How does a kid’s network establish their brand identity? Apparently, riff on a high brow architectural style and add heaping amounts of radioactive green slime. On the 30th anniversary of the first Nicktoons, a look back at Nickelodeon’s iconic aesthetic. Plus, a new––huge––study that upends a lot of what we thought knew about metabolism. And a fake website about fake movies.

Links:

How Nickelodeon Created Its Slime-Drenched ’90s Style (The Ringer)
The Best Nickelodeon Character Bracket: The Elite Eight (The Ringer)
Nickelodeon's Generational Divide (The Ringer)
What We Think We Know About Metabolism May Be Wrong (NY Times)
Metabolism in adulthood does not slow as commonly believed, study finds (NBC News)
Nestflix
Nestflix is a Netflix for fake movies and shows from real movies and shows (The Verge)
Kottke.Org
Jackson Bird on Twitter

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