Kyle Nowak

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear."

–Mark Twain (1835-1910)

🗳️ President Trump’s victory over former VP Kamala Harris in the 2024 election was fueled by gains among key pillars of the Democratic Party’s voting coalition, according to a new in-depth study from Pew Research.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with SCOTUS’ decision to impose new limits on lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions?

MIT researchers have developed a new bubble wrap-like device that can produce clean drinking water out of thin air in some of the harshest conditions on Earth—all without requiring an external power source.

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

–Mary Schmich (b. 1953)

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about NYC residents electing state Rep. Zohran Mamdani as their Democratic candidate for mayor?

🧑‍⚖️ On Friday, the Supreme Court imposed new limits on the ability of lower courts to pause federal policies from taking effect nationwide, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

🧬 A first-of-its-kind effort called the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) officially kicked off its plan to construct human genetic material from scratch last week.

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

–Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

🗽 Zohran Mamdani is New York City’s unlikely new Democratic candidate for mayor, after he officially declared victory in this week’s primary election when his main opponent, former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceded the race.

🤖 Mr. Robot ain’t got nothing on the real deal. Xbow, an AI model developed by a startup of the same name, recently became the first bot to reach the top of HackerOne’s prestigious US leaderboard by reputation. 

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

💼 The share of US workers who hold multiple jobs rose to between 5.3%-5.6% over the first five months of this year, a range last hit during the Great Recession, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

🤖 AI models can also experience the joy of curling up with a new book, according to a decision filed late Monday by a federal judge, who ruled that Anthropic is allowed to train its chatbots on published books without the authors’ permission. 

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with President Trump’s push to have NATO nations spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense?

“Short cuts make long delays.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

🍿 Pixar’s new sci-fi adventure film Elio earned just $21 million domestically in its opening weekend—and $35 million globally—on a combined production and marketing budget of $250+ million.

🌎 President Trump flew to The Hague, Netherlands, yesterday for the annual summit of leaders from the 32 countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

💊 A new daily pill from Eli Lilly can induce patients to lose as much weight as a weekly injection of Ozempic, according to research presented last weekend at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association.