Kyle Nowak

🔥 It’s Monday, September 25th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"Judge a person by their questions rather than their answers."

–Voltaire (1694-1778)

❓ Our question to you: If given the opportunity, would you personally want an implant in your brain which gave you heightened mental abilities?

📅 What you can look forward to this upcoming week...

🌏 A 25-year effort to return artwork stolen by Nazis is seeing results, Venezuela seized control of a gang-run prison in a military operation involving 11,000 troops, and more.

🧠📝 Neuralink, the brain implant startup led by Elon Musk, is recruiting patients for its first-ever human clinical trial, the company announced this week.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Friday, September 22nd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

📰📺 Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media mogul, is stepping down from his chairman roles at both Fox and News Corp., he announced yesterday, ending a nearly seven-decade career in the media industry.

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

👃⚕️ A nasal spray medicine that would represent the first injection-free treatment for Americans with life-threatening allergies was rejected yesterday by the FDA.

🌏 UK PM Rishi Sunak delayed the country’s ban on new gas-powered car sales, the Spanish women’s national soccer team ended its boycott, and more.

🥼🐶🐈 Walmart has opened its first-ever Pet Services center at a store in the confusing city of Dallas, Georgia, w/ big plans for expansion.

🍈🥤 This week, a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit brought by consumers against Starbucks could move forward. Its key claim? That none of the coffee chain’s Refresher fruit beverages actually contain fruit.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Thursday, September 21st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”

–Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

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.

❓ Our question to you: Would you be in favor of your state holding a nonpartisan primary election in 2024?

🗳️ Only 10% of eligible US residents voted in a primary election in 2020 – but those primary results effectively decided the winners for 83% of all congressional seats, due to deep-red or deep-blue districts where general elections aren’t competitive, per advocacy group Unite America.