The Daily Dad

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

• Sinéad O’Connor dies aged 56 — I won’t claim to have been a fan —I can’t name a song other than Nothing Compares 2 U— but between that one perfect performance, her headline-grabbing night on SNL in 1992, and the slow leak of mental health stories I’ve seen over the years, she’s never been off my radar.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jul 21, 2023:

• The latest thing on the Internet is people pretending to be uncannily-looping video game character animations — For years, I was openly disdainful of livestreamers… and now I’m doing it three times a week.

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The Daily Dad

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

• This ‘80s Cult Classic Influenced ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ — Night of the Comet was one of those movies that touched on all the themes that geeky teens in the ‘80s liked —cheerleaders, malls, video games, and the death of everyone’s parents— and was thus mandatory viewing for those of us in that demographic.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 30, 2023:

• Barbiecore Style: The Most Stylish Barbie-Inspired Clothing and Accessories We’re Buying
• 2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts
• Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff
• 30 years later, Myst demake for Atari 2600 reminds us how far we’ve come
• Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says | CBC News

• Beavis and Butt-Head: Tracy Grandstaff Returns as Daria in Season 2 Finale Clip
• Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
• Julian Sands, Star of ‘A Room With a View,’ Died in January Hiking Accident, Authorities Confirm
• Instagram Is Removing Sex-Positive Accounts Without Warning
• ChatSQL: Enabling ChatGPT to Generate SQL Queries from Plain Text

• Cyberpunk cat adventure ‘Stray’ heads to Xbox on August 10th
• Iain Stirling makes inappropriate joke, ‘Love Island’ fans angry
• National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers
• Rightwingers say ‘pink-haired liberals’ are killing New York pizza.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 27, 2023:

• 90 Day The Last Resort: TLC Threatens New “All Stars” Relationship Therapy — So I’m obviously going to watch this. That’s a given. But nothing short of a full personality transplant is gonna help Angela.

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The Daily Dad

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

• Love Island’s Jessie hospitalized after spiked drink — It was a shitty end to their trip, but I’m happy to see that Jessie and Farmer Will are still together and visiting the US.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 20, 2023:

• Don Draper Who? Jon Hamm’s Greatest Role Is Now James Kennedy From ‘Vanderpump Rules’ — I’m now halfway through season 4 of Vanderpump, so I know who James is, but most of these 2023 jokes won’t fully land with me until I catch up.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 16, 2023:

• Kesha Calls Viral Seinfeld Snub the ‘Saddest Moment’ of Her Life — Girl, if you were actually watching the show on the plane, you’d know Jerry has issues with casual physical intimacy.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 10, 2023:

• The First In-Depth Study on ‘Blue Balls’ Reveals a Lot about Sex — “Men are full of shit and women are gullible” isn’t particularly revealing.
• Artifact — So I’m playing around with Artifact —the new AI-infused news reader from the people who made Instagram— and much of it mundane stuff… largely indistinguishable from Google News.

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The Daily Dad

Things you might want to know, for Jun 9, 2023:

• “I can be quite explicit”: AI girlfriends based on real people are now ‘a thing’ — Porn will always lead the way.
• Charlatans, False Prophets and Flimflammers — Actual quote from someone who obviously doesn’t understand divinity in the slightest: “God did not intend for the human anus to be a sex object!”

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