The Pitt vs. ER, the Cybertruck’s last ride, and Girls Gone Mild

The Pitt might legally be ER in a trench coat, Canva is cutting nearly a quarter of its staff and calling everyone else back in, and I went on the most responsible birthday trip of all time.

Let’s get into it.

The Pitt got sued for being ER, which…have you seen it?

A California appeals court ruled last week that The Pitt and ER are similar enough for a lawsuit to move forward. Michael Crichton’s widow, who controls the ER estate, sued Warner Bros TV back in 2024 (before a single episode had even aired), claiming The Pitt is a rebranded version of an ER reboot she’d already said no to. The court pointed out that both shows live almost entirely inside the emergency room, move at a breakneck pace, and are packed with medical jargon none of us understand but all of us find extremely attractive. Noah Wyle, who has starred in BOTH shows, was dropped from the suit along with 2 producers, and Warner Bros maintains The Pitt is completely original. Nobody’s been declared a copycat yet…but same Noah Wyle, different city? You do the math.

Canva is cutting nearly a quarter of its staff, and the people who stay have to commute

Canva, aka the app that turned all of us into graphic designers overnight, is restructuring 1,271 roles, about 22% of the company, through a mix of layoffs, relocations, and teams getting smooshed together. CEO Melanie Perkins called it the hardest year in Canva’s 13-year history after growth slowed for the first time in a decade. And for the survivors, most hybrid employees will be expected in the office 2 to 3 days a week starting next year. Layoffs and a new RTO policy in the same announcement is starting to feel like a combo meal??

The Cybertruck is officially being discontinued, so if you were planning a midlife crisis, the clock is ticking

Elon Musk announced Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory by mid-2027 to make room for its self-driving Cybercab. Musk once predicted Telsa would sell 250,000 Cybertrucks a year, and in 2025 Tesla sold about 20,000 (oof). Between the recalls and a price tag north of $60K, it never found many fans outside of a very specific guy in every neighborhood. Musk is calling it the end of an era.

I am so relieved to be onto the girls gone mild chapter of friend trips. For my friend’s thirtieth, we went to Florida, and instead of dancing on tables and waking up hungover (shoutout to every single trip in our twenties), we opted for rooms with blackout curtains, 6pm dinners, and a way-too-long Wicked harmonization session. Whoever said your twenties are your best years was definitely wrong.

My internal monologue is 100% British when I wear a trench over a turtleneck. By the end of the day I’m kind of sick of the accent, to be completely honest. You can’t really tell in the pic, but these pants are barrel-leg (took me a while to get on the train but now I’m never getting off). The jacket is new Reformation, and fyi the neck scarf thing does turn into a hood.

Black Friday is rapidly approaching, which means in about 2 weeks every brand you’ve ever given your email to is going to start yelling at you. Without a plan, you’ll end up with 3 candles, a heated eyelash curler, and no gifts for your actual family. We can prepare!!

Start by opening a note on your phone and listing every single person you’re buying for. Next to each name, write down a budget, scroll your screenshots for the gift ideas you’ve been hoarding all year (we all have a screenshot of something someone mentioned once in July), and drop ‘em under the right name. Add anything you already know you’re buying to a cart or wishlist now, so when the sale hits you’re checking out in 4 minutes instead of browsing for 4 hours and somehow buying yourself a rug.

Thanks for reading!