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Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Science
- Bloomberg
The Summer I Turned Into Plastic
Opinion Newsletter Jessica Karl, Columnist There's so much of the stuff in the environment that it's only a matter of time before it takes over our brains. Save This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a massive expansion of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. Serious question: Has this newsletter gone downhill? Sometimes readers will send me feedback and say my daily missives are USELESS & POINTLESS (yes, Rosemary M., I do read your emails) but I take it in stride, since a lot of you say otherwise. Yet after reading Lara Williams' latest column, I'm not so sure. Maybe my writing is getting worse! And maybe it's because my brain is slowly but surely turning into a big ball of plastic:


Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
A $30 Million Paycheck? Big Law Has Lost the Plot
Opinion Newsletter Jessica Karl, Columnist Save This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the total billable hours of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. If you were a lawyer earning tens of millions of dollars a year — compensation that Chris Bryant says is not unheard of in prestigious partner circles — would you be using ChatGPT to do your job? Because this individual certainly didn't bat an eyelash when they typed this inquiry in the search bar:


Bloomberg
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Fake Arresting Obama Is Just a Distraction
Opinion Newsletter Jessica Karl, Columnist Save This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, an inappropriate office romance between Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. Gosh, it's really hard to believe that this photo of former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump was taken only six months ago:


Bloomberg
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Nobody Wants to Pay for the Barbecue
Opinion Newsletter Jessica Karl, Columnist Save This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a potluck dinner of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. What are your top three non-negotiables for a successful barbecue? For me, it's simple: There's gotta be a ton of food, good company and yard games. Adam Minter is partial to cornhole: See his latest column on the summer's it-sport — but bocce, badminton or ladder golf are fun, too. For the menu, nothing beats beer can chicken — I've been meaning to try this Michelada-style one from Sara Tane that looks unreal — but any grilled meat will do.


Bloomberg
24-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
In Hell, Men Wear Shorts to Work
Opinion Newsletter Jessica Karl, Columnist When half the country is melting under a heat dome, the office dress code gets thrown out the window. Save This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the increasingly chaotic climate of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. In the time that it took me to ride the elevator up to the main floor of Bloomberg's midtown office, grab two cheese sticks and walk to my desk this morning, I encountered 13 pairs of shorts. Thirteen!!!! Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal