We Love the Internet 2021/10: The This is how we lost control of our faces edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• This is how we lost control of our faces
• TikTok’s emo revival emerged from the creative chaos of quarantine
• Where the internet was delivered by a donkey
• Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime’s ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-Streamed?
• How Grown-Up Tumblr Teens Are Bringing Early-‘10s Alternative Back to the Charts
• TikTok’s algorithms knew I was bi before I did. I’m not the only one.
• Tom Cruise deepfake creator says public shouldn’t be worried about ‘one-click fakes’
• Movie Equations: When everything is paramount

Reference points:

• The 10 most innovative social media companies of 2021

Longer reads:

• Adland is an island

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• All WandaVision’s Sitcom References (and Ending), Explained
• Movie Intro Medley (Acapella)
• 30 Minutes of Relaxing Visuals from Studio Ghibli
• Travel from Rotterdam to Amsterdam in 10 minutes by boat
• Debunking Can you make ICE in a microwave?
• Axe Build — shaped like a human Hand
• Guy Surfs on Top of Coolers
• The best cinematography I will ever do…

Things to look at/read:

• ‘I was worried Lindsay, Paris or Britney would die’: why the 00s were so toxic for women
• How a Shadow Army of Ghost Kitchens Took Over America’s Restaurants
• When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis. Here’s what could happen
• Giant Attack On Titan Manga Weighs 30 Pounds And Costs $1,400

Animal corner:

• Open your mouth
• Watch til the end!
• Came from work and saw this?
• Goat vs cat
• Who’s watching?
• Singing Storky

Tweets of the week:

• Literally exactly how I imagine myself when I’m coaching an Italian team in Championship Manager
• Incredible drone footage, perfectly sequenced bowling alley, wait till end.
• It’s so f ucked up that plutonium just looks like this . It could be orange flavored and we would never know . it could be delicious
• making a tweet you think is funny vs it bombing
• ONCE AGAIN AMERICA WILL DEFEAT THE BRITISH MONARCHY BY SPILLING TEA
• Obsessed with how much of Roger Federer’s name is just er

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Are Goals
• Carl Lentz and the Trouble at Hillsong
• How We’d Fix Two Decades of Grammy Atrocities
• How to have better arguments online
• Il Maestro
• The student and the algorithm: how the exam results fiasco threatened one pupil’s future

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