Friday morning news drop
With ESG on the Rise, Asset Managers Target the Murky Underbelly of Supply Chains Firms like Alliance Bernstein and BNY Mellon have joined the fight against modern slavery — but like other ESG initiatives, it’s not easy. (Institutional Investor)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the true cost of fossil fuels The war has caused an energy shock, demonstrating how geopolitics can change the economics of gas and oil. (Grid)
How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed. (New Yorker)
Russia Watchers Seek New Indicators to Gauge Impact of Sanctions Analysts are prospecting for datasets that will give a real-time read on the economy. (Businessweek)
Inheriting bitcoin is harder than it sounds Your bitcoin can live on, even if you don’t. (Vox)
These are Netflix’s Most Popular Shows (According to Netflix) We analyzed eight months of Netflix viewership data to determine what is and isn’t working on the world’s most popular TV network. (Bloomberg)
Videos of the Week
Steve Vanderhoek Rides The North Shore - Risk Is Reward: Risk versus reward — the idea that an endeavour with greater uncertainty garners greater payoff — is a principle used in fields as diverse as economics, athletics and even relationships. For Vancouver resident Steve Vanderhoek, the saying reflects nearly every aspect of his life. As a firefighter and professional mountain bike freerider, saving a life at work before risking his own on a boundary-pushing stunt often occurs within the same day. Vanderhoek thrives under pressure, and in doing so is redefining what it means to truly live on the edge.
Fun-N-Games Feat. Garret Mechem: To announce his signing with Fasthouse, Garret wanted to share this with y'all. Hope you enjoy. Special thank you to all the homies who accompanied us while making this, and thank you to Cam Zink for letting us film your spot.
Mind to Matter" feat. August Nesbitt: Riding: August Nesbitt. Video: Liam Morgan. Still Photography: Max McCulloch/Liam Morgan.
Cinema BMX - Chad Kerley - Intermission: Kick back and watch as CK vibes around SoCal, living life on and off the bike for a special feature "Intermission" filmed and edited by Andrew Knight. Enjoy!
John Dilo's "Red Tiger" Part - Rough Cut
Emerica's "Emerge" Video Matisse Banc and Jordan Powell start the show, shutting down sets before Braden Hoban solidifies his status as one of the best rail skaters out.
Real Skifi Tenet: Take off comes before landing. Or does it? What if the outrun is actually the inrun? Real Skifi Tenet is a skiing fiction piece inspired by Christopher Nolan's Tenet. All the illusions in this video were achieved by acting and simply reversing and/or altering the speed of the footage. No VFX needed. The question is: which clips are reversed, and which are not? Which ones go back and forth, and which don't? After all, time is in the eye of the beholder. The idea for this video had been in our minds for a while already, and finally we got together to brainstorm and make it happen. In this project, we had to use our creativity differently from what we’re used to. This time, the challenge was to get the acting and timing right instead of landing a hard trick. We hope you enjoy!