We Love the Internet 2023/51: The Year Netflix ended the streaming wars edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• From High Life Hackers to National Menace: The Rise and Fall of Digital Bandits ‘ACG’

Reference points:

• The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
• The pudding cup
• World’s writing systems

Longer reads:

• The Year Netflix Ended the Streaming Wars
• How Prophetic Was ‘Her’?
• Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies
• Millions work as content creators. In official records, they barely exist.
• Cameo to the Moon, and Back

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• How Much I Make on TikTok vs Shorts vs Reels
• The SMALLEST to the LARGEST Thing in The Universe
• This Woman Didn’t Realize Her New Clothes Did This Until It Was Too Late

Things to look at/read:

• Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work
• Perpetual stew

Animal corner:

• why did you do this man??
• I was finding feathers all over the place and didnt know why

Tweets of the week:

• Working the week before Christmas:
• Saw a good WiFi name this afternoon
• Does this picture make it look as if Taylor Swift is about to unleash a lethal left-arm wrist-spinner? Or do I just have a one-track mind?
• Goodbye Netflix and chill, it’s time for
• Sounds like someone could use a little treat
• Your mum’s taxi has arrived
• Why is he so raw with it.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Gods and influencers: ringside at KSI vs. Tommy Fury

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