# The Trend Report™ A weekly look at news and trends you may have missed, with plenty of commentary. Page: Feed: --- ## [good luck in the shit state 💩](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/good-luck-in-the-shit-state) _2026-08-16 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ On our trying to survive a mass, cross-cultural enshittification, and speaking with a writer and comedian on being a "bad" gay. ## [TR.BIZ: 8.13.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-8132026) _2026-08-13 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From Cradle Catholics to AI on vinyl, this is your late-mid-week check-in 💫 ## [TR.BIZ: 8.11.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-8112026) _2026-08-11 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From an AI music crisis to a great commercial for bouillon, this is your early-mid-week check-in ✨ ## [Ella Langley...please @ me](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/ella-langleyplease-me) _2026-08-09 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ On the widening of culture into too many culture streams, and an interview with one of the most exciting DJs working now. ## [TR.BIZ: 8.6.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-862026) _2026-08-06 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From incoming space wars to a quirky insurance mascot, this is your late-mid-week check-in 💫 ## [~life updates~ + TR.BIZ: 8.4.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/life-updates-trbiz-842026) _2026-08-04 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From the end of an era of influence to Airbnb host wars, this is your early-mid-week check-in ✨ ## [stop asking me if i'm AI 😖](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/stop-asking-me-if-im-ai) _2026-08-02 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ On the incoming demand for better creative expressions in the face of AI, and an interview with one of the most prolific writers of our time. ## [TR.BIZ: 7.30.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7302026) _2026-07-30 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From Tyla's AI drama to "TikTok piss," this is your late-mid-week check-in 💫 ## [TR.BIZ: 7.28.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7282026) _2026-07-28 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From fast fashion as slop's origin to "setting" becoming the villain in horror, this is your early-mid-week check-in ✨ ## [Culture Slop: On The Subject of Slop](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/culture-slop-on-the-subject-of-slop) _2026-07-28 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ To celebrate the new magazine, we held a small salon on slop. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208688305/68d75273a5f15257272a3d7e60b1372e.mp3) ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4XUYLIyWtiHF) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [this your brain on B2B 🫟](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/this-your-brain-on-b2b) _2026-07-26 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ On the B2B-ification of life, and an interview with a web comic to watch. ## [TR.BIZ: 7.23.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7232026) _2026-07-23 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From Mamdani's takedown of Netanyahu to Japan legalizing men in shorts, this is your late-mid-week check-in 💫 ## [TR.BIZ: 7.21.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7212026) _2026-07-21 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From aesthetic job listings to Texas' big fail, this is your early-mid-week check-in ✨ ## [HAPPY TENTH SURVEILLANCE SUMMER!!!! 😎](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/happy-tenth-surveillance-summer) _2026-07-19 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ Digging into the issue of surveillance summer to explore how "normal" all this is, and speaking with a new LA literary figure on trends he's into. ## [TR.BIZ: 7.16.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7162026) _2026-07-16 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From a summer of shit to a ceiling of creators, this is your late-mid-week check in 💫 ## [TR.BIZ: 7.14.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-7142026) _2026-07-14 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From Dr. Bronner's going gay to Clavicular in Israel, this is your early-mid-week check-in ✨ ## [Trend Report: Trend Report™: Q2 Walkthrough](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trend-report-trend-report-q2-walkthrough) _2026-07-14 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ Watch now | A very thorough, more-than-an-hour preview of the latest Q2 Report: Report™. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205663145/40157d6e9a366b8622aa0ff7ced6938f.mp3) ## [#adulting for almost twenty years](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/adulting-for-almost-twenty-years) _2026-07-12 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ On three generations being denied adulthood, and a chat with an ## [TR.BIZ: 7.9.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-792026) _2026-07-09 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ From World Cup political dramas to Peppa Pig on Pitchfork, this is your late-mid-week check-in 💫 ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FCYQboBC8CmY) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [TR:TR: Q2 2026 + TR.BIZ: 7.7.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trtr-q2-2026-trbiz-772026) _2026-07-07 · Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick_ The latest quarterly report has arrived, along with your early mid-week check-in on culture.