Kyle Nowak

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

–Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

🎇Here’s what else will be happening as you frolic around in a bathing suit and try to dodge delicious cupcakes over the holiday weekend:

🏛️The Senate officially passed President Trump’s tax-and-spending megabill yesterday following a marathon 27-hour voting process. The “vote-a-rama” ended with a 51-50 margin in favor, as VP JD Vance delivered the tie-breaking vote.

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear."

–Mark Twain (1835-1910)

🗳️ President Trump’s victory over former VP Kamala Harris in the 2024 election was fueled by gains among key pillars of the Democratic Party’s voting coalition, according to a new in-depth study from Pew Research.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with SCOTUS’ decision to impose new limits on lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions?

MIT researchers have developed a new bubble wrap-like device that can produce clean drinking water out of thin air in some of the harshest conditions on Earth—all without requiring an external power source.

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

–Mary Schmich (b. 1953)

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about NYC residents electing state Rep. Zohran Mamdani as their Democratic candidate for mayor?

🧑‍⚖️ On Friday, the Supreme Court imposed new limits on the ability of lower courts to pause federal policies from taking effect nationwide, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

🧬 A first-of-its-kind effort called the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) officially kicked off its plan to construct human genetic material from scratch last week.

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

–Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

🤖 Mr. Robot ain’t got nothing on the real deal. Xbow, an AI model developed by a startup of the same name, recently became the first bot to reach the top of HackerOne’s prestigious US leaderboard by reputation. 

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

🗽 Zohran Mamdani is New York City’s unlikely new Democratic candidate for mayor, after he officially declared victory in this week’s primary election when his main opponent, former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceded the race.

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with President Trump’s push to have NATO nations spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense?

💼 The share of US workers who hold multiple jobs rose to between 5.3%-5.6% over the first five months of this year, a range last hit during the Great Recession, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

🤖 AI models can also experience the joy of curling up with a new book, according to a decision filed late Monday by a federal judge, who ruled that Anthropic is allowed to train its chatbots on published books without the authors’ permission. 

“Short cuts make long delays.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)