The Saturday Edition - May 9, 2020
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Technology, boston dynamics, robo-dog, robot apocalypse

Robodogs in Singapore Enforce Social Distancing in Our New Black Mirror Reality

singapore robodog
What do you think of SPOT? Are you amused or terrified by these robopuppers?
Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, gaming

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Visit Your Animal Crossing Island

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) smiles during a press conference
The congresswoman is an avid gamer, who frequently plays League of Legends.
Big on the Internet, The Baby-Sitters Club, things we saw today, trailers

Things We Saw Today: It Was a Big Day for New Trailers!

First poster for Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club
A new glut of content to keep us going through the next however many months we have left of our new socially distanced lifestyles.
Movies & TV, Arthurian mythology, Cursed, King Arthur

Why It’s so Hard to Do King Arthur Right—and Why We Keep Trying

CURSED (L TO R) KATHERINE LANGFORD as NIMUE in episode 104 of CURSED Cr. Netflix © 2020
'King Arthur' legends are messy and often end sadly, and it's still so hard for modern adaptations to make them work.
TV, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, Star Wars (franchise), The Mandalorian

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian Tackles the Legacy of Star Wars

baby yoda ior something like it n the mandalorian
While the world is sort of in a freefall, the only source of comfort I currently have is watching the docuseries Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian to get all my baby Yoda needs fulfilled.
Books, Broadway, cookbook, musicals

Exclusive: Two Musically Delicious Recipes From Break an Egg: The Broadway Cookbook

Break an Egg the Broadway Cookbook
This cookbook is filled with recipes inspired by classic musicals, and we can share two of the tasty recipes to get your Broadway cooking on posthaste.
AMP Featured, TV, Hollywood (Netflix), Janet Mock, Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood Is Flawed but Left Me Longing for a New Reality

Michelle Krusiec and Laura Harrier in A Hollywood Ending (2020)
So often in alternate universe/history, the norm is to go for the most extreme negative version of reality. What if Nazis won WWII? What if the South won the Civil War? Well in Ryan Murphy's latest endeavor, Hollywood, he instead asks: What if Hollywood had been more progressive following WWII?
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