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Here's How the Sneaker Industry Is Fueled By Copied Designs
6 min read · · There’s a mountain of evidence to suggest that brands in the sneaker industry can only truly grow by copying. · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
The New York Times
Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again
5 min read · · Andy Warhol is currently the subject of a Netflix documentary series, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and multiple theatrical works. · Shared by 12, including Bill Johnston
The Hollywood Reporter
Paul Stanley: I Am Finally Ready to Embrace 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park’
5 min read · · The Foo Fighters' new flick 'Studio 666' follows in the footsteps of the glittery rockers' TV movie debut, which the guitarist says he at last accepts "like an ugly child." · Shared by 9, including Bill Johnston
SFGATE
The rise and fall of San Francisco’s coolest clothing brand
~11 min read · · In the 1980s, Esprit defined fashion and the clothing industry. How, exactly, did it fall... · Shared by 12, including Bill Johnston
The New York Times
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
7 min read · · Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about. · Shared by 285, including Kashmir Hill, Massimo Pigliucci, Matthew Herper, John Schwartz, Dirk von Gehlen, Bill Buxton, Mathew Ingram, Barry Ritholtz, Steve Silberman, Stuart A. Thompson, SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK, Peter Merholz, Ross Dawson, Bethany Brookshire, Timothy Caulfield, LARRY ELKAN, Peter Steinberger, Lauren Goode, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Cristina Tardáguila
Slate
Here’s What Happened to Get Back’s Non-Beatle Characters
8 min read · · One was shot by the police. One started a cocktail podcast. · Shared by 11, including Bill Johnston
HYPEBEAST
G-SHOCK Drops Virtual Blue GA-2100 Casi-Oak
1 min read · · The new style uses turquoise, pink and purple accents. · Shared by 4, including Bill Johnston
Boing Boing
This scenic, backyard 30-foot-high Hot Wheels course is an amazing ride
· This impressive “Treetop Express” is a Hot Wheels scenic track through a backyard that includes jumps, loop-de-loops, tunnels, gliding between tree branches, zipping over water, and eve… · Shared by 8, including Bill Johnston
The New York Times
Fashion Fans in Line, for a ‘Hack’
8 min read · · Die-hards and confused pedestrians alike vied for a first look at Gucci and Balenciaga’s “hacker” project. · Shared by 4, including Bill Johnston
The Verge
That ‘real’ Disney lightsaber? You’ll never get to touch it
3 min read · · Sorry, Star Wars fans. · Shared by 8, including Bill Johnston
Gizmodo
Taika Waititi's Next Comic Book Project Is Sci-Fi Masterpiece The Incal
2 min read · · The perpetually busy director's next comic book adaptation venture tackles a legendary sci-fi collaboration between Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius. · Shared by 12, including Bill Johnston, Jennifer Ouellette
BBC News (World)
The Shark Is Broken: Jaws feud was 'legendary'
7 min read · · A new play about the on-set tensions of Jaws is hitting the West End after a successful Edinburgh run. · Shared by 10, including Bill Johnston
BBC News (World)
The films that defined Generation X
· Twenty-five years after the release of Reality Bites, Clare Thorp looks at the movies that capture the spirit of a pre-millennial generation. · Shared by 6, including Bill Johnston
Elemental
The Costs of Selling Covid Fear
· Covid vaccines are incredibly effective. The media’s overhyping of new research from the CDC is making people think otherwise. · Shared by 11, including Bill Johnston, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
Comic Book Resources
Calvin and Hobbes Is Officially Part of Bloom County Continuity
2 min read · · Berkeley Breathed has brought Hobbes from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes into the world of Bloom County for an extended crossover. · Shared by 8, including Bill Johnston, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
BBC News (World)
The Office at 20: The hit TV show that couldn’t be made now
10 min read · · Twenty years since the original UK version of The Office first aired, its co-creator Stephen Merchant talks to Clare Thorp about its legacy. · Shared by 6, including Bill Johnston
