We Love the Internet 2023/17: The Case of the fake Sherlock edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today
• A Grand Unified Theory of Why Elon Musk Is So Unfunny
• The Influencer Industry Is Having an Existential Crisis
• The case for banning children from social media
• How Elon Musk Turned the Blue Check Mark Into a Scarlet Letter

Reference points:

• Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far)
• These Are The Most Popular TV Shows on the Internet
• Companies That Get ‘Woke’ Aren’t Going Broke — They’re More Profitable Than Ever

Longer reads:

• The campaign to save TikTok has been years in the making
• “Blurred Lines,” Harbinger of Doom
• What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?
• Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul.
• “F — k Him, He Loses”: The Inside Story of How Disney’s Attempt to Buy BuzzFeed Fell Apart
• Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of Apple

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Whichipedia
• How Noiseless Props Are Made For Movies And TV Shows

Things to look at/read:

• Welcome to the Era of the Fake Six-Pack
• The Ecstatic Joy of Queer Friendship
• Parents are sacrificing retirement savings to set their Gen Z and millennial kids up for success, and it’s creating a ‘vicious cycle’
• Sign from above
• Behind the Scenes of Barack Obama’s Reading Lists

Animal corner:

• Cat challenge
• Happiness is holding hands with the otters at the Dubai Aquarium
• Chase the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• …when you ask the kids to baby sit the dog!

Tweets of the week:

• You’d be correct in thinking I’d misread this and thought the most mental thing to ever happen had happened.
• This is the most “Score! Hero” goal in the history of football. It’ll cost you about 50 quid to complete it.
• He musta thought he was in a movie lol
• The new 8 p.m. host on Fox.
• watching this is like a visual stress ball
• Absolutely astonishing view from the rear window of Napoli team bus at 3am when they landed back in Naples after beating Juventus at Turin.
• me, 31, chatting to my colleagues in their 20s
• Ha! My brilliant, supportive Mum just texted me this

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Case of the Fake Sherlock
• How Deborah Levy can change your life
• The Class Politics of Instagram Face
• Salt Bae’s former employees describe tip theft, discrimination, and polyester uniforms within the memeable meat empire

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