How Notre-Dame rose from the ashes

Walking briskly over the Pont Neuf towards the Louvre, as night fell over Paris, I began to see other people hurrying in the same direction, some holding long white candles. “Quick!” said a young woman to her children, “We’re going to miss her!” Word had spread a few days earlier that the 14th-century Virgin and … Read more

What does ‘Omnia Est Aliquid’ mean? Latin phrase featured in Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Squabbled Up’ stirs fan theories

On November 25, Kendrick Lamar dropped the music video for the single Squabble Up from his latest album, GNX. Midway through the video, the phrase, “Omnia Est Aliquid” appears scrambled across a signboard. According to Google Translate, “Omnia Est Aliquid” in English means, “Everything is something.” However, fans of Kendrick Lamar began theorizing about the … Read more

Banks don’t want to inspect your home office, so they’re forcing hundreds of employees to come in five days a week

Work-from-home regulations for banks are changing, and some of the industry’s biggest players would rather bring employees in five days a week than make the effort to comply—including making regular inspections of workers’ homes. During the pandemic, brokerage industry watchdog the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), suspended rules on workplace inspections to make it easier … Read more