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Late night when you need my fake news
Good morning, friends. A slightly later letter today because my brain is fried — just in time for a heatwave!
How are we all touching grass this summer?
Dropping a photo of one of the three brand trips on my feed this week because I wish someone would pay me to touch grass.
This week's picks include Sunnie, Oakley Meta Glasses and the infinite workday.
Christina’s weekly scroll—
Fuck it, Katz’s Deli mini fridge.
Nikita note: s/o friend of the ‘stack on this launch!
Another luxury brand moving into literature: Van Cleef & Arpels.
Kith for Wilson, out today.
Great points here.
What’s with all the body mists?
Cute social rollout for J.Crew’s Puglia pop-up.
Cherry Lane Theatre is getting ready to reopen thanks to A24.
Building on last week’s Etsy witches — witchcraft is on the rise.
The Sacai Labubu sold for $31,250. Is… Labubu a meme stock?
- and Sara Tan brought to le ‘stack.
BENITO SKINNER SUMMER! His new Cerave spot is GOOD.
Sara Walker designed her very own Reformation dress and I need the zebra print!
Francesco Risso is leaving Marni after almost 10 years as creative director. Feels as good a time as any to link this:
Anyone else on Boca Aquarium fraud TikTok?
For most people, the modern workday has no clear start or finish.
What’s actually going on with CapCut’s terms of service? (Not too much!)
Sam Altman is making headlines for claiming that Meta offered some OpenAI employees $100M signing bonuses… Can we talk about that $200M defense contract instead?!
Trump’s launching a mobile network and a branded phone because ofc he is!
Slop content is ruining the internet and now slop games are doing the same to gaming… Tried to find a cute game for my niece on Roblox and was met with a wall of low-effort trash. Reminded me of this story from last month.
Same same but different, ChatGPT is literally eroding our brains.
Add to the list of things killing us: climate risks begin before you’re even born.
Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai is coming to the Criterion Channel!
Fred again.., Skepta and Plaqueboymax debuted their new song on Twitch. Full stream is now available on YouTube:
Is New York ready to stop being a luxury city? Feels like a loooooot of people prefer New York TikTok City!
Nikita’s weekly scroll—
Instagram really, really wants young people back. Their latest brand campaign in partnership with Uncommon Creative Studio feels like… a Hail Mary to get people posting again, with a general ethos around creativity, bravery and just letting it rip.
Kill the cop in your mind.
I loved this one from
.A history of the potato. Because what else would I post about!!!!
I sincerely had such a shitty day the other day and I wish I were kidding — but I thought, “I wish there was an episode of And Just Like That to catch up on…” because what could be worse than a situationship in your 50s? Certainly nothing in my life!!!! Anyhow, what’s going on with Carrie and that big ass house, fr?
This new project from Dirt reminds me of Texts From Last Night.
Almost any time someone is like “I asked ChatGPT xyz” and it’s some random ass ethical or moral quandary I am like… why are you asking a robot! And that can become sinister quite fast. Do not ask a conciliatory interface to humor you.
Oakley and Meta will bring you new smart glasses. Given the deal Meta has with EssilorLuxottica, I wouldn’t be surprised if many more styles and “brands” of Meta wearables begin popping up.
- wrote what I wish I had. How much is brand actually worth?!
This looks like a vibrator. Rhodeussy.
Every few months an article about ditching your iPhone or your computer comes around and I click every time. No, I could not live without my computer.
If the iPhone marked the last big paradigm shift in personal computing, the end of the scroll will mark the next shift.
Kering has a new CEO, and he isn’t from the fashion industry. He’s a car guy!
Ben Gorham is leaving Byredo. Hope it’s not the beginning of the end.
Reese Witherspoon launched her Gen Z media platform SUNNIE.
has thoughts to share with the class. "Own your glow on your terms" — what does that even MEAN?
Move fast and make things…I guess!
Grindr wants to change how you think about Grindr.
Julie has launched a Substack.
I’m sure you’ve seen like nine thousand LinkedIn posts about using Reddit to do social listening/research. Reddit knows that! They’ve launched a community insights tool.
Everything is vibes and shapes.
There’s a new weight-loss drug in the works that burns fat without suppressing your appetite.
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Christina’s weekly report:
READING:
EATING: RITZ crackers and dill havarti.
PLAYING:
OBSESSING: Over the aforementioned dill havarti.
RECOMMENDING: Watch a movie this weekend.
TREATING: Finally got my nails done. Please clap!!!
Nikita’s weekly report:
READING: Really bad takes on LinkedIn because I love to suffer.
EATING: Froyo!!! It’s hot as hell.
PLAYING: it’s okæ i’m okæ!
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OBSESSING: Over laying down.
RECOMMENDING: That your sandwich place doesn’t get rid of your fav sandwich :(
TREATING: Myself to this dress, which looks incredibly stupid on the model but fabulous the way I styled it last night!
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