We Love the Internet 2022/20: The Trends are dead edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Trends are dead
• Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document

Reference points

• Earth clock

Longer reads:

• Unsettling Futures — Brandon Sanderson, fame, and the failure of the Long Tail
• Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Haboob: A Decade of Dust
• Risky Red Bull Plane Stunt Goes Wrong
• The final dance in Dirty Dancing, but they’re dancing to The Muppet Show theme tune.

Things to look at/read:

• UK Is About to Become Stagflation Nation
• Simpsons Forever

Animal corner:

• This is how I was my monkey
• i cannot handle him
• I’m no detective but…
• Alway pack your sausage
• My Nepthew having some fun!!

Tweets of the week:

• how it probably happened
• THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN
• This is the greatest email I’ve ever received
• came up with a great new slogan for snacks
• Massively proud of my daughter who just received a badge for (checks notes) walking to a nearby chip shop and eating some chips
• When PE teachers have to teach a bit of Geography.
• This is what a collapsing society looks like

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• He Planned a Treasure Hunt for the Ages — Until He Went Missing
• A child star at 7, in prison at 22. Then she vanished. What happened to Lora Lee Michel?

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