From: Fast Company Compass - Saturday Jul 04, 2020 04:32 pm
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Ordinarily, this would be peak summer moviegoing season. This summer, however, we have to let the movies come to us. At least the folks at Netflix, HBO, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Apple TV+, and what the heck, Quibi, have made it extra easy to wile away the hours with more new shows and movies than you could ever get through. Program your own summer movie festival with your creative calendar for July.

Joe Berkowitz
 
 
Tom Hanks, ‘Hamilton,’ The Muppets, and 101 other pop-culture musts for July


Get ready to be caught in a time-loop with Andy Samberg in ‘Palm Springs,’ blaze a path toward the new Willie Nelson album, and learn more than you ever thought you could about Amy Schumer in ‘Expecting Amy.’

 
 
‘Hamilton’ on Disney Plus is a nostalgic tour de force—and that’s the problem


Watching the beloved 2015 Lin-Manuel Miranda play through 2020 eyes lays bare the disconnect between the play’s fantasy and our current reality.
 

 
 
How AI came to protect the LGBTQ subjects in HBO’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’


From animation to Snapchat filters, documentary filmmaker David France tried it all to protect his subjects. As it turned out, the answer was AI.

 
 
How Allbirds’ cofounder Tim Brown leads in a time of crisis


Tim Brown, cofounder of footwear company Allbirds, offers his advice on how to find the positives and keep a team motivated, even during the worst of times.
 

 
 
Summer happy hours are canceled this year. Here are 7 remote bonding activities to try instead


Welcome to the summer of 2020, where team outings and casual cocktail hours are things of the past. To help you keep your team connected, here are a handful of new, socially distant ways to bond with your work colleagues.
 

 
 
How this software company saw the opportunity—and went remote nearly overnight


While adjusting to the new work-from-home arrangement, monday.com was able to expand its company size by over a quarter since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.
 

 
 
What TikTok teens fooling Trump means for the 2020 election


Though teenagers on TikTok may have tricked the Trump campaign during its recent rally, the same forces on social media could be used to undermine election integrity in November.

 
This beach chair is so well designed, you’ll happily drop $200 on it


Sunflow gives the humble beach chair a major upgrade with the help of industrial designer Yves Behar.

 
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