Kyle Nowak

⚖️ This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a three-part case challenging the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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“The best of us sometimes eat our words.”

–Albus Dumbledore (1881-1997)

🔥 It’s Friday, December 1st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

The average child born in the US last year is expected to live to the age of 77.5, per a new CDC report. That figure is over a full year higher than 2021, but still below what it was before the pandemic.

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"Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles."

–Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

🌎⚡ A first-of-its-kind geothermal energy project has begun pumping emission-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power local Google data centers, the tech giant announced this week.

🔥 It’s Thursday, November 30th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

This weekly section delivers the most outlandish, off-the-wall, and occasionally laugh-out-loud news stories of the week, as well as some hilarious or… curious synchronicities crowdsourced from around the world.

The 28th UN Climate Conference (COP28) kicks off in Dubai today; Uber will begin listing London’s famous black cabs in early 2024; and more.

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Biden admin’s new guidelines making it easier for student loans to be discharged through bankruptcy?

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of their opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of their difficulties.”

–Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

🎓 A growing number of federal student-loan borrowers are filing for bankruptcy to get rid of their debt, a move that became far easier following a recent change to longstanding federal policy.

🌏 A South Korean city is hosting mass blind-dating events in a bid to boost the local population; Finland is temporarily closing its border with Russia to avert asylum seekers; & more.

🤖✍️ Sports Illustrated, the publication every 90s-born sports fan grew up looking forward to each week, has been publishing articles written by fake, AI-generated authors, according to a new report.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you support corporate DEI programs aimed at achieving "fair outcomes” in hiring and promotion?

✈️ The first transatlantic flight by a large passenger plane powered only by alternative fuels successfully took off yesterday from London and landed in New York.

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🔥 It’s Wednesday, November 29th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.