The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• Lowe’s is spending $250 million to train blue collar workers [6d]
• Garden gnomes from the Masters can go for over $10,000 on the resale market. This could be the last year they’re made [6d]
• Another fast food franchise owner has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Will the burger joint close any restaurants? [6d]
• Liquid Death and Pit Viper just released new sunglasses. But they’re for after you die [6d]
• How AI is quietly exhausting you—and what to do about it [6d]
• Travelers on Southwest face a new rule as airlines try to reduce the fire risk on flights [6d]
• The best and worst questions to ask at the end of a job interview [6d]
• The list of countries banning young teens from social media keeps getting bigger. Here’s the latest [6d]
• U.S.-Iran ceasefire sends Wall Street soaring with crude oil prices down 16% [6d]
• Iran, Israel, and the U.S. strike a ‘fragile’ 2-week ceasefire. Here’s what to know [6d]
• Delta Air Lines is reducing flights and raising fees as it combats fuel shock. Here’s why the stock is up anyway [6d]
• People are losing it over 7-Eleven merch. Welcome to the surprisingly cool world of convenience chic [6d]
• The co-founder of Refinery29 makes the case for playfulness [6d]
• Niche, cryptic, trippy: Coachella’s billboards are a preview of music branding in 2026 [6d]
• Are you paying a ‘ghost tax’ when looking for a job? 37% of employment seekers fall into this common trap [6d]
• Silicon Valley’s congressman has become a lightning rod. He’s just fine with that [6d]
• Panera’s fix for everything that went wrong is . . . stuffing salad into bread [6d]
• ‘We make people feel something as a result of our work:’ Figma’s chief design officer on how to build impactful technology [6d]
• The simple cutting board gets a long-overdue modular redesign [6d]
• I analyzed 789 ‘Shark Tank’ pitches. This personality trait gets funding [6d]
• How to spot toxic people and take back control [6d]
• MAGA Has an Architecture Problem [6d]
• This is the biggest risk a company can take in the age of AI [6d]
• If you want to get something done, hire a cancer patient [6d]
• Fathers want to help with childcare—their jobs won’t let them [6d]