# Old Man Summer By [Sunday Bunch](https://paragraph.com/@bunch) · 2024-07-07 vol1, nft --- **Thanks for subscribing to Sunday Bunch.** I just made my way back from two weeks on the road doing lazy river research. Seeing as it has obviously been a slow couple of weeks news-wise (🤣😭🤯), I have another easy-breezy Summer Edition for you today. I’ll be back with a full spread (and some surprises) next week. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c2b20980da652d70fa5a4061011df9fc.png) * * * 😇 [**Hot AI Jesus Is Huge on Facebook**](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/hot-jesus-ai/678814/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9f23c140d6b7708bb4455a707deae2d5.jpg) [Source: Ojitos de Fe](https://www.facebook.com/people/Ojitos-de-Fe/61558607630035/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) > Hot AI Jesus hath risen. The son of God, as rendered by modern artificial intelligence, is chiseled and has [startlingly good hair](https://www.instagram.com/p/C8evZwyv4_7/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer). (He is not to be confused with [Shrimp Jesus](https://www.404media.co/email/1cdf7620-2e2f-4450-9cd9-e041f4f0c27f/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer), another AI-generated variant.) **Caroline Mimbs Nyce** * * * **🛍️** [**Saks Owner to Buy Neiman Marcus, With Help From Amazon**](https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/saks-owner-to-buy-neiman-marcuswith-help-from-amazon-f71a0fda?mod=hp_lead_pos3&utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) The new entity, Saks Global, will also receive backing from Salesforce as it forms a $10 billion/year retail business with an imperative to modernize and restore the luster of multiple luxury brands in various states of decay. * * * 📸 [**How the WNBA Tunnel Walk Became a Fashion Marketing Gold Mine**](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/marketing-pr/wnba-tunnel-walk-angel-reese-caitlin-clark/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) Prada, Balmain, Versace are just a few of the brands lining up to outfit women’s basketball’s emerging superstars. * * * 👾 [**The Rise of Video Game Graphics in Contemporary Art**](https://hypeart.com/2024/7/the-rise-of-video-game-graphics-in-contemporary-art?rs_oid_rd=176093693176&utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) Three generations worth of gaming culture are converging on the art world in a flood of pixels. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/643d54ce75df6e263422a4b988ea872d.jpg) [Source: Tabor Robak](https://www.taborrobak.com/?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) * * * 🤖 [**The Chef Is Human. The Reviewer Isn’t.**](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/dining/ai-restaurant-reviews.html?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) AI sure feels like a nail in the coffin of user-generated review sites like Yelp. * * * 🌭 [**America’s Top 11 Regional Hot Dog Styles**](https://www.insidehook.com/food/most-beloved-regional-hot-dogs-united-states?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer)  In honor of the two hot dogs you’re still digesting from the 4th of July, I give you this glizzy guidebook–which I am 97% sure a human actually wrote–containing approximately 37 kilos of sodium. _(Shout-out to Austin’s local pop-up hot beef injector,_ [_Zee’s Wiener System_](https://www.instagram.com/wienersystem/?hl=en&utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer)_.)_ * * * **🏴‍☠️** [**The Best, Worst, and So-Bad-They’re-Good Texas City and County Flags**](https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texas-city-county-flags-75-best-worst-weirdest/?user_email_address=9c221fe36b2c1c4063e67641945379e283793c772c7252669384e2cb20c2f3c0&utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) Everything’s bigger down here, including the creative range displayed in our cities’ and counties’ branding. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/10c830531c2a7d3a1c2e9039c0117dde.png) * * * 🏉 [**The mullet is alive and well in AFL**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/afl-mullet-count-data-analysis/103850072?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) The data from 788 professional footy players down under looks a lot like what I saw in two weeks of travel around North America: [Gen Z is partying in the back](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/afl-mullet-count-data-analysis/103850072?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) with reckless abandon. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/477d561d15f2c766388fc0ad8de035be.png) _Today’s Sunday Bunch is brought to you by Notion._ **Why am I seeing this message?** These days, there are very few apps that I actually entrust with my professional and personal data. Notion helps me keep track of my digital life - the links, documents, projects - all with [AI search and analysis](https://www.notion.so/product/ai?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer). [Get Notion for Free](https://affiliate.notion.so/sunday-bunch-042824?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/758e9635008bfbe1f2bfde705b2f24ab.png) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/53886aa973978c82083de63b7a9028bc.png) It’s a wild time. And given that it’s only July, the second half of 2024 is clearly going to go harder than original formula Four Loko. A friendly reminder, should you find yourself feeling down: **We have always been a little bit off. It’s kind of the American way.** We are the nation that unleashed KONY 2012 on the world: But also one made up of inventive lunatics who DIY their own flying cars: > [@oliveiron23](https://www.tiktok.com/@oliveiron23?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) The instrumentation may change, but the song remains the same. 🇺🇸 **God Bless America** 🇺🇸 **That’s it for this edition of Sunday Bunch.** Thank you for reading. I hope you have a great rest of the weekend and if you’re still traveling, I hope you [rawdog your flight](https://www.gq.com/story/why-men-are-rawdogging-flights?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) home safely. Cheers, [BUNCH](https://kylebunch.com?utm_source=sundaybunch&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=old-man-summer) --- *Originally published on [Sunday Bunch](https://paragraph.com/@bunch/old-man-summer)*