The Daily Dad — Apr 28, 2024

Things you might want to know:

• Why Friendships Are Ending Over Taylor Swift
  💭 That could be what’s happening. Or —and stay with me here— maybe some people are annoying, and some people are insensitive, and the friendships between them would be doomed with or without the existence of a particular pop star? Maybe some “friends” are really just people you’ve been using to fill the empty space in your life, and the minute you have an excuse to cut them out, you do?
• QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
  ❝ For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking and ads on Backpage.com. Then came another conspiracy theory.
• She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hell
  ❝ A fashion influencer’s struggles to unblock her Instagram account highlight a long-standing problem with Meta’s lackluster customer service. Users and regulators say the company must step up.

• Full length color movie cartridges for the original Atari 2600
  ❝ Want to watch a movie? Want to watch one on a 1977 game console? The Atari 2600 is now a movie player, thanks to moviecart, by Lodef Mode. This revolutionary…
• Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan is still holding matches in a cage with new reality show
  💭 …Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is literally the only thing standing between me and the conclusion that Billy Corgan is a stupid asshole.
• The man who saved Star Trek has died
  ❝ John Trimble and his wife Bjo launched a fan letter writing campaign that convinced NBC to renew Star Trek after cancellation

• Fallout 76 Is Getting Something Rare: A Second Chance At A First Impression
  ❝ I’ve been revisiting recent Fallouts on the stream —New Vegas is good, but 4 is positively gorgeous by comparison— so I think it’s time I finally give 76 a shot.
• After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip
  💭 Wow. I don’t know if I’m sad to see production finally end, or I’m shocked to realize production hadn’t ended long ago.
• Hermeneutic Labor Definition In Dating According To Experts
  ❝ “Basically, men benefit from both having emotional needs they may not even be aware of met for them, and also not having to bear the burden of interpreting women partners’ emotions.“

• Doja Cat Curses Out Parents: ‘Leave Your Kids at Home MF’
  💭 Kind of difficult to argue with her on this one.
• Cops were allowed to force a suspect to use thumbprint to unlock phone
  ❝ Police officers were allowed to force a suspect to use his thumbprint to unlock his phone, according to a federal…
• TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night: ‘Pulp Fiction’ Cast Reunion
  ❝ ‘Pulp Fiction’ stars Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel reunited at opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival.
• Pub Goes Viral For Welcoming Dogs But Not Children
  ❝ “People who are wound up by this are the entitled kind of parents.”

• The Apple Jonathan: A Very 1980s Concept Computer That Never Shipped
  ❝ In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company’s bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an evolution of that platform, but was clearly doomed due to hardware and software issues. The Lisa was expensive and not […]
• X May Charge New Users a ‘Small Fee’ to Post, Like and Reply – MacRumors
  ❝ Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) will soon begin charging new users “a small fee” for posting content and liking, replying, and…
• Oklahoma law criminalizes giving others common STDs
  ❝ Got HPV, like 85% of of Oklahomans? Go to jail for 2 to 5 years in Oklahoma if you give it to someone else.

• Delta takes flight: Apple-approved Nintendo emulator is a great iOS option
  💭 So I can play Wave Race 64 without dragging a Switch around with me…? Sold.
• iOS features that get progressively more useful [Video] – 9to5Mac
  ❝ hands on with 12 ios features that get progressively more useful from quick timers to how to do your laundry correctly!
• Tesla slashes price for monthly Full Self-Driving subscription
  💭 Tesla is this close to turning into Vault-Tec.
• The Chinese backlash over Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, explained
  ❝ It says more about Netflix than it does about China.