The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

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