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• New multispectral analysis of Voynich manuscript reveals hidden details
  ❝ Handwriting suggests Prague doctor named Johannes Marcus Marci tried to decode in 1640.
• Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by winds, scientists discover
  ❝ Living microbes that cause disease in humans and host antibiotic-resistance genes carried 1,200 miles
• Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided
  ❝ New York Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minimal services, if any” for years, including at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Titanic: Striking images reveal depths of ship’s slow decay
  ❝ A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship’s front has fallen away.
• Ok, but why do certain languages spoken with American intonations sound exactly like Simlish?

• Modern text parser game The Crimson Diamond rewards precision
  ❝ Julia Minamata’s first game, The Crimson Diamond, is a text parser using EGA-style art.
• Woman found dead in her cubicle 4 days after last clocking in
  ❝ The deceased worker was identified as Denise Prudhomme, 60.

 • ‘¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!’ Trailer: ‘South Park’ Creators Save Restaurant
❝ ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone save a restaurant in documentary ‘¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!.’

 • Barry Keoghan Joins Cast of Netflix’s Peaky Blinders Movie – IGN
❝ Oscar-nominee Barry Keoghan is the latest actor to join the cast of Netflix’s Peaky Blinders movie.… Read the rest “The Daily Dad — 2024-08-29”

 • NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format
❝ U.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists.… Read the rest “The Daily Dad — Aug 28, 2024”

• Nintendo Shutting Down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp App, Plans to Release Paid Offline Version – MacRumors
❝ Nintendo today announced that it will shut down the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app for iOS on November 29, seven years after the game originally…

 • Inzoi Players Are Recreating Tons of Real People and Pop Culture Characters in Its Wild Character Creator – IGN
❝ Inzoi, The Sims competitor from PUBG developer Krafton, has temporarily released its incredibly in depth character creator and players are using it to recreate a ton of real people and pop culture characters.… Read the rest “The Daily Dad — 2024-08-22”

 • What Barack Obama’s DNC speech was actually about
❝ Beneath the campaign rhetoric, Barack Obama offered a strikingly philosophical defense of American liberalism.

 • 20 years of Bennifer ends in divorce
❝ 20 years of Bennifer, explained.

 • ‘Love Island’s Nicole Jacky Slams Kendall Washington for Lying About Leaked Video
❝ There’s already trouble in paradise for “Love Island USA” stars Nicole Jacky and Kendall Washington … with the couple butting heads over a leaked-video scandal, which took place out of the villa.… Read the rest “The Daily Dad — 2024-08-21”

Things you might want to know:

• David Lynch: ‘I Will Never Retire’ Amid Diagnosis
  ❝ David Lynch clarified that he will ‘never retire’ despite his emphysema diagnosis.
• Alaska Official Sends BDSM-Themed Letter To Feds: ‘We’re The Sub To EPA’s Dom’
  ❝ Jason Brune invoked kinky sex to make a point about how he views power dynamics between his state and the federal government.

Things you might want to know:

• In an alternate universe, Joe Manganiello is a Survivor all-star
  ❝ Picture this: a Survivor tribe with Boston Rob, Parvati, Ozzy, Sandra, and… Joe Manganiello?
• It was Lorde’s idea to work it out with Charli xcx on the remix
  ❝ No matter what happens for the rest of the year, this writer can claim with absolute certainty that Charli xcx’s “The girl, so confusing remix with lorde” will be one of the best music moments of 2024.