Finally, the world is on my side: it’s OK to wear shoes in your house sometimes.

Making a major, AAA Marvel Comics game and setting it within World War II seems like a risk, but so far, it looks promising!

I like the push for electric/hybrid vehicles. Even if I’d like it sooner than 2032. Which reminds me, my lease is almost up…

The first teaser trailer for the next Alien installment, Alien: Romulus is out. I’m getting some real “highly-regarded-Dark-Horse-mini-series” vibes from it.

The Struggles of Deciding Where to Host Your Site

Right now I’ve got a mix of sites on different hosting.

I’ve got a Micro.blog. (marty.day)

I’ve got blast-o-rama which has been on WordPress for SIXTEEN YEARS now.

And I’ve got an omg.lol account.

I’ve been thinking lately about merging my WordPress stuff into Micro.blog, but now omg.lol’s creator is hinting on their own blog service.

What the heck do I do? I’d like something cheaper, lightweight, and distributable. That’s all I’m considering in this.

Wow. X-Men ‘97 has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% Fresh score. I’ll be damned.

Spider-Man 2 for the PS5? Cost $300 million to make. Monopoly Go, a free to play mobile version of the board game? Spent $500 million on marketing alone. I have no idea how any of this is sustainable.

Picked up Hi-Fi Rush last night, now that it’s available on PS5. Really awesome game so far, but as a Nine Inch Nails fan, I about lost my mind when “1,000,000” kicked in. HELL YEAH

The trailer for the next Star Wars series – set well before the original films – has arrived. Say hello to The Acolyte.

I can already tell that this article from The Verge about the changes (end?) at Pitchfork is going to be a good read.

First, it was the Chicken Sandwich wars. Next? Chicken pizza wars. #FastFoodArmsRace

Today I learned that there was a whole-ass variant of asbestos we hadn’t banned here in the US. Until today. And it’s still gonna take years for it to be gone.

AI is Coming for the iPhone, Whether We Like It or Not

The Verge, paraphrasing Bloomberg (Paywalled):

Apple is reportedly in “active negotiations” with Google to bring its Gemini generative AI technology to the iPhone, Bloomberg reports, and has also considered using OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

CEO Tim Cook has already confirmed that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time and effort” on artificial intelligence features, and plans to release them to its customers “later this year.” Bloomberg’s report suggests that the AI features built into Apple’s products could eventually be powered by a mix of first- and third-party AI models. Apple’s models could power on-device generative AI with iOS 18, releasing later this year, while cloud-based AI features like text- and image-generation could come via partnerships with the likes of Google.

Yet another instance of Google getting a taste of the iPhone, should their partnership come to fruition instead of the one with OpenAI.

That said — given that Apple has recently made acqusitions in the AI space — I’d say this is a temporary leg up until they have their own version ready to go, a’la Apple Maps.

It’s now not an if, but a when.

Picked up Balatro on Steam, since I could play it on my Mac. I totally get the hype. Now…when there’s a mobile version…

Very excited to hear what Marvel has planned for the next era of X-Men comics.

Very cool that Hello From The Magic Tavern is getting an animated series. Also: Turns out Sam Rockwell has a production company?

The Pentagon’s “There Are No Such Things as UFOs” Report has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the report

The New York Times:

In the 1960s, secret test flights of advanced government spy planes generated U.F.O. sightings. More recently, government and commercial drones, new kinds of satellites and errant weather balloons have led to a renaissance in unusual observations.

But, according to a new report, none of these sightings were of alien spacecraft.

The new congressionally mandated Pentagon report found no evidence that the government was covering up knowledge of extraterrestrial technology and said there was no evidence that any U.F.O. sightings represented alien visitation to Earth.

The 63-page document is the most sweeping rebuttal the Pentagon has issued in recent years to counter claims that it has information on extraterrestrial visits or technology. But amid widespread distrust of the government, the report is unlikely to calm a growing obsession with aliens.

Suuuuuuuure. There’s nothing. And the report is true, not at all trying to calm a public hysteria.

And nice job trying to cover it up with the “individuals’ preconceptions and confirmation biases” dodge, Pentagon!