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The internet was kinda great this week and it was filled with profiles and interviews.
The internet seems to be forgetting that we are in the middle of an uprising, and people are actively ignoring that we are in the middle of a pandemic!
People are still reeling from Beyonce’s Juneteenth drop, coronavirus cases are increasing as states reopen, and protests continue.
Important Supreme Court decisions were made, some racist branding was changed, and white people discovered Juneteenth, all of which were all over the internet this week.
There were many thoughtful and beautifully written articles on the current protests, systemic racism, and racial and generational trauma, but it was still hard to be online.
The internet was reflective of the world this week.
The internet fully saturated me this week.
The internet was almost too much for me this week.
The internet had a lot of different things going on this week.
I was kinda really into the internet this week.
There were some things I was feeling on the internet this week, but also a lot I was not into.
The internet was wild this week.
The internet was our new normal this week: filled with everything COVID-19.
I wasn’t really interested in, and didn’t have the capacity for, longreads this week—many of which were about the pandemic. Instead, I focused on shorter reads, and quick snippets from the internet.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Richard A. Epstein, Detroit faces coronavirus, saving indigenous languages, friend dates, and 2000s celebrity drama