amputated in a 2001 crash, transitioned to a second career as a handcycle racer, winning four gold medals for Italy in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, along with 12 other world championships in the sport. He passed yesterday, six years after a collision with a truck while handcycling in in a 2020 June road race.
ROOTING FOR HER: Dystany Spurlock set for NASCAR Truck Series debut at Watkins Glen. Spurlock would become the first Black female driver to appear in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.