We Love the Internet 2019/33: The Dark power of fraternities edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

· Evidence, Please

· There’s An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites

· Pizza Hut wants to remind you of childhood: Can nostalgia actually sell more pizza?

· Robot Hiveminds & Network Effects

· The hidden costs of automated thinking

· Bollywood Rapper Sets Viewer Record YouTube Isn’t Talking About

Reference points:

· Internal Documents Show Why the NYPD Tries to Be ‘Funny’ Online

· 82 Ways to Live Like Alejandro Jodorowsky

· Uber lost $5.2 billion in 3 months. Here’s where all that money went.

· How To Talk Comedy Writer

Longer reads:

· Growth: an overview of start-ups in the UK

· No Logo at 20: have we lost the battle against the total branding of our lives?

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

· We Made A Human Tube Map

· Mitchie Brusco’s first-ever Big Air 1260

· A ‘Fast & Furious’ Guide: How Did We Get to ‘Hobbs & Shaw’?

· Every Space Shuttle ever launched, in order

· Simone Biles, in extreme slow motion.

· Parkour Runner Misses Jump And Falls Off High-Rise Roof, Catches Himself On Electric Wires

Things to look at/read:

· The tiny video store that survived Netflix

· The Modern Market for NBA Trading Cards

· How aggressively cute toys for adults became a $686 million business

· How the Manson family became a pop culture trope

· Cornhole (yes, cornhole) is going pro

· Boycotts, bruised egos: How players reacted to ‘Madden NFL 20’ ratings

· Birth of the cool: The story behind the ice cream sandwich, an icon at 120

Animal corner:

· Curious Cub Startles Sleeping Men

· Midnight snack…

· Wait for it waaaaaait for it

· Can’t we all just get along?

· Guy with thick chicago accent helps coyote pup

· Please take a moment out of your day to appreciate the poise, elegance and natural grace of the panda.

Tweets of the week:

· My favourite thing ever. You have seriously made my birthday

· When you see your customizable character in a cutscene

· oh my god, i need this to be me in 20 years

· Why can’t this guy be the witness for everything

· Why is the “Save” button on MS Excel represented by the picture of vending machine? (with purchased drink at the bottom)

· My boyfriend literally has no problem making friends with anybody…

· so the limit is 412 chicken nuggets

· Some people claim the Sistine Chapel is the peak of human made beauty

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

· The Dark Power of Fraternities

· Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate

· How Clown Pants Saved My Life

· The Matriarchs of ‘Succession’

· Five Lessons from History

· Love in the Time of Britney

· Drink up, stoners

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