I think with all the 25th and 30th anniversaries of things creeping in, the 90s are starting to feel far enough back now.. the entirety of the 2000s though, just one big soup. a handful of pop culture items, movies and events stick out as a place in time

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

New post: A look at October 2024 media of interest, including limited free streaming on Apple TV+ of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." www.diversetechgeek.com/october-2024...#media#streaming

October 2024 media picks and news

A look at media of interest coming out in October 2024, including free limited streaming on Apple TV+ of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

Per others' remarks, "buy physical media" is good, but a lot of streaming TV shows and movies *don't* get DVD/Blu-ray releases. Unless they have a digital version available for purchase (which thanks to DRM has the same "could disappear" problems), these removed shows are gone (save piracy)?

Disney+ Removes Multiple Originals Including “Togo” & “A Small Light” – What's On Disney Plus whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-remov...#DisneyPlus#streaming

Disney+ Removes Multiple Originals Including “Togo” & “A Small Light”

Over a year ago, Disney made a massive purge of original programming, pulling shows such as

shitty and pushing right-wing politics?

TVverge-poster.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 2:22pm

The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter - https://www.theverge.com/24255887/social-ai-bots-social-network-chatgpt-vergecast

The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter

On The Vergecast: what if, in an AI world, social networks might make more sense than chatbots?

More stuff is being erased from streaming services for unclear reasons... great. “Hailey’s On It” Removed From Disney+ – What's On Disney Plus whatsondisneyplus.com/haileys-on-i...#DisneyPlus#streaming

“Hailey’s On It” Removed From Disney+

Last year, Disney released a brand new animated series called

... and maybe "nobody but a handful of comic book geeks remember Black Canary the comic character anyway?" Odd thing is DC thought the main problem with Dinah by the 80s was... being older than her jLA teammates. (Thus the "mother/daughter" retcons).

No, it was a mainstay all through pre-Crisis (1985's "America vs. the Justice Society" has Flash comment on their fictional status on Earth-1). My guess: Black Canary's seen as "some random woman who was a fan of/inspired by the comic character" (just as Barry-Flash was a fan of Jay-Flash)...

Pre-Crisis, shouldn't Dinah's identity already be public knowledge (or suspect)? She's a comic book character on Earth-1 (albeit an old/obscure one from the late 40s)...