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House GOP denies Hunter Biden demand on impeachment inquiry testimony
Politico,
Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’s Debt
The Cut,
They’ve proposed he pay $85 million over ten years, rather than the $1.5 billion he owes.
Black Voters Are Drifting Away from Democrats. Will That Hurt Biden in SC?
Politico Picks,
“It seems like people are looking elsewhere,” one party official said.
11 movies to check out on Netflix in December
AV Club,
Just in time for the holidays, Netflix is stuffing stockings with high-profile originals and blockbuster favorites. The new arrivals include Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child Of Fire is an epic space opera directed by Zack Snyder. Then there’s Maestro the biographical drama Bradley Cooper cowrote and directed, in which… Read more...
YouTube Rolls Out New Games for Premium Users
Gizmodo,
YouTube ventured into gaming this week by rolling out a test of YouTube Playables to all Premium users. Playables are small, free games for mobile and desktop devices with no downloads, such as Angry Birds Showdown, from YouTube. Read more...
Joke’s on you, Jodie Whittaker didn't see your Doctor Who hate
As soon as it was announced that Doctor Who would cast a woman in the lead role, there was some obvious misogynistic blowback. But the facile gender critique is not the only problem Jodie Whittaker’s time as the Doctor faced. Her run with showrunner Chris Chibnall included controversial story choices that divided the… Read more...
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, November 28th
The New Yorker,
“We did have another choice back in 2024, but he was too old.”
Half-Life retrospective documentary
Boing Boing,
Half-Life is 25 years old, and its makers posted a documentary about its development, covering everything from the early days of Valve to the game's genre-defining success. Dave Riller, lead designer, says that when they founded the company, only three people there had even shipped a game. — Read the rest