Friday morning news drop
Everything feels more expensive because it is Why are prices going up? Used cars, gas, and groceries seem more expensive because they are. (Vox)
Are Private Equity Firms to Blame For Rising Home Prices? Wall Street is an easy scapegoat. The real villain lives much closer to home. (Marker)
A Memo to Investors That’s it. That’s the stock-picking game. Stocks are not pieces of art. They are not fiat money. Cults of personality do not last forever in the stock market. Narratives break. Eventually, everyone figured out that Galileo was right. Eventually, everyone will figure out that Cathie Wood isn’t. And it won’t take as long either. (Albert Bridge Capital)
A Great Inflation Redux? Economists Point to Big Differences. Prices climbed for years before the runaway inflation of the 1970s. Economists see parallels today, but the differences are just as important. (New York Times)
Vinyl Is More Popular Than Ever. Surprisingly, That’s a Problem Pressing plants can’t keep up with unprecedented demand, and big box chains are selling LPs now, resulting in devastating delays. (Vice)
Why Generation Z falls for online misinformation We can all learn from how today’s young people evaluate truth online. (MIT Technology Review)
The Tech Cold War’s ‘Most Complicated Machine’ That’s Out of China’s Reach A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is. (New York Times)
Dining Out, Digitized: Many restaurants dropped printed menus during the pandemic in favor of QR codes sending diners to online ordering platforms. Will eating out be the same? (Bloomberg)
Cricket is Having its Moneyball Moment When Twenty20 launched, the game of cricket changed forever. Now a team of data evangelists are taking the sport to the next level. (Wired)
Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes Sports bring people together in living rooms, in crowded bars, and in the streets. Mohamoud seeks to expose the monstrous underbelly of all that winning (Walrus)
Videos of the Week
“It all starts with a push” Tony Hawk
OUR BMX MASHUP
CULTCREW/ NORTH EAST RAW CUT -10 day in NJ, PA, NY, CT, MA w/ Chase Dehart, Brandon Begin and Trev Mags. Documented by Veesh and Eddie Cuellar.
S&M BMX - Mike Stahl - WELCOME TO PRO It's been in the pipeline for a bit, but today we're proud to announce that Mike Stahl has been bumped to the pro team! Mike is one of the hardest working dudes in BMX and we're proud to have him repping!
Courage Adams: REAL BMX 2021 | World of X Games
Felix Prangenberg: REAL BMX 2021 | World of X Games
Chad Kerley: REAL BMX 2021 | World of X Games
Julian Molina: REAL BMX 2021 | World of X Games
BluePrint Mark Matthews New Trail in Cumberland BC The day has come! The trail is finally open to public! Blueprint can be found in the Cumberland, BC trail network. Thanks to Shimano, The United Riders of Cumberland, and Mosaic Forest Management for making this project possible
Home Stretch feat. Henry Fitzgerald
Fresh Flow with Reed Boggs Reed Boggs rips up the Virgin, Utah landscape onboards his new Flow wheelset.
Girl X Volcom's "Pretty Stoned" Video: Simon, Rick, Manchild, Cody, Griffin and Niels along with their synergized squad rip the indoor ramps and paved waves of the Pacific Northwest. Get high off the vibes.
Andres Bill's "Be Water" Video Flowing through Southern California’s alleys and well-trafficked avenues, Andres’ crew hits huge taildrops and ditch dives with their own rhythm.
Matt Bublitz' "Enter the Museum" Part
Kyle Walsh's "Dogwood" Part Water hazards, street snowboarding and massive rails, this vid is pure party. Heavy Muska vibes on that noseslide…
Tim Debauche's "Opus 1" Part Tim blends bank transfers, stacked homie sessions and serious 360 flips across Europe—all set to the late, great Daniel Johnston.