Things you might want to know, for Apr 29, 2023:
- Marvel’s Agatha: Coven of Chaos Appears to Be a Musical — Good, ‘cause the music was the only part of WandaVision that was worth watching.
- Man caught performing sex act with a seagull in alleyway — And we wonder why gulls are such assholes…
- Twitch Streamer Immediately Denied From Bank After After Accidentally Applying As An ‘Adult Entertainer’ — Financial institutions are more prudish than your local clergy. And less sympathetic.
- IDW “goes dark” on the NYSE, lays off 39% of their staff
- iTunes Music Store Turns 20 Today: ‘Just 99 Cents Per Song’ — I remember thinking “wow, that’s a bit steep” because I’d been buying my MP3s from allofmp3, which relied on incredibly porous Russian copyright laws to sell music by the byte… the average song was about 10 cents. In the end, it didn’t matter since music ownership itself was rapidly dying.
- After 25 Years, Sigourney Weaver Says She’s Done With Alien — There are few movies in my life that I’ve loved longer and more deeply than Aliens, but I feel no such affection for all the other entries in the series. So if Sigourney wants to walk away for good, I wish her well. It’s time for someone else to learn that they mostly come at night… mostly.
- The Hunger Games prequel film gets its first trailer — NOPE.
- Xylø Says She Has ‘Newfound Confidence’ After Starting an OnlyFans to Fund Her Music — Confidence is attractive. Particularly when big and bouncy and naked.
- Texas man excuses himself mid-date to murder parking lot scam artist
- Dodgeball Sequel in Development With Vince Vaughn Returning to Star — Without Rip Torn, what’s the point?
- Bluesky Facts and Opinions — A helpful rundown of known facts about the currently invite-only competitor to Tumblr and Mastodon. (TL;DR: Right now, it’s not that interesting. Maybe someday.)
- People Aren’t Buying McDonald’s Fries Because The Economy Sucks — Also, their fries have sucked for years now.
- Roots of Pacha just became my favorite Stardew Valley-alike