We Love the Internet 2024/04: The How platforms killed pitchfork edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• That Spotify Daylist That Really ‘Gets’ You? It Was Written by A.I.
• If you want to understand modern politics, you have to understand modern fandom
• Why Elon Musk needs MrBeast
• Hit Man deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible
• Doug Liman Says He’s Boycotting SXSW Premiere Of His Jake Gyllenhaal Film ‘Road House’ To Protest Amazon MGM Bypassing Theaters For Prime Streaming Release

Reference points:

• Peak TV Is Over as 2023 Scripted Series Releases “Crash”
• 8 Forecasts & Implications for the Years Ahead: 2024+

Longer reads:

• How platforms killed Pitchfork

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• The Murder Game Revolution That Has Gripped China

Things to look at/read:

• Air Jordan Is Finally Deflating

Animal corner:

• The eyes have it: 100 of the world’s cutest photos
• Must have a sniff of everything!!!
• It is cartoon kinda icy here! They are okay, don’t worry

Tweets of the week:

• Idk anything about Dune but from this poster it looks like it’s about a giant chihuahua chasing some tiny people.
• The big bad wolf after seeing this
• All four people currently depicted on the reverse of Bank of England banknotes either died at the age of 41 or were portrayed in a film by Timothy Spall.
• I feel there could have been a better way for management to diarise my annual leave
• SIMPLY HAVING A
• my stomach after the fifth pint of Guinness
• It’s alright, in the UK this man is rather rudely known as Alan Brazil

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• What To Do About Beer Festivals
• Hippy, capitalist, guru, grocer: the forgotten genius who changed British food
• My Unraveling

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We Love the Internet 2024/03: The Perfect webpage edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• A Few Words About Netflix’s Success: Vivid. Snappy. Tags.
• “A Pathetic Surrender”: Why Fox News Just Can’t Quit Donald Trump
• Celebrities Already Live in AI Hell
• The scariest sound on TikTok

Reference points:

• Using the Wayback Machine and Google Analytics to Uncover Disinformation Networks
• The 1944 CIA guide to sabotaging meetings

Longer reads:

• The Perfect Webpage
• Why Platformer is leaving Substack
• The Quiet Death of Ello’s Big Dreams

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• A Sudoku Secret to Blow Your Mind
• Mongolians Unique Breakfast

Things to look at/read:

• Exploring the Stories Behind the Pictures

Animal corner:

• me coming back to the party after secretly throwing up
• airpods are charging

Tweets of the week:

• these 2 are a perfect representation of stone island as a brand. For the mandem and the geezers
• I realise she can be an awkward backbencher nowadays but this is over the top.
• DD/MM/YYYY is the superior date format , MM/DD/YYYY is just dumb.
• Trying to read an article on a regional news website
• This is an all time community note.
• “don’t overthink it” me:
• Can’t believe we don’t even need to change the frinkiac quote

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.

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We Love the Internet 2024/02: The Dating apps are in their flop era edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Will Gypsy-Rose Blanchard really benefit from this media circus?
• The fall of Will and Jada’s media empire
• Amazon Is About to Eat the TV Universe

Reference points:

• 158 million tracks had 1,000 plays or fewer on music streaming services last year

Longer reads:

• ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators’ Wild Road to Their Biggest Gamble Yet: Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Best of Favorite Dance Moves
• I Made a Nintendo Playstation
• 180 Songs That Turn 40 Years Old in 2024

Things to look at/read:

• Dating Apps Are In Their Flop Era
• What’s With All the Different Salts? Here’s How to Use Them.

Animal corner:

• Must have a sniff of everything!!!
• When your little brother doesn’t give you a break

Tweets of the week:

• omg boygenius i love u
• Https don’t lie.
• the beacon is lit. gondor calls for aid
• Me walking around Borough Market pretending I’m going to buy something when I’m actually just there for the free samples
• What is the charge? Having a go? Having a go at the succulent Premier League riches?
• Throat Surgeon is a CRAZY thing to call your wife
• AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE SENT ME MORE VIDEO OF CONNOR STUCK IN THE URN AND GETTING CHISELED OUT

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Unending Quest To Build A Better Chicken
• How to Love an Oyster
• The neighbors who destroyed their lives

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We Love the Internet 2024/01: The Internet is about to get weird again edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
• What Happens When Ads Generate Themselves?
• Was 2023 the Greatest Gaming Year of All Time?
• What’s your definition of GREAT content?
• First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
• Why Netflix is turning ‘Yu Yu Hakusho,’ ‘One Piece’ and other manga series into live-action shows
• Early Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain—and AI is already on the case

Reference points:

• How Big is YouTube?
• AI, and everything else
• The Pictorial C64 Fault Guide
• Walt Disney Studio’s Drawing on the Past

Longer reads:

• When the New York Times lost its way
• The Virus Inside Your TV
• Inside The New York Times’ Big Bet on Games

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
• Which YouTube Rewind has aged the worst?
• Steamboat Willie

Things to look at/read:

• My New iPhone Is Making Me Look Uglier
• The People Who Brought You Travis Kelce
• Under Review
• Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don’t notice
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

Animal corner:

• This monkey lmao

Tweets of the week:

• They found the Peloton instructor and she’s brutal
• I will continue referring to him as King Frederik Twitter of Denmark.
• CHARGE
• when ur at a wedding and the dj says alright y’all it’s time we played a lil something for the fellas and it’s mambo no 5
• It’s 2024 and we have Batman shampoo but STILL no Conditioner Gordon.
• Browsing twitter replies these days
• Didn’t think a birthday card could hit so hard. This one hurts

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound
• The Age Gappers
• When I Met the Pope

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