Culture
Where we go: the 10 NYC beauty and wellness spots worth the money
This is the kind of list New Yorkers usually pass along privately.
The menopause crisis, a record Dow, a tight oil market, and Trump’s $1.8 billion fund
TLDR: How last week's watch list actually landed, then the full read. The FDA quietly stripped its harshest warning off menopause hormone therapy, your cue to reopen a conversation a flawed 2002 study shut down for two decades. The Dow set a record, Nvidia blew out earnings, Google
Culture
The mailbox, the horror movie, and the one-way door
SCOTUS preserved mail access to mifepristone, but Thomas's dissent points towards a path to ending it. The tradwife argument got an Anne Hathaway adaptation and a peer-reviewed paper. The Musk v. Altman trial closed with Microsoft's CEO calling the OpenAI deal "a one-way
Fashion
Matthieu Blazy's Chanel debut and the great luxury reset of 2026
The line outside Chanel's Rue Cambon store on the morning of March 5 was the kind of line you usually see for a sneaker drop, not a Chanel jacket. The first pieces from Matthieu Blazy's debut collection had landed in stores that day, and editors, clients,
News
What Lyn Alden, Jordi Visser, and Darius Dale agree on about the next 12 months
Three macro analysts framed as opposites converge on the same 2026 regime. Here's where.
News
The AI reading list for women who want to understand what’s happening
The most important thing you can do about AI right now is not read more newsletters about it. It's using it every single day. For the work you already do. The reading list below can help you get up to speed, but reading about AI while not using
News
Tuesday special edition: April CPI report is out
Inflation plus a few misc. notes Prices are rising faster again. The April inflation report came in hot. Prices were up 3.8% from a year ago, the highest inflation reading since May 2023. Prices also rose 0.6% from March to April alone. That may sound small, but for
Finance
Markets, mothers, scams, and a few things worth your money
Six straight weekly highs while Hormuz stays closed. Mother’s day started as a women’s strike. The GLP-1 patches your friend is buying off Instagram are federally illegal. Whey protein is attacking your face. And four beauty staples that actually deliver on reactive skin. Markets keep pretending not
Fashion
Weekend edition
A Saturday outfit, a Sunday book, two dinner options in NYC, and what the hell is going on with dating? The Saturday outfit Slouchy low-rise denim (AGOLDE Criss-Cross or Citizens of Humanity Le Jean are good options) with a fine-gauge knit or vintage tee tucked deep into
News
This week's narrative, sponsored by AI and Jeffrey
Cloudflare blamed AI for cutting a fifth of its staff; the man who sells AI says that's mostly cover. The Nasdaq hit a record on a jobs print that doesn't survive a second look; Michael Burry yelled about it from his car. Bella Hadid skipped Jeff
Tech
Oil interrupted
Monday, May 4, 2026 Seven things this morning. Oil interrupted the AI trade after Iranian missiles ran into UAE air defenses. Anthropic spent $1.5B to compete with McKinsey. The Supreme Court bought mifepristone access another week. The Met Gala guest list said more than the theme did. Ryan Cohen
News
Streep's record, the Pentagon's snub, and a $175B capex bet
Four pieces. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened to the biggest debut of Meryl Streep's career, and Hollywood spent decades getting this question wrong. The Pentagon signed AI deals with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google and skipped Anthropic. Alphabet and Meta both nearly doubled their 2026 AI capex. And