We Love the Internet 2019/44: The Mavening of sportswriting edition
Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
· The Mavening of Sportswriting
· Are Memes Ruining Television?
· ‘The West Wing’ vs. ‘Freaks and Geeks’: TV at a Crossroad in 1999
Reference points:
· When Will Netflix Finally End Its Cash Burn?
· The 50 most beautiful places in the world
· The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019
Longer reads:
· Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram?
· The Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse?
· How Fan Culture Is Swallowing Democracy
· Studio Chief Summit: All 7 Top Film Executives, One Room, Nothing Off-Limits
· The Mainstream Media Is Not Playing Games
· How Turkish TV is taking over the world
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to play with/watch/listen to:
· “Marvel” Homecoming Assembly Dance
· Twin Peaks ACTUALLY EXPLAINED (No, Really)
· Skinny home in Toronto as prototype for parking-space homes?
· Souped-Up Truck Tries And Fails To Climb A Small Incline — Much To The Delight Of The Guy Filming
· I COOKED a Brisket for a MONTH and this happened!
· Why’d They Kill Tyrone? Unpacking Blackness in Horror Films
· Guy Tries To Overcome His Fear Of Heights By Skydiving, Faints Three Times
Things to look at/read:
· The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving
· Why Are Rich People So Mean?
· Every Year Adults In Japan Dress Up In Incredibly Relatable Costumes For The Jimi Halloween Event
· Downloading Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Was An Absolute Nightmare
· Someone left old TVs outside 50 homes in Virginia while wearing a TV on his head. No one knows why.
· A new Swedish bicycle is made from 300 recycled Nespresso pods
Animal corner:
· This song can easily make it to the top 10
· parrot encounters an illegal rave, brazil
· When your favourite song comes on in the club
Tweets of the week:
· My sister is a fool 😂 she killed this though
· if you’re feeling stressed, just remember to IN EX HAHA LE LE
· Callum Paterson’s face says it all
· October 26 is now Dave Benson Phillips Day
Part 3: For the weekend
Longer reads:
· Behind the Scenes in Putin’s Court: The Private Habits of a Latter-Day Dictator
· A Paranoid Tech Bro, a Homemade Nuclear Bunker, and a Shocking Death
· The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter
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