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Adam Thompson
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Anyone who’s ever worked out hard knows how it feels to overreach, overdo, overtrain. But if you stay in that “over” zone too long, it can lead to a medical condition called overtraining syndrome, or OTS, from the great @nicoleblades.bsky.social (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
When Your Hard Workout Morphs Into Overtraining Syndrome
The condition, also known as OTS, goes beyond soreness, to symptoms with more serious and lasting consequences
www.bloomberg.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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bloomberg.com
What makes a truly memorable meal? Consider these four factors
The Secret to a Truly Great Meal
Plus: The intoxicating power of the Ferrari Amalfi, and the bright future for female artists
bloom.bg
December 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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staceyshick.bsky.social
"Congestion pricing by a number of measures is working as planned, a reality that may turn New York’s experiment into a blueprint for other US urban centers." [gift link]
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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bloomberg.com
Ferrari is slouching toward electrification, announcing earlier this fall that it will make 20% of its cars electric by 2030. But the fact is, almost no one is buying ultra-high-end EVs. So Ferrari pointedly remains committed to internal combustion.

Read more: bloom.bg/49bgqOL

📷️: Ferrari
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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bloomberg.com
So far, 72 players have received a perfect score on the latest edition of Pointed.

Do you think you can join the 190-point club? Prove it and play now:
Pointed: The News Quiz for Risk-Takers by Bloomberg
Wager your points, leverage your bets and answer wisely. A new quiz is available to play each week.
bloom.bg
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
adamtrot.bsky.social
A missed flight became an entry point for a fast-growing airline-impersonation scam — fueled by AI, amplified by fake Google ads, and designed to catch travelers off guard
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Online Scam That Hits Travelers at Their Most Distracted
A frantic attempt to rebook a missed flight turned into a costly crash course in business-impostor scams — now supercharged by AI and slipping through Google’s ad filters.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This is a wild one by @ikeswetlitz.bsky.social -- A Russian startup is implanting chips in pigeon brains to create living drones >
FREE LINK www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why a Russian Startup Is Putting Brain Chips in Pigeons
‘Bio-drones’ have advantages over robots, company says.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
adamtrot.bsky.social
To better understand the US ahead of its 250th anniversary, our reporter took a road trip through Texas. This year the state will be the prism through which much of the world experiences the complexities of our union (gift link)
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To Understand the US in 2026, Travel to Texas
We traveled through the Lone Star State and discovered the beautiful, complex and wild sides of America's self-proclaimed republic
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December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
adamtrot.bsky.social
Vienna has long had a reputation as a beautiful but somewhat traditional city. That's changing, thanks to an influx of artists and innovators, giving visitors new reasons to check it out (gift link)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Travelers Discover the Cool Side of Old-School Vienna
An influx of residents has the Austrian capital bustling with creative energy and new reasons to visit
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Excellent piece on the changing luxury fashion business. In short, prices are crazy, the goods aren’t as nice as they once were, and buying used is increasingly popular.
amandamull.bsky.social Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 15d
For @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s Year Ahead issue, I wrote about fashion’s failure to find new ideas or fix its outrageous overpricing, and the opening that leaves for secondhand marketplaces to sell brands’ better, older, cheaper stuff to their customers instead. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Luxury Goods Are More Expensive Than Ever. You Should Buy Secondhand Instead
With designer prices sky-high and fashion brands in flux, there’s only one thing to do in the year ahead.
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
adamtrot.bsky.social
The Mexican village of Crescencio Morales is known as a must-see destination by nature-lovers for its butterfly migration. Investment around local food and art is giving tourists new reasons to visit www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This Quiet Mexican Paradise Offers New Reasons to Fly South
The butterfly migration hub of Michoacán plans its next act around food and art
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Food lovers already knew Taipei for its bubble tea and xiao long bao. But today, the city's culinary scene is transforming into something even richer (Gift link)
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Taipei Is Transforming Into Asia’s Next Major Foodie Capital
The city’s knockout culinary scene gets a fresh dose of flavor
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December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Tourists look past Guyana. It's ready to change their minds. The world's fastest-growing economy is using its oil wealth to develop its ecotourism options. (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Love Safari-Style Adventure? Try Guyana, Ecotourism’s New Frontier
The small South American country is betting its oil wealth on becoming a green destination
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December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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25 destinations to thrill and inspire you in the year ahead, from the Greek Mountains to Argentina’s “land sailing” capital and Asia’s next great food city. People, this package is gorgeous. Check out the free link www.bloomberg.com/graphics/bes...
Where to Go in 2026
25 destinations to thrill and inspire you in the year ahead, from the Greek Mountains to Argentina’s “land sailing” capital and Asia’s next great food city.
www.bloomberg.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The author of this sent a delivery of Crumbl cookies to the office yesterday, and I had 1/6 of the most benign-looking one and got so overstimulated that my nose immediately stuffed up. Gift link! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Cracks in Crumbl’s Cookie Empire Are Showing
The trendy chain has Instagrammy treats and private equity backing. But layoffs, chaotic operations and paper-thin margins may be leading it down a familiar path.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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India’s Bengal tigers have made an extraordinary comeback. Conservation wins, soaring safari demand, and new luxury lodges are reshaping the country’s wildest places.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
There’s Never Been a Better Time for Tiger Tourism in India
As the country’s tiger population rebounds, developers are racing to build luxury camps around India’s hottest wildlife reserves.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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greenwell.bsky.social
On an inside-baseball media note, writing three features for Businessweek has been an absolute highlight of my 2025, and there are more to come next year! Writers, I highly recommend pitching them — they pay well, cover travel expenses, and love big ambitious ideas.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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SCOOP: The FDA is slow walking the abortion pill's safety study, as Commissioner Marty Makary wants it put off until after the midterms. By Charles Gorrivan, @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social
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FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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bloomberg.com
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook.

Read our exclusive story: bloom.bg/4oxdqBG

📷️: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The definition of a luxury car has never been so complicated. There’s no direct correlation between luxury and price. It’s not strictly about sheer horsepower or loads of carbon fiber. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...?
What Does a Luxury Car Even Mean These Days?
Six-figure trucks, entry-level Mercedes-Benzes and a bunch of new EVs make it difficult to pin down what makes a high-end vehicle so special.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The five pumpkin spices grow only in tiny pockets around the world and can't really be cultivated in the US. To see how global prices would be affected by tariffs, Michael McDonough, Bloomberg's chief economist of products and the man behind the bacon, egg and cheese index, built a pumpkin spice index using several sets of international data, some of which he'd never seen before: "Who knew there was an intraday futures price for cloves?" The index tells a spicy tale of the forces that shape global commodities.
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I was just wondering yesterday if this was happening and thinking how many people’s Thanksgiving would get wrecked by AI
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Nov 25
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Lost in the huge Comey/James dismissals is Halligan has a new No. 2, an ex-prosecutor parachuting in from Ky., who'd be in line to refile the Trump retribution charges depending on outcome of appeal. Robert McBride has no EDVA experience. w/ Celine Castronuovo:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Defense of Top Prosecutors Tees Up Debate for Supreme Court
The Justice Department’s plans to appeal a ruling that an interim US attorney is unlawfully serving is likely to force the Supreme Court to weigh in on the Trump administration’s maneuvers to install ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I wrote today’s Businessweek newsletter about why TJ Maxx is thriving right now
staceyshick.bsky.social Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · Nov 20
It's hard to imaging TJ Maxx stores in the city getting more crowded but, as @amandamull.bsky.social writes, they seem to be built for this moment. 🎁 link:
Shoppers’ Treasure Hunt Is On at TJ Maxx
The discount retail chain stands to benefit from economic uncertainty.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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News: Voting machine co. Smartmatic to be arraigned today in 1st corporate foreign bribery indictment in 15 years.
Comes after Miami US Atty shut down negotiations, bolstering Fox News in defense of Smartmatic defamation suit.
I explore the twists & turns:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Smartmatic Bribery Case Can’t Escape Election Conspiracy Shadow
The Justice Department’s bribery indictment of voting machine company Smartmatic reflects a rare alignment of career prosecutors with conspiracy theorists in Trump’s base and the president’s biggest m...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM