[nonostantement #196] - brands & influencers / soviet metro / bmw vs touchscreens
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Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with stimulating, harsh and paradoxical stuff found all over the Internet.
Hello to all the newcomers (and the old ones), I'm Joele and every week I send this email with all the interesting links I find while working online on communication projects for brands and companies.
Today, as a soundtrack for this newsletter, a single track: Jacques Greene - Nordschleife. I suggest to put it on Spotify and then listen to the “radio of this song”.
#PEOPLE
[Video] - Fun To See What Was For Sale In 1993 Tokyo Electronics District
”Back in 1993 I got the chance to walk and shoot Tokyo's computer district–called Akihabara or Electric Town. it seemed to me at the time that they were pretty far ahead of us in terms of the variety of electronic devices, all of which are classics now, and probably highly collectible.”This is not a Real Italian Coffee
To generate your Not Real Italian Coffee name, just click on the button and let our machine, powered by AI, to do all the job.Showa era meets metabolism: the Ashizuri underwater observatory tower
The Ashizuri Underwater Observatory Tower, located in Tatsukushi Marine Park, Kochi Prefecture, has observatories of both seascape and undersea, combining the beauty of both "worlds". Descending to the bottom of the building by its spiral staircase, visitors can get a stunning view of the natural and mostly untouched underwater.Enough with the origin stories. Film-making has become too risk-averse
”The problem is not that Hollywood is out of ideas or original characters; we have a more diverse and daring crop of film-makers than at any time in film history. The issue is timid studios that prefer endless rehashes of the same characters because no one ever got fired for saying yes to a sequel or prequel. If your star gets too established and expensive, make an origin story and replace Johnny Depp with the younger, cheaper Timothée Chalamet, such as in the new Wonka film.”
#SOCIALMEDIA
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#PHOTOGRAPHY
The Stunning Grandeur of Soviet-Era Metros
Between 2014 and 2020, Frank Herfort visited more than 770 metro stations in 19 cities, creating a remarkable archive of architectural and artistic splendor.
#TECH
Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shortage
”[…] cars shipped without touchscreens will come with a $500 credit and will require both a software update and the customer to sign a form with the dealer to acknowledge that they know about the feature deletion.”Venice, Overwhelmed by Tourists, Tries Tracking Them
Can cellphone data and surveillance cameras help restore the city’s old-world charm, or just destroy what magic remains?Dating Apps Were ‘Getting Old.’ Why Not Try Something Older?
Hot Singles, a weekly email newsletter, evokes nostalgia for a simpler approach to finding romance, before dating apps were ubiquitous.
#THEDARKSIDE
Documents reveal Facebook targeted children as young as 6 for consumer base
Facebook was hiring employees to build out programs for children and young adults from ages 6 to 17, according to a company blog post.
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