Broken Girl News

Things you might want to know, for Feb 6, 2023:

• These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’
• Bob Born, Who Brought Marshmallow Peeps to the Masses, Dies at 98 — I’m not sure if that headline is meant to be praise or condemnation. (Peeps are unironically awful.)
• This turn-based deconstruction of the fighting game is blowing minds — I’ve always wanted something like this to come along… now I just want it with Street Fighter-esque graphics.
• Paul McCartney’s Post-Beatles Musical Legacy Focus of New Documentary — Over the last few years, I’ve watched that Rick Rubin-interviews-Paul show, and the amazing Get Back… and I’m gonna watch this one too.
• How a lost musical hard disk in 1988 boosted Tracy Chapman’s career | Boing Boing — I was a teenager when I first heard Fast Car, and hadn’t yet written anything worth reading… but I instantly knew I would never write anything quite so sad, desperate, and vivid.