🚘🔌 Following a year of lobbying and debate, the Biden administration yesterday finalized new rules on vehicle emissions that are aimed at accelerating widespread EV adoption.
🏰 After weeks of teasing, Lego has finally unveiled its collaboration with Dungeons & Dragons to celebrate the legendary roleplaying game’s 50th anniversary.
"Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker."
–Hilary 'Zig' Ziglar (1926-2012)
💵 Over the past four years, a growing number of US cities and counties have experimented with guaranteed basic income programs that aim to combat poverty by providing direct, unconditional payments to lower-income Americans.
🌏 Japan’s central bank ended its eight-year experiment with negative interest rates; Famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza per a leading global authority on hunger; and more.
📱📉 For the first time in its history, TikTok’s user growth and engagement in the US is stagnating, per a recent report.
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🔥 It’s Wednesday, March 20th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.
Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.
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“Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff.”
–Betty White (1922-2021)
A UK entrepreneur is standing trial for what’s been deemed the “largest fraud in Silicon Valley history”; new research on the mysterious "Havana syndrome" is raising more questions; and more.
❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, should transgender athletes be allowed to compete in women’s sports?
🏪 If you have a toddler whose favorite phrase is “I can do it myself!”, you may want to tread lightly at Dollar General, Target, and Walmart.
⚖️📱 SCOTUS heard arguments in a case that will decide whether the US government's attempts to remove misinformation on social media cross into illegal censorship of free speech.
🏀 Buzzer beaters, epic comebacks, historic upsets, and dominating performances – March Madness is back. The men’s edition tips off this evening, while the women’s bracket begins tomorrow.
⚖️ Last week, a group of 16 female college athletes sued the NCAA, alleging that the organization violated their Title IX rights by allowing transgender women to compete in the category of their affirmed gender.
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”
–Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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