The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1129
Josh and Harry discuss the curious case of Trump’s war leaks, the unexpected failure of Snow White and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and how Netflix’s Adolescence’ message is now being pushed in schools.
Reading List
Jeffrey Goldberg is editor in chief at The Atlantic - The Atlantic
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic
Fair question, but misses the point - Twitter - Cryptid Politics
Sangita Myska reacts - Twitter - Sangita Myska
Sean Davis on Goldberg’s prior work - Twitter - Sean M. Davis
Cynical Publius - 1 - Twitter - Cynical Publius
Cynical Publius - 2 - Twitter - Cynical Publius
Image Archive 1 - Archive
Image Archive 2 - Archive
Image Archive 3 - Archive
The Article itself - Archive
White House Press Secretary responds - Twitter - Press Secretary
Leaked image - Trump team text chat - Twitter Image
Legal Distortion image - Twitter - Legal Distortion
Merch link - Lotus Eaters Shop
Disney's 'Snow White' flop is deeper than anti-woke backlash, box office analysts say - Archive
Snow White Rotten Tomatoes - Rotten Tomatoes
Snow White IMDb - IMDb
5 Reasons Why Disney's Live-Action Snow White Bombed At The Box Office - SlashFilm
🔥 2 MILLION PLAYERS! 🔥 - Twitter - Assassin's Creed
Final numbers are in. - Twitter - Grummz
Gets into a fight with Elon Musk and Grummz - Twitter - Assassin's Creed
More fighting - Twitter - Assassin's Creed
Metacritic - Metacritic
Top 2 reviews on Steam - Twitter - Pirat Nation
Steam review - Discord
Response - Discord
Microtransaction store - Twitter - Synth Potato
Microtransaction for the map - Twitter - A Legendary Drops
Assassin’s Creed Shadows isn’t the hit Ubisoft “desperately needs,” analyst says - PCGamesN
How much could Assassin's Creed Shadows have cost to make? Ubisoft CEO once revealed how delay affected them financially - Sportskeeda
2 HOURS of credits - Twitter - Stuttering Craig
Starmer 'worried' about toxic masculinity after Adolescence drama - BBC
Lets remind ourselves - Twitter/X
Don’t remember too hard or you’re racist - Refinery29
Estelle Uba's website - Estelle Uba
All comes at the same time as this - TechInformed
Lotus Eaters Shop - Lotus Eaters
Even made it to the US - NBC News
Covered on the continent - Euronews
From the police to the prime minister: how Adolescence is making Britain face up to toxic masculinity - The Guardian
Mad at Elon’s pet Indian saying “wow” to Ian Miles Chungus - Metro
High Peak MP calls for action against toxic masculinity and online influencers such as Andrew Tate - Buxton Advertiser
Video games can’t escape their role in the radicalisation of young men - The Guardian
Smartphones - The Guardian
More youth centres would be good but would not really tackle the problem - we need to get kids away from smartphones - Martha Gill - X
Boys to get anti-misogyny lessons as TV drama Adolescence hits home - The Times
Schools to give boys anti-misogyny lessons to stop toxic masculinity in wake of Netflix hit Adolescence - Daily Mail
School's response - Josh Ferme - X
A healthy view: Adolescence demonises white working-class boys - The Spectator
Pillars of masculinity - Art of Manliness
Comments