Taylor Berman

Business News Editor, @businessinsider [email protected]

[Sam Biddle @samfbiddle]

NEW: I've uncovered an AI slop mill quietly backed by U.S. Special Operations pushing military propaganda across Latin American and the Caribbean, all disguised as a lifestyle brand. It mixes every bad 2010s media startup idea with Pentagon PR.

[Sophie Kleeman @sophiekleeman]

https://t.co/hot53lUvsc

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Alison Roman announced today that she will open First Bloom Brooklyn this fall in Brooklyn Heights. It will include a grocery store, coffee, and prepared foods. https://t.co/AMRmgxngAc

[Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos]

People are walking around with their laptops open because they don't want to stop Claude from running. But this leaves us with a new question about unspoken etiquette: exactly what angle open is socially appropriate to leave your laptop?

[Will Gottsegen @will_gottsegen]

Important update on the Diet Coke situation from @caityweaver 👇

[Tracy Connor @TracyConnor]

Business Insider reporter @kelseyvlamis is covering short-seller Andrew Left’s securities trial. (She tells me he was all smiles as jury selection started.) Follow her for developments and read this story from @SamuelCObrient on what it's all about. https://t.co/lKftoGlP6Z

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

breaking my no-carbs diet for.....this delicious article!!!!!

https://t.co/lBuMQMkd1I

[Taylor Berman @tcberman]

@metzgov We have a fun week of assignments lined up for you!

[Charles Rollet @CharlesRollet1]

SCOOP: Meta isn't ruling out further layoffs, its HR chief Janelle Gale just told staff.

Meta also said AI token usage would not be considered as a factor for deciding who gets laid off first.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Which restaurant serves the best free bread in America? @caityweaver embarked on a quest to find out. https://t.co/mePtP0vvIT

Weaver surveyed more than 500 people; traveled more than 13,000 miles; drank more Diet Coke than she thought possible; scoured the country—from a three-Michelin-starred fine-dining destination in Las Vegas to a lodge in the backwoods of Tennessee—all to find the best free bread.

In The Atlantic’s May cover story, read about Weaver’s quest—and find her pick for the best loaf in America.

🎨: Produced by Grace Buono. Sources: Hugo Yu for The Atlantic; Rebeca Mello / Getty; Olga Yastremska / Getty; James Stefiuk / Getty; Diana Miller / Getty; Cavan Images / Aleksandr Kuzmin / Getty; Carlo A / Getty; Daniel Lozano Gonzalez / Getty; Anastasia Nurullina / Getty; Alexander Spatari / Getty; The Print Collector / Hulton Archive / Getty; StepPro / Creatas Video / Getty; Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times / Getty; David Underwood / Getty; Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images / Getty.

[J.K. Trotter @jktrotter]

NEW: One of the most dangerous drivers in New York City is an NYPD cop on Staten Island. He’s gotten 547 school-zone speeding and red-light tickets in the past four years.

The NYPD is refusing to intervene: https://t.co/Wsp3wSz6XC

[Charles Rollet @CharlesRollet1]

BREAKING: SpaceX is in talks to team up with Mistral and Cursor to take on Anthropic and OpenAI.

Big scoop from @graceihle!
https://t.co/panvoJXMSb via @BusinessInsider

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

This could (actually SHOULD!!!?) be you at Casa Magazines!!! Flexing more of Hugo Yu’s heart-stopping bread photography https://t.co/jMyAhNmMHc

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

Even if you don’t care AT ALL about America’s best free restaurant bread, I urge you to pick up a print copy of @TheAtlantic’s May issue solely because the cover designed by Liz Hart is GORGEOUS and you will look good walking around holding it.

[Taylor Berman @tcberman]

I actually did care…

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

I was going to say “I had so much fun reporting this story!” but actually I think I was stressed out the whole time, sprinting in a blind panic, trying to figure out why the hell I pitched this. I think that comes across in the text. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/6IOIejQjme

[Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici]

One of the few good things about X was the ability to search a URL and see who was sharing a piece of writing and read what they thought about it. I don't know when this capability disappeared—maybe weeks ago?—but it's so depressing to lose this window into a text's reception

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

A story about following your dreams even if they’re stupid, and believing in yourself, even if you’re stupid (which would explain the quality of the dreams): https://t.co/lQzbox1JTF

[katie krzaczek @hashtagkatie]

may we all at some point in our careers be able to publish such a brazenly vindictive statement as @caityweaver

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

I completed my life’s work: I FOUND THE BEST FREE RESTAURANT BREAD IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

The Atlantic’s newest cover story, by the peerless @caityweaver, is unlike anything else.

Just read it:

https://t.co/xEyuBEvAZp