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Around the water cooler 📰
Conversation starters for the Way of Water-cooler:
The 2022 World Cup semifinals commence today! In what is likely his final major tournament appearance, Lionel Messi will lead Argentina to the finals after taking down Croatia 3-nil. Their opponents will be decided tomorrow in a showdown between tournament underdogs and defending champs, Morocco vs. France. From beer bans to Japanese sportsmanship and etiquette, this World Cup has been filled with memorable moments, big and small.
OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, to the general public and has received a healthy amount of fanfare...and skepticism. Now that it's out in the world, some are wondering if we've opened Pandora's Box. Elon Musk has called the new chatbot "scary good" and CEO Sam Altman has expressed the need to proceed with caution. It may be a while before we can fully comprehend the far-reaching implications of AI language-processing that can evade anti-plagiarism software. One skeptic calls it "the most disruptive change the U.S. economy has seen in 100 years."
James Cameron's long-awaited sequel, Avatar: The Way of Wateris set to release this weekend 13 years after the original. The accomplished director has been on a historic run ofboasting about his return to Pandora andits 3-hour runtime, but in a stroke of poetic irony will be missing its premiere after testing positive for COVID19.
Recommendations
To Watch:
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio: Guillermo Del Toro reimagines the classic fairy tale in a beautifully animated stop-motion film.
WEDNESDAY: Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton's reboot which boasts the most hours viewed in a week of all time on Netflix, at 341.2M hours.
The Big Brunch: Dan Levy hosts this wholesome cooking competition featuring everyone's favorite in-between meal of the day.
Fleishman is in Trouble: "Bringing Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg and Seth Cohen back together in their early 40s for a divorce-themed dark comedy is exactly the kind of respect that Millennials deserve" - Amir.
Glass Onion: Benoit Blanc is on the case once again in Rian Johnson's sequel to his Oscar Award-winning mystery, Knives Out, which pays homage to The Last of Sheila (1973).
Slow Horses season 2: Gary Oldman leads an MI5 department of career f***-ups in this Apple TV+ espionage series.
Hulu Holiday movies: "Not one in particular they are all garbage but feel GOOD garbage!" - Merri.
Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? A wild documentary about a soda conglomerate giveaway and one man's journey to earn the top prize, a highly advanced military plane?
To Read:
"I finished Detransition, Baby and cried at the end." - April
The Department of Energy's fusion energy breakthrough announcement.
Robin Sloan's ruminations on a new age of exploration and innovation on the internet.
This explainer of Goncharov, Martin Scorsese's lost 1973 film that doesn't actually exist.
To Listen:
Carioca. - Kartik: "It’s like holiday vibes without being holiday music." - Cameron
Star Wars Lofi: A warm fire on Starkiller Base with lofi beats to study or relax to.
To Try:
Sleep inside DJ Khaled's shoe closet, now on AirBnB 🤷♂️
This Studio Ghibli Yule Log on HBO Max to set the mood.
Learn recipe-free cooking at a cooking school run out of Julia Child's historic home, or watch the lessons distilled into this new TV series 🧑🍳
Adding these medieval words to your vocabulary ⚔️
Send us your recs for the next edition of the neuxsletter!