Katie Notopoulos
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social
Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
My RETVRN belife is that people should just call each other on the phone without scheduling it in advance www.businessinsider.com/iphone-scree...
You should just call people on the phone
It's time to hit redial on phone etiquette and bring back randomly calling friends. It's time to raw dial.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
My RETVRN belife is that people should just call each other on the phone without scheduling it in advance www.businessinsider.com/iphone-scree...
Reposted by Katie Notopoulos
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"there could be real risk for you. But the bigger risk is silence." www.businessinsider.com/business-lea...
American business leaders need to speak up about Alex Pretti's killing
It's understandable that CEOs and other leaders are wary of wading into the latest shooting in Minneapolis. But that's not an excuse for silence.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"there could be real risk for you. But the bigger risk is silence." www.businessinsider.com/business-lea...
SEE you monsters? You're hurting its feelings
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
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January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
SEE you monsters? You're hurting its feelings
Keep calm and chive on
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Keep calm and chive on
Helpful org chart www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Helpful org chart www.ft.com/content/ad94...
I would never lead any of you astray with a link that is bad, so please just trust me when I say you should open this and listen to the entire thing seamonkey.bandcamp.com/track/poo-po...
Poo-Poo Stains, by Seamonkey
from the album Comin' Out Tha Closet
seamonkey.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I would never lead any of you astray with a link that is bad, so please just trust me when I say you should open this and listen to the entire thing seamonkey.bandcamp.com/track/poo-po...
We’re so back (literally) www.garbageday.email/p/the-20-wor...
The 20 Worst Things On The Internet In 2025
We're back, baby
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December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We’re so back (literally) www.garbageday.email/p/the-20-wor...
Spotify gets 50k AI songs per day (uploaded to just one of the the 3rd party distributors that you hav eto go thru to put stuf on Spotify) www.theverge.com/report/84445...
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Spotify gets 50k AI songs per day (uploaded to just one of the the 3rd party distributors that you hav eto go thru to put stuf on Spotify) www.theverge.com/report/84445...
"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones." www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-i...
Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones." www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-i...
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RALLY FOR NEWS, NOT SLOP: Join us at 1PM ET Thursday outside @BusinessInsider HQ. We will be rallying to let management know what we think of their plans to roll out AI-generated news stories. Details here … #NewsNotSlop (1/3)
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
RALLY FOR NEWS, NOT SLOP: Join us at 1PM ET Thursday outside @BusinessInsider HQ. We will be rallying to let management know what we think of their plans to roll out AI-generated news stories. Details here … #NewsNotSlop (1/3)
I feel much ire for those who waste the resources and risk the lives of rescue teams www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/m...
Viral videos of dangerous ski stunts spur ‘unprecedented number of lost skiers,’ Vermont rescue squad says - The Boston Globe
Stowe's town rescue squad described an “unprecedented number of lost skiers” who had accessed the backcountry this snowy early season — only to contact first responders when they became stranded.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I feel much ire for those who waste the resources and risk the lives of rescue teams www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/m...
My Spotify listener age was 59, which I accept with grace. But some people are finally experiencing the humiliation at the hands of Spotify Wrapped for being "unc" www.businessinsider.com/spotify-wrap...
Spotify Wrapped says his 'listening age' is 86, but he's only 36
Spotify Wrapped is calling out 23-year-old Gen Z'ers for having the listening habits of a boomer. What's "listening age" tell us about ourselves?
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December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My Spotify listener age was 59, which I accept with grace. But some people are finally experiencing the humiliation at the hands of Spotify Wrapped for being "unc" www.businessinsider.com/spotify-wrap...
Californians load on the Patagonia when it hits 61 degrees, meanwhile ~10% of 8-24yo males in New Hampshire wear shorts every single day of winter
It’s finally “white boy wearing shorts when it’s too cold out” season where I live
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Californians load on the Patagonia when it hits 61 degrees, meanwhile ~10% of 8-24yo males in New Hampshire wear shorts every single day of winter
Just learned that Karoline Leavitt's brother was in the local Massachusetts news in 2014 for winning $1 million from Draft Kings by betting on the Patriots. The baby in the photo is his (in recent news, the baby's mother, born in Brazil, has now been detained by ICE) cullmantimes.com/2014/10/29/f...
Fantasy football produces an instant millionaire - The Cullman Times
Mike Leavitt knew going into the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins that a poor outing from Cowboys superstar wide receiver Dez Bryant would mean a $1 millio...
cullmantimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just learned that Karoline Leavitt's brother was in the local Massachusetts news in 2014 for winning $1 million from Draft Kings by betting on the Patriots. The baby in the photo is his (in recent news, the baby's mother, born in Brazil, has now been detained by ICE) cullmantimes.com/2014/10/29/f...
As an elder millenial, I will happily accept the thesis that the last gasp of interesting culture happened in the early 00s (oddly coinciding with when I was in my early 20s?) and has all gone downhill from there (as I have lost touch). Will happily buy this book www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As an elder millenial, I will happily accept the thesis that the last gasp of interesting culture happened in the early 00s (oddly coinciding with when I was in my early 20s?) and has all gone downhill from there (as I have lost touch). Will happily buy this book www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
good byline www.huffpost.com/entry/what-l...
Larry Summers' True Record on Women
Many people note that our nation has few economists with Larry Summers' intelligence. They should also know that we have few leaders, if any, in the financial world who have done more for women.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
good byline www.huffpost.com/entry/what-l...
"Trump Mobile, for the third week in a row, did not respond to a request for comment." www.theverge.com/news/820887/...
Why we’re going to keep talking about the Trump phone
It’s not because we’re fans.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Trump Mobile, for the third week in a row, did not respond to a request for comment." www.theverge.com/news/820887/...
Facebook Marketplace is adding a comments section. But it still isn't solving the biggest problem: people asking "is it available" over and over and over www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mar...
Mark Zuckerberg: You missed one big thing in Facebook Marketplace's new updates!
Facebook Marketplace is getting new features, but not the one change I recommended to Mark Zuckerberg: ending the "Hi, is this available" message.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Facebook Marketplace is adding a comments section. But it still isn't solving the biggest problem: people asking "is it available" over and over and over www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mar...
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Reposted by Katie Notopoulos
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
One of my favorite thing to tell normal people is "Sam Altman also runs a failing business were he scans the eyeballs of people in poorer countries with a device called "the Orb" and puts the data on the blockchain" and watch their heads spin www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-o...
Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup wants to hit a billion users. It's less than 2% of the way there.
Sam Altman's startup, Tools for Humanity, wants its Orb to scan a billion irises to create a "World ID." Regulators worldwide are sounding the alarm.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my favorite thing to tell normal people is "Sam Altman also runs a failing business were he scans the eyeballs of people in poorer countries with a device called "the Orb" and puts the data on the blockchain" and watch their heads spin www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-o...
I went out and bought the new Taco Bell mountain dew Baja Blast pie because I love neon food (it was good!) and also I need to test out my Mr Beast thumbnail face www.businessinsider.com/taco-bell-mo...
Taco Bell's new Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie is part of a strategy to reach Gen Z. I tried it.
Taco Bell's bright green Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie looks disgusting. But it's part of a strategy to reach Gen Z. And it's surprisingly good.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I went out and bought the new Taco Bell mountain dew Baja Blast pie because I love neon food (it was good!) and also I need to test out my Mr Beast thumbnail face www.businessinsider.com/taco-bell-mo...
don't worry -- the OLD Farmer's Almanac (founded in 1792 with the old timey-cover you see at the grocery store) is still going
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
don't worry -- the OLD Farmer's Almanac (founded in 1792 with the old timey-cover you see at the grocery store) is still going