Weekly News Update

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  • In the wake of Express's bankruptcy filing, a Washington Post [gift link] writer got nostalgic about the Editor Pant — and the store's shopping experience as a whole.
  • WIRED looked at how people are incorporating AI tools into work meetings.
  • The 19th reported on new federal rules that protect LGBTQ+ employees from being misgendered or denied bathrooms that match their gender identity.
  • The Atlantic shared that some specialists who typically treat trans patients have begun switching to menopause care, bringing a new set of tools.
  • Curbed spoke to “platonic life partners” — a gay man and a straight woman — who are living together and co-parenting a child.
  • CNN spoke to an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist about how women should approach exercise and nutrition differently than men.
  • Meanwhile, The New York Times [gift link] looked at the benefits of treadmill desks.
  • The New York Times [gift link] also explored how depression can make it hard to motivate yourself to shower — and offered strategies.
  • Your Laugh of the Week comes from our own Kate, with “Protest Signs That Started Out Fine But Didn’t Quite Stick the Landing” in The Belladonna.

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