emily stewart
@emilystewart.bsky.social
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words and jokes on the internet, largely about money, for business insider
I know "speculative tickets" sounds boring but I swear to God if you ever get anything off of StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, etc. (and we all do), you are going to want to read this one.
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Why so many tickets to concerts and sporting events on StubHub and SeatGeek are fake.
Ticket speculators are listing fake "ghost" tickets on platforms like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats before actual passes go on sale.
https://www.businessinsider.com/world-cup-ghost-tickets-speculative-fake-scalpers-stubhub-seatgeek-ticketmaster-2025-9
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Exercise fads come and go, but the treadmill is forever.
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From the Thighmaster to Peloton, all fitness fads go bust. Except the treadmill.
Working out on a treadmill is among the most popular forms of exercise in America, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon—literally.
https://www.businessinsider.com/exercise-trends-treadmill-fads-running-walking-health-fitness-2025-9
12 days ago
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Did you decide to get married in October? Tell me about why for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at
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20 days ago
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i love a good (ok, passable) slop bowl. but, um, maybe it's time to reevaluate if these guys are worth $25 for what is essentially a pile of goops.
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Why fast casual chains like Chipotle, Sweetgreen, and Cava are losing their freshness
Americans are turning against fast-casual chains like Chipotle, Cava, and Sweetgreen because of their higher price points and smaller portions.
https://www.businessinsider.com/slop-bowl-slowdown-chipotle-cava-sweetgreen-sales-struggling-rto-prices-2025-8
28 days ago
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between the sydney sweeney thing and the cracker barrel thing, i feel like we're reaching an era where people are seeing politics where they truly are not. sometimes brands just do things!
28 days ago
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28 days ago
Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today:
time.com/7312151/ener...
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Energy Costs are Rising. Trump and Big Tech Are to Blame
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to cut energy costs in half. Now, energy costs are skyrocketing.
https://time.com/7312151/energy-costs-rising-blame-trump-tech/
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(Reuters) - U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financial health may be deteriorating more broadly.
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US consumers with prime credit are starting to slip on payments
U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financ...
https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2025:newsml_L4N3UE168:0-us-consumers-with-prime-credit-are-starting-to-slip-on-payments/
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I went to Las Vegas to see Kelly Clarkson, which obviously did not work out. But I also checked out if Vegas is as dead as people online are saying it is.
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Sin City Slowdown: Why fewer people are traveling to Las Vegas this year
I went to Las Vegas to find out if the Strip really is dead. The city is surviving, but it's got some clear problems.
https://www.businessinsider.com/las-vegas-tourism-decline-recession-economy-gambling-high-prices-2025-8
about 1 month ago
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Economic Speakers Bureau
about 1 month ago
From airfare to rent, companies are using your data to jack up prices. With your help, ESB experts
@bedoyausa.bsky.social
and
@dohamekki.bsky.social
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@groundwork.bsky.social
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@lindsayowens.bsky.social
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Moderated by
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's
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, this panel will expose how corporate power, new technology, and market consolidation are fueling unfair pricing schemes that rip people off. Vote now to make it happen:
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753481942802001ugzg
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I'm working on a story on prices going up for long-time customers ... insurance, cable, internet, etc. If this is happening to you and you'd like to chat, email me at
[email protected]
or message me.
about 1 month ago
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do you share a family plan subscription with you FRIENDS (not your family). tell me about it for a story! email me at
[email protected]
about 2 months ago
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I'm working on a story for Business Insider on why Gen X often gets overlooked. If you're a Gen X-er and have feelings about this you'd like to share, message me or email me at
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2 months ago
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Companies are good at getting people on the hook with subscriptions ... and people are getting better at wiggling off the hook and gaming the free trials system in turn.
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Endless subscriptions are enraging Americans. There's a new tool to fight back.
Companies love trapping people in recurring subscription payments. Savvy consumers are using free trials to fight back.
https://www.businessinsider.com/free-trials-consumers-subscription-economy-2025-7
2 months ago
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Business Insider
2 months ago
The new summer status symbol on Wall Street isn't a house in the Hamptons — it's a golf shirt. And there's a fine line between top dog and overplayed.
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Wall Street's status symbol of the summer: the elite golf shirt
The new summer status symbol on Wall Street isn't a house in the Hamptons — it's a golf shirt. And there's a fine line between top dog and overplayed.
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-status-symbol-men-golf-courseshirt-club-masters-2025-7?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-automated
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Finance bros are running around in golf polos all summer and trying to flex on each other according to who's played what course
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Wall Street's hottest status symbol: An elite golf club shirt with an Augusta National logo
Finance guys on Wall Street are sizing up each other's golf shirts this summer as they've become the ultimate casual sign of success.
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-status-symbol-men-golf-courseshirt-club-masters-2025-7
2 months ago
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I'm looking to talk to people who have made a habit of opening up free trials/discounted subscriptions and canceling before the money kicks in. What do you do? How do you do it? Why? Email me at
[email protected]
or message me if you want to chat.
2 months ago
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I talked to people who are having to rejigger international wedding, honeymoon, and vacation plans because one of them is on a green card or visa and is too scared they won't be let back into the US.
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Trump is throwing a wrench in group travel this summer
Anxieties about Trump's border policies are throwing a wrench into travel plans for couples and families with different immigration statuses.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-green-card-visa-travel-immigration-wedding-honeymoon-border-2025-7
3 months ago
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I'm looking to talk to business owners and online retailers about the shenanigans they see around returns for a Business Insider story. If you'd like to chat, email me at
[email protected]
or message me.
3 months ago
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If you are a finance type or just a bro and want to talk your feelings about golf club logos on polos and other gear, message me or email me at
[email protected]
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3 months ago
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I'm working on a story on Trump's immigration policies screwing up people's travel plans — foreigners in the US nervous about going abroad, or family members and friends declining to visit. If this is you or someone you know, message me or email me at
[email protected]
3 months ago
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it's nice to get to know your coworkers! also maybe we don't need to know thisssss much about each other
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The clearest sign that America's work-life balance is totally out of whack: People sharing too much with coworkers.
People are freely sharing intimate personal details at work. It's making the office uncomfortable and proving our work-life balance is broken.
https://www.businessinsider.com/overshare-work-office-hr-communication-coworkers-employees-gen-z-internet-2025-6
3 months ago
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People are freely sharing intimate personal details at work. It's making the office uncomfortable and leaving coworkers confused about what to do.
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We should all know a lot less about our coworkers
People are freely sharing intimate personal details at work. It's making the office uncomfortable and leaving coworkers confused about what to do.
https://www.businessinsider.com/overshare-work-office-hr-communication-coworkers-employees-gen-z-internet-2025-6?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-automated
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people are getting hit with surprise tariff bills on their online orders and are not having a good time. take, for example, the bridesmaid who bought and returned two dresses for $400 and then got a $600 bill from fedex to cover import charges.
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Surprise! You literally owe the tariffs
Americans are being hit with huge tariff bills on their online orders.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-huge-tariff-bills-online-orders-china-trump-fedex-2025-6
3 months ago
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Anisha Steephen
3 months ago
If you're following the GOP tax bill disaster, my latest in
@crisesnotes.bsky.social
traces how this effort builds on a longstanding campaign to weaken the IRS and consolidate fiscal power in the hands of the wealthy. This is the first in a series on DOGE, taxes, and the future of public governance.
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The Fiscal State Under Siege: Why People Hate the IRS, and Why You Should Care
How Trump, DOGE, and Project 2025 Are Turning the IRS Into a Tool of Authoritarian Rule Editor’s Introduction: Hello readers, it's Nathan Tankus and I am very happy to bring to you the first in a l...
https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-fiscal-state-under-siege-why-people-hate-the-irs-and-why-you-should-care/
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I'm working on a story for Business Insider on etiquette at work and what is and isn't OK to share with your colleagues. Are you someone who overshares? Or do you really wish your colleague would shut up? Tell me about it for a story! Message me or email me at
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4 months ago
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The Great American Manufacturing Revival is a group project no one wants to participate in
www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariff...
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Trump wants to bring back 'masculine' jobs. Men don't want them.
Trump's tariffs are designed to bring back manufacturing jobs and make work "manly." The only problem: Americans don't want to work in a factory.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-masculine-many-manufacturing-jobs-factories-trade-war-2025-4
5 months ago
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I'm looking to talk to Gen Z about when/how they're approaching different young-adult milestones ... their first jobs, driving, moving out of the house, relationships, drinking, etc. If you'd like to chat, message me or email me at
[email protected]
5 months ago
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Trump is not so interested in making friends with the world right now ... and it's making things a little awkward for American travelers.
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Cornered and confronted: American tourists are facing a scary backlash
As Trump angers everyone from Canada to China, Americans are growing afraid to travel abroad — and it could get worse.
https://www.businessinsider.com/travel-trump-tariffs-america-international-canada-europe-flights-2025-4
6 months ago
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have fun out there tariff panic buying everybody and maybe give it a slight think
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The pandemic impulse purchases we grew to hate
From Pelotons to pets, the Covid buys people wish they’d left on the shelves.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23279350/pandemic-consumer-buys-peloton-bike-games-dog-covid
6 months ago
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i know nothing is going on right now but if you have been traveling abroad lately and have stories about hosts' reactions to the american political climate, etc., dm me or email me at
[email protected]
6 months ago
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Guy Berger
6 months ago
"Wow, the mix of policies is worse than I thought, but I'm not exactly sure what policies are being implemented and what I should prepare for." I spoke to
@emilystewart.bsky.social
at
@businessinsider.com
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Americans haven't been this freaked out about their jobs since the Great Recession
People are worried about their jobs and the impending threat of layoffs. That's bad news for consumer spending and the US economy.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-worried-unemployment-layoffs-recession-jobs-hiring-2025-3
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Are you an American who's recently traveled abroad or is about to and worried about how you'll be received given the global political climate? Talk to me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at
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6 months ago
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men will write an email like ARE YOU STUPID for not including xyz in your story as though control+f isn’t a thing just to check if you did, indeed, include it
6 months ago
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Seth Rosenthal
6 months ago
a toddler is like if an animal was a guy
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6 months ago
People are stealing lemons from Whole Foods as a form of political protest: "If a billionaire can steal from me, I can scrape a little off the top, too," a source told
@emilystewart.bsky.social
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It's not just setting Teslas on fire. Now irate Americans are shoplifting from Whole Foods.
People are stealing cheese from Whole Foods and committing return fraud at Amazon. They don't feel bad about retail theft; they're mad at Jeff Bezos.
https://www.businessinsider.com/stealing-amazon-whole-foods-jeff-bezos-retail-theft-fraud-2025-3
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Take a look at
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@businessinsider.com
! A great read that includes a "very good Catholic" that approves shoplifting at Whole Foods!
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I talked to a bunch of people who shoplift from Whole Foods and whenever I asked if they felt bad the answer was absolutely not, because of Jeff Bezos. And listen, stealing is bad, but this is a very funny justification for pocketing a fancy cheese.
www.businessinsider.com/stealing-ama...
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It's not just setting Teslas on fire. Now irate Americans are shoplifting from Whole Foods.
People are stealing cheese from Whole Foods and committing return fraud at Amazon. They don't feel bad about retail theft; they're mad at Jeff Bezos.
https://www.businessinsider.com/stealing-amazon-whole-foods-jeff-bezos-retail-theft-fraud-2025-3
6 months ago
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hobbies include: asking my guy friends to ask their wives where their outfits are from in their pictures
6 months ago
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Are you feeling extra trepidatious about your job or the labor market over, say, the next six months or year? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at
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6 months ago
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you steal from amazon or whole foods? tell me about it for a business insider story. obviously, you can remain anonymous. dm me or email me at
[email protected]
6 months ago
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6 months ago
me looking at the internet: fuck all of you. miserable people me riding the train: MY fellow passengers! Beloved siblings, all! Each a warm body animated with soul! Each an origin! Each a destination! Each a story to tell!
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i am being sincere when i say i am not entirely sure how (if???) laws work anymore
6 months ago
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maybe we can post our way to the return of steven mnuchin
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One man stood between Trump and a recession. Now he's gone.
Wall Street assumed that the stock market would act as a check on Donald Trump's worst economic impulses. That isn't panning out.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-stock-market-crash-recession-wall-street-steven-mnuchin-bessent-2025-3
7 months ago
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while everyone's been chattering about how the kids these days aren't drinking so much, we failed to notice the baby boomers have been boozing it up
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Gen Z and millennials are drinking less. Baby boomers are getting sloshed.
Baby boomers are upping their spending on bars and alcohol as Gen Z and millennials lay off the booze.
https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers-alcohol-intake-booze-wine-drinking-gen-z-millennials-2025-3
7 months ago
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i talked to vox's today explained about why corporate america is a little anxious and in its feelings about donald trump
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Gulf of America?
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 03/03/2025 · 28m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gulf-of-america/id1346207297?i=1000697467085
7 months ago
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nobody tells you about the moment you realize you're the adult in the room and the person who's supposed to know what to do here is you
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Millennials are now adulting full-time — and it's freaking them out
From becoming bosses at work to taking care of their own parents, the avocado toast generation is now in charge and everyone is scrambling.
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-adults-work-parents-bosses-children-homeownership-responsibility-2025-3
7 months ago
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every couple needs one person who read the power broker and one who is happy to hear about what happened in the power broker
7 months ago
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