Friday morning news drop
How Ted Rogers's preoccupation with family control planted seeds for the turmoil in his empire B.C. court to rule on who's in charge of Canada's largest telecom under its complex ownership structure (CBC)
Province to introduce cooling-off periods for home buying A cooling-off period would give buyers a limited amount of time to change their minds and cancel a purchase with little or no legal consequences. (Times Colonist)
The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes The bots convincingly and effortlessly help hackers break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts. (Vice)
Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons How much sand can a half-billion dollars dredge up? Almost certainly not enough. (Bloomberg)
Zillow Torched $381 Million Overpaying for Houses. Spectacular. Zillow is easy to mock here. Losing almost $400 million in three months when you could’ve done almost anything else is extremely make-fun-able, not to mention retrospectively wasteful. It’s also possible that the machines will never be good enough to do this on their own in a way that works for both sellers and the companies trying to buy their houses. (Slate)
Elon Musk Is Building a Sci-Fi World, and the Rest of Us Are Trapped in It The metaverse is at once an illustration of and a distraction from a broader and more troubling turn in the history of capitalism. The world’s techno-billionaires are forging a new kind of capitalism: Muskism. Mr. Musk, who likes to troll his rivals, mocked Mr. Zuckerberg’s metaverse. But from missions to Mars and the moon to the metaverse, it’s all Muskism: extreme, extraterrestrial capitalism, where stock prices are driven less by earnings than by fantasies from science fiction. (New York Times)
The last great mystery of the mind: meet the people who have unusual – or non-existent – inner voices Most of us have an inner voice: that constant presence that tells you to “Watch out” or “Buy shampoo” or “Urgh, this guy’s a creep”. For many of us, this voice sounds much like our own, or at least how we think we sound. But for some people, their inner voice isn’t a straightforward monologue that reproaches, counsels and reminds. Their inner voice is a squabbling Italian couple, say, or a calm-faced interviewer with their hands folded on their lap. Or it’s a taste, feeling, sensation or colour. In some cases, there isn’t a voice at all, just silence. (The Guardian)
Soccer Looks Different When You Can’t See Who’s Playing Broadcast tracking technology captures how players move their limbs by reproducing filmed action displayed as stick-figure skeletons in a two-dimensional render. Show the same clips to different viewers as either a video or an anonymized animation, they could measure how attitudes toward race and gender affect how we see soccer. (FiveThirtyEight)
Videos of the Week
INBOUND - Brendan Howey x Rupert Walker INBOUND showcases Brendan Howey’s impeccable riding style and Rupert Walker’s intricate cuts and attention to detail.
Glory Daze ft. Reece Wallace | Giant Bicycles The 90s and early 2000s were the glory days of freeride. Skinnies, ladder bridges, and teeter totters paved the way for riders like Reece Wallace to carve his own path. Extrapolating from old-school freeride, he drew inspiration to build new features which paid homage to this past in 'Glory Daze'.
Long Live Chainsaw - Official Trailer: The untold, true story of mountain bike legend Stevie Smith. Long Live Chainsaw reveals the true story of the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike racer, Stevie Smith. From humble beginnings being raised by a single mom, Stevie’s unwavering belief not only propelled him to become the best in the world but inspired everyone he touched to follow their own impossible dreams. The film is made with the full cooperation of the family and friends of Stevie Smith, who have given permission for this to be the first feature documentary about his life; Union Cycliste Internationale and numerous filmmakers, who have provided exclusive footage of his races and life; and the Stevie Smith Legacy Foundation, the charitable foundation established after his death to inspire and empower the next generation of underprivileged racers.
"ATENCIO!" // WETHEPEOPLE BMX Wethepeople AM Stephan Atencio put blood sweat and tears into this one. The work ethic of this guy speaks for itself. Filmed in the streets of Barcelona by Guille Lyon. Edited by Rafael Delgado.
RAW CHAOS - SWAMPFEST 2021 The rail loop was Linwood Monk and Noah Monroe. The loop was Adam Penberg. Dylan Stark on the big jump. The BSD jam winner was River Biasi. I had to export/upload the video before I got on my flight home and didn’t have time so I couldn’t do a few things like color correct and crop the vignette out of some of the clips. Figured you’d want it six hours earlier. I am gonna try to do a full “props style” video about the weekend, but I have a lot on my plate the next few days. We’ll see how my energy holds up… -Ry
Simone Barraco - 10%: Simone celebrates 10 years with an all new video in the only place he would want it to be filmed in, Barcelona. A weird year meant not much travel and forced him to explore his own city more. This video proves how Simo continues to push originality year after year with the style of riding and the overall look.
United BMX - Clement Santos-Silva - Bienvenue: Sit back and enjoy this latest project from United x BMX Avenue's French firecracker Clément Santos-Silva. This bangs!
Josh Douglas' "Air's on Fire" Part Firing off in Florida and handling hubbas in the West, Josh tackles iconic spots across the country. The UCI NBD is something sweet.
Spitfire’s “Live to Burnside” Video Three SOTYs and a solid squad from the 'Fire scorch across Burnside's sacred 'crete. Three decades in, the bridge still provides.
Touch The Snow - A Video About Carving: The newest offering from Dylan Siggers and the Burrrlapz, 'Touch The Snow' pairs old-school turning with a new-school fashion. From skiing a T-Bar to lapping top to bottom laps at Fernie Alpine Resort, the Burrrlapz reminds us that with the right crew and the right gear it doesn't matter what or where you're skiing. As long as you're skiing, the good times are going to roll. So tune in to this new offering as the Burrrlapz carves up interior BC with a style that will have you craving more.
Oh Man - Full Film: Riders: Dustin Craven, Darcy Keller, Tyler Lightfoot, Romain Demarchi, Mateo Massitti, Dozer, Mikey Rencz, and Chalres White.
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