We Love the Internet 2025/08: The Why North England is poor edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Netflix won the streaming wars, and we’re all about to pay for it
• Quartz Is Publishing AI-Generated Articles Based on Other AI Slop, Along With Warning They May Be Filled With Errors
• China’s animated blockbuster smashed box office records at home. Now it’s hitting Western cinemas
• Yahoo’s big bet
• Algorithmic ranking is unfairly maligned
• Millennial Rebrand Syndrome

Reference points:

• Life actually, a no bullshit study

Longer reads:

• The End of Programming as We Know It
• A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
• The Future Is Too Easy
• The loudest megaphone: how Trump mastered our new attention age

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Cozy comfort
• CH4 Doubles Down on Youtube

Things to look at/read:

• How the Capybara Won My Heart — and Almost Everyone Else’s
• Why Is My Drink So Damn Weird?
• The salty, briny, lemony, garlicky rise of “pick me” foods
• How Zyn Conquered the American Mouth

Animal corner:

• The first time Bodie saw snow!
• She really styled out that fall tho
• Fun day at the zoo to meet the new Pandas!
• Is there a polite way to eat tenderstem broccoli?
• new home, same reaction to the word
• A puppuccino for the prince
• Orange cat behaviour.

Tweets of the week:

• looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
• god keeps throwing shorter and shorter women at him but hes relentless, he simply will not be taller than anyone

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Why North England is poor.
• How private equity took over your kid’s nursery
• Caviar Pizzas, New Money, and the Death of an Ancient Fish

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