All gas no brakes is my new favourite YouTube channel. Early 2000s local TV channel voxpop flavours, surreal interview subjects, and somehow there's always somebody rapping in it:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtqxG9IrHFU_ID1khGvx9sA

Indeed, there I was, just having a mighty old time with @TheRock and @Oprah. Which reminds me of this great story https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/3b7739/voss-water-is-bullshit-820 #SpotTheVoss #superbowl

I've just discovered Flow State, a human curated newsletter sent out Mon-Fri recommending two hours of music that's perfect for working. It's free, but if you pay you get extra features: https://flowstate.substack.com/

I thoroughly enjoyed Jamie Bartlett's podcast 'The Missing Crypto Queen'.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07npk7p
The 8 episodes pulls at the loose strings behind the 'crypto currency' OneCoin, and is a great example of investigate journalism in podcast form.

easyJet and Gatwick airport has been trialling a new boarding process: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-50214631. "One challenge in any controlled boarding process is our ability to communicate the pattern to passengers and the willingness of passengers to comply."

Hi @factmag, does anyone read the emails sent to the addresses on https://www.factmag.com/about/ ? I've been emailing you asking you to stop using my pictures on your site, like here: https://www.factmag.com/2013/06/08/the-essential-mf-doom/, without crediting me.

Equal amounts Kurtzweil/Years and Years/William Gibson/Black Mirror in this article. Human chipping sounds convenient in a small scale, and in the right context, such as a tech-focused co-working space who has a chief disruption officer. It's infinitely dystopian in most other settings.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/08/the-rise-of-microchipping-are-we-ready-for-techno...

I found the perfect gift for people who bought a Juicero. The Commuter Trucker Jacket Levi's with Google Jacquard. https://atap.google.com/jacquard/collaborations/levi-commuter - It's a smart jacket. I didn't know regular jackets were just dumb pieces of garment.

Khruangbin in the studio a couple of years ago, playing some of their own stuff, and some of their favourite thai cassettes. https://soundcloud.com/petermalla/night-time-stories-w-peter-malla-guest-khruangbin-dublab-15-12-17

Would love to see Jules and Vincent discuss the finer details of this report.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/22/prince-andrew-epstein-foot-massage

Great to see Carlton Jumel Smith on the list of best soul on Bandcamp, May 2019 - https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/06/05/best-soul-on-bandcamp-may-2019/. Seba Kaapstad's Thina is also a great listen, haven't checked the others out yet.

Well this is news to me: Instagram had a dedicated app for direct messages, which they are now discontinuing? What are they, Google?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.direct
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/16/instagram-killing-dedicated-direct-messaging-app/

#theworldneedsmoremessagingapps