In true 2022 stye, Merriam-Webster is gaslighting us and Oxford Dictionaries is going full goblin mode
Speaking of language, how do you spell the shortened form of usual? Uzhe, yoozh, youj?
Journalist Hadley Freeman explains why she resigned as a columnist at the Guardian
The 20 best songs of 2022, as chosen by the Guardian. Agree yay / nay?
This writer’s boyfriend broke up with her because he was scared she’d become like Nora Ephron and write about all the shit stuff he did and of course, she wrote about it
Time has released a list of the best 200 inventions of 2022 and it’s making us feel hopeful for the future. Our faves are the bottle-free body wash, lossless earbuds and the solar-powered EV
While we don’t necessarily agree that Instagram is on its deathbed, this piece in the Atlantic does a tremendous job at explaining why and how the platform went from cool to cringe
In tech news: Meta is threatening to pull news off the platform (again), Google has added a new search feature to help users explore related topics, Instagram has updated its account insights to tell you if you’ve been shadowbanned, these Chrome features are for anyone that hates closing tabs, Meta’s got its sights set on Twitter, BeReal is Apple’s 2022 App of the Year, everyone is OBSESSED with this new AI chatbot, and if you’re seeing more tweets from people you don’t follow recently that’s because Twitter has expanded their content recommendations
The writer Agatha French on how reading Diane Noomin’s feminist comics helped her through the grief and loneliness of surviving three miscarriages
For our friends in the northern hemisphere, former Man Repeller Leandra Medine has some clever tips for keeping your coat interesting during those endless winter months
We’re dusting off our Crockpots this week thanks to this nostalgic, comforting read about how slow cookers changed the course of food forever
This utterly fascinating piece about TikTok-powered pop stardom is required reading for anyone working in the music or media industry (“Florence Welch kept hearing about TikTok from her label. “What are u doing for TikTok? & I was, like, WTF is going on?”)
This week we stumbled upon Bourdain’s World Map, a collection of all the places (restaurants, shops, hotels) that Anthony Bourdain visited while filming Parts Unknown and No Reservations
Aaaaand in other news: Why we like pretty things (according to science), this Twitter thread restored our hope in human kindness, the real problem with today’s music, POV you asked your partner to wake you up, this one’s for the custard girlies, eight years of social media in less than two minutes, three ways to snack on joy, an entertainment reporter explains what goes into covering award shows, your 2022 horoscopes unwrapped part 1 and part 2, having a lol at some of this year’s most chronically online discourse, the seven levels of busy, Alan Alda’s tips for communicating complex ideas in digestible ways, the workmate at the Christmas party who won’t stop talking about work, stealing this GENIUS cleaning hack asap, and what’s the one piece of advice that you always pass on to other people?
