Should the internet be a public resource? Why are horse girls always trending? Can the co-op model save the restaurant industry? We’re asking and answering the hard-hitting questions in this week’s internet news roundup. #breadcrumbs

CULTURE

• The official look of neighborhood change: have you spotted the “gentrification font”?
• 2020 hasn’t been all bad 🎶You just have to press play 🎶
• From Gucci to girl next door, horse girl energy has staying power 🐴💖
• AFROSURF culture is up ‘n coming and we’re here for it 🏄🏿
• How do we build an equitable restaurant industry, where workers are paid fairly, have benefits and can work without discrimination????

 

ART & FASHION

• Biden Merch: DROP it like it’s hot 🔥
• The typographic designs for the Body Experimental Type project spell pure FASHUN
• Durags do luxury 🛍️This fashion symbol of Black identity in America gets the Telfar treatment
• Street style snaps ➡️ bedroom selfie: how Instagram became the place for fashion-lovers to see and be seen

 

TECH & SCIENCE

• The digital divide and the WiFi between us 🌐
• Virgil Abloh does Mercedes-Benz: luxury automotive engineering got its wheels turnin 🏎️🏁
• Skulls as decor? This ancient site has mysticism and mortality woven into its architecture
• Game on: a new era of gaming hardware has begun 🎮👾

 

NEWS & BIZ

• This is no coincidence: climate-induced fires continue to rage and destroy
• Watch out Amazon, Walmart+ is on your same-day tail 👀
• Can you spot the difference between these brands, or should we say, “blands”? 🤔 🎨
• A new 📈curve to follow in consumerism (headed in a positive direction)