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“For many, that thrill of ownership can be a substitute for bigger life milestones. When owning a home or starting a family can feel out of reach, completing a toy collection is relatively achievable.” www.ft.com/content/7d0d...
Good explainer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Yesterday was a very surprising 17,844 steps for me, considering I remained between 44th and 59th Sts. the whole time. But those long avenues heading west and then back east later on, they'll get you your steps.
Good news on my creative writing front: "The revised essay reads wonderfully. I will now send it to copy editing, and I will let you know as soon as it has an estimated publication date." Stay tuned.
"[T]his isn’t about financial prudence. It’s about politics. Ellison is paying not for a strong business asset, but to send a signal to the anti-mainstream media crowd that CBS News is being reshaped," writes @oliverdarcy.bsky.social about the pending Bari Weiss deal with New Paramount...
"He sees no upward mobility and resents his employer’s rightward political turn. But he earns well and has a sweet, hybrid schedule that affords ample time for hobbies. He keeps putting in a good-enough effort at work because the job, though unfulfilling, serves its purpose in his life."
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I’d be interested in reading a story about whether scales sell more poorly these days than before amid an era of body positivity and a shift away from thinking about that number as indicative of health outcomes. My gym removed its scale from the locker room.
Love this. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
"Paramedics receive few mental health services from the Fire Department, and their health insurance plans generally don’t cover therapy. Unlike most of the paramedics he knows, Mr. Kleisner said, he can afford to see a therapist regularly." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
Update: I looked it up. They played the Mariners that night. They played the Angles on the night he broke the record. Dammit.
This is so good. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Exclusive: Remedy Meds to acquire Thirty Madison www.axios.com/2025/09/03/r...
Good episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
I vastly prefer to read about the mischief of X in articles that cover the mischief of X to seeing it firsthand on X. As their former president said, it only happens on X.
I was on a boat after work tonight. I will be on a boat again one day after work next week. As long as boat parties are taking place, it remains summer. Evenings are better in the summer on a boat.
I attended an afterwork event tonight that featured like 1,000 people, maybe more. I found someone seated alone, eating pizza. So I sat down and struck up conversation with her. Turned out, this was the COO of a very, very well-known company. Rewarded for doing the right thing, introducing myself.
If you ask someone a question, and they struggle to answer it, and then you restate the question the same way as before, and they look at you with confusion, it’s not their fault for being unable to answer the question as intended.
One thing us folks with poster’s souls need to understand is that part of the engine that drove text based social media so high is that a lot of people just want to consume an algorithmically generated feed of stimulus and there wasn’t a video version of that before. Interactivity was ancillary.
Still no QR Code after all this time. Respect.
I passed a place called Taco Mahal. Nope.
Damn, I saw a Tesla Truck and now I’m in a bad mood.
A man with a mustache and long hair just walked by and I didn’t stop to ask him but I can tell based on his look that he only grew all that hair because he didn’t want his defining feature to be that he’s 5’5”.
This has been a good day. Two more events to go.
"Executives and analysts have noticed. In conference calls with investors, references to consumer risk tripled in the second quarter and remained at double recent levels through Aug. 15, according to data from NL Analytics. Until this year, the topic had been waning in frequency."
Good stuff from the Forbes CMO newsletter today.
It’s just crazy how few options uoh have available to sit down and do work anywhere on 9th Avenue.
He's both the most easy to recognize celebrity and also the least easy to recognize celebrity at once.
Impossible to describe how much the internet made Six degrees of Kevin Bacon so much less compelling as a game worth discussing. It feels at this moment that due to LLMs the rest of the fun in our society, peer to peer, to figure stuff out and to discuss ideas and items together, is fading out, too.
"Unlike peers LeBron James and Serena Williams, who command headlines with splashy business ventures, Barkley’s approach is leaner and more surgical. He is making selective bets on technology companies that he believes are creating lasting value for their users."
I follow a LinkedIn account that's clearly fake, which is intended to honeypot. I marvel at how many men leave inane comments. It's something to witness. Someone eventually should write about this phenomenon because it's not crossing a line for these men but, boy, would their wives want to see it...
Proudly, I solved the final clue last night of "The 1% Club." It feels so easy when you crack it. Most of all, it takes not allowing your brain to go on the scramble at the top of the time window.
My guess is that the most popular bowling league team name in history is Pinheads.
My understanding is that as people plan their winter vacations they are inclined to avoid states that would make them miserable to be on vacation...
"Rather than feel like they must be a strong and domineering head of the family or relinquish masculinity entirely, can men adopt qualities that blend strength with openness? What kind of partner might this kind of man attract?" www.vox.com/even-better/...
The wrong mustard ruins the sandwich. I write proverbs.
Rat Czar!
I had a very unpleasant experience this afternoon at a coffee shop while on a work call. Another patron who appeared to be unhoused was threatening me, banging his hand on my table. I tried to ignore it, but at a certain point I couldn't. The barista tossed him from the store. I guess buyer beware?
Did you decide to get married in October? Tell me about why for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
Half the college kids I know are trying to figure out how to pay their living expenses so every time one of the luxury dorm design stories comes out, I feel like I’m on a different planet.
Coming up with a list: what are some of the most cringe/useless examples companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Apple have given for using their AI?
It combines two things, lone that boomers are addicted to and one that Millennials are addicted to.
"Satchu introduced that hands-on sister course after a flurry of Founder Mindset students asked him to lead them in one-on-one independent business projects. With too many prospective mentees to handle—ever the founder, he calls it “not scalable”—he built a class around how to develop a startup."
Love this.
Epstein abuse survivor says Epstein's "biggest brag" was his connection to Donald Trump.
“YouTube is now the No. 1 TV viewing platform in the world at 12.5% share,” said Arthur Leopold, co-founder and CEO of Agentio. “What does that look like five years from now or even three years, especially when the cost to create content essentially goes to zero thanks to all these AI tools?”
"Reynolds has been reinventing new junior roles around AI for a group of interns based out of his shop’s headquarters. He said it’s not only the right thing to do, but Seer Interactive will benefit by having access to the best talent. “You have to choose to make an investment in educating people."
I am blessed to have so many people show up regularly for me. Also, I have meticulously made it that way.
"Mercor’s longer term goal is to be able to match every person with an appropriate job for them. In the future, the company wants to be able to place lawyers at law firms and doctors at hospitals." This isn't really how doctors find jobs. I suspect they'd say that the way doctors do is inefficient.
Setting aside all of the obvious benefits, and there has always been pitfalls and drawbacks to the fame, I have to acknowledge that being a celebrity these days must really stink.
This should quiet a lot of the communications consultants who posit that being in the news itself is valuable. Unfortunately, it won't quiet a lot of the communications consultants who don't read the news themselves.
A woman nearby to me at this cafe told her friend that he ex-husband broke a bottle on her head. "I didn't feel anything. It didn't resonate."
"Dress Code: We don't do dress codes - just come as you are. Think stylish and comfortable for an evening at sea, with a look that can effortlessly take you from dinner to evening vibes. Whether it's relaxed chic or bold and fabulous, wear whatever makes you feel your best onboard." Love this.
I think a lot about Fall 2020 when neighbors came up with all kinds of methods and reasons they could and would cut the line for vaccines, and while permission doled out amid desperation to leave home again was not itself a drastic change in society, many have continued to take similar liberties.
the most surefire way to get rich in america right now is through scams, never been a better time to scam than our current moment
I'm at a Starbucks this morning in Manhattan. Next to me are two middle-aged gentlemen. When the subject of Trump came up, one asked the other, "What are you worried about these days?" The other said, "It's actually not the socialism that bothers me, it's the tone."
“Over time, WTF lost its status as this sacred place for embittered stand-ups to try to deduce the meaning of their careers. Instead, it just became another big-ticket interview podcast, competing with a wide array of imitators it inadvertently spawned.”
There’s so much here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Post hoc ergo propter hoc. I’ll never be able to prove it, but had the Cracker Barrel redesign gone smoothly, you just know that the newsletter writer would have championed the exact opposite message, that brands after a century get stale and you have to be willing to spend $$$ to get up to speed.
I didn’t know I needed silver shoes until I was given silver shoes, and now they’re my favorite shoe to wear.
BREAKING: Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched an investigation after an image of Luigi Mangione - the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year - was used to model a shirt www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When you have a city the size of New York, cool things emerge.
Good explainer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Thirty years ago today I attended a Cal Ripken game that led up to a big event in the week, and I thiiiiink they were playing the Angels that night?
This coming weekend in my newsletter I'll write about why toughening up is bad advice. You can subscribe here: dannygroner.substack.com.
Yes, I agree that a lot of it depends, and that it’s not as simple as just hire anyone, anywhere.
Can you wager on Polymarket which CEO will behave like a buffoon at tonight’s U.S. Open matches?
The 2025 IPO market nears flashpoint www.axios.com/2025/09/02/f...
This is so beautifully done www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
🤐 www.fastcompany.com/91392526/how...
At the mall yesterday, I asked the Cometeer barista for a free coffee that didn't taste like coffee. He delivered.
I can't tell if the author is in on it or not? www.gobankingrates.com/saving-money...
"I'm a high school English teacher, and my husband is a PE teacher. When Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce recently posted about getting engaged, several of my friends texted me about the similarity between their Instagram caption and what we do for a living." www.businessinsider.com/english-teac...
Why is the daughter from "Unknown Number" interested at all in having a relationship with her mom? What am I missing?
"Almost a quarter of such deals last quarter were either down rounds or flat, according to PitchBook. Even 30 percent of AI companies were forced to lower their valuations in their latest rounds." www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/vent...
"It’s not just the crafting industry that is feeling the immediate effects of the end of de minimis. Fans of Asian beauty and skincare products must meticulously track where they can still order from — a small but dedicated community trying to make sense of a trade war waged for no good reason."
Great topic.
I'm looking to talk to someone who stopped going to therapy after their therapist raised their rates and wants to talk about that decision making process-- is that you or a friend? Email awilder@marketplace.org #journorequest
“The world has changed a lot, if you rely on just trying to grow your Comscore number that’s not the best strategy even in digital now,” Hutcheson notes. “I see that being only one piece of a much bigger puzzle. Where the action is, it’s in ticketed events that are branded Spin.”
"The radically inclusive, love-soaked vibes of Burning Man mostly precludes open hostilities between the plugged-in and the unpluggers, but pranks are a culturally acceptable way of resisting shifting norms." www.wsj.com/tech/burning...
16 Big Ideas for How to Spend $1 Million on Marketing Right Now www.inc.com/ali-donaldso...
Good listen. restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
When I was 24, someone who was 29 emailed me to say, "Danny, happy new year to you and yours. Please CC me on all emails on a going forward basis as I would like to be more in the loop as to your day-to-day activities." He's become a vital part of my life since.
You can't "zoom and enhance" a photo like that.
I asked someone today why she uses an AI notetaker. She said it's helpful for calls with founders, when she has to ask basic questions and wants to remain in the moment, not jotting down notes. She said prior to AI notetakers she'd invite interns to the call, to capture the basic information. Oh.
Happy 'I can no longer make the meeting we had scheduled this hour because I got stranded in a city I didn't expect to be in today and I didn't realize until now I had long ago scheduled meetings because I'm in a different time zone, disoriented, trying to get home ASAP' day to all who celebrate.
Love this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Private pilots often look like a deer in headlights, though one or two have given fighter pilots the finger before eventually acknowledging the seriousness of the situation, Armstrong said. Norad hasn’t shot down any private planes." www.wsj.com/us-news/flyi...
Everyone I speak to who works at a well-known company says privately, when asked, that they are in the midst of a hiring freeze, despite what their company job boards look like.
Like I'm at a bit of a loss about what you need to "do better" to restore public trust in cancer research, which seemed to be working fine.
The second half. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Good episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"Her stealth deal strategy involved completing a chunk of the due diligence mostly by talking to customers—without the company or other investors knowing. That way, she could offer the company a term sheet before Labor Day to pre-empt her rivals, she said." www.wsj.com/articles/vcs...
"Such gigs are part of a new category of work spawned by the generative AI boom that threatened to displace creative jobs: Anyone can now write blog posts, produce a graphic or code an app with a few text prompts, but AI-generated content rarely makes for a satisfactory final product on its own."
I am most drawn to things that used to be wise and true that are no longer true, to understand what changed then to now. Two truths, different eras. For example, the Terms of Service podcast begins this week discussing the dangers of logging into a public WiFi. Used to be true, not anymore...
Does your brand need a chief AI officer? www.voguebusiness.com/story/techno...
"Demolitions and conversions of offices into housing mean that total American office space will shrink for the first time in at least a quarter of a century, according to CBRE. In cities where house prices have soared, converting offices into much-needed blocks of flats makes obvious sense."
There are yellow laffy taffies in the work cupboard that date back to last Halloween that I suspect would have tasted the same last Halloween as they will this Halloween. Yello laffy taffies exist to make other laffy taffies appear tasty. It's a bullet that the yellow ones take to sell more candy.
THIS is why you need comms at the table, said every annoying comms person, probably.
I promise I'm a good person, I wanted the hat for my kid, I felt it was being handed to me despite the shouts, I thought about it all differently when I discovered I'd been videotaped and had gone viral, and I didn't particularly enjoy how that felt to be ridiculed by professional tennis players.