Fishwick Papers: The "Ond of Yoor Oxtrovogonzo" Edition

Good evening! It's the end of the year! I'm in New Zealand for a few days in a lovely li'l farm just outside the wedding. It's quite delightful. I'm here until tomorrow, when I fly to Sydney to spend a few weeks there.This email includes some interesting links, some end of the year lists and end of the decade list, and my fourth annual candlenights wordplay quiz. I hope you enjoy them!While I have you, you may want to donate to the fire services working around the clock to fight fires.Have a safe and happy end of the year, and I'll see you in 2020 for more Fishwick Papers.I love you,BYEEEEEEEjim xoxo

Christmas Music

• All I Want For Christmas Is The Beautiful People

• All I Want For Christmas Is Creep by Radiohead

• All I Want For Christmas Is Soulja Boy

• All I Want For Christmas Is Eight Hours of 70s Department Store Music

Wrap-up lists

• The 2019 Bulwer-Lytton contest for worst opening line

• Weird and interesting internets of the decade

• ACMI's list of best videogames from 2019

• Best headlines of the year

This Decade in Culture

• The decade that fandom went corporate

• The decade that comic books became king

• The decade, defined by its pop superstars

Robot Art

• Artists using t-shirt twitter bots against themselves

• A profile of Simone Giertz, maker of shitty robots

• Did the algorithm kill the monoculture?

Miscellaneity

• What the protests in Hong Kong are really about

• How the Library of Congress unrolls an ancient teeny scroll

• The Martyrdom Of Saint Sebastian, In Ascending Order Of Sexiness And Descending Order Of Actual Martyring

My Fourth Annual Wordplay Quiz

• Here y'go!