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The impotence of Trump’s words

This article is an on-site version of our Chris Giles on Central Banks newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters The US phrase “loose lips sink ships” has its origins in second world war cautionary advertising. […]

Politics

People Are Sharing Stories About When They Learned That HR Is Not Their Friend And Holy Crap, I Have No Words

Note: this story contains mention of violence and sexual abuse.  13 long years ago, Reddit user hammeresq, or Hammer for short, made a post on the popular Ask Reddit page which he titled: “Employees of Reddit: I was just accused of ‘stealing water’. What crazy accusation has an employee or supervisor made about you?” He […]

Weather

Police Find 3 Chilling Words on Bullet Casings Used by Killer of CEO Brian Thompson: Report

The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were reportedly discovered by detectives on shell casings found at the scene where UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shotpolice sources told ABC News. The chilling detail emerged as the shooting suspect remains at large after what NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described as a “brazen, targeted attack” during […]

Politics

A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell

DALLAS — Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year’s most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced. On Wednesday, the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group released a list of the words that news anchors, politicians and other public figures in the […]

Entertainment

The Substance Pulled From Camerimage After Fest CEO ‘Offensive Words’

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, from the 2024 Camerimage Film Festival in response to what she called “highly misogynistic and offensive” comments from festival CEO Marek Zydowicz. Fargeat announced the decision in a statement on Xin which she stated that The Substance cinematographer Benjamin Kracun […]

Technology

Shady drugmaker used code words to sell knockoff weight-loss drug: lawsuit

Starts with a T Pivotal Peptides—which is not a licensed pharmacy or dispensary—did not respond to the letter. Instead, its website was modified to indicate that it was “down for maintenance,” and the company instructed customers to email directly. About 10 days later, Pivotal Peptides’ registered agent, Elizabeth Gately, then sent an email (which Lilly […]