TRANSCRIPT · Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke Star in Hand-Drawn Prada Campaign by Legendary Disney Animator John Pomeroy

## Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke Star in Hand-Drawn Prada Campaign by Legendary Disney Animator John Pomeroy (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/shopping/news/prada-hand-drawn-holiday-campaign-sadie-sink-maya-hawke-1236934005/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Prada's holiday campaign is drawn by hand, and the internet is clapping.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Prada's holiday campaign is hand-drawn by Disney animator John Pomeroy. Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke star, alongside illustrated woodland creatures.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Hand-drawn! So no AI involved. Good. The AI is one guy, and I hear he's booked through the holidays.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Variety says it's a rebellion against AI in advertising, Grant. Not a scheduling matter.
ROXY: Roxy Reel here, beret on, sunglasses up. Pencil on paper, mice stealing a loafer. I need to sit down. Let's ask the public!
PASSERBY: You can tell a person drew it. The fox has opinions. Machines never give the fox opinions.
PASSERBY: I came for the mice and the loafer. I stayed because nobody tried to sell me a handbag for forty seconds. Almost.
ROXY: Four reels out of five! Hand-drawn winter, live-action stars. It's very Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but with better shoes.
PASSERBY: My nephew asked if the mice were real. I said they're real to the pencil. He's seven. He nodded politely.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The campaign debuted Wednesday night, and Variety says the praise online has been widespread. Pencils are back. Briefly, at least.

## Scientists just broke a textbook rule of physics (ScienceDaily)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261027063713.htm
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Scientists say two electrons just broke a textbook laser rule. Our panel is not impressed, or very impressed.
NOVA: Here's what's known. Researchers aimed powerful ultraviolet lasers at helium atoms and got X-rays with much higher energies than the standard model predicts.
NOVA: It's a team from TU Wien and the University of California San Diego, building on attosecond physics. That field fed into the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
DR. VERA VECTOR: On the discussion: on Bluesky, five posts link this story, with three likes and no reposts. Small, but it exists.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: A broken rule and an unlisted exception. The article says theory 'does not account for' it.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Co-op, sure. But who checked the textbook wasn't playing a different game?
GARY: Yes. New mechanic unlocked. I'd buy the season pass.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Yes for the helium. Wait for the rest of the periodic table.
GARY: Quantum research gets new possibilities. That's a sequel announcement, and I'm already queueing.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Possibilities is a careful word. The article never says which ones.

## THE FEED (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Feed: three YouTube tech videos with a lot of views and an iPhone Duo.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for The Feed, what's trending in tech on YouTube. The tube, as we call it. Greta, Vera, take us in.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Number one: I tried Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro, by CarterPCs. 6,285,205 views, uploaded 18 hours ago. About 337,145 views per hour.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Number two: iPhone Duo Is Flopping, by Austin Sweatt. 8,207,989 views, uploaded 6 days ago, with 4,580 comments.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Number three: how many folds does the iPhone Duo last, by John Casterline. 3,129,771 views. The channel has 8,490,000 subscribers.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A flopping phone, Greta? In my day, a flop was a pager in a swimming pool.
ROXY: Rule of three: the sequel has the laptop, the middle one has the drama. Spoiler-free, I promise. I'll spoil it later.

## [AD · fictional product] Patchwell
GRETA FOOTNOTE: This is a public service announcement about that update reminder you've been snoozing since spring.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Each time you press remind me tomorrow, a small router somewhere sighs. Be kind to the router.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Install the update. Restart. Yes, the whole thing. Your tabs will survive. Probably. Now you know.

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