Fishwick Papers: The "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" Edition

Good new year! Happy 2019 to you all! Hope you had a delightful break and are settling into your new year. I'm still up in Sydney on a break. I'm staying with my family, who are doing some renovations, and I've offered to help out. So in between catching up with friends, and reading (currently on The Truth by Terry Pratchett, but I also recommend Notes from a Public Typewriter by Michael Gustafson), I've been getting quite nifty with a nailgun while installing cladding.2019 already looks like it's going to have many interesting projects, challenges, and changes, and I can't wait to share them with you soon!In the meantime, don't forget to tell your friends to subscribe at tinyletter.com/fimjishwick, where you can also find an archive of previous editions. Have an amazing week (and year) and I'll see you next fridayxoxo,jim 

[Things the kids like]

• How to take great food photos for your insta feed

• Children are using emoji for digital language learning

• Museums are curating an era of social media in real time

• Ninja failed to get a crowd to do fortnite dances and it's awkward as hell

[Fakery]

• An actual cockney rates Lin Manuel-Miranda's accent in Mary Poppins Returns 

• Und Hungr’y Hogg Have Aten Öll Th’ Bibles! Kann You Writt Ein New Bible?

• Ever wondered how much of the internet is(n't) real?

[Nostalgia]

• An amazing online story about Neopets and MSN Messenger

• The oral history of early viral sensation The Hampsterdance

• Lots and lots of things are about to enter public domain

[other]

• The official nightmares of the USA

• Everyone's a curator. That's not (always) a bad thing

• what's in the banana

• Answers to last year's wordplay quiz