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🧵 The Accidental Invention of the Slinky

How a Falling Spring Became a Toy Store Legend

Dec 25, 2025 • The Orbit and Marta Litson

📡 Fewer Tabs, Fewer Regrets: Testing Recraft

What happened when we used Recraft for illustration, vectorisation, and visual consistency in one place.

Dec 21, 2025 • The Orbit and Paula Smiri

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Dec 18, 2025 • The Orbit

Ricky Gervais Lied, London Cried, and the Donkeys Won

Tell me again why we’re mad about ads that weren’t real?

Dec 4, 2025 • The Orbit and Marta Litson

🛸 The Orbit Dispatch - Issue #12

Hello! December’s here, and the internet put on a sweater but stayed weird.

Nov 30, 2025 • The Orbit

🧵 A diVine Intervention: What if the Internet’s just... tired?

diVine’s revival pokes at our craving for realness in a world that forgot how.

Nov 21, 2025 • The Orbit and Sarah Ylm

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Dispatch

🛸 The Orbit Dispatch: Issue #13

The rise of the Human Watermark, the legacy of the Nintendo Power Glove, platform absurdities, AI overload, and iconic design misfires.

Jan 2 • The Orbit

🛸 The Orbit Dispatch - Issue #12

Hello! December’s here, and the internet put on a sweater but stayed weird.

Nov 30, 2025 • The Orbit

🛸 The Orbit Dispatch: Issue #11

The Mascot Renaissance, Humaine AI Pin + Halloween Special!

Oct 31, 2025 • The Orbit

🛸 The Orbit Dispatch: Issue #10

A fast, curious dive into creative culture.

Oct 4, 2025 • The Orbit

Threads

🧵 The Accidental Invention of the Slinky

How a Falling Spring Became a Toy Store Legend

Dec 25, 2025 • The Orbit and Marta Litson

🧵 A diVine Intervention: What if the Internet’s just... tired?

diVine’s revival pokes at our craving for realness in a world that forgot how.

Nov 21, 2025 • The Orbit and Sarah Ylm

🧵 Why Labubu Looks Like It Just Ate Your Dreams

and Why That’s Hot.

Oct 15, 2025 • The Orbit and Marta Litson

🧵 How Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ Slogan Was Inspired by a… Death Row Inmate?

The surprising (and kinda creepy) origin story of Nike’s iconic phrase.

Aug 12, 2025 • The Orbit and Marta Litson

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