⛹🏾‍♂️ Jordan is the GOAT (Birch Bark #93)

Hello and happy Friday!

The Links

• The 100 greatest innovations of 2021

• These photos of the Lord of the Rings cast back in 2001 hit me hard in the nostalgia.

• Lumber prices are falling fast, showing how supply and demand impact the general cost of goods. Or as someone says in the piece, it’s Econ 101.

• Related, I wrote about how you could "prove" inflation was out of control with one graph, and totally disprove it with another that simply shows more data.

• Who is political writing actually for?

• Life360 has been selling users’ precise location data to third parties for years…fun!

• Kickstarter announced they’re adopting the blockchain in some capacity in 2022 and their users are not happy about it. I know some people are really high on blockchain/crypto/web3 right now, but they have a serious messaging problem

The Tweets

Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst

A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers. MJ: Yes. Reporter: By how much? MJ: Two or three points. Reporter: Why so close? MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.

Tyler The Blatant Homosexual 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @TylerAlbertario

thank god 😌

Ivan the K™ @IvanTheK

Yikes.

Genna Bain ♡ @GennaBain

Goldeneye 007 pause music had no business going so hard, but I’m glad it did.

pics that go raw @thispicgoesraw

this vid goes raw

The Videos

This is a fantastic documentary about the “smartphone” that almost changed everything.

They get a little weird sometimes, but I generally love this channel where a son has his musician dad listen to modern classics for the first time, and Graduation is a masterpiece (except for that one song 🤦‍♂️).

And finally a little self-promotion…I took a look at Craft’s new extensions and they’re a pretty exciting development for this app, and I’m really looking forward to what they have in store for 2022.