We Love the Internet 2023/44: The Let’s get creative edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Why Culture Has Come to a Standstill
• What makes the perfect creative brief?
• How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok
• Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month

Reference points:

• Let’s get creative
• Next Action Hero: Meet the New Generation of Ass-Kicking Movie Stars
• Taylor Swift is having one of the biggest years in pop history

Longer reads:

• They studied dishonesty. Was their work a lie?
• Crisis at Marvel

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• 100 Food Hacks I Learned In Restaurants
• What High Schoolers Wore Each Decade Of The 20th Century

Things to look at/read:

• Why your $7 latte is $7
• Apocalypse-Proof
• The truth about those men
• The unmasking of the narcissistic, conspiracy-spreading baby-boomer rock star

Animal corner:

• Bruh this damn dog was sizing me up

Tweets of the week:

• ‘What style would you like?’ ‘Box to box midfielder heat map, please’
• You know what I love about gay people? They will always find a 3 second clip from some 20 year old british sit com to tell you exactly what they mean
• have you got a magical nephew that you hate?
• You have been sentenced to death by ginger gooch
• Absolutely terrifying Halloween costume.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Salem’s Unholy Bargain
• How Loro Piana Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Flex

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