The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for May 16, 2023:

• Frank Miller Wolverine variant cover ignites Twitter debate — It’s ugly. It’s not interesting. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a legitimate, thoughtful piece of art. That’s just where Miller’s head is at these days, for better or worse.
• Invisible creatures are having sex on your face — while you sleep — Your pores are literally cum dumpsters. Let that sink in.
• New study puts a definitive age on Saturn’s rings: They’re really young — Some day they’re going to run away from home, and then Saturn will really be sorry.
• The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse — Dash has always had lots of very confident opinions about matters he considered settled as soon as he developed an opinion. Which means he tends to be half-right about things, as he is here.
• 7 men, 1 depraved sex network: Unravelling the full story behind the wife-sharing drug rapes

• Justified returns July 18 but WHAT is going on with Raylan’s hat? — A studded hatband is Raylan Givens’ idea of exploring an alternative lifestyle.
• Twitter Fights Over Who’s Hotter: Young Al Pacino Or Young Robert DeNiro — Al’s worst looks were/are worse than Bobby’s, but when sufficiently cleaned up and styled, Pacino is better looking.
• Artist creates everyday objects out of Lego
• San Francisco women named Thor Kill sentenced to prison for possession of bomb-making supplies, ammunition — And now she just has to hope she doesn’t run into Zeus Rape at the correctional facility.
• The Fanfic Sex Trope That Caught a Plundering AI Red-Handed

• Archer’s superspy adventures are finally coming to an end after the series’ 14th season — I’m slightly sad, but mostly content. I more or less gave up on the show during Sterling’s coma, and while I’ve tried fighting my way through, it’s a struggle… they’ve never recovered the weird sincerity that once underpinned all the snark the show serves up.
• Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?
• Double-screen ‘free’ TV will show you ads, even when not in use — Okay, so, the ONE thing I like here: the second screen keeping their ads off the content. (A handy way of avoiding lawsuits from content publishers.) Everything else about this whole idea is a surveillance nightmare that —sadly— might actually be successful.
• MTV News Confidential: Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren, and John Norris Tell All
• Dedicated player builds Gundam in Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — I remember having the kind of time and focus it would take to come up with this shit. Barely. Wow.

• Kanye West files trademark for socks that are also shoes — Excuse me, Ye? I believe Mr. Bundy has a concept you’re going to love…
• ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ is coming to Disney+ and Max on June 7th — Does this mean I have to re-watch the first one? Should I take it as an omen that I really don’t want to re-watch the first one?
• Woman busted with 1,500 grams of cocaine hiding behind her fake pregnancy belly
• Why Gen Z loves Seinfeld — …when did this happen? I approve, but given Millennial indifference to the show, I’m surprised.
• Cash App founder Bob Lee was part of an underground party scene of sex and drugs called ‘The Lifestyle’ prior to his death, report says — This just keeps getting wilder and wilder.