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Zach Cregger's Sci-Fi Thriller The Flood Will Land in Theaters in 2028

2026-04-18 07:54:09

The Flood was originally in development at Netflix, but in November, The Wrap reported https://www.thewrap.com/zach-cregger-sci-fi-movie-the-flood- netflix- theatrical/ that development there had come to a halt when Netflix would not commit to a theatrical release for the film.

Well... I've been reading articles and posting from the terminal, which has been fun! So I'm still getting the hang of things around here....

But anyway... It's awesome Cregger ditched Netflix to get a theatrical release, but I feel like he might be doing a little too much... Three movies in three years only ever results in diminishing returns, unless you are Coppola.

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

2026-04-17 09:12:23

Limit your Shorts scrolling to zero minutes per day.

And to think, I just cancelled my YouTube Premium Family subscription… maybe I should keep it after all…

Tax Day means less filings from immigrants worried about exposure to ICE

2026-04-17 07:05:59

So not only are we spending hundreds of billions to try to deport people, we're also going to be losing hundreds of billions from the tax revenue they bring in.

Spaceballs: The New One

2026-04-17 01:22:13

The fact that Mel Brooks is going to turn 100 soon is wild. He looks and sounds great. But I hope they film his stuff first, because Spaceballs was like my Bible as a kid, and I really hope they can deliver on this. Even if not, what the hell—it'll be fun to have something with a 100-year-old Mel Brooks in it.

The conspiratorial left needed proof Trump is a monster. They settled on Sascha Riley.

2026-04-17 01:12:04

When asked directly what expertise she brought to survivors of trafficking or child abuse, Voldeng said, “My approach is proactive and pre-emptive.” Her team, she said, is “a mix of Red Cross meets Jedi Knights.”

I don't even know where to begin. If anything, this feels more like a mental health story than a political story. It's a little scary to think that something like this can happen. Our brains are just so fragile and malleable. I'm sure this guy maybe believes it and thinks his memories are true, But I just don't think in any world that any of that is a real possibility. The fact that people want to help him get the message out and believe it is an even more troubling sign of the times. What's even worse is it would probably take real proof of something like this to get the people on Trump's side to turn against him. There's enough monstrous stuff out there that he's done and said with real evidence alreasy, and it has zero effect on people and their morality as they strive for more power and ignore the real-life consequences that come from that.

Allbirds, the San Francisco shoe brand that made 'Salesforce Ones,' pivots to AI

2026-04-17 01:05:09

American Exchange Group, which entered a purchase agreement with Allbirds earlier this year, intends to “build on Allbirds’ legacy and deliver compelling products to Allbirds’ customers” by changing its name to NewBird AI. The company is set to receive $50 million from an investor, and stocks have soared to $19 per share, up from $2.59 earlier this year.

This feels like the moment when we can officially say AI has jumped the shark. Even as a skeptic, I have to admit the usefulness is real; I've been able to utilize Claude Code to help me make some little web apps and tools for myself, but I don't know how you go from being a huge shoe company—even if you are based in the Bay—to an AI company. Its capitalism run rampant. Everyone's just chasing a dollar rather than working on things that they actually think are important, that they enjoy, or that they want to do. It's the personification of a bad MBA.