Snap finally announced the release of their long-gestating smart glasses today, revealing that they will cost $2,200, and their fed-up stockholders are revolting.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/after-unveiling-ridiculously-expensive-ar-glasses-snaps-stock-takes-a-dive/

Passing by it tonight on the bus on a Friday night got me thinking about how Buddy Guy's is in exactly a sketchy enough area of the otherwise gentrified South Loop to feel to a tourist like they got an authentically sketchy taste of Chicago while on a visit there

https://buddyguy.com

David Koepp: "Okay, Steven, I got your email the other day about wanting to make a movie about space aliens who alter two humans' brains so they can be the messengers to the rest of Earth that aliens exist. Now, what else would you like to do in this story?"

Steven Spielberg: "Eh, let's not bother coming up with anything else -- I'll just have the cops chase them for two straight hours."

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/disclosure-day-ending-explained-alien-life

#TFW the UK shockingly learns for the first time that most Americans don't give even the tiniest shit about soccer

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/world-cup-interest-americans-poll-b2994185.html

Hey, did you know that Steven Spielberg has made some science-fiction films in the past? Well, too bad if you already know this, because EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MOVIE CRITIC IN AMERICA is determined to remind you this week!

Also, the more reviews I read, the more I'm realizing this isn't actually a sci-fi film at all, but a two-hour chase movie that uses aliens as a McGuffin for putting out heroes on the run in the first place.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/movies/disclosure-day-review-steven-spielberg.html