Kristen Bellstrom

A Coastal New England Town’s ‘Ornery’ Vandal: A Woodpecker More than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.”

"The woodpecker could not be reached for comment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...

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Ulta Beauty Has a New Product to Turn Six Year Olds Into Makeup Shoppers The Barbie-sized product replicas are designed to entice the next generation of beauty-obsessed shoppers.

Beauty culture + late capitalism = www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Oftentimes, I left the restaurant looking like I’d just been jumped: hair disheveled, glasses fogged, panting and stumbling." We won't be the same without you, Ugly Baby

The Perimenopause Gold Rush There’s a wave of new companies making big promises to millennial women. Is it all too good to be true?

Always a fan of @jessicabennett.bsky.social -- this really nails the extremely questionable vibe of the rising perimenopause industry: www.thecut.com/article/peri...

Anger at CEOs Goes Beyond the Healthcare Industry. Here’s Why. The rage being expressed online after the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare executive is rightly scary to companies. But their response needs to be more than bulking up security.

There's no denying that people are angry -- now its up to CEOs and companies how they choose to respond. @bethkowitt.bsky.social on why bulking up security and calling it a day would be a mistake:

The ‘90s Are Back — and So Is The Gap After decades in the wilderness, the brand is back in the zeitgeist. Now it’s time to bring stores and merchandise back to their former glory.

I did just buy the first Gap sweater I've copped in... 15 years? longer?

Preparing for first-ever Keens dinner and the pressure of deciding on an order is crushing

woohoo!

It's just reality: very few people want to spend 5 days a week in an office. The best employees have options -- and they'll vote with their feet.