The Weekend Shift: Hip Hop, Chess, Travel Movies

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Welcome to the 56th Weekend Shift!

What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.

OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.

Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.

February 26

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Q: How many Blockchain Cities does it take to "empower all of humanity?"

Whatever the answer is, we're one down.

Listen to the first three episodes of our new podcast series Innovated from March 1. pic.twitter.com/Eezu3PKUFU

— Protos (@Protos) February 24, 2022

ICYMI – Innovated dropping March 1. Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36F0FmD or Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3h9X8Pf

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Yes, there are plenty of good horror movies on Netflix. Amazon and Hulu certainly have some great titles as well. But the real horror heads know the truth: Shudder is the best streaming service for them https://t.co/x3xQgEfaVT

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) February 21, 2022

Chilling offerings.

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How crime works.

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‘He was a cultural architect, a powerhouse’: musicians and peers pay tribute to Jamal Edwards https://t.co/YiBXZKckZ4

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 22, 2022

A powerhouse gone too soon.

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In Inuvik, a town with one stoplight 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, women’s Friday night curling has helped with something unexpected: mental health. With teammates waiting for you at the rink, it’s harder to withdraw during the long, dark winters.https://t.co/1zSn9uF2pG

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 22, 2022

Friday?

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“The Roc chain represents an era in hip hop where quality meant more than quantity. The artists that do their homework respect that,” says Kareem “Biggs” Burke https://t.co/dmOeBt9HRB

— TIME (@TIME) February 22, 2022

Quality > Quantity.

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The streaming revolution is changing the way film composers get paid—and exposing the flaws of a system where big names farm their scores out to “ghost composers.” https://t.co/LytiZhSFyp

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) February 22, 2022

The minions who do the work.

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The show’s creator, Steven Knight, says he wanted to offer a more nuanced depiction of the working class compared with other period dramas https://t.co/7KoTmZc7pN

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 22, 2022

Why though?

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It may look similar, but it could pack some big changes. https://t.co/ovrr0bV1f1

— Gear Patrol (@gearpatrol) February 23, 2022

Some big changes indeed.

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Showtime's four-part series included dozens of voices, but there are some it deliberately left out. https://t.co/LqNnhmoiTk

— Slate (@Slate) February 23, 2022

No kidding.

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Sixteen-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned Magnus Carlsen on Sunday, beating the world No. 1 during the Airthings Masters https://t.co/PQPW9TgVOX

— CNN International (@cnni) February 23, 2022

Impressive.

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7. "Back to the Future" https://t.co/AJzdBMbEG4

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) February 23, 2022

Real gems.

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On Monday, Putin said Ukraine does not exist. Last night, he began his bid to wipe it from the map. But Ukraine is a real place, with a real history, and it will never be erased. https://t.co/R4vu1MOH5J

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) February 24, 2022

Ukraine will never be erased.

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