We Love the Internet 2021/16: The Case for better watch typography edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Case For Better Watch Typography
• On Teen Vogue and the “Cancel Culture” Hell We Can’t Seem to Escape
• We finally know how bad for the environment your Netflix habit is
• How a pop-punk girl group became the most hated band on TikTok
• How TikTok Chooses Which Songs Go Viral
• Atari Bets On Blockchain & NFT Gaming With ZED RUN’s AR Horses
• NBA Top Shot Mints A Unicorn: How An Ethereum Competitor Cashed In On The NFT Craze

Reference points:

• The obscure maths theorem that governs the reliability of Covid testing

Longer reads:

• Disney’s Disembodied Black Characters
• When the Mob Comes

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• My plane is not moving! Glider stationary in wave lift
• The Growth of London: Every Year
• 3-chamber Carbon-only WORM BIN 100-Day TIME-LAPSE
• Pizza Toast & Coffee: Kissa Būgen
• Justice League 2017 vs 2021 Comparison: Superman Fights Justice League

Things to look at/read:

• Ladies and gentlemen … the weekend, brought to you by Daniel Craig and a teen in OC
• Remember Fun? Here’s a Short History of the Best Parties in Recent-ish Memory
• The Pandemic Is Ending, And The Optimized, Ever-Distant Future Is Probably Coming Back

Animal corner:

• How an experienced dog mother teaches her 8 weeks old puppies to be calm.
• This British swan won’t stop knocking on people’s doors for hours on end
• Determined Golden Retriever teaches us to not give up

Tweets of the week:

• has this one been done before
• I can’t stop laughing at this.
• If a picture is worth a thousand words then this one is an entire Philip K. Dick story.
• Jack Black is what you get when you dump all your skill points into Charisma
• BREAKING: Colin, Cuthbert, Clyde, Cecil, Curly and Wiggles have agreed to establish a new Caterpillar ‘Super League’, with 3 more caterpillars expected to join.
• My sister got so drunk last night, she got a lift home with a friends mum & she thought she picked up her clutch bag but instead she’s taken the car logbook

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Redemption of Justin Bieber
• Mads Mikkelsen Takes Everything and Nothing Seriously
• Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness
• House Hunters
• A Bestselling Author Became Obsessed With Freeing a Man From Prison. It Nearly Ruined Her Life.

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