Jessica Karl

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jessica Karl

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a honeymoon period of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. When I saw the white smoke emerge from the live chimney cam I was watching at my desk this afternoon, I thought it could go one of two ways: We get a woke pope — either Tagle or Zuppi — and the TikTok hive goes wild, or we get a non-woke pope, and the vibe instantly darkens. But I didn’t anticipate the third option: An American pope who informally goes by the name “Bob.”

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jessica Karl

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a multi-year experiment of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. There are plenty of things to worry about this week: The papal conclave. International crypto grifters. Utah’s fluoride ban. ChatGPT’s dumb future. A critical Fed meeting. But the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan — two countries with nuclear stockpiles — is by far the most alarming story, and not nearly enough people are talking about it.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jessica Karl

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, an official badge of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Tell me, reader, do you know anyone who still uses floppy disks? I don’t. In fact, I haven’t seen one of those babies in 20+ years. It seems crazy that anyone would still be reliant on a technology that came of age in 1978 and was phased out in 2010, right? Right.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jessica Karl

The greatest investor of all time is retiring with a buffet-worth of wisdom, and that's no typo. This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a beauty contest of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Warren Buffett’s last name is one of the great ires of business journalism. I’ve seen it spelled wrong countless times in social posts and even headlines. But news of his retirement provides the perfect excuse for those who fail to remember the second “t” at the end of his surname.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Jessica Karl

In today’s anxiety-inducing, looks-obsessed, politically divergent world, it’s hard for young people to speak up. This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the awkward conversation of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Many things could sum up the Gen Z experience. There’s “CHICKEN JOCKEY,” the Minecraft movie stunt that, to the relief of AMC employees around the country, seems to have died down. There’s Ballerina Cappuccina, an Italian “brainrot animal” you have no business knowing about.