Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
- Why editorial illustrations look so similar these days
- Louie was my favorite show of the decade — until it very abruptly wasn’t
- Even the simplest metrics require forensic analysis
Reference points:
- The 100 Memes That Defined The 2010s
- The 50 Best Comedy Sketches of the Decade
- Predictions for journalism 2020
- Twenty tech trends for 2020
- GLAAD: LGBTQ Series Regulars on Broadcast TV Hit All-Time High
- It’s not just you. Netflix really is doubling its Christmas content every year
Longer reads:
- The age of Instagram face
- Can monoculture survive the algorithm?
- How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online
- How Mary-Kay Wilmers Became Britain’s Most Influential Editor
- Bosses at Vice and The Fader Ignored Sexual Misconduct, Employees Allege, Until Women on Twitter Began Exposing It
- Stab a Book, the Book Won’t Die
- Does the Movie Industry Need an Unsafe Space?
- In the 2010s, BuzzFeed Made the World a Meme
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to play with/watch/listen to:
- Former Jewel Thief Reviews Famous Heist Movies
- Best Optical Illusion Chair
- I gave strangers €5 if I didn’t speak their language
- Kid gets in fight with trash can
Things to look at/read:
- Foul play: how racism towards black footballers is moving online
- The crisis in physics is not only about physics
- Portion size
Animal corner:
- 4 puppies walking to Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
- The best thing you will see all day
- best. tiktok. ever.
Tweets of the week:
- focus on a different child every time you watch
- What’s On TV seems a pretty chill place to work
- Time for a thread of weird Victorian Christmas Cards
- Me in Argos
- Last night I saw one of the craziest damn things I’ve ever seen in all my days.
- i fkn did it
- Beyonce off to do her shift in Sainsburys
- cut my pants into pieces these are my hand made jorts
Part 3: For the weekend
Longer reads:
- The decade, explained
- Stammer time
- Cosmic Triangles Open a Window to the Origin of Time
- Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel
- The Chorus of #MeToo, and the Women Who Turned Trauma Into Songs
- How Ring Went From ‘Shark Tank’ Reject to America’s Scariest Surveillance Company
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