We Love the Internet 2019/29: The Hired guns of Instagram edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online
• Everything we do, and everything we feel.
• eBay trashes Amazon Prime Day and promises to unlock more deals if the site crashes again
• They welcomed a robot into their family, now they’re mourning its death
• How ‘Toy Story 4’ and Pixar keep Don Rickles’ legacy alive two years after his death
• The Golden Age of Cord-Cutting Is Over. Now What?
• We hired three Fiverr workers to write about Fiverr’s IPO

Reference points:

• How Music Discovery Works Today, and What Artists Can Do To Stand Out
• At What Age Do People Switch Jobs
• Reflect, connect, learn: How video is fulfilling new roles in people’s lives

Longer reads:

• The hired guns of Instagram
• Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Pickpockets Target Oblivious Tourists, Don’t Notice That The Police Are Trailing Them
• billy corgan rides a rollercoaster
• Guy In Charge Of Pouring The Champagne Tower Has The Absolute Worst Day Of His Life
• Woman Tries To Body Surf Down A Dune, Fails To Account For The Effects Of Friction
• Oh Geez, This Is The Most (Literally) Painful Gender Reveal Ever
• This clip from the Fox show Beat Shazam is the bleakest thing on television. Darker than Euphoria or Chernobyl. I implore you to watch the entire clip

Things to look at/read:

• The Best Abortion Ever
• The Ultimate Guide To Every Hot Dog Style From Around The World

Animal corner:

• Tortoise Snaps Angrily at Girl’s Phone
• Fucks given: Zero.
• Dog Has Most Dramatic Reaction To Dropping Toy

Tweets of the week:

• dr strange: *opens the portals* dusted avengers:
• me when an email finds me well
• 50 years ago today, as we were camping in Canada, my dad used an aluminum canoe as an antennae so my brother and I could listen to the launch of Apollo 11
• phil mitchell saying “eh” to the tune of the eastenders theme is one of my favourite videos to ever exist
• If white characters were written the way white authors describe POC in novels:
• Thoughts and prayers for the woman in the brown top
• Lethal Weapon 5 looks shit….
• drunk woody harrelson being kept from his seats at wimbledon is a huge mood

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Time I Went On A Lesbian Cruise And It Blew Up My Entire Life
• Judge Judy Is Still Judging You
• A dirty, rotten, double crossing (true) story of what happened to the Italian American mob

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