We Love the Internet 2025/30: The What’s happening to reading edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• What’s happened to reading?
• The Wet History of Media in the Bathroom
• AI is here to stay
• The Website at the End of the Internet

Reference points:

• Biggest Takeaways from the Fifth Netflix Engagement Report
• Protecting My Attention At The Dopamine Carnival

Longer reads:

• Mark Duplass Has a Plan to Save Television
• Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Killing in the Name of a Terrible Holy Lie
• This channel is AI, here’s how I know…

Things to look at/read:

• Inside the Monstrous, Charmed Rise — And Rise — of Labubu
• Is Cheese Giving You Nightmares?
• 18 Observations About Learning Chinese

Animal corner:

• It got stuck in his toes
• A Border Collie Favour
• Arthur is having steak with blueberries, rocket and a dollop of natural yoghurt
• omg lol
• The next billy Joel
• I bet that nap was unreal

Tweets of the week:

• Losing it over this therapy horse that vigorously plays the piano to wake kids up from anesthesia
• Yeah. Ok.
• Big things happening on r/bald !!!

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• I drank every cocktail

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