The Daily Dad

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

Apple Vision Pro Hands On: The Opposite of Disappearing — Roughly half the shitty hot takes on this are on the level of the “iPad? What a horrible name! And it’s a big iPhone!” crap we heard in 2010. The less stupid ones are fixated on very real limitations —that battery pack— and the risky choices —EyeSight— while ignoring that Apple has finally produced Good Enough VR. It’s nowhere near Cheap Enough, mind you, but there’s now a solid foundation upon which to build. It’s a giant leap over everything else out there.
Can We Please Stop Designing Sex Scenes Purely for Shock Value? — Can We Please Stop Promoting The Idea That Scary, Gross, Violent Sex Is A Guy Thing When It So Clearly Isn’t?
Barbie movie caused global pink paint shortage
New iPhone feature warns about unwanted nudes — Otherwise known as the Draw My Attention To This Photo Right Now feature.
Inside 4chan’s Top-Secret Moderation Machine

Danny Bonaduce Selling Home in Wake of Brain Surgery, Health Scare — Oof. Good luck, Danny.
Reddit’s plan to kill third-party apps sparks widespread protests — I never liked Apollo, but that’s the craziest API monetization scheme I’ve ever seen, Reddit.
Apple MacBook Air 15-inch preview: Portable power — I want.
Where Do Desires for BDSM Come From? — Well sometimes, when Mommies have been very bad, and Daddies need to punish them until they beg for relief, they can get a little too excited, the condom can break, and they end up having accursed children.

Meg White on The White Stripes, Fame, and Anxiety
WWDC 2023: Vision Pro, iOS 17 and everything else Apple announced today — Lots of little goodies coming, but no giant changes. Which is probably for the best. (Word on the beta is that Stage Manager on the iPad is already much improved.)
Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 as a Time Machine — I listed to American Top 40 religiously. Dr. Demento, too. This is some cool stuff.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Apologizes for Groping Women in Netflix Docuseries