We Love the Internet 2023/04: The Why do British people love to abbreviate things edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The ‘Tumblrification’ of social media
• Netflix’s New Chapter

Reference points:

• 5 numbers that will come to define the music business in 2023
• 2022: The year in weird and stupid futures

Longer reads:

• The Volume of News
• “We Had to Learn Everything Over Again”: How FX Survived the Streaming Wars

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Correct the internet
• Spielberg in 30 Shots
• I made this to explain the Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Joey King cheating rumor scandal to my friends. Hope it helps!
• This TikTok deserves to be in the Oscars

Things to look at/read:

• Why do British people love to abbreviate things? An investy g
• American Nepo Babies Have Nothing on the British
• How Many Clothes Should We Own, Exactly?
• The warm glow of the blog rock era
• A brief history of horrific things space travel does to the human body

Animal corner:

• she goes 0 to 100 real quick
• We were not expecting that!!

Tweets of the week:

• I got to the Airbnb where I’m staying in Vienna this week, and found a framed print out of my profile picture in the bedroom
• incredible how the french have truly *perfected* the art of striking
• Named after your dad attempting to order a large beer on holiday.
• What they would have wanted..
• Photoshop paddington into a movie, game, or TV show until I forget: Day 686
• Shakira’s jam watching Piqué’s mistress reach for the jar
• Senators to tech bosses: “What is internet?” Senators to Ticketmaster:
• Stephanie Hsu will forever go down in history as the first original cast member of The Spongebob Squarepants Musical to be nominated for an Academy Award

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The boring journey of Matt Yglesias
• Negative Equivalent

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