This week on The Deep Dive: The event that taught us about internet behavior and breaking news, “Eh, just hold it,” says New York City to its 8 million residents, when 2D animation and 3D animation became one, how to fix the film industry’s poster problem, and the disturbing ending of a popular TV show that never should have existed.

INTERNET

How 9/11 Changed the Internet Forever by NationSquid (16:08)

Think about how you react when you first hear about breaking news in the year 2024. First, you might be shocked, even confused or in disbelief. The next thing you’d do is open up Google and start searching away. Maybe you’d skim through Wikipedia pages or news headlines that populated at the top of the page as an algorithmic reaction to the news. And millions of other people would be doing the exact same thing. But how did we first learn about those behaviors? Or maybe the better question is what happened to teach us more about the way we behave on the internet in a time of crisis? In this video, NationSquid explains how tragedy at the turn of the century taught us how to tell the difference between a cyberattack and a ton of people trying to get the same information at the same time. 

URBANISM

What happened to public bathrooms? by Kendra Gaylord (16:59)

How surprised can we really be that local governments have decided to make what little public restrooms were available to residents even more inaccessible, oftentimes by straight-up closing them down? But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s pretty bonkers to give hundreds of thousands if not millions of people no place to go – especially when they have no other options. In this video, Kendra Gaylord explores what happened to public bathrooms and the cities that once seemed so excited about providing them. You may be thinking to yourself, “If only there were self-cleaning restrooms that pay for themselves, say, through advertising revenue and could be placed in convenient locations throughout major cities. That would solve the problem, right?” Wrong. Because those exist and have for a while, but San Francisco is the only place you’ll find them.