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welcome to the cocky ride home for t, October 19th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird today. A look at the

Micronation of West Arctic, whose Grand Duke Travis started a non-profit arm of the micronation

to raise awareness about the consequences of the climate emergency in western

Antarctica. Plus, Astro Access successfully completed their first zero-gee flight with their

disability ambassadors, taking an important step towards space accessibility and inclusivity.

And in our latest shortage report, the 12-foot home Depot skeletons.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today. Let's talk about micro-nations, political

entities that claim sovereign statehood but are not recognized by any

international bodies. As the Wall Street Journal described them in a piece last summer,

quote, micro-nations are tiny, imaginary countries, lying somewhere between libertarian fantasy

and a game of Dungeons and Dragons. They involve a constellation of would-be presidents,

kings, or emperors who invent their own countries for fun, like a role-playing game that is

spun out of control. Some design flags or claim territories as a satire of how real-life

countries work, others to make a political point, or as an academic exercise.

No actual countries recognize them.

The empire of Austin Asia's capital is a terrorist house in southwest London.

Liberland claims a flood-prone sliver of land on the western bank of the Danube between Croatia and Serbia.

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