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Toyota has scrapped its March campaign, instead rolling out a positive message in light of the coronavirus pandemic, as have other brands. Not really sure what the point of the Toyota message is. It’s calm watching, though.
International food delivery giant Doordash has pushed out its COVID19 campaign, encouraging people to buy take-out from affected restaurants.
Ten Days is a short film by the Atlantic, where Italians record messages to themselves from a week ago. Via the Atlantic: When the Italian media began reporting on the increased community spread of the novel coronavirus across the country, Olmo Parenti, like many Italian citizens, didn’t take the threat of the pandemic too seriously. […]
Looking for a quarantine watch? Dirty Money is a compelling Netflix tv series about securities fraud, corporate corruption, and “creative” accounting.
The Budweiser Coronavirus ad praises frontline health workers through the crisis, likely one of many ads to come from brands in this vein.
The Movies that Made Us is an extensive behind the scenes look at some of the most iconic films in the world, such as Home Alone. Great nostalgia watch.
Kingdom Season 2 is out! For anyone looking for a high budget, Joseon-era zombie outbreak film. It’s a hell of a watch, especially now.
Ugly Delicious season 2 is out, for people who are practicing social distancing at home. It’s a great continuation to David Chang’s hit series. Via Eater: A restaurant is, metaphorically speaking, a chef’s baby. It consumes their life, demanding tunnel-vision focus, round-the-clock attention, and above all, enough love and care to justify working 14-hour days. […]
The Covid19 campaign by the World Health Organisation has rolled out across digital, video, and social media platforms. Check it out. You can also look at the WHO website here.
Robot Writers could change the internet — they’ve become a lot better at mimicking our language, writing long passages of original text. Via YouTube: Language models like GPT-2, Grover, and CTRL create text passages that seem written by someone fluent in the language, but not in the truth. That AI field, Natural Language Processing (NLP), […]