✨ New Exclusives
password (case sensitive): ALGORITHM
Watch Taha’s full interview with Hank Green, download Taha’s tips for creating with an algorithm around, and find some cute wallpapers in the ~ secret ~ part of the website using this month’s password (it is case sensitive btw).
🤠 Rapid Roundup
Here’s what we’ve been up to these past two months
Sabrina tried to teach an AI parkour and picked up some skills for herself in the process. Since then, she hasn’t gone back to the parkour gym but she sure has yelled parkour while hopping on medium sized objects in public.
Taha explored the entire history of the YouTube algorithm (with some help from Hank Green along the way). He refuses to tell us if the tape from his
murderresearch board has taken the paint off his walls.We were on another episode of Lateral with Tom Scott. Here’s a clip where we stumped Tom with coins and Megamind:
Sabrina had a chat with Jack Conte about our creative process and what we learned after running Answer in Progress for 3 years:
👕 We Have Merch!
To commemorate the spirit and process that helped us reach 1M subscribers on YouTube, we made a shirt - it’s available until May 13.
P.S. patreon supporters get $7 off - which is cheaper than supporting us on Patreon for a month 👀
🔨 The Shirt-Making Process*
* This includes a sponsored message from Shopify
We wanted to release a shirt with the same energy that we release videos; so, we spent a few weeks going back and forth on the design (you can see some of our rejected options below), trying out different blanks, and running different prints through the washer and dryer to see how they held up.
We are so grateful that some of you are already ordering the shirt - it makes it feel even more real that there are over a million of us out there figuring it out 💛
The good news is, we only need to worry about designing and developing quality products because Shopify simplifies a lot of the complicated logistics likes taxes and tariffs that come with selling the shirt worldwide!
For example, their ecosystem of third-party apps make it easy to track different taxes and other charges that come with selling the shirt worldwide! If you’re an entrepreneur looking to start selling online or in-person, check out Shopify.
🎧 Spring Cleaning | Mixtape No. 20
Dust off the woes of winter and get the year started fr fr with this spring playlist.
🔓 Patreon Post Unlocked
On Patreon, we’re playing around with more formats behind the scenes there that are a little less taxing on us research-wise. In this post, we go on a Wikipedia speed run. Let us know what you think!
You can watch to the unlocked post here (and also access a $7 discount on the shirt):
⏭️ What’s Up Next
Melissa is eating beans (a lot of beans) 🫘
Sabrina is taking the train (and understanding what’s the deal with that) 🚂
Taha is setting stuff on fire (totally legally, we’re pretty sure) 🔥
🙏 Thank You
Thank you for subscribing and following our chaotic little journey - see ya next month!
from ur neighbourhood nerds,
Sabrina, Melissa, and Taha<3