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Hardee’s tweet may be the first time “a social media marketing ploy has intersected with a Justice Department investigation related to a former president,” one Twitter sage noted.

A brand new Joker film made its world premiere last night but that might be the only time it ever plays. It’s called The People’s Joker and is described as “a queer coming-of-age story complete with a copyright-defying array of villains and heroes.” And that’s the problem right there. Future screenings of the film…

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After having to cancel launches aboard Russian Soyuz rockets, British satellite company OneWeb has reached a settlement agreement with Arianespace that could see a resumption of the suspended launches.

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Almost exactly eight years after first arriving on PC, The Sims 4 is going free to play. Starting on October 18th, publisher EA won’t charge you anything to download the base game on Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. If you already paid for the original release or decide to buy it before October 17th, the company will gift you the upcoming Desert Luxe Kit. The DLC comes with a handful of southwestern desert-themed furniture items.

Note that EA has released 12 expansions for The Sims 4, and if you decide to play the game for free, you’ll be missing out on a lot of the features that make the game feel so compelling in 2022. For instance, without the Cats & Dogs DLC installed, your sims can’t get a feline or canine companion.

As for what today’s news means for the game’s future, EA says developer Maxis is “more dedicated than ever to developing new and meaningful experiences for players, and will continue to develop and release packs, kits, and Sims delivery express drops into the foreseeable future.” On that note, the two will host a YouTube and Twitch livestream on October 18th to share what’s next for the franchise.

Presumably inspired by the tangle of cords under my desk, the Entropy Chair created by Phillips’ Collection doesn’t look like a chair at all, just a cube of randomly strung wires. Those wires have actually been carefully placed to create a seat. How about that! Plus it’s only $1,800. The stainless steel chair measures a near-perfect 29″ x 30″ x 30″ cube and, according to the product website, “Is perfect for contemporary interiors and rooms with an industrial chic vibe. It’s also perfect for people with $1,800 to spend on a chair that looks like it was spun by a giant spider.

Will I be buying one? Probably not, but I will be making my own and trying to sell them online for half the price. Will I sell any? I suppose that depends on willing people are to spend $900 on an Entropy Chair that’s so entropic it’s not even a chair anymore, just a pile of rusty metal bars and tangled USB cables.

[via DudeIWantThat]