Kyle Nowak

🏛️ President Trump yesterday signed an executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs in the US. To do so, Trump aims to align what the US government pays for certain medications to significantly lower prices paid by other developed nations.

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"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

–John Wooden (1910-2010)

🌍 On Saturday, India and Pakistan agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire to end recent fighting in the Kashmir region, which marked the most serious conflict between the two nuclear powers in decades.

❓ Our question to you: What are your thoughts on the election of Pope Leo XIV?

🔥 It’s Monday, May 12th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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“You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.”

–Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

💉 A new side effect of GLP-1 drugs, called “Ozempic face,” is causing users to develop lines, wrinkles and sagging loose skin around the mouth due to rapid fat loss, according to recent reports.

⛪💨 White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel yesterday, signaling the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—and the first US-born pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.

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“Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so intensely.”

–Percy Colson (1873-1952)

❓ Our question to you: In general, what’s your opinion of OpenAI?

🎓 The US government officially resumed collection efforts on defaulted student loans this week, after a five-plus-year hiatus prompted by the Covid pandemic.

🔥 It’s Thursday, May 8th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"Decisions are made by those who show up."

–President Jed Bartlett, The West Wing

🤖 OpenAI has agreed to buy AI-assisted coding tool Windsurf for ~$3 billion, per a new Bloomberg report. The move comes as OpenAI’s financial mission has changed, with plans to remain under control of its founding nonprofit board instead of a for-profit entity.

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🔥 It’s Wednesday, May 7th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🐍 Self-taught expert Tim Friede has received hundreds of snake bites from some of the world’s deadliest species for years. Now, scientists are seeing progress in using Friede’s blood to develop better treatments for snake bites.