Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How Twitch lost the battle for its soul TikTok Is the New King of Social Media. Now What? What? Huh? Why your favorite shows and films sound worse than ever Reference points: The 50 greatest HBO shows ever — ranked Longer reads: SKY (G)ONE: A History…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Welcome to hell, Elon Ways to think about a metaverse Meeting Overload Is a Fixable Problem When Netflix and HBO Turned on Each Other, They Forged a New Era of Television How Elon Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter ‘It’s out of order’: Gen Z speak up…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Podcasting Is Just Radio Now TikTok won’t stop serving me horror and death Jan 9th & May 24th 2007 Reference points: 38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent How Do Americans Spend Their Money, By Generation? Longer reads: The Crypto Story ‘Love Island UK’ Isn’t a…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Private Chefs Are Celebrities Now Thanks to TikTok In the Land of Too Much Television, This Nerd Is Queen Just a Few People Crowned Some of YouTube’s Earliest Hits Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Some Celebs License Photos of Themselves and Others Steal Them Reference points: Kilogram Longer reads: The thorny problem of keeping the internet’s time Part 2: For the lunch-break Things to play with/watch/listen to: hi, I’m Dream Things to look at/read: The Murder Mystery Edition Take Your Fries and Leave Whatever…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Instagram Stumbles in Push to Mimic TikTok, Internal Documents Show Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should Why Did Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ Bomb at the Box Office? Straight People Aren’t Entirely to Blame As Trevor Noah Exits, Comedy Central Finds Itself In Crisis Mode Elon…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: TV Has Turned Pro Sports Into a Recession-Proof Investment Dragons vs. Elves: Who Has the Better Release Strategy? Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme Reference points: The Most Powerful Decision Making Razors Longer reads: The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How platforms turn boring Why Japan Stopped Innovating ‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind? As The Debate Over AI Rages, Artists Are Already Using It To Illustrate Entire Comics Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Animators say they’re “clueless” and “confused” about HBO Max cancellations We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting Social Media Was a C.E.O.’s Bullhorn, and How He Lured Women Reference points: Great Landing Page Copy Why Wikipedia cannot claim the Earth is not flat …