Not dead yet. Current focus is on final edits and typesetting for The Exploits of Jay Moriarty; there’s another Casefile installment in the can, but that probably won’t be coming out until after Exploits is released.
Having watched the first season of Young Sherlock, I remain unmoved from my opinion that the least interesting thing about Sherlock Holmes is his backstory. Holmes’ family background should not be some grand convoluted plot; if you cram years of tragedy and high-stakes intrigue into Holmes’ youth, you kick the legs out from under his adventures as an adult (which are, by volume, a bunch of funny little low-rent mysteries).
And let’s be honest—the more boring Holmes’ parents are, the funnier his and Mycroft’s whole deal is.
Podcast Appearance: I Will Fight You
On this episode of I Will Fight You, Annie and Maq successfully bully me into watching anime in the form of Summer Wars. It turns out nobody else knows what Stuxnet is, and also our editor Lucas has some arguments to make about whether the Digimon: The Movie soundtrack is actually a third-wave ska album.
Preorder: The Exploits of Jay Moriarty
The second collected anthology of The Casefile of Jay Moriarty comes out on September 14!
This Week’s Links
Families in London temporary housing told they cannot use in-built air conditioning
Homeless families placed in temporary accommodation in London were told they could not use the in-built air conditioning as it had “not been offered as an amenity” for them, leading to two children being hospitalised during recent heatwaves.
Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
After meeting the woman, catcalling her and harassing her for her full name and Instagram details, the cop illegally looked up her vehicle information on DAVID, a Florida Department of Motor Vehicles database for law enforcement. He then put her license plate details on a surveillance “hotlist,” meaning he would get a notification in real time anytime she drove by an AI-powered license plate surveillance camera.
Investment firm’s cofounder sues after being fired for neglecting the in-person work mandate he signed, saying it applies to employees not owners
Nieporte’s attorney, Matthew Press of Press Koral LLP, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but told the Journal that neglecting the return-to-office order wasn’t sufficient cause for termination, arguing that it was aimed at employees and “did not validly apply to Mr. Nieporte, who was an owner and manager of the company.”
Also, rewatching Farscape. This show is a lot gayer than I remember. And I already remembered it as being pretty gay.
-K
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