We Love the Internet 2023/05: The Documentary world’s identity crisis edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Markets for Lemons, and the Great Logging Off
• The End of Programming

Reference points:

• The anatomy of a Twitter spat
• We tried to run a social media site and it was awful
• Wonders of street view

Longer reads:

• The Documentary World’s Identity Crisis
• Vigilantes for views: The YouTube pranksters harassing suspected scam callers in India

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• A conceptual vocal synthesizer

Things to look at/read:

• The Radical Design of PizzaExpress
• RIP meme stocks. You were terrible investments

Animal corner:

• Mom forgot the peanut butter!
• Shane the wonder dog wouldn’t listen
• the BUBBLES
• I was actually here eating these before she jumped up and sat RIGHT THERE
• cherry tomato really crossed the line touching his bed

Tweets of the week:

• Gearing up for the Six Nations
• No wonder women end up living longer
• They didn’t respect that man at all lmao
• Totally loving Taylor Swift’s suit, which is designed to break up her shape against the background, thereby making it difficult for German U-Boats to calculate her range, speed and direction.
• Can’t believe it’s been nearly 3 years since covid enabled me to bring alcohol into any venue disguised as hand sanitiser
• What dial-up internet sounded like:
• Simon Amstell’s mum:

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Molly’s Last Ride
• When a marathon isn’t extreme enough, run backwards
• 16 Hours With George Santos: Dunkin’ Donuts, 27,000 Steps and a Scolding

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