The Daily Dad — Dec 31, 2024

• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
  2024 was a mostly shitty year, following three shitty years. Hopefully 2025 is better for everyone, everywhere.
• Russian propaganda video shows Santa Claus blown out of the sky by Russian missiles
  ❝ A Russian propaganda video shows Santa Claus blown to bits by the Russian military as he flies over Russia bearing gifts — NATO weapons. From Kevin Rothrock: The Russian military…
• The US Treasury Department was hacked
  ❝ The US Treasury Department suffered a “major” security incident attributed to attackers in China, who remotely accessed workstations and unclassified documents.
• Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement, ending 8-year dispute
  ❝ Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement after eight years, according to her lawyer, bringing an end to one of Hollywood’s most contentious and closely followed celebrity splits.
• The Largest Walmart in America
  ❝ The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

• Obituary: Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away
  ❝ ‘Know that he went out on his own terms listening to his favourite music and surrounded by loved ones.’
• Jimmy Carter’s legacy: A disappointing presidency, a remarkable post-presidency, explained
  ❝ Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived president in US history, dies at 100.
• Freeway crash causes concern over Amazon packages and property damage, not people (video)
  ❝ Several lanes of traffic are closed, a light pole is bent, a truck is leaking fluids, and many Amazon packages will be late, but there is no mention of the people in a four-car pileup.
• Elon Musk punishes Laura Loomer and other MAGA loyalists who criticize him: “MAGA wars have begun”
  ❝ Elon Musk suspends Laura Loomer on X, punishes other MAGA loyalists who criticize him: “MAGA wars have begun”
• The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
  ❝ 440-pound 1980s behemoth rescued from an Osaka restaurant days before demolition.

• Olivia Hussey Dead at 73: Remembering One of the Best Final Girls
  ❝ Olivia Hussey Dead at 73: Remembering one of the best final girls, an actress who was equally at home in slashers as she was in classic romances.
• My favorite holiday tradition is the Weekend Update Christmas Joke Swap
  ❝ The best part of Saturday Night Live is always Weekend Update – and the best part of Weekend Update is always the Christmas Joke Swap.
• Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel, 78, dies of cancer – ESPN
  ❝ Greg Gumbel, a veteran of CBS Sports who spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting, has died of cancer at the age of 78.
• Christopher Nolan to adapt The Odyssey with appropriately epic cast
  ❝ Christopher Nolan’s next epic will be an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey with a stacked cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Charlize Theron
• R.I.P. Linda Lavin, Broadway star and TV’s Alice
  ❝ R.I.P. Linda Lavin, Broadway star and TV’s Alice

• Kotaku’s 15 Best Games Of 2024, Ranked
  ❝ This year has been one of the most challenging for the video game industry, so what games managed to stand out among all that turmoil?
• Jason Mamoa cast as Lobo
  ❝ After making a splash as the King of Atlantis, actor Jason Momoa is set to play alien bounty hunter Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
• Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers
  ❝ YouTuber MegaLag says in a new video that deal-hunting browser extension Honey obscures the best coupons and replaces affiliate links with its own at checkout.