It’s a good thing one of the best medical dramas ever is pumping seasons out quickly, because each one is a wickedly-paced rollercoaster of emotion that feels like it’s over just as soon as it began. The smartly-written show is now teasing its 3rd season on HBO Max. Strap into your gurney.
Emperor Palpatine may have dissolved Imperial democracy, but that’s not stopping Darth Vader from appearing at a public San Diego city council meeting in defense of Flock surveillance. Once again, he definitely does not have the high ground.
Felicia Day and company just cleared the $5.7m Kickstarter record for film set by the Veronica Mars movie project. The Guild: Ren Faire’d continues the adventure for the Knights of Good who concluded their original web series in 2013.
Liquid Death, a marketing company that occasionally sells water, enlisted Jason Kelce to sing a song about sending your pee to help cool data centers. (It’s an obvious stunt: don’t send your pee to strangers.) Ironically, everyone in the video probably needs to consult a doctor about dehydration.
If you happen to be in the Hamptons next weekend, why not roll up to Gwyneth Paltrow’s estate? Puck reports the head of Goop is hosting a “private, off-the-record al fresco dinner at her home in honor of Sam Altman.” Makes sense, since Paltrow has been steadily investing in AI for years.
File this under “Brendan Carr is a dummy” part… well, who knows at this point. (Buy the official Verge t-shirt!) The FCC said in response to today’s First Amendment lawsuit that ABC has conducted an “ongoing campaign of disinformation.” It would be funny were it not so sad, considering the suit clearly lays out all of the constitutionally problematic public statements from Trump and Carr.
We go to them to commune with our ancestors. To get away from the ever-present eyes and noise of daily life. To appreciate the bounty of beauty and peace that nature has to offer. Now some of these places have Flock surveillance.
The US military has offered all kinds of incentives over the years to bait reenlistment, from training to sizable cash bonuses and extra time off. The commander of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion in Georgia got a little more creative: offering a 4-day pass to specifically coincide with the release of Grand Theft Auto VI. But anyone who’s played GTA knows this should be a 30-day pass.
People have opinions about the new Instagram logo. Zion Wuxinyi posted a simple fix on Threads which is the best I’ve seen so far. There’s no question in this edit that the “r” is real and not a sneaky “z”. If Instagram is reading this, please take notes.
