Andrew first hyped the gorgeous Iceland landscapes of Godland after its premiere at TIFF last year. Nine months and one limited theatrical run later, this excellent climate-aware psychological drama is now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Earlier this month, Chinese officials drafted rules enforcing AI that “should reflect the core values of socialism.” As The New York Times reports today, the country’s attempts to spin up its own generative AI creates a dilemma for the CCP, pitting its desire to control information against its ability to be a technological leader.
[The New York Times]
Speaking of which, Yoshi is also Asian. A working-class king.
[Vulture]
In Texas, the overpopulation of wild pigs causes over a hundred million dollars of damage a year. There are many proposed solutions, including the most cost-effective method: sniping hogs from a helicopter.
[Texas Monthly]
Earlier this week we published Ian Frisch’s very wild tale “Taken for a Ride.” If you missed it, use this Sunday afternoon to catch up on a story that includes a Tinder heist, a revenge plot, and one inappropriately horny man. (Plus, some of the best animation we’ve ever commissioned.)
Arthouse streamer The Criterion Channel has eight classic Yeoh-led kung fu films starting March 1 — plenty of time to celebrate her career before we all cross our fingers for her Oscar win a couple weeks later.
A few months back, Eleanor Cummins wrote a terrific story about Return Home, the facility outside Seattle where you can have a body turned to soil, rather than just buried in it. Legally, human composting is gaining more steam, and Cummins talked about it with our friends at Today, Explained for their most recent episode.
The impending railroad strike could—*coughs*—derail the US economy. Intelligencer’s Eric Levitz has a great explainer on the labor dispute, and what could get it—*coughs again*—back on track.
[Intelligencer]