We Love the Internet 2024/27: The Why men are ‘rawdogging’ flights edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Seriously, The Bear Should Just Be a Weekly Series
• Sherlock and House are to blame for the cult of Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk
• The rise and fall of Koo, India’s once-thriving Twitter alternative
• Spreadsheet Assassins

Reference points:

• America’s best decade, according to data
• The WIRED AI Elections Project

Longer reads:

• Spreadsheet superstars
• How the NDA became the defining legal document of our time
• The Spotify conspiracy theories about “Espresso,” explained

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• How AI could threaten democracy

Things to look at/read:

• Why Men Are ‘Rawdogging’ Flights
• Who’s Afraid of Mickey Mouse?
• Iain Banks: a double life
• The “Loneliest Generation” Is Transforming the Dinner Party
• Shoplifters love Lego. The colorful plastic toy bricks are a gold mine for criminals
• Imagine selling your Nvidia stake

Animal corner:

• The world doesn’t deserve Bonchi
• Help
• Don’t worry, he achieved consciousness because of this, and he’s doing well.
• 100% a daddys boy
• 5 seconds with ✨the tap✨ is the highlight of his day

Tweets of the week:

• Ok this makes me want a Tesla
• Gymnastics is the Turing test of video generation models
• Enid Blyton’s more pessimistic first draft
• “Tell Jabba I’ve got his money”
• Quitting Duolingo because I have the only phrase I need now
• Corporations on July 1st

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Real Problem With Legal Weed

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