Kyle Nowak

❓ Our question to you: Which of the following three choices best matches your opinion?

🔥 It’s Thursday, August 31st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏫⚖️ California’s AG sued a Southern California school district over its new policy requiring schools to notify parents if their children change gender identification or pronouns.

🧠🗣️ The secrets of mind reading could soon become available to the world – no more gatekeeping from psychics and Professor X. Brain-reading implants combined with AI algorithms have enabled 2 people with paralysis to communicate with unprecedented accuracy and speed.

"The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it."

–John Locke (1632-1704)

🌎 Around the world: Meta has identified and disrupted a large misinformation campaign on its platforms linked to Chinese law enforcement, two Ugandan men are facing the death penalty under the country’s new anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and more.

🙅‍♂️ Eminem has asked GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music, reviving the age-old battle between musicians and politicians.

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🔥 It’s Wednesday, August 30th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"Take the attitude of a student. Never be too big to ask questions. Never know too much to learn something new."

–Augustine "Og" Mandino (1923-1996)

💎 Synthetic diamonds have been around since 1954, but only in recent years has technology made their mass production cheaper. And this advance is upending the entire diamond market.

🌀 Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane (winds between 111-129 mph) before making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast tomorrow.

🛫 For those of you who’ve dreamt of having dinner in NYC and dessert in Paris (or vice versa), NASA has you covered. The space agency is currently developing a “quiet” supersonic aircraft up to 5x faster than current passenger jets.

🌏 Spain’s #MeToo moment continues to gain steam, the EU and France are paying winegrowers $216 million to destroy their surplus stock, and more.

❓ Our question to you: To all working professionals: would you consider the growth outlook in your industry/sector of the economy to be positive or negative over the next 12 months?

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, August 29th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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"Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

🛰️💥 A piece of space debris targeted for cleanup in 2026 was recently Hulk-smashed into pieces by another piece of space debris. And, in addition to being rather ironic, this example of debris-on-debris crime highlights a growing problem – orbiting space junk left over from past launches and missions.