The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• A polar vortex will bring brutally cold temperatures and an arctic blast to much of the U.S. next week [now]
• Meta rebranded performance-based layoffs as ‘non-regrettable attrition’ [now]
• OK Go’s new music video is 64 phones of pure joy [now]
• What to know about this weekend’s People’s March [now]
• Gen Zers have some wild misconceptions about filing taxes [5m]
• Trump bump for small-cap stocks are fading amid rising rates [35m]
• How 2 CareerTok creators are preparing for the TikTok ban [1h]
• Here’s who is planning to skip Trump’s inauguration next week [1h]
• Biden says Equal Rights Amendment has passed. What happens next isn’t clear [1h]
• Labor Department fines more slaughterhouses for child labor [2h]
• ‘The TikTok era comes to an end’: Creators are revealing their secrets, saying goodbye ahead of the U.S. ban [2h]
• What Luigi Mangione and Henry James teach us about the mystery of political violence [2h]
• How climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex [2h]
• Meta and Snap stock prices sink despite the TikTok ban being upheld by the Supreme Court [3h]
• The Supreme Court’s decision on TikTok may have just turned a generation off politics [4h]
• 4,000 jobs slated for Ohio’s ‘silicone corridor’ with this massive manufacturing plant [4h]
• Worker shortages could define the 2025 global economy. Here’s why [4h]
• Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban. No one knows what comes next [5h]
• Is Joann Fabric going out of business? Retailer warns of possible liquidation in second Chapter 11 bankruptcy [5h]
• An ‘alcohol facts’ label could be headed to U.S. wine bottles [5h]
• Elon Musk’s Starship rocket explodes during SpaceX flight test [6h]
• ‘We’d rather be Chinese’: TikTok ‘refugees’ are using App Store reviews of RedNote to criticize the U.S. government and American life [6h]
• American Express will pay over $138 million to settle fraud investigation [6h]
• ‘This is a disaster’: Major fire erupts at California power plant [6h]
• The vibe shift of Trump’s second term, summed up in one telling tagline [7h]
• TikTok ban will not be enforced by Biden [8h]
• ‘There’s no stone left unturned’: Alejandro Mayorkas on bringing AI into the DHS [9h]
• Starbucks proves it was never really a ‘third place’ [9h]
• L.A. was already behind on its Olympics prep. The wildfires will make it so much worse [9h]
• Makers of autonomous vehicles want to change the world—but first they want to change regulations [9h]
• Try the ‘Work Backwards’ method to work smarter and live better [10h]
• Stuck in a rut? This radical approach can provide a powerful shift [10h]
• Graza, Ayoh, and now Hidden Valley Ranch: inside the squeeze bottle’s grocery aisle take over [10h]
• I tried living without a car in rural America—I lasted only 2 weeks [10h]
• Trump’s inauguration headshot is the first true portrait of our post-conventions era [10h]
• Designers are exploring the crushing, lasting impact of domicide [10h]
• The Grand Central Hall stunt for ‘Severance’ was genius. Its LinkedIn profile might be even better [10h]
• How America’s wealth map has changed [10h]
• The L.A. fires should be studied. Here’s why [11h]
• Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing risk that isn’t well understood [11h]
• 7 sleep myths that could be ruining your rest [11h]