“Digital Light Field” by Lisel is the soft vocal pop we can expect when we live in space. Its extremely normal indie pop synthbeats act as a base for distorted auto-tune vocals that skip like a hologram, and the feeling behind the words is totally dispassionate, simply growing louder as the song progresses to form a matter-of-fact, robotic climax. It’s a bummer, and that’s fascinating. Listen here.

Houseplants are hot, but have you considered tending a digital plant instead? Horticultural video and phone games are reportedly booming, and most of them simulate the meditative repetition of actual gardening within the scope of a joystick (or thumb or whatever the kids use these days). To name a few, there’s Viridi, a succulent-tending simulator; A Good Gardner, which tasks you with growing food for a war effort; and Mandel, asking the player to populate a planet with space plants. All of these seem delightful compared to other video games, and disappointing compared to actual gardening. (What if each came with a pack of seeds?)

Speaking of the rural-digital divide, some farmers are now making more on YouTube than they are on actual farming. A number of younger, progressive farmers have taken to the internet to advocate for farm-related causes, or just to talk about their own niche farming methods, and their videos are generating a lot of views– from other farmers, sure, but also from city types who are into the idea of rural life. Influencer economy: welcome to the country.

In case you didn’t catch it above, farmers, and particularly small ones, are struggling to make ends meet. Their operations are typically more expensive than larger farms, and they don’t qualify for the subsidies that, say, a big soy farm does. So what’s a flailing farmer to do? Pick up extra cash on Airbnb, of course. Farm listings on the platform have ballooned, which is great for extra revenue, and for satisfying city kids’ need for green. Win-win.