What we are reading August 13, 2025.
Continuing stories of work, life, and the changing world around us.
US Army captain says top drone pilots are the ones who play video games when they get off on Fridays
During a recent exercise in southern Germany, Business Insider got a close look at how soldiers are learning to design and fly cheap drones.
Chris Panella
‘We had no idea of what it would become’: How Keep Calm and Carry On became a divisive 21st-Century phenomenon
After a forgotten WW2 propaganda poster was discovered in 2000, it found an astounding new resonance in 21st-Century Britain.
Teja Lele
AT&T just made it official: Workplace loyalty is dead
AT&T CEO John Stankey’s viral memo says the quiet part out loud about the fractured state of the workplace in corporate America.
Aki Ito
Here’s what could get more expensive from Trump’s massive tariff hikes | CNN Business
President Donald Trump has said that tariffs won’t lead to higher prices. But the United States economy seems to disagree: Inflation, which has remained fairly tame, is slowly creeping up because of tariffs.
Elisabeth Buchwald
The $80K Middle Manager Is Going Extinct
Harvard tracked 50k developers using AI. Project management dropped 10%. Here’s which leadership roles survive the automation purge.
Kamil Banc
Democrats Respond as Trump Targets Other Cities After D.C.
The President singled out several other cities as potentially next for federal intervention to crack down on crime.
Chad de Guzman
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