Hey, everybody. I don't want to waste anyone's time today, so I'll just say the important part up front.

Many of you will know that I moved to England last year to start a graduate degree at the University of Oxford.

And now it's time to run the gauntlet, right? It's time for the exams for that degree.

This is meant to be a very intense process, lasting about a few weeks nonstop, and commencing in the middle of next month.

So needless to say, it's time to focus.

I've got to prepare and then do them.

I've been warned that this is going to be the hardest thing I'll have to do in my life

intellectually, and I'm taking that warning seriously, right? I think it's going to be difficult.

So I'm pausing species until sometime in June. I know this is disappointing. I definitely don't take this decision lightly, but I also

really can't take these exams lightly. So, if you're a donor and you want to pause donations

until I come back, please know there are never any hard feelings from me.

And if you donated recently and feel you want to refund because of this news, that's totally understandable.

Message me. We'll figure it out.

And if you're feeling really generous and want to keep the donations coming until then to support the shows online

architecture, which obviously will still be funded, and to help us fund on return, your generosity

is greatly appreciated. Really, every single donation of any size is met with warm gratitude

for what is really one of the biggest privileges of my life,

and that's having your support in doing something creative and enjoyable.

I know I'm not the content machine that I was during my early 20s,

but there is actually some pretty cool new stuff

out there for you to consume from me. For children listening, I just came out with a children's

book about symbiosis. It was literally published a couple weeks ago. It covers all the symbiotic

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