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☆ ‘How To With John Wilson’ Is Ending. What Will He Do Now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Callie Holtermann | More About Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As we were premiering Season 2 and I started to write Season 3, I started to conceive of this as the last season. I really wanted to end on a strong note, and there was a lot of psychologically and emotionally stressful stuff that happened in Season 2 and also in Season 3. Is there any of it that you’re nervous for viewers to encounter? I think the demands of the show started to outpace what I felt comfortable revealing about my life. I wanted to make sure I was doing everything for the right reasons, to use a “Bachelor” phrase.

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With the second half of the year now underway, investors may want to take another look at their fixed income portfolio. High yields have been a boon to income investors, as the Federal Reserve increased interest rates over the past year. "For more of our clients, we're looking to have the fixed income of the portfolio provide lower correlation and income," he said. Greg Wilensky, head of U.S. fixed income at Janus Henderson Investors, generally prefers securitized assets such as asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. "You can't think of high yield bonds in the same thought as Treasurys," said Cox of eToro.

Persons: James Franke, Sonal Desai, She's, We're, It's, Desai, Franke, Rothschild, Callie Cox, Greg Wilensky, Janus Henderson, Cox Organizations: Federal Reserve, Treasury, Rothschild Investment, Franklin, Janus, Janus Henderson Investors Locations: Treasurys, U.S, eToro

☆ What Is the Threads Logo Supposed to Look Like?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Callie Holtermann | More About Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He likes the logo, which he said is close enough to the @ sign to feel familiar to viewers but distinctive enough to attract their attention. She said she would have tried to put the letter “T,” for “Threads,” at the center of the logo instead. Like most modern corporate icons, the Threads logo is required to be highly adaptable. The design may also be aimed to improve Meta’s damaged public image, said Michael Evamy, the author of “Logo,” an anthology of corporate brands and logos. The loopy design of the Threads logo appears friendly and nonthreatening, Mr. Evamy said.

Persons: Janoff, Jessica Walsh, ”, Michael Evamy, Evamy

☆ ‘And Just Like That …’ Style Recap: The Case of the Missing Birkin
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Seema’s Birkin was taken, it sent me right down the rabbit hole to “Sex and the City,” Season 3, when Carrie’s Fendi Baguette was snatched — and then a very similar Baguette reappeared in this episode. Jeremy Allen Once again, purse as plot point! How was that actually quite large Birkin just lying under shrubbery? JA I was also struck by how Covid really became a plot point for the first time in this series — especially sartorially. Callie Holtermann I caught myself laughing a couple of times during this episode — sometimes with the characters and other times at them.

Persons: Vanessa Friedman, Seema’s Birkin, Carrie’s Fendi Baguette, —, Jeremy Allen, Madison Malone Kircher, Louis Lucero, Louis, Birkin, Covid, Carrie, Callie Holtermann Organizations: City, Giuliani’s, York Times Locations: Giuliani’s New York

☆ ‘That’s Not Us!’: Blank Slate Coffee Would Like You to Know It Is Not Blank Street
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She said a coffee supplier had told her that it would not do business with Blank Street. She overheard people complaining about Blank Street on the sidewalk outside her cafe. “With over 3,000 coffee shops in New York, any similarity with our brand is a complete coincidence,” Blank Street said in a statement on Tuesday. Blank Street declined to answer specific questions, including whether it was aware of a shop called Blank Slate when the company opened its two locations in that area. And other coffee shops with similar names are eager to distance themselves: The owners of Blank Coffee, a vegan cafe in London, said the businesses’ similar names might make customers think their cafe had “sold out.” In March, Blank Coffee formally opposed the registration of the Blank Street Coffee trademark in Britain.

Persons: Jaffe, That’s, ”, Blank, Israel, moaned Organizations: Blank Locations: New York, London, Britain

☆ Some fans have turned on Lana Del Rey. Here's a complete timeline of how the singer soured her own reputation.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

May 2020: Del Rey posted an unprompted public statement about her own reputationIt all began on May 21, four months after she attended the 2020 Grammys, when Del Rey shared a lengthy open letter on Instagram. —Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021—Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021Hardly one to stifle momentum, Del Rey also responded to the Australian blog Tone Deaf, which had published an article criticizing the defense of her album cover. —Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021—Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021Del Rey continued tweeting about her BBC interview, clarifying that she meant to criticize Trump's "significant lack of empathy" and "the issue of sociopathy and narcissism in America." Advertisement—Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021—Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 12, 2021She also expressed disdain for negative publicity, citing her "long term relationship" with magazines like Complex and Rolling Stone, calling the former "pathetic." June 24, 2023: Del Rey arrived 30 minutes late to the stage at Glastonbury, telling the crowd, 'My hair takes so long to do'Lana Del Rey performs at Glastonbury Festival.

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☆ ‘And Just Like That’ Style Recap: Met Gala Madness
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Madison Malone Kircher: In case you didn’t spot it, Carrie kicks off Episode 1 in a New York Times sweatshirt: white, oversize, with a subtle little logo. LL: The New York Times, leaving money on the table since 1851. MMK: There was also that “I Love Central Park” sweatshirt in Season 1. The Carrie of “And Just Like That” seems eager to wear her engaged-citizen bona fides on her sleeve (or sweatshirt, or phone case). LL: I cackled at the theme of this fictional Met Gala — “Veiled Beauty” — for its sheer plausibility.

Persons: Madison Malone Kircher, Carrie, “, ”, fides, —, Callie Holtermann, Lisa Todd, Valentino Organizations: New York Times

☆ And the Winner for the Cate Blanchett Award for Good Acting Is…
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Yang, 32, and Mr. Rogers, 33, were both 7 when they watched “Titanic” dominate the 1998 Oscars. “The glam factor and the accessibility for three hours to all these huge stars in one room was very exciting at the time,” Mr. Rogers said. The two met as freshmen at New York University and both ventured into comedy; Mr. Yang joined “Saturday Night Live,” and Mr. Rogers performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade. As their careers took off, they discovered that award shows were not as glamorous as they had once appeared. Mr. Yang and Mr. Rogers finalized this year’s categories on a delayed flight out of Orlando, Fla., where the pair had been visiting Disney World.

Persons: Yang, Rogers, ” Mr, ”, Seltzer Organizations: New York University, Upright Citizens Brigade, Lincoln Center, Disney Locations: Orlando, Fla

☆ What Is This? A Handbag for Ants?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

MSCHF, the creative collective responsible for the Big Red Boots that clomped across New York Fashion Week in February, is thinking smaller for its next accessory release. On Wednesday, the group plans to unveil its Microscopic Handbag, a specklike rendition of Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo tote. This is not the kind of tote bag that can be filled up with vegetables at the farmers’ market: At most, it could be used to carry around a platelet or two. Kevin Wiesner, the chief creative officer of MSCHF, positioned the bag as a commentary on the impracticality of ever-shrinking luxury handbags. “I think ‘bag’ is a funny object because it derives from something rigorously functional,” he said in an interview.

Persons: Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo, Louis Vuitton, Kevin Wiesner Organizations: Big Red, New York, Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo tote Locations: New

☆ Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for software engineering. The update was announced on the first day of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where the company also introduced its Vision Pro headset. The company said the new keyboard features would be available as part of the iOS 17 software package expected to arrive later this year. Autocorrect will use a type of neural network called a transformer model to recognize iPhone users’ most frequently-typed words and offer predictive text, according to Apple. Transformer models, which are at the heart of artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, analyze large amounts of text for patterns.

Persons: ”, Craig Federighi, Apple’s Organizations: Apple, “, Apple’s

☆ What Is a ‘Beige Flag’?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To sort through the chaos of modern dating, some taxonomically minded singles apply a color-coded system to potential partners. So what is a beige flag? According to the TikTok users who have latched on to the term in the past month, a beige flag is an odd trait in a romantic prospect that is not quite a deal breaker, but not exactly a plus, either. Dunking Oreos in water instead of milk is a beige flag. As one user put it, a beige flag makes a potential partner or a partner pause and say “Huh?” for a few seconds before carrying on with the relationship.

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☆ Taylor Swift seems to reference Matty Healy throughout her new album. Here's a complete timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

At the concert, Swift was photographed dancing with her friends on the balcony, getting especially cozy with Kloss. February 25, 2015: Swift and Healy hang out at the Universal Music Brits party in LondonNick Grimshaw, Taylor Swift, and Matt Healy at the Universal Music Brits party. "It's not really anything to talk about, because if she wasn't Taylor Swift we wouldn't be talking about her. AdvertisementHe continued: "If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would've been, 'Fucking hell! Taylor Swift performs at the 2016 Grammys; Matty Healy performs at the 2016 Apple Music Festival.

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☆ Why Do We Brand the Summer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Feral Girl Summer is over and Married Girl Summer has arrived. Summer is coming, and with it the yearly onslaught of attempts to label a season that has not yet happened. Welcome to your Amy March Girl Summer. Many of these declarations are not meant to be taken seriously, and plenty will not succeed (see: Hot Vax Summer and, less consequentially, The New York Times’s endorsement of the Dirty Shirley). “No summer ever came back, and no two summers ever were alike,” wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, who died 155 years before he would have been able to listen to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer.”

Persons: Ed Sheeran, Hugo Spritz, Amy, Shirley, ”, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Megan Thee Organizations: Media Locations: The, York

☆ What Will Be the Theme of Summer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I proclaim this: the Summer of George!”Setting intentions for summer is the low-stress, seasonal version of a New Year’s resolution. Megan Thee Stallion ushered in the notion of the “Hot Girl Summer” with her 2019 song, which led to the hopeful but mostly unrealized “hot vax summer” of 2021. Any eccentric pattern can become a designation: “‘Sharknado,’ Cronut … Is This the Summer of the Neolexic Portmanteau?” Slate asked in 2013. Hayley Phelan instructed Times readers on ways to make the summer of 2018 the summer of missing out, introducing the concept of JOMO (J for joy), FOMO’s “benevolent cousin.”In branding summer, we relinquish some of the season’s intoxicating agency: Is it caftan summer? My friend Sarah claims she’s observing an “I’m not showering” summer.

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☆ Inflation, Fed policy back in focus for crypto investors as bitcoin enters summer doldrums
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The crypto market leader finished May down 7.9%, according to Coin Metrics, while ether posted a 2% loss. Absent other clear catalysts – such as the U.S. regional bank crisis whose start and end coincided with the crypto rally – price movements in June will probably be determined yet again by inflation, monetary policy and regulatory updates. "Crypto investors will probably follow the economy for clues on where prices go next," said Callie Cox, an analyst at the investment company eToro. "Bitcoin and ether are likely to gather assets from the more speculative crypto currencies that investors have abandoned since the various scandals," she added. Prices, like growth stock valuations, have come down and made the asset more digestible, and interesting, particularly for institutional investors.

Persons: Bitcoin, Crypto, Callie Cox, Sylvia Jablonski, eToro's Cox, Joel Kruger, There's, it's, Defiance's Jablonski Organizations: Fed, Metrics, LMAX, CNBC Locations: Defiance

☆ Sales of metallic boots and sequin dresses are soaring as fans dress up for Taylor Swift's Eras tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift's Eras tour has pushed up demand for metallic boots and sequin dresses, CNN reported. Taylor Swift fans arrive at Gillette Stadium for her concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Bipty has compiled a collection of Taylor Swift Eras looks. BiptyAnd online fashion retailer Hazel & Olive have started selling a $129 sequin fringe dress in various colors named for Swift's Eras tour. A pair of women take a selfie while riding on the commuter line to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to see Taylor Swift in concert.

☆ From your 401(k) to bonds, here’s how to protect your financial well-being as debt default worries grow
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —The White House and House GOP negotiators are rushing to finalize a deal to raise the country’s debt limit. With that X-date only about one week away, there’s still no deal to raise the debt ceiling – putting Americans’ finances in danger. If you invest in bonds, pay attention to when your Treasury bills are maturing. Stick with high-quality investmentsSteer clear of corporate junk bonds or emerging market bonds, CNN has previously reported. Federal government contractors could also see a lag in payments, which could affect their ability to compensate their workers, CNN previously reported.

☆ Summer's hottest dress code: Sequins, boots, cowboy hats. Thank you, Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Or, in other words, the Taylor Swift look. “This has become a wild year already for us because of Taylor Swift,” said Johnson, CEO of Hazel & Olive. Right: Taylor Johnson, founder and CEO of Hazel & Olive, wearing The Eras Sequin Fringe Dress. Taylor Swift performs onstage during night one of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Nissan Stadium on May 05, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Altar'd State stores have curated Taylor Swift looks for concert goers.

☆ Stocked up on short-term T-bills? Here’s why it might be time to buy longer-term bonds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Short-term Treasury bills have garnered investors' attention as yields pop amid the Federal Reserve's rate hiking campaign and debt ceiling tensions in Washington. This doesn't necessarily mean it's time to cut bait on your short-term bond holdings, however. Issues with longer duration are likely to see greater price fluctuation in response to changes in interest rates. The inverted yield curve also resulted in higher yields for short-term issues, but sharp price declines. Some investors built ladders — that is, a portfolio of bonds with different maturities — to take advantage of those higher yields.

Persons: Paul Olmsted, Bonds, Olmsted, we've, Brenna McLoughlin, Kevin Brady, Callie Cox, Cox Organizations: Morningstar, Treasury, Wealthstream Advisors, Wealthspire Advisors Locations: Washington

☆ Do You Have What It Takes to Be Kendall Roy’s Assistant?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Nagel said she had enjoyed learning to solve the problems of the ultrarich. The dog spent a week at sea being doted on by Ms. Nagel and the ship’s crew while the family ignored him. A week later, Ms. Nagel said, she found a family ashore to adopt the Pomeranian. “She starts to want to speak her mind a little more this season, but she’s still an assistant,” Ms. Canfield said in an interview at the Season 4 premiere. Other onscreen assistants expose viewers to workplace sexism (Julia Garner in “The Assistant”) and racism (Rex Lee in “Entourage”).

☆ Bitcoin rises slightly after key inflation data comes in better than feared
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bitcoin prices have been under pressure in 2022 after the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin terraUSD and subsequent bankruptcy filings from lender Celsius and hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. Bitcoin rose about 2% to $28,174.29, according to Coin Metrics, after starting the week with a sharp drop. Investors grew optimistic after the CPI report showed the inflation rate eased on an annual basis to 4.9% in April, which was slightly less than what economists polled by Dow Jones expected. "When it comes to inflation data, bitcoin embraces its identity as a riskier asset," said Callie Cox, an analyst at investment company eToro. "Inflation is coming down, just as the Fed intended, and that's easing fears about the economy's future," she added.

☆ Designing for This Month’s Other Coronation: Queen Charlotte’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How did you tell the story of Queen Charlotte’s character development through her costumes? There was a Met Ball about 10 years ago based on the work of the designer Charles James, who I’m obsessed with. Queen Charlotte’s elaborate wigs, and the depiction of her hair as a Black monarch, have been praised since the first season of “Bridgerton.” Tell me about the decision for young Charlotte to wear her natural hair. The original sketches that we did for Queen Charlotte, before any of the casting process was done, had her with big, natural, curly hair. She had said, “Do you think we can do this?” So she and Shonda spoke and decided to do it.

☆ Is Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld’s Cat, Going to the Met Gala?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Had Choupette deigned to attend the Met Gala, she would have joined many other immaculately groomed guests with elite pedigrees. Choupette, the Birman cat once owned by Karl Lagerfeld, led a life of decadence by the designer’s side. In Vogue’s recent tribute to Mr. Lagerfeld, she lolled over the arm of a windswept Naomi Campbell. She received an invitation to the Met Gala celebrating her onetime owner, according to her agent, Lucas Bérullier. (Like anyone who’s anyone in fashion, Choupette has an entourage.)

☆ Are Blue Checks Uncool Now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Callie Holtermann | Lora Kelley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twitter’s blue check mark was once a coveted status symbol. The shift came as Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, continued to roll out Twitter Blue, a subscription service that offers special features like tweet-editing in addition to the blue badge — for $8 a month. Now that anyone can purchase a blue check, many users find the symbol newly uncool. Users who value the symbol enough to pay for it are being shouted over by a chorus of prominent users who say verification is no longer worth it. Can the blue check remain desirable now that it has lost its air of exclusivity?

☆ ChatGPT course instruction is the newest side hustle on the market. Meet the teachers making thousands from the lucrative gig.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

ChatGPT course instructors told Insider they have made between $10,000 to $52,000 in a few months. In late December, he launched a ChatGPT course on online education platform Udemy called "ChatGPT Masterclass: A Complete ChatGPT Guide for Beginners." But some struggle to integrate ChatGPT into their workflow, three ChatGPT course instructors told Insider. Skillshare, another online learning platform, offers 61 ChatGPT courses, while online course provider Coursera offers 10, according to searches made at the time this story was published. ChatGPT instructors aren't necessarily AI expertsThe ChatGPT course instructors who spoke to Insider are all self-taught.

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