Spot your favorite snack or vitamin or skin care in Costco for the first time? They have just weeks to prove themselves or else they'll be yanked from the shelves. New @modernretail.bsky.social www.modernretail.co/operations/w...

SEIU, which represents nearly 2 million workers around US, are holding Friday actions in solidarity with the Minnesota economic blackout, from the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to LA, to New York.

(Spoiler alert: It was @ralstonreports.bsky.social.)

i do think the combination of Trump and an AI-driven tech bubble could crash the markets, but it’s very important to remember that “what are online leftists saying?” is probably the worst possible way to approach investing

In case you were wondering "what's the deal with that guy who was charged with hacking the Supreme Court's e-filing system?" This document has some answers: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Another one of those “is this really happening” headlines…but also another reason why we need to focus on circular economy practices and find ways to limit our outputs that affect the planet. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

Not a novel observation, obviously, but these guys sincerely love to threaten and put their hands on women.

Nothing puts the stranglehold of the streaming wars in perspective like trying to watch sports Like remember just turning on the tv and being able to watch what you wanted without having five different subscriptions depending on where the game is?! sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

A Supreme Court loss wouldn’t mean “Trump's tariffs disappear.” It would mean “this particular legal shortcut disappears.” Trump's love affair with tariffs will likely persist—but the tools he has to indulge it become narrower, slower, and easier to challenge.

skillful news writing www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Well, this broke me.

Probably one of the most profound yet plain spoken quotes I've heard yet that sums up where we're at: "We’re not talking enough about how companies are now being turned into tools for policy, versus the other way around." #capitalism

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Marin County were battered by flooding when a major storm coincided with record-high tides, a sign of things to come as seas keep rising: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

2025 saw major pharmacy disruption, with widespread closures leaving remaining pharmacies are overloaded with scripts & patients. Meanwhile online providers don't always have what you need and there's more OTC meds at your nearest big box than anywhere else. www.modernretail.co/operations/p...

I cannot get over the orchestral and lyrical perfection of this track -- Florence is in a league of her own www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

Seven days at the bin store: defector.com/seven-days-a...

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Rob Reiner, prolific actor, director and producer, led a high-profile 1998 campaign that created state funding for what is now known as First 5 California, the most significant early childhood health and education program in the state. capitalandmain.com/beyond-holly...

At a moment when it’s unclear if there are any accountability checks on institutions, a reminder that the free press and investigative journalists are more important than ever: Lawsuit says Riverside County sheriff illegally hid jail death reports www.desertsun.com/story/news/c...

The City Council in Santa Fe, NM, voted to integrate the cost of housing in its calculation of the citywide minimum wage going forward. This marks the first time in the U.S. that a city has factored local housing costs directly into setting its minimum. capitalandmain.com/santa-fes-pl...

Lol, love reading @juliawaldow.bsky.social on the tired fake apologies trend @modernretail.bsky.social www.modernretail.co/marketing/fa...

Congrats to all involved in reviving The Plaza Theatre in downtown Palm Springs! Reliving my memories today: open.substack.com/pub/melissam...

I'm hardly a cheerleader for the regulatory state, but if this comes to fruition, I hope to God it's back in working order

I’m currently paying $650/month for a silver HMO obtained on ACA marketplace. That’s a lot. But starting in 2026, the same coverage will be about $1200/month! That’s way out of my budget. And to add insult, the absolute cheapest, bottom-of-the-barrel coverage is $700/month.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

This is a powerful post by Laurene Powell Jobs on what is means to be a philanthropist and, more importantly, what it does not. Kudos to her for saying it so plainly.

Great piece here on workers at dollar stores, in an environment where labor law has been largely rendered moot, still organizing and managing to earn victories. From our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. prospect.org/labor/2025-1...

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

sherman, for the love of god!

While we're talking about who national news organizations hire, the bigger issue than who is in charge is whether these places truly reflect the communities they serve. If CBS, NYT, CNN etc. continue to only hire out of big coastal cities, coverage won't improve.

My latest @modernretail.bsky.social is a look at how indie wine & spirits brands almost found themselves without a distributor after RNDC pulled out of California. How they huddled up and bounced back: www.modernretail.co/operations/h...

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

No it doesn’t, that’s you doing that

I still love Facebook bc sometimes you get these gems, like being among the first to know Ryan Adams got deplaned on Delta www.facebook.com/ryanadams/po...

For Gucci-owner Kering, cost-cutting is an up-and-coming trend on.ft.com/4nJHha2 | opinion

The gasp i gasped at this bit

Yet another recession indicator? Private label diapers are about to be big business. New @modernretail.bsky.social www.modernretail.co/operations/w...

It's today's must-read at @prospect.org. Big thanks to People's Policy Project for their support on it. Check it out! prospect.org/world/2025-0...

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.

"We hit at a moment where everyone was becoming aware there was a problem but wasn’t totally sure what the solution was, especially for their kids." The anti-smartphone tech wave is upon us. New @modernretail.bsky.social www.modernretail.co/operations/h...

Studio B, Coachella Valley's only purpose-built Dolby Atmos mixing room, is featured today in the Desert Sun! Thank you @bblueskye.bsky.social for taking the deep dive into Dolby Atmos and beyond! www.desertsun.com/story/life/e...

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

Quick teaser for this weekend's Modern Retail Podcast episode: I spoke with Kat Cole, the inimitable ceo of AG1 who led the company to $600M in revenue last year. She goes deep on supplement research, and it's SO meaty. Listen wherever you pod!! @modernretail.bsky.social #dtc #retail

forgot this song existed. good song.

Cannot get enough of "Goldie Montana" 😍 atwoodmagazine.com/gbgm-goldie-...

when gandalf isn’t with bilbo and the gang i imagine he’s in back to back zoom meetings