My movie adventures with my buddy Devicer hit our first dud last week, as we got out to see Jurassic Park Rebirth. We weren't expecting Citizen Kane, just a fun dinosaur action movie to accompany our popcorn. But it really kind of stank. The dumb parts were too dumb, the stakes felt nonexistent, and the callbacks to the original movie didn't land. Worse still, the digital compositing seemed terrible at times, leading to half-baked special effects that didn't present the visual splendor that could have been a saving grace. On the bright side, the last film we saw before that was F1: The Movie, and that was pretty fantastic. Definitely the fun summer blockbuster we were hoping for. So, you win some and you lose some.

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Reborn Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Stories

• Ozzy Osbourne Plays His ‘Final Song’ With Black Sabbath - The New York Times (free account required).
• Jurassic World Rebirth Opens To $318M Global Box Office, Best Of 2025 - Deadline.

Science

• Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways - Ars Technica.
• Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the Galaxy - Futurism.

Media

• Frogger IRL. Thanks VideoSift. SMB theme is nice and all, but how hard would this have been?

Creature Features

• Armadillo enjoying a kiddie pool on Instagram. Thanks Boing Boing.

Follow-ups

• Desperate search for the missing in Texas flood; at least 51 dead- live updates - NBC News.
• As the CDC weighs flu shots without thimerosal, here's what to know - NPR.