Broken Girl News

Things you might want to know, for Feb 12, 2023:

• Making a weed dispensary in Animal Crossing isn’t just for the high-minded — Interior design just isn’t my thing in AC… and I treat the outdoor area more like a Sim City than a carefully crafted diorama.
• Recreational Virginity and the False Promise of Artificial Hymens
• James Wilsey and the Secret History of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’ — As beautiful as Isaak’s singing is, that guitar is what makes Wicked Game so haunting and distinctive.
• The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn ‘Shameware’ Apps — There’s much to learn from intrusive, controlling church-folk.
• ‘Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence’ Is Beyond Disturbing — I find it’s best if cults stay just *this* side of “disturbing”.
• Ted Chiang: “ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web” — A pretty interesting way of explaining how the current batch of AIs can convey the impression of information without conveying the substance.
• ‘Witch doctor’ arrested for sexually assaulting woman during ‘ritual,’ police say