We Love the Internet 2025/39: The Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying — It’s Being Strangled edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying — It’s Being Strangled
• America is in a literacy crisis. Is AI the solution or part of the problem?
• ‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

Reference points:

• The history of World Cup mascots

Longer reads:

• ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• I’m not a robot
• You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why.
• Steamed Hams but it’s a Critically Acclaimed Feature Film

Things to look at/read:

• Document signed by Tom Cruise in his given name sells for $13,288
• The Savannah Bananas, Baseball’s Zaniest Team, Are Now Worth Half A Billion Dollars

Animal corner:

• Day 22 of hiding my cats dinner for enrichment.
• I love this dog so damn much
• aaaa
• This dog couldn’t contain his excitement for pool day
• surgery was not panda approved
• Who designed cats to be like this
• Not sure he had much work to do tonight

Tweets of the week:

• The man understands dogs body language so well.
• He blends right in I can’t
• Accidental Darude sandstorm

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job
• Frankenstein’s sheep
• Zackery Died After Climbing on Top of a Subway Train. Who Is to Blame?

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