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Things you might want to know, for Mar 7, 2023:

• Why the Floppy Disk Just Won’t Die — You know what makes the 3.5” floppy such a compelling medium? It has mechanical components, in its little sliding “window” and enclosed, free-spinning disk.

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Things you might want to know, for Mar 4, 2023:

• Weird science and tech are bringing magick back — Unfortunately, it’s all chaos magick.
• The Sims 4: Growing Together fleshes out every stage of a Sim’s life — I haven’t played it since the original Sims, which I didn’t enjoy.

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Things you might want to know, for Mar 2, 2023:

• 50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
• Capybaras are taking over TikTok and we’re better for it
• British government considered mass slaughter of all domestic cats during Covid crisis
• A Terrifying Tale of a Teenage Girl Groomed Into Being Sex Trafficked
• This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location
• The next batch of ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ tracks arrives on March 9th
• Why won’t TikTok confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI?

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Things you might want to know, for Mar 2, 2023:

• ‘The Idol’: How HBO’s Next ‘Euphoria’ Became Twisted ‘Torture Porn’ — So basically, the idea is to ensure I watch it. Gotcha.
• 14 relaxing video games to help you destress — I’ve gotta say, Stardew Valley stresses me out.

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Things you might want to know, for Mar 1, 2023:

• Watch: a new edit of Guccione’s disastrous “Caligula” is in the works — For a horny teenager in the ‘80s, Caligula was a hard slog. Guccione’s version was a mess… not arty enough when it’s being arty, not dirty enough when it’s being dirty.

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More than 30-50 Feral Canadian Hybrid “Super Pigs” reportedly headed towards USA | Boing Boing

Two of them are coming to meet me soon.

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Things you might want to know, for Feb 28, 2023:

• Fury beats Paul on split decision in Saudi Arabia — Jesus H. Christ, Tommy… I was afraid you were going to let that giant blond turd beat your ass, and I was going to be deeply disappointed in you.

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Things you might want to know, for Feb 26, 2023:

• The wizard of gaming psychedelia is back on his bullshit — Here’s the thing: I’m not actually a fan of Jeff Minter’s work… his games have always looked more like tech demos than anything I would actually want to play.

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Things you might want to know, for Feb 25, 2023:

• Joe Exotic: Refusing Cancer Treatment, Planning to Die In Prison, Sources Say — Joe’s whole life has walked the line between hilariously ridiculous and pathetically sad, so I don’t expect his death to be any more graceful or quiet.

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Things you might want to know, for Feb 24, 2023:

• The Last of Us is finding apocalyptic meaning where The Walking Dead couldn’t — I don’t know if he ever explicitly said it, but it’s obvious TWD was designed to be an open-ended, long-term source of income for Robert Kirkman… it was a creator-owned property that he could write for and earn from as long as he liked.

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