Kyle Nowak

🛰️ The EU yesterday signed contracts with a group of companies to build a constellation of satellites designed to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, should minors be banned from accessing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming treatments?

🚁👀 More details are emerging about reported drone sightings across the Northeast, though many questions remain unanswered amid growing calls for action.

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, December 17th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🦕💰 Rally, an alternative asset investment platform, is launching an IPO for a stegosaurus skeleton later this month.

“A good character is the best tombstone. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

–Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

🏥⚧️ The UK banned puberty-suppressing treatments for minors with gender dysphoria (save for clinical trials), becoming the latest country to restrict access to treatments for trans youth.

❓ Our question to you: Which of the following best describes your personal opinion towards the shooting of Brian Thompson and the suspect’s reported motive?

👶 Starting in April, Tokyo’s 160,000+ government employees will be able to take an extra day off work each week. The city hopes the extra free time will boost babymaking.

A group of 38 international experts, including two Nobel laureates, are warning against further research into mirror-image biological molecules

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🔥 It’s Monday, December 16th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

–William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

🥽 Google and Samsung announced a new version of Google’s Android software specifically designed for extended reality (XR), a catch-all term encompassing AR, VR, and mixed-reality technologies.

Yesterday, President Biden issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes and also commuted the sentences of ~1,500 other people.

🧰📈 ServiceTitan was introduced to the public markets yesterday, in a titanic meeting whose outcome could end up servicing other venture-backed tech companies sitting on the IPO sidelines.

🏥 More details are emerging about the suspect in last week’s shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, as the incident has triggered a wave of online anger towards the US healthcare industry.

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🔥 It’s Friday, December 13th (👻) – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.