It's Friday, October 3rd, 2025 from Peachfish Production. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

And sometimes I feel guilty because I do like news of the odd. And when I lead with news of the

odd, especially stemming from the administration, Pete Hegseth warning against bearded fatties in the upper ranks of the military.

I wonder, have I distracted your attention from some important things?

I probably have.

That might even have been Pete Hegseth's design.

Now, I do have this institution.

It's now an institution called The Gist List.

And what's good about that is a couple days a week, I put it behind a paywall.

So you're saying that's not good.

I want it for free.

I'll give it to you for 75% free or 25% off if you text Mike 23377.

But the good thing about paywall news product is I don't have to feel guilty by distracting you.

Like the other day, I was talking about the passing of the primatologist Jane Goodall.

Really, our prime primatologist and herself, a primate.

In fact, there were three women who were known as the trimates who studied primates.

They were Jane Goodall, Diane Fas, and Berrute Gal Dicus,

and three also being a prime number, just reifies the point I'm trying to make,

but the point I was making on the gist list was actually about her son,

her son whose name was Hugo, but went by because Jane Goodall insisted on calling him this grub.

So Lil Grubb, not only was nicknamed Grub, but lived in a cage.

Okay, it didn't live in a cage, but was placed in a cage from a young age by his mom.

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