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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Have you gotten a little obsessive about how many miles per gallon you're getting given gas prices? Or have you become a hypermiler? Tell me about it for a @businessinsider.com story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I talked to some customer service ladies about what it's like to get AI calls. I know customers think they're getting back at companies when they use AI to call in but also there's another person on the line being like oh God now the robot is mad at me. www.businessinsider.com/ai-agents-cu...
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People are sending AI bots to sit on hold, cancel subscriptions, and fight customer-service battles for them
People are using AI to call customer service, negotiate bills, or cancel subscriptions. Companies are working out how to handle these bot callers.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I listened to golf guys bitch about each other for a couple of weeks and it was very fun. www.businessinsider.com/golf-popular...
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Golf has never been more popular — and golfers have never been more upset
Millions of new golfers have flooded the sport. Old-school players loathe the music, clothes, pace, and culture they brought with them.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Blue dot fever is amazing because it means you can go to a bunch of meh-selling shows for cheap. 10/10 recommend. www.businessinsider.com/how-to-find-...
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Concert tickets feel impossibly expensive. I changed how I buy them — and found where the bargains are.
Cheap tickets to concerts and sports still exist. You just have to be patient, find the right event, and lower your expectations a bit.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Do you have a lot of feelings about the old guard vs. the new guard culture in golf? Newbies who don't know the rules, or traditionalists who get weird over tiny things? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 18/08/2026
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting small issues like junk fees, petty scams, and red tape in a strategy to prove his government can deliver. bit.ly/4hFQhgO
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Mamdani is sweating New York's small stuff. It's part of a much bigger political bet.
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting small issues like junk fees, petty scams, and red tape in a strategy to prove his government can deliver.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Zohran Mamdani is doing sewer socialism -- addressing the little things that make life in New York a little more expensive and a little more annoying -- hoping that if people see he's trying on the small stuff, they'll trust him on the big stuff, too. www.businessinsider.com/zohran-mamda...
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Mamdani is sweating New York's small stuff. It's part of a much bigger political bet.
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting small issues like junk fees, petty scams, and red tape in a strategy to prove his government can deliver.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Parents! Are you feeling a little inundated with all the various school- and activity-related apps somehow required to just organize and communicate with schools, teachers, coaches, etc? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Weather apps are often wrong AND YET we let them a little bit ruin our lives. And in turn, that little cloud icon of doom is killing small businesses. www.businessinsider.com/weather-apps...
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One tiny rain icon is changing how Americans spend their summers — and crushing small businesses
Weather apps are showing rainy forecasts even on sunny days, causing Americans to scrap their summer plans and hurting a lot of small businesses.
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Fun Fact: I wrote the original Amazon Echo review for Business Insider almost a dozen years ago.
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I Bought Echo, Amazon's Voice-Controlled Speaker That Talks To You Like Siri And Plays Music, And I Like It
Echo is a well-engineered appliance, but to call it a "virtual personal assistant" is a little lofty.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Are you obsessed with reading reviews before making purchasing decisions? Or feeling some reviews fatigue? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story on the good, bad, and the ugly of online reviews culture. Shoot me an email at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For Business Insider, I'm looking to talk to workers about their considerations around "selling out" on the job. Have you turned down a position because it felt ethically a little off? Or do you feel like you've sold out? Email me at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Have you had some sketchy experiences at the dentist? Feel like you're being upsold or getting conflicting advice on what you actually need? Tell me about it for a @BusinessInsider story. Email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Do you and your partner have big differences in how you approach rewards cards? One of you loves the game, the other hates it? Loyal to different brands? Haggle over points? Other? Tell me about it for a @BusinessInsider story! Email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Are you dealing with a, let's say, interesting intern this summer? Or have you in summers past? Or are you currently an intern and navigating some workplace weirdness? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story! Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
you can follow me on business insider and get alerts to my stories and i promise that more often than not it will be worth it and a generally good time www.businessinsider.com/author/emily...
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'm working on a story for Business Insider on grey divorces and what they mean for estate planning and inheritances. I'm looking to speak with families who have dealt with or are dealing with this. If you'd want to chat, please email me at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
With all this talk about job displacement due to AI, I hope that @emilystewart.bsky.social is ready to dust off this banger, because it doesn't seem like we're ready to talk about UI yet: www.vox.com/the-goods/20...
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Why America’s unemployment system never gets fixed
Layoffs are hitting tech and media. A recession may be looming. What happens to everyone who loses their job?
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@businessinsider.com's @emilystewart.bsky.social investigated StubHub's use of dynamic pricing: The same tickets, viewed at the same time on the same site by different people, saw a cost variance of +$40. Stubhub just shrugged in response.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A group of us tried to buy the exact same Yankees tickets at the exact same time on StubHub we found a GIANT difference in total prices because of fees — like $30+ a ticket. They say they do it all the time and it's totally random and fine. www.businessinsider.com/stubhub-dyna...
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We tried to buy the exact same tickets on StubHub. We got six wildly different prices.
Sports and concert tickets show huge price differences on StubHub, as varying fees confuse buyers and make costs impossible to know.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I'm working on a story on gray divorces for Business Insider. If your older parents have divorced or are in the process, or you've separated for your spouse later in life, and would like to speak with me about what that's been like email me at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Have you gotten rid of a premium rewards card (Amex, Chase, etc.)? Or are you considering it? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Have you gotten super into tracking your health and wellness data or getting extra tests to see what's going on in there? Did you used to do this and stopped? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story! Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Are you considering doing some funny business at work around the World Cup so you can catch games? Or planning to take PTO for it? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Email me at estewart@insider.com. I know it's sensitive, so I will, you know, be sensitive about it.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Are you being asked to build AI tools at work or use AI in a way that you can tell is designed to eliminate your coworkers? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I'm working on a story for Business Insider on the 2010s-era guys who supposedly had a great idea for an app and where they are now, given vibe coding. If you used to know one of these guys (or used to be one or still are) and want to chat, email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This story about resellers is FUN and LIGHT and at a moment when nothing else is I would suggest people give it a read. www.businessinsider.com/resellers-se...
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Aggressive resellers are ransacking Goodwill bins and vintage stores. Their finds sell for big money.
The resale boom has turned thrift stores into a $79 billion battle, as resellers hunt for underpriced items to flip online for a big profit.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Have you had an experience good, bad, or ugly with an online course? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story. Email me at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
with ~ everything ~ going on right now at the airports, with gas prices, etc., might i suggest ... staying home www.businessinsider.com/summer-trave...
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Summer travel is getting more expensive and chaotic. More Americans are staying home.
High oil prices and travel uncertainty are stoking anxiety and jeopardizing summer vacation plans. More Americans are opting to stay at home.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
... Ladies, are you feeling, um, a little less than satisfied with your husband or partner's spending habits? Namely, that they're maybe not so great at searching for deals or doing price comparison? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story! Email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Does the state of, you know, everything have you rethinking travel plans? Worried about gas prices, airline prices, or instability and safety in various parts of the world? Talk to me for a Business Insider story! Email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
if you have wondered what the deal is with steak 'n shake given that every headline you have probably seen about it has something to do with MAHA or tesla or bitcoin, this story is for you www.businessinsider.com/steak-n-shak...
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Steak 'n Shake bet big on RFK's MAHA movement. It's paying off.
Steak 'n Shake embraced RFK Jr.'s MAHA food philosophy — from beef tallow fries to bitcoin payments. The strategy appears to be boosting sales.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Yes, GLP-1s might help reduce drinking, but we actually already have three FDA-approved medications to treat alcoholism, they're just widely unknown and under prescribed. Once again ... we truly would not treat any other disease the way we do addiction. www.businessinsider.com/alcoholism-d...
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People are using Ozempic to drink less. We already have FDA-approved drugs for that.
People are using GLP-1s to cut back on alcohol use disorder, but there are already three FDA-approved drugs: naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
while everybody was yelling about doordash, i was doing the new rfk food pyramid diet on a budget for a week. it was not hard but it was not good and super-strict regimens are not how people eat. (also, i know i am a bad cook and a weird eater. it's fine.) www.businessinsider.com/rfk-jr-food-...
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I followed RFK Jr.'s new food rules for a week on a $ 15-a-day budget. It wasn't as easy as promised.
The White House and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have a new protein-forard food pyramid that they say you can follow cheaply. I tried it out.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Millennial women! Do you have a lot of feelings about jeans? Not sure what are the right ones? You don't want to look old, but also you don't want to look like you're trying to look young? Tell me about it for a Business Insider story! Email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Do you have a fun story about an experience at an airport bar? Tell me about it for a @businessinsider.com story. Message me or email me at estewart@insider.com. Bad stories allowed too obviously, going for interesting here!
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Brad Lipton @bradlipton.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Plenty of CFPB news in the past year. I get it if people have lost the plot. But @reporterev.bsky.social's scoop today about the “slashing” of CFPB bank exams, which is *arguably the biggest thing the agency does,* is worth paying attention to 🧵 bit.ly/4k7X3uN1/8
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Americans are drinking less and it's kinda killing Dry January www.businessinsider.com/dry-january-...
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Americans are drinking less. That's killing Dry January.
Americans are drinking less alcohol overall, so they don't feel the need to take an entire month off for Dry January. Welcome to Wet Winter.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
if kicking a car got you the death penalty let me say my dad would have been executed like 15 times in the '90s
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Trump had one theory of the case on the economy and it isn't entirely working out so he's kind of borrowing from Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren, and Zohran Mamdani to figure out some next steps www.businessinsider.com/trump-afford...
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Trump is scrambling to sell an affordability agenda — and borrowing ideas from an unlikely place
Trump is rolling out a slew of new ideas focused on "affordability." A lot of them sound like proposals from Zohran Mamdani or Bernie Sanders.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 26/01/2026
The admin is talking affordability—but hasn’t shown it’s serious about the policy. You can’t tackle credit card debt while kneecapping the CFPB, fix housing while blocking new supply, or claim industrial policy if it’s purely political. Our @bradlipton.bsky.social w/ @emilystewart.bsky.social ⬇️
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My boyfriend won an allegedly free cruise by playing Tetris on the subway (???) so we did it and then I wrote about it. What I am saying is you should click at least to read the opening. www.businessinsider.com/cruise-hater...
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I've always been a cruise hater. I took one anyway and it was…fine?
I've always been skeptical of cruises, but my boyfriend won a free one playing Tetris. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it, either. It just...was.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Are you skipping out on Dry January this year or changing your approach to it? Talk to me about it for a story! Email me at estewart@insider.com or message me.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Everything is terrible but I wrote about people snooping their exes on LinkedIn and getting ratted out and it's mainly just funny and embarrassing www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-lov...
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How LinkedIn became the ultimate date screening tool
LinkedIn is supposed to be a place to find a job. But people are using the social media app to look up exes and screen potential romantic interests.
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Q McCallum @qethanm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
In which @emilystewart.bsky.social explains all things middlemen, aka N-sided marketplaces www.businessinsider.com/middlemen-su...
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America's economy is getting swallowed up by middlemen — and it's driving people crazy
The real winners in today's economy are the middlemen — rich intermediary companies like Walmart, Airbnb, and Lyft that connect buyers and sellers.
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Skeledwe @skeledwe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
A nice article from @emilystewart.bsky.social about the middleman economy. www.businessinsider.com/middlemen-su...
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America's economy is getting swallowed up by middlemen — and it's driving people crazy
The real winners in today's economy are the middlemen — rich intermediary companies like Walmart, Airbnb, and Lyft that connect buyers and sellers.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I'm working on a story for Business Insider on RTO mandates gone wrong ... companies call people back and there isn't enough seating, Wifi doesn't work, etc. If you've dealt with this or are dealing with it now and would want to chat about it, email me at estewart@insider.com.
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emily stewart @emilystewart.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
millennials are using their parents' houses as storage units and sorry friends but a lot of us are guilty of this! www.businessinsider.com/millennials-...
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Boomers are drowning in their millennial kids' junk. They've had enough.
Millennials and Gen Zers are storing their stuff at their baby boomer parents' homes because it won't fit in their own. The parents are sick of it
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