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☆ Chris Pratt's Met Gala post sparked conversation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Chris Pratt has upset some on the internet by showing off his toe. The “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Playing off his role in “Guardians,” one commenter suggested the Marvel group help. “You want a toe, I can get you a toe,” they quipped. “You need the guardians of Podiatry.”

☆ A 'Diet Coke break' is the latest example of Gen Zs and Millennials insisting on work-life balance
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The idea of "sharing a Coke," or taking a Diet Coke break, is also prominent in the soda brand's advertising history. Seninger says she's always been a "Diet Coke break girl" — even before she started posting about it on TikTok last year. A Diet Coke break helps me to romanticize that part of my day and take a break," Seninger said. In another TikTok, a creator captioned her Diet Coke break video: "Studies show Diet Coke breaks significantly improve one's mental health." In the past, he's said he drinks a minimum of five cans of Diet Coke or Cherry Coke a day.

REUTERS/Marco BelloNEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) CEO Jamie Dimon sent a clear message to employees this month: get back to the office. The largest U.S. lender's employees inundated an internal messaging forum with criticism after its operating committee posted an edict entitled, "The importance of being together." JPMorgan first called employees back to the office on a rotational basis in mid-2021 after months of pandemic shutdowns. "We don't want to punish everybody because of that, but people agreed to do three days a week; we expect three days a week." Many branch employees, building staff and other workers have reported to offices throughout the pandemic without the option to work remotely.

☆ Chick-fil-A fans are so extreme that the chain can't even take a side salad off its menu without fans freaking out
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chick-fil-A is keeping its side salad on the menu "at participating locations," the chain said. Fans said the salad was a key reason they kept visiting the fried chicken restaurant. The fast-food chain is reversing course and keeping the salad on its menu, the restaurant chain said on Friday. In March, Chick-fil-A said that it planned to stop serving the side salad in an effort to streamline its menu. One Chick-fil-A restaurant in Georgia posted about the salad's ouster on Facebook, which attracted commenters who were unhappy with the move.

☆ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will pardon an Army sergeant who was convicted for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester ‘as soon as it hits my desk’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A jury unanimously convicted Perry on murder charges on Friday. Greg Abbott on Saturday said he will work "swiftly" to pardon an Army sergeant who was recently convicted of shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester. Daniel Perry for the shooting death of Garrett Foster, 28, at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas. Perry then shot Foster five times with a revolver before driving away, the American-Statesman reported. "I look forward to approving the board's pardon recommendation as soon as it hits my desk," Abbott said in Saturday's tweet.

☆ Chick-fil-A can't even try to get rid of a side salad without fans freaking out
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chick-fil-A is keeping its side salad on the menu "at participating locations," the chain said. Fans said the salad was a key reason they kept visiting the fried chicken restaurant. The fast-food chain is reversing course and keeping the salad on its menu, the restaurant chain said on Friday. But fans made their appreciation for the salad clear on social media after Chick-fil-A announced that it would be discontinued. One Chick-fil-A restaurant in Georgia posted about the salad's ouster on Facebook, which attracted commenters who were unhappy with the move.

☆ A father whose 6-year-old son died was flooded with anti-vaxxer harassment. When a commenter baselessly claimed he killed his son, Facebook said he could 'hide' the comment 'if he didn't like it.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Billy Ball lost his 6-year-old son due to a rare medical condition in January. Facebook and Twitter often took no action when the comments were reported, Ball said. But the father's social media feeds soon devolved into a cesspool of conspiracy theorists baselessly claiming that Ball killed his son by getting him vaccinated for COVID-19. One Facebook user managed to find his private account and commented on a random post that was a few years old. Ball reported the comment and, on March 2, received a message from Facebook support that told him that the comment did not violate "Community Standards."

REUTERS/Andrew KellyMarch 31 (Reuters) - Representing Donald Trump, who is now under indictment in New York, is no easy job. Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday, discussing the legal troubles some of his own attorneys have faced. Trump's long list of past attorneys includes former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who oversaw Trump's post-2020 election litigation. His New York law license was suspended in 2021 after a court said he made "demonstrably false and misleading" election fraud claims. Reporting by Jacqueline Thomsen in Washington; Editing by David Bario and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ An Amazon driver went viral on TikTok after delivering a package during a police standoff with an armed suspect
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video of an Amazon driver delivering a package during a police standoff went viral on TikTok. The video shows the driver calmly strolling past several police cars and handing the package to an officer. Amazon drivers have notoriously high delivery quotas, and the company has faced scrutiny for working conditions. One commenter added insight saying: "I used to work as an Amazon delivery driver. Working conditions for Amazon delivery drivers have come under intense scrutiny in recent years over claims they are given unrealistically high quotas for deliveries.

☆ How to get a boost on Instagram? Post 6 stories a day and use its in-app tools, says an influencer who meets regularly with the company. Here's her other advice.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some of her tips include posting six Instagram stories a day and posting to the grid once a day. Instagram is pushing content made using its own in-app tools and features, according to a creator who got a rundown from the company. Marietta said the Instagram partner manager she spoke with explained that Instagram is working on its editing tools. Instagram also wants creators to use its other in-app features, including its trending audio instead of "outside music," per Marietta. While nine hashtags on a post used to be ideal, Instagram now suggests three to five hashtags, Marietta said.

☆ HR exec was making $165k per year —then switched to a gardening career, earning $15 an hour. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jantsch, 30, is a "Former Head of People turned gardener," according to her LinkedIn profile. She told followers she previously made $165,000 per year in HR, but now makes $15 per hour at a plant nursery. And, Jantsch justifies her $15 per hour pay at the nursery as an investment to learn from the best in the field. Market needAccording to Jantsch, her journey into gardening started in 2021 when she moved to Boise and noticed a lack of landscapers who understood drought-tolerant gardens. "I've been feeling so restless and unsure with my tech career, and your journey is really motivating to see," one commenter wrote.

☆ Trump supporters in China are up in arms and raging about a possible indictment: 'Trump, America needs you'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There was a deluge of support for Trump on Weibo after he said he may be arrested on Tuesday. On Saturday, news of a possible Trump indictment skyrocketed to the top of the charts on the Twitter-like Weibo platform at 11.30 p.m., Beijing time. This was moments after Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social that he will be arrested in New York next week. CNN reported in 2020 that some Chinese social media users viewed Trump as a better candidate than President Joe Biden — surmising that he would help build China up by ruining America. Meanwhile, a possible indictment in New York now looms over Trump.

☆ An Instagram influencer shares her 4 key takeaways from private meetings with the company, including that using in-app tools will get you a boost over using others like ByteDance's CapCut
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some of her tips include posting six Instagram stories a day and posting to the grid once a day. Influencer Amy Marietta shared this in a TikTok post describing her takeaways from a meeting she had with Instagram earlier this week. (In her original TikTok, Marietta said the new guidance was once a day, but she corrected herself in a follow-up video.) Although Instagram typically pays creators more than TikTok, Marietta said creators may still choose to put their effort into other platforms. "I don't think people are going to stop spending as much time on TikTok and go focus on Instagram," Marietta said.

☆ We're about to find out whether AI might replace those 200,000 laid-off tech workers as Silicon Valley prioritizes efficiency
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As companies like Meta and Twitter get leaner, AI could replace those engineers. A consistent research finding is that AI tools make humans more efficient. "One reason that large firms struggle with new tech like AI: managers are squeamish about risk," Mollick tweeted. The best pro-human case is that workers are kept on and given access to AI tools like ChatGPT. It may be time for tech workers to update their favorite smug adage: Learn to code.

☆ 'Guys I lied on my resume': Social media managers are pleading with TikTok viewers to help save their jobs and it's working
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Both videos were posted by social media managers claiming to need views to stay out of trouble with their boss. Clancy's Auto Body Shop in the Fort Lauderdale area has amassed a 224,000 following since posting its first TikTok video in February. The clip was made by the business' social media manager Joel Velazquez, and has over 24 million views as of Friday. Velazquez's on-screen caption read: "Guys I lied on my resume, and got a job doing the social media of this body shop, please blow this up so I don't get fired." According to the clip, her boss asked to see the metrics of the business TikTok account at an upcoming meeting, but Claire had just created the account only 12 hours before.

☆ Customers Are Being Asked to Tip Everywhere. They're Sick of It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many have taken a stand against the pressure to tip everywhere, saying the US has a "tipping culture." But the shift in American tipping culture has come with some consumer backlash. Even as consumers expect to be solicited for a tip when they're out and about, some on social media are working to draw a new line, spurring regular debates. Dubbed "tipping culture" by many on social media, the feeling that gratuities have become compulsory has also spread beyond North America and into other countries like Australia. Still, many on the side of service workers argue that tipping is necessary for many workers to be able to stay afloat and pay their rent.

☆ Anti-drag GOP Tennessee Lt. Gov has 'no intention of stopping' posting heart and fire emojis on erotic Instagram pics of young man, spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

He recently presided over the passage of a bill that bans the performance of drag in public. A spokesperson said he may not have used the "proper emoji" but "has no intention of stopping." As president of Tennessee's state Senate, McNally recently presided over the passage of two bills that ban gender-affirming health care for minors and restrict the performance of drag in public. Governor McNally is a prolific social media commenter," the spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that McNally "enjoys interacting with constituents and Tennesseans of all religions, backgrounds, and orientations" and "has no intention of stopping."

☆ Former HR exec: I left my job making $165k per year to earn $15 an hour as a gardener. Here are the three reasons why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jantsch, 30, is a "Former Head of People turned gardener," according to her LinkedIn profile. She told followers she previously made $165,000 per year in HR, but now makes $15 per hour at a plant nursery. She listed three key reasons for the switch and invited followers along via Instagram on her journey to become a gardener in Boise, Idaho. And, Jantsch justifies her $15 per hour pay at the nursery as an investment to learn from the best in the field. "I've been feeling so restless and unsure with my tech career, and your journey is really motivating to see," one commenter wrote.

☆ The FAA won't have to establish seating size and space rules despite all the complaints, US court rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On Friday, a US court ruled against FAA having to establish minimum seat sizes and spacing for safety, Reuters reports. On Friday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that advocacy group FlyersRights.org couldn't force the FAA to adopt seating dimension rules. That is why some passengers pay for wider seats and extra legroom," Walker wrote. There needs to be a minimum size established, and it needs to be larger than the current sizing," commenter Epiphany Pizor wrote. In 2018, Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act, directing the agency to issue seat dimension rules regarding passenger safety.

☆ Chick-fil-A restaurant bans unaccompanied minors, citing 'unacceptable behavior' from young patrons
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Chick-fil-A is banning unchaperoned patrons under 16, citing a series of recent disruptive behavior. "We cannot allow this to continue," the restaurant wrote in a Facebook post. "As you can imagine, this is not a pleasant experience," the post states. "To those unaccompanied children and teens that have visited us and acted appropriately, we thank you," the post states. The 200-plus comments on the post are mixed between supporters cheering the restaurant for its new policy and others decrying the decision.

☆ Reasons Plane Travel, Airline Customer Service, Airports Are so Terrible
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Bartie Scott | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

It's almost impossible to imagine a time when air travel was pleasant, much less enjoyable. Lost baggage, overbooked flights, outdated equipment, hidden fees, and disorganized staffing have fliers at their wits' end; consumer complaints about airline service have risen by 300% from pre-pandemic levels. Many of these measures had been put in place to improve safety following some rattling accidents in the early days of commercial air travel. So in 1978, at the urging of the economist and "inflation czar" Alfred Kahn, President Jimmy Carter enacted the Airline Deregulation Act. He added that "airline service, by any standard, has become unacceptable."

☆ Progress Shark, a 32-foot model of a great white wearing a rainbow leotard, is the breakout star of WorldPride in Sydney, Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 32-foot model of a great white shark has become the unexpected mascot of WorldPride. It's been decked out in the colors of the Progress flag to mark WorldPride being held in Sydney. Even before it was officially unveiled on February 8, Progress Shark had become a viral sensation after Sydney WorldPride released a computer-generated preview. The Australian Museum tweeted that it was "blown away by all of the love" being shown for Progress Shark. Progress Shark now has its own fan account on Instagram — and it's sparked memes, fan-art, stickers, and even a miniature knitted version.

☆ The Ohio train derailment is a mess for the US. The Twitter of China is reacting with glee.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

People on Weibo are relishing the chance to mock the US after a 50-car train derailed in Ohio. It's another example of inflammatory rhetoric that's left to simmer on China's version of Twitter. On Tuesday, four of the top 20 "hot searches" on Weibo, the Twitter of China, featured videos or news blog articles about the derailment. Widespread US media coverage and discussion of the Chinese balloon incensed Chinese state media and Weibo users. After all, anything can happen in a country that can arrest journalists reporting this," wrote blogger MaVision of the train derailment.

☆ A New Jersey spaghetti restaurant plans to ban kids because of noise and 'crazy messes'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Italian restaurant in New Jersey says it will ban kids under the age of 10 from next month. One commenter on Instagram said: "I didn't think I could love Nettie's more but here we are!" In posts on Facebook and Instagram stated: "We love kids. Another said: "I didn't think I could love Nettie's more but here we are!" Nettie's House of Spaghetti did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, sent outside normal working hours.

☆ Enjoy Smashing Things to Bits? Make $650,000 Crushing Everyday Objects Online
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( John Keilman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Paul Roth used to fire up his belt sander when he was building something. Now he does it to make something disappear. Mr. Roth, a 34-year-old home-remodeler from Hazelwood, Mo., has TikTok and YouTube channels in which he feeds toys, cellphones, candy and other items into his sander until they vanish against the grit. Viewers grimace but can’t stop watching. When he sanded the face off a Thomas the Tank Engine, one commenter said: “Well, there goes my childhood down the drain.”

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