Bedtime Stories for Broken Girls

• Revisiting the richest of the slasher franchises, A Nightmare On Elm Street
  ❝ We run the series on A Nightmare On Elm Street, a slasher franchise with more depth in one blade-finger than most of its peers.
  💬 I’m not sure it’s “the richest”, but it’s the only one of the major horror franchises of which I’ve seen more than half of the entries. I feel like that says something.
• People think they already know everything they need to make decisions – Ars Technica
  ❝ When given partial info, most people felt confident they knew all they needed to.
  💬 We need research to tell us fundamental facts about human nature that have been evident for thousands of years? Okay.
• Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities – Ars Technica
  ❝ Irrelevant red herrings lead to “catastrophic” failure of logical inference.

• Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
  ❝ Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.
  💬 I only spent, I dunno… three years?… on bulletin board systems before I moved on to the more expensive —but also more rewarding— experiences on services like Compuserve. The free exchange of demos and music and photos and —usually pirated— apps over a landline was an amazing thing, but when I stop to think about it, I didn’t do much actual interacting on BBSs. I waited in line —the average BBS had no more than one or two phone lines attached, so you had to queue up and keep trying to connect— so I could download my goodies and then wander away… I didn’t talk to anyone while I was there.
• Apple Unveils New iPad Mini With A17 Pro Chip and Apple Intelligence – MacRumors
  ❝ Apple today announced a significant upgrade to the iPad mini, now featuring an A17 Pro chip and support for the company’s new Apple Intelligence…
  💬 The iPad mini remains one of those products that I would own if I had infinite resources, but for which I have no ongoing, meaningful use. It would be awesome to have an iPad small enough to slip into a shoulder bag on the way out the door, but a Pro Max phone is big enough 90% of the time, and I already have it with me.
• The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back up after hack
  ❝ The Internet Archive suffered both a data breach and a DDoS attack
• ‘I, Robot’ Director Says Elon Musk and Tesla Ripped Off His Movie
  ❝ ‘I, Robot’ director Alex Proyas accused Elon Musk and Tesla of copying his designs for the film for the company’s recently unveiled prototypes.
  💬 Does it actually surprise anyone that the world’s richest dumbfuck would prey on someone else’s visual designs to bolster his meager imagination?
• ‘Taste the Revolution’ Trailer: Mahershala Ali’s Lost Film Debut
  ❝ Mahershala Ali led 2001 mockumentary film ‘Taste the Revolution’ which was never released after the events of 9/11.
• Check Your Mac’s Battery Cycle Count – MacRumors
  ❝ A key indicator of your MacBook’s battery health is its cycle count. Keep reading to learn what it means and how you can check it for yourself.

• Jenna Fischer reveals she had breast cancer but is now cancer-free
  ❝ Jenna Fischer reveals she had breast cancer but is now cancer-free
  💬 Good for you, Jenna. I’m glad things are looking up.
• Ukraine military recruiters raid bars, restaurants looking for men not registered for conscription
  ❝ Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday.
  💬 So today I learned that draft-aged American men were required to keep their draft cards on their person throughout WWII and Vietnam… going out without one would leave one subject to arrest under the right circumstances. I see no evidence that it ever went as far as the sort of “draft raids” being performed in Ukraine, but I now understand a little more why protestors were making such a big deal of burning their cards.
• Head and hands found in Colorado freezer belong to 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005
  ❝ There is no record that Amanda Overstreet was reported missing, police said.
• Photos: Building Human Towers in Spain
  ❝ Images of these amazing structures, and the effort involved in forming them

• Future Halo Games Moving to Unreal Engine 5 as 343 Industries Rebrands, ‘Multiple Projects’ in Development – IGN
  ❝ Halo is undergoing a major shakeup, with 343 Industries rebranding to Halo Studios and announcing that all future game development will be shifting Unreal Engine. It’s a huge shakeup for Xbox’s flagship franchise, paving the way for “multiple new projects” confirmed to be in development.

• Time has run out for for That ’90s Show
  ❝ Time has run out for for That ’90s Show
  💬 …and that time was during development. I love Red and Kitty as much as anyone, but the rest of this thing was a complete shit-show.
• Garth Brooks responds to claims he raped, sexually assaulted former makeup artist
  ❝ The makeup artist claims Brooks raped her in May 2019.
  💬 Now we’re learning that her lawsuit is a response to his lawsuit, which he filed to stop her ongoing extortion attempts. Interesting to see where this one goes.
• Why does the alt-right love interracial adult content so much?
  ❝ Even fascists have kinks.
• Beverly Hills Cop Star John Ashton Dies Aged 76
  ❝ Actor John Ashton, best known for playing John Taggert in Beverly Hills Cop and its sequels, has died aged 76.
• Your iPhone is probably a satellite phone. Here’s how it could help you.
  ❝ Cell towers in space are more capable than ever of helping people on the ground.
  💬 Being lost and out of contact is one of my primary —and completely ludicrous— fears, so I’ve been lusting after this feature since the launch of the iPhone 14.
• R.I.P. Kris Kristofferson, singer, movie star, and icon of Americana
  💬 Other people almost always sang his songs better than he did, and he was never the best actor in any movie, but that kind of decades-long proximity to and influence over so many talented people speaks to the enormous extent of his capabilities.
• Babygirl trailer begs Nicole Kidman not to accept that intern’s cookies
  💬 I’m curious to see this, even if it turns out to be a turd.
• Eminem is going to be a grandpa, and fans are having an existential crisis
  ❝ Eminem, the prolific U.S. rapper known for hits like Lose Yourself, his former alter ego Slim Shady, and for being one of the most controversial yet best-selling artists of the early 2000s, has just revealed he’s going to be a grandpa.
  💬 …this… is not good. Yikes.