Today on the 5: I happened to come across a pair of Aftermath and Creative Bloq articles about the highly repetitive influence of AI slop. I've talked about the YouTube issue before, and I've absolutely seen the degradation effect in the stock sites I use.

Today on the 5: I came across this piece on Vox about severing social relationships within a few days of Ant Pruitt talking about similar things on his Patreon. I think they both make very valid points onm when to cut people out of your life.

Today on the 5: I finished watching the newest Star Wars streaming series Skeleton Crew. The biggest problem I've had with Star Wars in recent years is the inability fior new shows to break away from the legacy material. That became a concern as this series got further along, and I really wasn't sure it would manage to avoid giving in to that temptation.

Today on the 5: Last week the world lost a unique and wonderful artistic voice when David Lynch died. I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about why this loss hit me harder than the typical celebrity death.

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Today on the 5: You may have heard that there's a potential Tik Tok ban on the horizon. While I doubt the ban will actually happen as currently proposed, even if it does I don't think it's about anyrthing more than public performance.

Today on the 5: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League hit the PSN+ free catalog this month, so Lando and I decided to give it a try and see how it is. While I certainly wouldn't call it a bad game, if I paid full price for it I probably would have regretted it pretty quickly.

Today on the 5: I saw a news item about Amazon retiring the "Try Before You Buy" program at the end of this month. It's the latest in a series of small moves that are changing some things about the shopping site that make it more in line with traditional stores.

Today on the 5: I picked up the 1960 film The Playgirls And The Vampire a while ago, but only got around to watching it this weekend. It wasnt quite what I expected it to be, which in this case is probably a good thing.

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