We Love the Internet 2020/45: The Mystery of the immaculate concussion edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Has Covid Leveled Peak TV?
• Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future
• What About the Oscars?
• AI Camera Ruins Soccer Game For Fans After Mistaking Referee’s Bald Head For Ball
• When Does Predictive Technology Become Unethical?
• Apple TV Plus one year later: still on trial
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Among Us’ Twitch stream met voters where they were, and the memes prove it

Reference points:

• 25 moments in tech that defined the past 25 years
• The 25 most spectacular branding fails of the last 25 years
• Taking stock with teens — Fall 2020 infographic
• Mapped: The Top Female Founder in Each Country

Longer reads:

• The (Not Failing) New York Times
• What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains?

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Photoshop’s Neural Filters are dumb
• The World’s Largest Dry Ice Bubble

Things to look at/read:

• Life & Death
• An Oral History of ‘Marge vs The Monorail’, the Episode That Changed ‘The Simpsons’
• I Ate Crisps Every Time I Wanted Some, to See How Weird It Made Me Feel

Animal corner:

• This Cat Relaxing With Koi Friends Is Chilling Harder Than Any Cat Has Ever Chilled
• Duck train
• SHE CAN READ
• Part 1
• Y’all wanna see a✨cat walk
• Frenchies are just the best
• I can’t stop watching
• #Goldenretriever

Tweets of the week:

• “There’s been a second lockdown, but for who, Chris Kamara?”
• I have no idea who did this, but this is the content I’m here for
• HE DID IT. THE DUDE MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF THIS TIME. IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU CHEESE MAN
• When you’ve got full service on your phone
• Curfew in Barcelona last night. The juxtaposition of the man on the piano playing “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles and the scene unfolding behind them is quite something.
• Accidentally typed “lmao” in my family group chat….this is what my mom sent me
• well sorry @Eminem for that. But that’s the first instrumental track i thought about.
• So ridiculous. Donald must work on his Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Donald, Chill!

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion
• If That’s the Future, then Good Night!
• Taste 2.0 is here
• How Linkin Park Helped Suburban Teenagers Feel Their Feelings
• Big banks entrusted money to GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.

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