We Love the Internet 2020/04: The Mastiff competing at dog agility edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• E-boys are the new teen heartthrobs — and they’re poised to make serious money
• How Ms. Marvel became Marvel’s most important superhero
• Hey! You! Get on my Cloud
• The strange case of Paul Zimmer, the influencer who came back as a different person
• The Key Difference Between Video Game and Film Remakes
• Why One ‘Friends’ Fan Now Has 236 Episodes Recorded on Her DVR
• As Google Chrome crumbles the third-party cookie, what’s next for adtech?

Longer reads:

• The amazing stories of a man you’ve never heard of
• All the money in the world couldn’t make Kinect happen

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Baby Ryan “Sings” Thunderstruck
• Matchstick Art, 7.5 Million sticks over 40 years
• Baby’s first taste of ice cream
• Man Gets The Daylights Scared Out Of Him Filming A Tornado From His Garage
• See Through Catalytic Converter
• Dirt biker crosses arch bridge the hard way
• Gas station’s underground tank explosion

Things to look at/read:

• Detroit man settles race discrimination lawsuit, then bank won’t cash his check
• Jean-Luc Picard: Starfleet’s Hopepunk Captain
• Incredible, secret firefighting mission saves famous ‘dinosaur trees’

Animal corner:

• Mastiff Competing At Dog Agility
• Alaska man ducks into shed to avoid bull moose
• We now have snoods so no more manky ears after dinner
• the world’s an awful place but also have you seen this video of a tiny deer meeting a tiny human

Tweets of the week:

• This amazing movie is why all your award shows are a sham.
• Me calling Chili’s to make a dinner reservation for my bachelor party:
• There are only 10 types of movies. (A short thread)
• So a few days ago a pediatrician made a TikTok video about how vaccines don’t cause autism. It was cute and fun, and it went viral.
• Excellent work from Paul Rudd
• He’s in deep shit
• “What’s England like?”
• this should be illegal

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Inside the outrageously prestigious world of falcon influencers
• May the Score Be With You: How John Williams Defined the Sound of ‘Star Wars’
• A Doctor’s Diary: The Overnight Shift in the E.R.
• Chaos at the Top of the World
• How NBA executive Jeff David stole $13 million from the Sacramento Kings
• Romance is publishing’s most lucrative genre. Its biggest community of writers is imploding.
• The secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s archives
• What if your abusive husband is a cop?

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