From the utterly on-brand, like Kayne West hiding a docuseries 21 years in the making, to some #shockingnews (see below for Jeff Bezos wanting more taxes)—we’re quite fond of this week’s chaotic energy. Here’s to only wild reads ahead! Scroll on for this week’s link roundup. #breadcrumbs 

 

CULTURE

• Taylor Swift is back at it again with more secrets, clues AND decoding 🔍
• Barb & Star (you know, from Vista del Mar) 🏖️release “Edgar’s Prayer” music video
• One woman’s trick to getting those pages in 📚
• The fine line between “gentrified” and “gentri-terrified”
• The Bronx Bodega: from ice cold chains to cold cuts 🥙

ART & FASHION

• Will.i.am partners with Honeywell to create a $300 face mask feat. bluetooth and LED lights…1 year too late
• Kanye West sits on another project for 21 years 👀🎬and then sells it to Netflix for $30M
• Activist NFTs? Love Asian Americans like you love their culture
• Meet Verzuz: the new “pandemic party”—hold the super-spread 🎉

TECH & SCIENCE 

• Can nothing ever be simple? Here’s why each state’s COVID color-coded tiers are so vastly different
• Ghost moves only: Snapchat 👻silently buys Screenshop
• Feel like maybe we DON’T need to bring back dinosaurs, Max Hodak 🦖
• So, mathematically, could King Kong even stand up? 🤔

NEWS & BIZ 

• Did you know that Pinterest is the ~crystal ball~ of trend forecasting? 🔮
• Jeff Bezos, THE billionaire, comes in support of raising taxes on corporations
• The right to bear laws: check out Biden’s progress on gun control 📝