We Love the Internet 2017/23: The Elle Fanning’s fan fantasy edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• YouTube’s gossip vloggers have created their own tabloid industry
• The TV bubble isn’t about to pop. But there are needles everywhere.
• Apple’s strengths and weaknesses
• The ousted founder of Unilad has won a legal ruling that could force the sale of the site
• Surge pricing comes to the supermarket
• The iMovie president
• How a Florida Teen Became Queen of Gen Z’s Favorite Video Platform—and a Top Brand Influencer

Reference points:

• And now, a brief definition of the web
• Well Told: A conference about longform and narrative journalism
• State world map

Longer reads

• The One Big Reason Why BuzzFeed Needs to Break Into TV
• What Has the Internet Done to Media?
• Secret life of a full-time cyborg
• Andrew O’Hagan on Paul Dacre

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Elle Fanning’s Fan Fantasy
• Why Japan has so many vending machines
• Britney Spears – “Toxic” REAL VOICE (NO AUTO-TUNE VERSION)
• Man Almost Killed After Shooting Fridge Filled With Tannerite
• unique encounter between 2 polyglots in 21 languages
• Election20171
• Trap Raided On Live Jacksonville Fl
• Close-Up Magician Will Tsai Blows Judges Away On America’s Got Talent 2017 Season 12

Things to look at/read:

• The Babadook is now a gay icon because the people willed it to be so
• On the trail with Kane
• Bleecker Street’s Swerve From Luxe Shops to Vacant Stores

Animal corner:

• Elephants Run To Greeting A New Rescued Baby Elephant

Tweets of the week:

• I have a friend who is a crossword setter for The Times and my appreciation of his level of nerdery is high right now.
• guys this is Randy… don’t be like Randy..
• What happens when you drive through an English high street blasting Vengaboys
• How would a Xenomorph wear a hat?
• Confirmed!
• I don’t want to hear anyone claim to be anti social ever again. This is the G.O.A.T
• jesus is real and he is black
• When your impulse to mansplain is so strong you try to mansplain the Bible to the actual Pope.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads

• The opioid crisis changed how doctors think about pain
• We bought a crack house
• A Definitive Ranking of the Best Movie Makeovers
• 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time
• Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race

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