We Love the Internet 2020/48: The Substackerati edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay
• Five years on — the very silly launch of TIDAL
• Right-Wing Social Media Finalizes Its Divorce From Reality
• A College Student Behind A Massively Popular Paint-Mixing TikTok Page Was Fired From Sherwin-Williams
• Netflix Pulls ‘Chappelle’s Show’ at Dave Chappelle’s Request
• Why streaming devices and streaming networks are fighting over your eyeballs

Longer reads:

• The Substackerati
• Copying (is the way design works)
• The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• 10-Year-Old Gives Hysterical Relationship Advice To Her Nanny

Things to look at/read:

• The Hyper-Regional Chippy Traditions of Britain and Ireland
• The Distinguished Medieval Penis Investigators
• Q: What Is a Hole? A: We’re Not Sure!
• 7 Of History’s Most Unbelievable Heists, From D.B. Cooper To The Lufthansa Robbery

Animal corner:

• Dog Instantly Spits Out Food After He Sees His Toy Drop Dead
• Alpacas Don’t Know What To Make Of This Human Baby
• BUSTY. FIFE. SQUIRREL.
• I’ll be watching you

Tweets of the week:

• If fruit had human skin, would peeling it feel even more satisfying?
• Someone just shown me this. And it’s perfect
• I keep getting pushed ads for this bed. I believe the model is called “I’ve Given Up.”
• Baby, it’s on
• I love the NFL because both of these humans play the same sport professionally
• another day of staring at the big screen while scrolling through my little screen so as to reward myself for staring at the medium screen all week
• Me mixing together the Pfizer, Moderna AND AstraZeneca vaccines together

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• ‘I just want to see the person I always saw in my head’: the story of a face
• My Priceless Summer on a Maine Lobster Boat
• How “I’m So Excited” Became the Most Ridiculous — and Iconic — ‘Saved by the Bell’ Moment

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