We Love the Internet 2023/30: The Fake poor bride edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The little search engine that couldn’t
• Zanny Minton Beddoes Wants The Economist to Be More “Present” in the Media Conversation

Reference points:

• Is Beyoncé Secretly a Rapper?
• Songwriters

Longer reads:

• How to Blow Up a Timeline
• They lost their kids to Fortnite

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• how to find a street in 2 minutes
• Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?

Things to look at/read:

• How Aphex Twin built a cult Gen Z following

Animal corner:

• Balloons
• I definitely hear it too
• Cats are suspicious of party favor blowouts

Tweets of the week:

• Bonjour
• getting mixed messages here
• he couldnt handle da bomb

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.
• The fake poor bride
• Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Dream Job
• To save the planet, should we really be moving slower
• ‘We could soon see a Jane Austen-style marriage market’: how the housing crisis is turning modern dating on its head

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