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“Our nation is back — bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before,” President Trump said to start his #SOTU address.
📊👀 But what does the data say? See it all here: bit.ly/3OxrLC6
“.. Presidents of all stripes treat the State of the Union as if it’s some sort of endurance sport that’s going to land them in Guinness World Records.”
@jesskarl.bsky.social #SOTU
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mass deprivation of food will do that to a country, yeah
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To Gen Z, vapes have long been the villain. They never experienced the graphic anti-smoking ads of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Instead, cigs tick the nostalgia box for them.
How can we avoid a slide back? Read my take with @lisamjarvis.bsky.social & @taylortyson.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
But: Haven't cigarettes always been aesthetic?
Old Hollywood used them all the time to signal style. That allure remains to this day — but what's different about the 2020s is that cigarettes are surfacing in digital spaces that parents and health officials aren't always privy to
Looking at the data, cigarette use is still at an all-time low among teens and adults. This is great news!
But as smoking becomes more normalized in pop culture, there's a real worry that the imagery will end up influencing behavior down the line
🧵Not a day goes by where I don't see a cigarette on my social feeds. They're at birthday parties, celebrity weddings and even in ... cakes (see pic).
Is Gen Z being influenced by these romanticized images? Let's find out ➡️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
In my latest newsletter for @opinion.bloomberg.com, we play a little game of “Spot the Difference" with two photos from the Oval Office taken 171 days apart.
What did you notice first? The mantle? The posture? Or maybe was the wardrobe change... www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album appears to be her flashiest yet, and fans are already fawning over the fashion moments of her showgirl era, says @jesskarl.bsky.social.
But beyond Swift, do pop culture moments actually matter for companies in the long run?
Nobody wants to live in “a boiling pot of evil goo.”
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Kind of surprised there isn't much talk about the huge amount of inflation in hot dogs in today's CPI report. Up 9% in June, the most since 2002:
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TikTok may have banned #SkinnyTok, but influencers pushing a "disciplined" lifestyle are keeping the restrictive eating trend alive. How can we police content that’s cloaked in euphemisms like “wellness” and “self-care”?
NEW column by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social and me:
NYC's mayoral primary is going to be a test of voter turnout. I wrote about voting deadlines and how to register to vote — and why it's so important for millennials and gen z to actually show up this time. lindseyadler.substack.com/p/road-to-no...
10.06.2025 14:21 — 👍 88 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 1must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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🍕 15 years ago today, a Florida man paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two large Papa Johns pizzas.
In today’s dollars, that’s roughly $1.1 billion, which is nearly enough to buy Papa Johns ✨ the company ✨
NEW from me for @opinion.bloomberg.com: If you thought the Committee on Rules’ crack-of-dawn meeting was strange, just wait 'til you see what's inside Trump’s thousand-plus-page bill
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To avoid that fate, Substack needs to reckon with its role in the information ecosystem, says @jesskarl.bsky.social.
Here’s how:
Substack is showing impressive growth with 5 million paid subscribers and counting 📈
But that raises concerns about potential incoherence and the spread of misinformation
the whelms are whelming
31.01.2025 15:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
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i looove the grub street diet features but this one includes a detail so unrealistic I must point it out — you can't just "roll over" to Tatiana!!!
24.01.2025 21:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0more than FOUR cups??? my heart can't take it
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Trump's pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is rather convenient, considering the president is under fire for flogging his memecoin right before taking the oath of office.
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ugh i bet all the drinks will be served in those golden chalices from love is blind
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it's week 1 and the girls are already fighting!!!
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