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☆ A Dark, Eruptive Force Hides Within These Inviting Fables
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Dustin Illingworth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR, by Adam Ehrlich SachsInterwar Austria — baroque, violent, demented, doomed — flickers into view in Adam Ehrlich Sachs’s new novel, “Gretel and the Great War.” No staid work of history, this. Sachs draws from the madcap, darkly comic tradition of postmodern European fiction to reimagine the continent’s catastrophic destiny. The novel opens in November 1919, when Gretel, a young mute girl, is found wandering the streets of Vienna. The neurologist who eventually treats her receives a letter from a sanitarium patient claiming to be her father. But the novel’s charming formal sequence conceals an eruptive, ungovernable force.

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☆ As Hunter Biden Stands Trial, a Republican Noise Machine Goes Silent
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nearly four years, Republicans have delved into the darkest corners of Hunter Biden’s life, seeking to tie his troubles to his father, President Biden. But as the younger Biden stands trial in Delaware on gun charges, the case’s glaring political contradictions have rendered the G.O.P. It stands to reason: The baseless claim that the Biden Justice Department is running a political persecution of Mr. Trump is somewhat undermined by the department’s prosecution of the president’s son. So beyond the professional provocateurs in Washington and the right-wing media, Republicans have decided to say as little as possible. “I wouldn’t read too much into a lot of people not talking about it right now,” cautioned Representative Kelly Armstrong, Republican of North Dakota, and a leader of the House investigation of Hunter Biden.

Persons: Hunter, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Hunter Biden, ”, Kelly Armstrong, “ There’s Organizations: Republicans, Biden Justice Department, Republican Locations: Delaware, Washington, North Dakota

☆ Opinion: Billie Eilish’s “Lunch” is the Pride anthem we so desperately need
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Opinion Allison Hope | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Billie Eilish’s new song, “Lunch” is the definitive queer anthem of 2024. Eilish’s “Lunch” symbolizes the seismic evolution in queer women expression in music. Eilish’s “Lunch” is a brilliant reinvention of our freedom of queer expression, and it comes at a most desperate time. If only we tune into Eilish’s song and to its inherent humanity — carnal, raw, authentic — and recognize in it our own hidden desires that we should face with the same openness she does. What Eilish has achieved, though, with her latest album and particularly with the song, “Lunch,” is to raise the bar on the unabashed expression of queer and women’s sexual desire.

Persons: Allison Hope, Billie Eilish’s, ” Allison Hope, Eilish, Marsha P, Johnson, Billy Porter unapologetically, She’s, Barbie, Finneas O’Connell, We’ve, Whitney Houston, Lang, Tracy Chapman, Jodie Foster, Elliot Page, Katy Perry’s, It’s, Nex Benedict, Starr Brown, Trevor, Lily Tomlin, Rosie O’Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge Organizations: New Yorker, The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Slate, Pride, MTV, US State Department, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Twitter, Facebook, Lifeline Locations: New, Stonewall, New York, veneers, k.d, Russia, Ghana, Uganda, Italy, Buenos Aires, Memphis

☆ I wanted my kids to play more independently. This play couch might be the answer to that.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Conz Preti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Related storiesWhen I got an email saying a new play couch called the Chunk was coming out, I was intrigued. One of the first things I bought after we moved was the Nugget, a coveted play couch that kept selling out drop after drop. Courtesy of the authorWe set the Nugget up in my oldest kid's room, thinking he'd be more into building forts. The author's kids play on the Chunk for hours Courtesy of authorThat doesn't happen around here often because my kids are always playing with it. This play couch is magic.

Persons: —, I'm, it's, he'd Organizations: Service, Montessori, Crafts, Business Locations: Brooklyn, Maine, Williamsburg

☆ ‘I don’t want to mute you’: Judge interrupts Rudy Giuliani during court rant
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ With Debate Deal, Trump and Biden Sideline a Storied Campaign Institution
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the roots of the commission’s decline go back at least a decade and came to a head in 2020, when the commission struggled to stage a debate with Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden during the pandemic. The candidates’ first encounter that year was caustic and raucous, as Mr. Trump shouted over Mr. Biden and the moderator. As it later turned out, Mr. Trump had a Covid diagnosis days before the event, leading to strong objections from the Biden campaign to the commission. The second debate was canceled by Mr. Trump after the commission sought to make it virtual because Mr. Trump was recovering from the illness. By the third debate, the commission gave the moderator a mute button to cut off a candidate who broke the rules.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, “, I’ve, Chris Wallace Organizations: Mr

☆ There’s no way to be a perfect parent
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Dr. Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I was stuck in the revolving door of work and parenting, and nothing about my personal life was Instagram-worthy. Somewhere between 2006 and now, parenting became a crash course in achievement, with social media grading us at every turn. Children and parents alike have unknowingly entered a relentless pressure cooker under the constant spotlight of social media. These can result in a cycle of increased mental health issues for both the parent and the child. There are two social media tricks that can be life-changing for adults: Mute accounts (you’re the only one who will know!)

Persons: TikTok, ”, Jessica Lahey, Donald Winnicott, Winnicott, “, —, ” Lahey, Katie Hurley, Strong, Fiona McPhee Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Foods, Ohio State University College of Nursing, Netflix

CNN spoke to three Israeli whistleblowers who worked at the Sde Teiman desert camp, which holds Palestinians detained during Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Reports of abuse at Sde Teiman have already surfaced in Israeli and Arab media after an outcry from Israeli and Palestinian rights groups over conditions there. CNN has requested permission from the Israeli military to access the Sde Teiman base. The account tallied with details of a letter authored by a doctor working at Sde Teiman published by Ha’aretz in April. The structure, which resembles an animal pen, is located in the central area of the Sde Teiman compound.

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☆ Trump will go from the trial to the trail and back again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Donald Trump will make his most concentrated effort yet to turn his criminal trial into a political asset in the next two days, heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again. Not surprisingly, a majority of Democrats feel that Trump is being treated more leniently than others, while a majority of Republicans think the opposite. But there’s also a risk Trump’s loose tongue out on the trail could get him into trouble following his alleged violations of Merchan’s gag order. They were also tied in Pennsylvania, a third swing state Biden flipped from Trump four years ago. Trump is following a similar playbook as he fuses his criminal defense as a supposed victim of partisan persecution with his political offensive for a White House comeback.

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Within days, millions of TikTok videos using music from Universal artists went mute, and since then guessing which side would blink first has become a media-business parlor game. Backing this up, one study found that TikTok users reported experiencing higher levels of flow than Instagram users. Corey Basch, who analyzed 100 popular TikTok videos with the hashtag mentalhealth for a 2022 study, emerged concerned about the looping effect of the algorithm. Cerave Sales increased by more than 60 percent in 2020 after skin care became a lockdown pastime and TikTok users discovered the drugstore mainstay. Cat Crack Catnip It briefly sold out in 2021 after TikTok users posted videos of their cats going crazy for it.

Persons: randos, TikTok, you’ve, Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, ”, “ Wonka, Barbie, “ Oppenheimer, —, goofing, cavorting, Sue Fleishman, Z’s Walter Cronkite, Spehar, Donald J, Trump, he’s, Caitlin Clark’s, Joe Biden, Justin Bieber, Abbie Richards, Richards, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Fleetwood Mac, Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Drake, Swift, ByteDance, can’t, Mark Warner, hasn’t, Al, ear on, Li Organizations: Fleetwood Mac, Facebook, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, White, Pew Research Center, YouTube, The New York Times, Kansas City Chiefs, Media, Colgate, Universal Music Group, ByteDance, Intelligence Committee, e Locations: United States, Beijing, Biden’s, TikTok, Singapore, View, Calif, China, American

☆ From the battery boss who naps at noon to the fitness entrepreneur who rises at 3:30 a.m., these are the most unusual CEO habits
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRunning a company is a stressful job, especially if you're running one of the biggest firms in the world. Here are some of the most unusual routines of CEOs:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Or if you're Elon Musk, your morning routine includes eating a doughnutElon Musk. Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesTesla CEO Elon Musk opts for a sugary start to the day.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Richard Branson, Josh York, Bob Iger, Chip Somodevilla, Iger, Mikael Berner, Elon, Taylor Hill, Elon Musk, Mark, Mark Zuckerberg, Robin Zeng, CATL, Jack Dorsey, Joe Raedle Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel Murray, Steven Barlett, Tobias Lutke, brag Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, Getty, Edison Software, EV, Twitter, Telegraph

☆ Taylor Swift pulled another power move that showcases just how much industry influence she has
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift brings her music back to TikTok, undermining a UMG attempt to keep off the platform. Her move is celebrated by fans and highlights the influence she holds in the music industry. It gives her control of where her work is available, unlike other UMG artists, whose music is still off TikTok. Related storiesThe move is another example of the power Swift holds by owning her music. In 2014, Swift pulled her music off streaming giant Spotify over concerns of their "freemium" business model.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, Taylor, she's, Swift, Scooter Braun, Swift's, UMG, TikTok Organizations: UMG, Service, Universal Music Group, Poets Department, Sony, Warner Music Group, TikTok Locations: TikTok

☆ Why the next US recession may be pushed back to 2025, according to JPMorgan
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fears of an economic recession may have to be pushed back to 2025, according to JPMorgan. JPMorgan said the rebound in manufacturing activity bodes well for continued economic resilience. The note highlighted the unexpected strength seen in ISM manufacturing activity in March, which jumped above 50 for the first time since September 2022. A reading above 50 represents an expansion in manufacturing activity, while a reading below 50 represents a contraction. If a potential recession is pushed back to 2025 because of the solid manufacturing data, it would represent yet another year in which many economists were off in their recession predictions, though some have backed off their call for a recession following the resilience seen throughout 2023 even amid higher interest rates.

Persons: JPMorgan's Ellen Wang, Andrew Tyler, Wang, Tyler, Wang aren't Organizations: JPMorgan, Market Intelligence, Federal Reserve

☆ The Race to Reinvent CPR
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Helen Ouyang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Until that Thursday in August 2022, John Sauer’s most pressing health concern had been his seasonal allergies. She told her daughter to call 911, and the two women struggled to get Sauer, who is very tall and rather bulky, onto the ground to start CPR. She had taught CPR classes, but she had never done it on a real person. Up and down, up and down, her fingers interlocked, hand over hand. Here I am doing chest compressions, she thought, and this CPR is never going to wake him up.

Persons: John Sauer’s, Kristen Waters, Waters, Sauer

A curly-haired young man shakes as he bends over the mound of smashed concrete that used to be his friend’s home. “Please God.”A father crawls over a mountain of gray concrete shards, his right ear pressed to the dust. “Said,” he cries, “didn’t I tell you to take care of your sister?”Another man on another rubble heap is looking for his wife and his children, Rahaf, 6, and Aboud, 4. “Rahaf,” he cries, leaning forward to scan the twisted pile of gray before him. “What has she done to deserve this?”Gaza has become a 140-square-mile graveyard, each destroyed building another jagged tomb for those still buried within.

Persons: Ahmed, ”, “ Salma, Said, “ Said, “ Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Gaza

☆ Opinion: The next time I want to see Timothée Chalamet, I’ll do it from the comfort of my couch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Opinion Sara Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Last week, I ditched work one day and went to a matinee at a local AMC theater. It was a Timothée Chalamet movie, because statistically of course it was. There are few things this movie nerd loves more than a big, loud sci-fi fantasy epic on an IMAX screen. It’s as if big movie chains are responding to the dire warnings about the death of their industry by deciding they’ll simply force-feed their remaining audience as much monetizable property as possible. Long live the fun movie theater experience, which is totally possible!

Persons: Sara Stewart, Sara Stewart Todd Thompson, you’ve, Denis Villeneuve’s, I’d, Nicole Kidman, ”, Maria Menounos “, they’ll, Will, Paul Atreides, Kidman, Long, CNET’s Joan Solsman, ‘, ’, Bob Cooney, you’re, Adam Aron, guy’s Organizations: CNN, AMC, Warner Bros ., PSA Locations: Pennsylvania, Arrakis, Alamo, Noovie

☆ In shadow of Trump tweets, Supreme Court outlines when officials can be sued for social media use
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The court ruled unanimously that officials can be deemed "state actors" when making use of social media and can therefore face litigation if they block or mute a member of the public. The court held that conduct on social media can be viewed as a state action when the official in question "possessed actual authority to speak on the state's behalf" and "purported to exercise that authority." While the officials in both cases have low profiles, the ruling will apply to all public officials who use social media to engage with the public. The cases raised the question of whether public officials' posts and other social media activity constitute part of their governmental functions. The court is wrestling with a whole series of social media-related free speech issues in its current term, which runs until June.

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Learn moreAmazon's third-generation Echo Buds are the brand's most budget-friendly headphones yet. Amazon Echo Buds (2023) Amazon's third-generation Echo Buds lack noise cancellation, but they sound solid for the money and include hands-free Alexa support on a budget. And unlike more expensive headphones, the third-gen Echo Buds don't come with active noise cancellation (ANC) to help reduce background sounds that might interfere with your music. Sarah Saril/InsiderDespite their drawbacks, the Echo Buds are still a solid budget choice for users of multiple devices. Sarah Saril/InsiderThe Echo Buds (3rd Gen) aren't for everyone, but they have their appeal.

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☆ A complete timeline of Tom Holland and Zendaya's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +53 min

AdvertisementNovember 2016: Holland and Zendaya appear in their first-ever joint cover, for The Hollywood ReporterZendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. March 2021: Holland describes Zendaya as 'very sensible and humble'Zendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. November 17, 2021: Holland and Zendaya comment on their relationship going publicZendaya and Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." February 18, 2022: Tom Holland denies reports that he bought a new house in London with ZendayaTom Holland in February 2022. I visited a lot while they were shooting it and I really, really enjoyed it.

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☆ TikTok is getting a new head of global trust and safety
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —TikTok’s global trust and safety unit is getting a new leader, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Following Keenan’s move, TikTok’s global trust and safety unit will now fall under the leadership of Adam Presser, the company’s Los Angeles-based head of operations. However, TikTok’s trust and safety staff will otherwise remain in place as-is, according to the company. The leadership changes come as TikTok continues to face scrutiny in the United States, Europe and elsewhere over the safety and security of its platform. TikTok plans to invest $2 billion in trust and safety efforts in 2024, Chew said during the hearing.

Persons: Cormac Keenan, Shou Chew, Keenan, Adam Presser, Cormac, ” Chew, Chew, Theo Bertram, Rich Waterworth Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN Locations: New York, Dublin, Ireland, Los Angeles, Europe, Middle East, Africa, United States

☆ I quit my corporate job after one year to return to teaching. I feel like I've chosen something I enjoy over long-term financial success.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I grew up in Dallas-Fort Worth and started my first teaching job in Brooklyn when I was 24. AdvertisementI resigned from teaching and took a corporate job as a learning and development consultant. I found a fully remote corporate job at a learning and development consultancy firm that helps other companies with learning initiatives like training. I realized I much preferred teaching students over training adultsI started my new job in August 2022. I've chosen something I enjoy over long-term financial successWhen I decided to accept the teaching job, finances were probably my biggest concern, but I feel that with what I'm making now as a teacher, I'm able to live just fine.

Persons: —, Rachel Volk, I've, Volk, I'd, I'm, you'll Organizations: Service, Business, Fort Worth, Fort, New Locations: Dallas, Brooklyn, Texas, Fort Worth, New York, New York City, New York City and Texas

☆ I volunteered to help New York City track its homeless population. Here's what I learned.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New York City recently conducted its annual survey of the unsheltered homeless. Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by officials from the Departments of Social Services and Homeless Services, kicked off the city's annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate. The city was about to send 1,500 volunteers to all five boroughs to collect data on the unsheltered homeless. New York City has been keeping count this way since 2005. How New York counts its homeless populationMayor Eric Adams, flanked by city officials and volunteers at the city's 2024 Homeless Outreach Population Estimate.

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☆ Battle-tested bull: S&P 500 plows through obstacle course of worries to new high
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The S & P 500' s latest run to a record high last week took it through an obstacle course of macroeconomic and company-specific hazards. Stocks are not at all cheap, with the S & P 500 at 20-times year-ahead earnings, which probably will mute multi-year returns. The median S & P 500 stock is flat year to date, is up 13% over the past three months, has gained 30% off its 52-week low and is within 8% of its 52-week high. On Friday, even as a majority of stocks fell with the S & P 500 gaining 1%, there were 175 NYSE new 52-week highs compared to 54 new lows. Here are the equal-weighted industrial and consumer-discretionary sectors compared to the equal-weight S & P 5600 since just after the bear-market low in October 2022.

Persons: Stocks, Craig Johnson, Piper Sandler, it's, Steve Deppe, Jobs, Jerome Powell, Friday's, Henry McVey, KKR's, Keith Lerner Organizations: Treasury, Wealth Management, Meta, Microsoft, Truist, Equity Locations: Meta, handicapping

☆ The Day the Music Died (on TikTok)
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Madison Malone Kircher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Things were going well for Cody Fry, a singer-songwriter and producer known for his lush pop songs. And on Monday his management team called him with exciting news: One of his songs, “Things You Said,” a romantic duet with Abby Cates, was gaining TikTok traction in China. More than 750,000 videos were created with that song in a single day, Mr. Fry said in a TikTok video. The sudden TikTok silence came about after Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, pulled its catalog from TikTok after its contract with the platform expired. In addition to Mr. Fry, who is signed to Decca Records, one of the company’s many labels, Universal artists whose videos went silent include SZA, Taylor Swift and Ice Spice.

Persons: Cody Fry, Ben Rector, ”, Abby Cates, Fry, Said ”, Taylor Swift Organizations: Colorado Symphony, Universal Music Group, Decca Records, Universal Locations: Denver, China

☆ Unsubscribe: Radical strategies for taking back your time, attention and purpose
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Americans spend, on average, more than two and a half hours on social media each day. His book offers practical strategies for stepping back, reevaluating and unsubscribing from the ideas, habits and tech engagements that keep us from happiness. Advances in health care, like cutting-edge diagnostic tools, are just one example of the incredible benefits of the tech revolution. The crushing pace of technology doesn’t allow for the milliseconds it takes for us to be conscious enough to step back. This is a tall task, but I believe the more people can hear that voice, the healthier our society will be.

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