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Wherefore Art Thou… Rome?
There’s still time to squeeze in a vacation before the kiddos return to school and your boss starts losing the tan that’s kept them in a surprisingly good mood for weeks. For ...
Billion Dollar Baby
With Meta’s newly-released Threads app already rivaling Twitter’s user base, company heads Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk will settle their business dispute just as the free market ...
A Summer State of Mind
In the previous edition, we published groundbreaking revolutionary insights about what activities people most look forward to during the summer. So that got us thinking: When does ...
I Know What You (Did) Want To Do (Last) This Summer
Summer is hot and all, but Americans just aren’t in love with summer, y’know? If we can avoid allowing our thoughts to drift toward pumpkin spice for a moment, perhaps we can stop ...
Bad Neighbors 3: Into the Amazon Box
Inspired by our reference to Mad-Al, Steve, a Trendlines subscriber, asked us to investigate what makes a bad neighbor. Coincidentally, the Gradient family finally moved into the ...
There’s a Reason He’s Not Dwayne “The Paper” Johnson
In a fit of nostalgia, we pitted respondents against a computer in a game that determined which sibling got to hold the remote in the ‘90s: rock, paper, scissors. So, who will be ...
TrendSegments: Is That Still Mom’s Password?
Moochers, the embodiment of “Hey, are you done with that?” Whether you’ve done the mooching or been mooched from, you’ve likely experienced the awkwardness of sending a text ...
TrendSegments: It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Money Is?
When we approached Silicon Valley and Signature Bank to get a loan to manufacture Shoembrellas™, we were laughed at and told the idea was sure to fail. Well, well, well, guess ...
TrendSegments: Send a Middle-Finger Shaped Spy Balloon to Russia
A year after Russian president Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the beleaguered country’s flag still waves from many American doors and businesses in a show of solidarity. But is ...