Light Helmets thinks the football industry is going about player safety all wrong -- and that a monopoly has kept things from changing fast enough. Here's how its CEO, Nick Esayian, is trying to change the game. www.inc.com/brian-contre...

Today is the first day of "Founder Mindset," a popular Harvard Business School course where aspiring entrepreneurs explore what it takes to make it as a founder. But how can the business leaders of tomorrow prepare for a world of rampant automation? www.inc.com/brian-contre...

Berkshire Hathaway is flush with cash after selling much of its Apple holdings. (📝: @bric.bsky.social)

On social media, entrepreneurs are expressing confusion and concern about what import duties mean for their supply chains. (📝: @bric.bsky.social)

The Tax Foundation’s vice president of federal tax policy breaks down her criticisms of the White House’s research. (📝: @bric.bsky.social)

Over the past few months, I've spent hours talking with a young woman who goes by the name Karalyn McKay—as well as her AI 'boyfriend' Alex. My latest for @inc.com is the result: a story about what loneliness looks like in America, and whether AI might help. inc.com/brian-contre...

20 Wildlife Conservationists DEBATE Kraven the Hunter (feat. Kraven the Hunter)

I wonder if he's seen Mickey 17 yet

Forged in flames: After working their way through the Los Angeles fires, a team that includes Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Digg founder Kevin Rose are giving Digg an AI-assisted revival. “We’ve already been in the trenches," Rose tells me. www.inc.com/brian-contre...

⚠️ Entrepreneurs: what's your insurance horror story? We’re looking for founders’ worst experiences, from unjustifiably high prices, to coverage that turned out to not cover key assets, to straight-up scams. Comment below or reach out to bcontreras 'at' inc 'dot' com! ⚠️

⚠️ Entrepreneurs: what's your insurance horror story? We’re looking for founders’ worst experiences, from unjustifiably high prices, to coverage that turned out to not cover key assets, to straight-up scams. Comment below or reach out to bcontreras 'at' inc 'dot' com! ⚠️

What happened to that Christmas sweater you weren't vibing with after you returned it to the store? It might wind up in a massive warehouse on the outskirts of Atlanta, waiting for a new home. New from me for @Inc: inside the holiday gift return economy. www.inc.com/brian-contre...

This is my first time in years experiencing a major local breaking news event from outside a newsroom, and it’s awful. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/fires-and-...

Always find the local angle

Suddenly, lots of companies are investing in bitcoin. @inc.com's @bric.bsky.social explains why www.inc.com/brian-contre...

January round of media layoffs :/

The tax startup Bench abruptly shut down late last month, throwing customers' lives into chaos at the peak of the holiday season. Then, salvation came: a last-second acquisition. But even before the collapse, Bench had problems. New from me in @inc.com... inc.com/brian-contre...

Crypto booster Paul Atkins is officially Trump's pick for one of the top financial regulation gigs in the country: www.inc.com/brian-contre...

enjoyed editing just a few stories for @inc.com's Best in Business list, which is officially live today! first up is @bric.bsky.social's fun piece on Brooklyn Robot —one founder's quest to make learning fun: www.inc.com/brian-contre...

Absolute "Ref! REFFF!!!" behavior pitchfork.com/news/drake-a...

NEW: The youth-beloved AI chatbot platform CharacterAI is hosting pro-anorexia (or "pro-ana") chatbots that promote disordered eating behaviors, recommend dangerously low-calorie diets, and help users attain unhealthily low body weights. For @futurism.bsky.social futurism.com/character-ai...

Federally-subsidized BlueChew sponsorship incoming

One thing I wish we’d included in this story when we first broke it is that John Rice-Cameron (one of the students involved in the scandal, and also Amb. Susan Rice’s son) was known for riding around campus on an adult tricycle

A startup aiming to automate truck unloading just raised $50 million. What does that mean for the millions of Americans who currently work in warehouses, shipping and logistics? www.inc.com/brian-contre...

This is like something Javier Bardem would say in Dune

That Jayson Tatum highlight reel you just watched? An AI may have made it. New from me in @inc.com www.inc.com/brian-contre...

Bravely reskeeting this as I make my triumphant return to Blooskie

Based on the (great!) Jon Stewart profile in The Nation, it appears that there may have been a brief period of time in which Steve Carell was living on the same campaign bus as David Foster Wallace

That basketball game was insane!! Reskeet if you agree #basketball

I spoke to a bunch of comedians and comedy writers about what, exactly, is up with Elon Musk’s sense of humor…

Masculinity is a prison 😡 (I switched from generic multivitamins to “for men” ones and they took off the sugar crystals)

Imagine buying a $10m house in the Hollywood Hills and your view is of the Universal Studios inflatable Minion

Weird Twitter is over. I’m pioneering Conformist Bluesky

Still trying to figure out the vibe here -- Like can I actually talk about news here lol

12 likes to get on What’s Hot…. 12 apostles to spread the word of Christ…. My skeets are my Testament…. And those who read but don’t engage, my Judas……

Has Spotify always had a sleep timer?? This is the most Seen I’ve ever felt by an app feature

I’m replacing the one big trough I normally eat my slop from with a decentralized network of federated micro-troughs 😃

NEW: I wrote about some of the lawmakers who are on this site — and why. I kept it pretty surface-level, a primer for the uninitiated… both for general edit-for-interest reasons and because I just got here this week and still don’t get a lot of the inside joking happening here 🥴

I am bringing back Scoppa Tu Mana or whatever 👍

This game rn is insane!!! (This is not about NBA, do not engage if you are NBA inclined. I am playing a particularly cut-throat round of Catan)

I am going to re-centralize Bluesky 😈

🤔🤔 Instead of “tweets”, people have started calling their Bluesky posts “Brians” 😳😂😳😂

effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗 Skeet this to someone with an iPhone to send them back to Twitter

Ummmm CTCSquares.bsky.social - why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit).

“Bluesky by night, sailors delight // Bluesky by day, sailors delight” — old fisherman’s rhyme

I’m going to fill the Krassenstein brothers niche in here. It’s wide open territory, no one’s stepping up. I will be both Krassensteins at once

The Assassination of Sweet James by the Coward Call Jacob Dot Com