Random links - Clearing out the open tabs…
- How to keep sea-monkeys alive (https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-keep-sea-monkeys-alive/) – Mike Monteiro slays me again with his take on AI. “AI is Sea-Monkeys. AI is hope in exchange for something that’s dead.”
- Netflix Is Adapting Miles Franklin’s ‘My Brilliant Career’ Into Its Next Big Australian Drama Series (https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/arts-entertainment/my-brilliant-career-netflix-series) – I listened to the audiobook last year and loved it, except for the ending which enraged me (https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/70736). Now another generation of women can be likewise annoyed.
- Did you know that Mariska Hargitay is Jayne Mansfield’s daughter (https://tomandlorenzo.com/2025/06/red-carpet-rundown-mariska-hargitays-my-mom-jayne-tribeca-festival-premiere/)? I did not. #nepobaby
- In ‘Office Space,’ Texas’ suburban hellscape is a character all its own (https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/office-space-mike-judge-texas-20323063.php) – I also didn’t know Office Space was set in Texas. Between that article and the stapler meme (https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78768), I think the universe is telling me I need to rewatch this movie. (It did prompt me to listen to “Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDMg9-LZRk))
- Frank Reynolds Joins the Fellowship of the Ring (https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/17/Frank-Reynolds-Joins-the-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/) – This so stupid, and so well done, and it made us laugh and laugh. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78975