Radio Times: Doctor Who missing episodes addressed as Film is Fabulous founder explains preservation project. “Film is Fabulous founder John Franklin has shared an update on the charitable trust’s work to catalogue and preserve private film collections, while also clarifying its current position on missing Doctor Who episodes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/radio-times-doctor-who-missing-episodes-addressed-as-film-is-fabulous-founder-explains-preservation-project/

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/04/new-york-groove-we-got-to-the-bottom-of-the-sex-and-the-city-style-composting-ads/

How the Creator of “Beef” Got from Petty Feuds to Class Warfare

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-the-creator-of-beef-got-from-petty-feuds-to-class-warfare

“Euphoria” ’s Descent Into Hell

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/euphorias-descent-into-hell

ABC News (Australia): Indonesia’s first fully AI-animated show Legenda Bertuah gets mixed reaction. “While other countries including China have already made fully AI-generated television shows, the Legenda Bertuah series is a milestone for Indonesia and viewers’ reactions have been mixed.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/13/abc-news-australia-indonesias-first-fully-ai-animated-show-legenda-bertuah-gets-mixed-reaction/

New York Times: ‘Real Housewives’ Changed the Way We Argue. Blame the Memes. This link goes to a gift article. “…the ‘Real Housewives’ franchises … and the tendency of their cast members to tease, yell and flip tables when they get together, are irresistible to anyone who knows how to make a meme. Traded on social media, in emails and texts, they are a way of communicating for those who […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/28/new-york-times-real-housewives-changed-the-way-we-argue-blame-the-memes/

AV Club: Great Job, Internet!: Intrepid Mystery Science Theater fan finds and uploads lost episode “K03”. “…seemingly out of the ether, a YouTuber named Arthur Putie has found a VHS copy of the show’s third episode, ‌Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, also known as ‘K03,’ and uploaded it to YouTube. On Reddit, they wrote that the tape was ‘found in a garage sale around Minneapolis & finally […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/great-job-internet-intrepid-mystery-science-theater-fan-finds-and-uploads-lost-episode-k03-av-club/

MakeUseOf: I tried living on free streaming channels for a month and found some real gems. “I expected a downgrade, with endless ads, low-quality content, and a frustrating viewing experience, but what I found was surprisingly different. Free streaming felt less like scrolling fatigue and more like rediscovering TV as I remember it, where you stumble onto something good instead of endlessly […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/makeuseof-i-tried-living-on-free-streaming-channels-for-a-month-and-found-some-real-gems/

Mashable: Bachelor Nation, #MomTok furious over violent video of Taylor Frankie Paul. “Paul is a #MomTok influencer, with over 6 million followers, and the star of Hulu’s reality hit, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives…. The 2023 video, released by TMZ, shows Paul kicking Mortensen and putting him in a chokehold while Paul’s young daughter is nearby on a couch. Paul then starts throwing […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/22/mashable-bachelor-nation-momtok-furious-over-violent-video-of-taylor-frankie-paul/

Deadline: ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Getting YouTube Channel For First Time. “As part of the agreement, All3Media-owned Little Dot’s team in the U.S. will work with Fred Rogers Productions to launch and manage the channel, providing strategic insight, content curation and paid media services. The channel will include full-length episodes and a collection of repurposed digital-first […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/22/deadline-mister-rogers-neighborhood-getting-youtube-channel-for-first-time/