We Love the Internet 2021/42: The Endless cycle of book cover trends edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Endless Life Cycle of Book Cover Trends
• Netflix Estimates ‘Squid Game’ Will Be Worth Almost $900 Million
• True Genius: How to go from “the future of journalism” to a fire sale in a few short years
• Social Media Is Attention Alcohol
• An online newspaper appears to have taken a series of tweets written by a barrister, stuck them together and presented them as if it is an opinion piece
• The Bizarre and Unsettling Rise of True-Crime Makeup Videos on YouTube and TikTok

Reference points:

• Why are hyperlinks blue?
• Drone photo awards 2021

Longer reads:

• The Consultant Out of Time

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• How MrBeast spends $48,000,000 a year on videos
• Can I pinpoint the exact location of the person in this image?
• Watch This Guy Die Inside On The Dance Floor As The DJ Quickly Swaps ‘Turn Down For What’ For ‘Dancing Queen’

Things to look at/read:

• The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork Readers

Animal corner:

• That time I thought a horse with a blanket was Batman.
• What the hell?
• Big snoot. Big sneeze.
• Pets of Tiktok
• When a dog does a handstand better than you
• Parrot winding up the neighbour’s cat
• Good boy, always hit a fart at the end.
• Smart cat

Tweets of the week:

• Two plot twists on this packaging
• Another childhood pleasure that has 0 explanation
• Me on GTA waiting for the 5 stars to disappear
• i just heard my neighbor crying which means unfortunately she could probably hear me singing monster mash in different voices
• The sequel to Lisa Needs Braces
• Found my new favourite Facebook group. Can’t wait to make my first contribution.
• Ted Lasso        Ted Magic Wand
• Person 1: The glass is 1/2 full Person 2: The glass is 1/2 empty Excel: The glass is the 1st of February

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante

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