Good morning. In today’s edition:

• 🚀 Artemis II liftoff
• 💰 SpaceX files for IPO
• 🤖 Claude source code leaked

…and much more.

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

–Percy Colson (1873-1952)

NASA’s Artemis II mission launched into space yesterday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, kicking off the human race’s first trip to the Moon in over five decades.

A quick refresher: Artemis II is sending four astronauts—including the first woman to visit lunar orbit—on a ~10-day journey around the far side of the Moon and back.

• The mission is designed to test the Orion spacecraft’s life-support systems, communications, and manual controls with humans onboard.
• If all goes according to plan, the crew of three Americans and one Canadian will travel 250,000+ miles from Earth, further than any human has gone before. (And you thought your commute was bad.)

Shoot for the Moon

Assuming Artemis II sticks the landing, NASA’s roadmap shifts from orbiting the Moon to establishing a long-term human presence on the lunar surface.

• The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027, will focus on low-Earth orbit tests featuring one or both lunar landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
• Humans will return to the lunar surface in Artemis IV, with NASA aiming to land astronauts near the Moon’s south pole—believed to contain water ice and other key resources—around 2028.

The space race is on. The US is racing to establish a sustained presence on the Moon before China, which is targeting its own crewed lunar landing around 2030. And the stakes are high: first crack at building lunar infrastructure like bases, space stations, and supply chains that’ll likely define the next era of space exploration.

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A newly published Gallup survey offers a rare look at people who don’t spend their days endlessly scrolling on social media—and how they think compared to the rest of us.

The gap is noticeable: Americans who rarely use social media are far more likely to say democracy is the best form of government compared to frequent users (72% vs. 57%).

On the flip side, heavy users are far more likely to see facts as subjective (16% vs. 9%) and to be open to political violence (22% vs. 8%).

It’s not just politics. Other studies show that social media platforms are able to subtly shape users’ opinions across nearly every topic. They do this by signaling what’s popular (via likes and shares), repeating ideas until they feel true, and creating the sense that certain views are widely held, even if they’re not.

Driving the trend: At first glance, it may seem like social media is altering people’s beliefs compared to non-users. But research suggests it’s not that simple:

• Studies have shown the vast majority of users aren’t changing their minds and forming new opinions after joining social media.
• Instead, most social media platforms actually reinforce users’ previously held beliefs—and often help push those views to the extremes.

Zoom out: An estimated 85%+ of all US adults use social media, in addition to tens of millions of minors. Overall, the average American spends ~2.25 hours/day on such platforms.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🚀 SpaceX confidentially files for IPO; Elon Musk-led company is reportedly seeking to raise up to $80 billion—3x more than any other IPO in history—at $1.75 trillion valuation, with listing around June. | ⌚ Whoop, wearable health devices maker, raises $575 million at $10.1 billion valuation; major investors include LeBron James, Rory McIlroy, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
• 🚗 General Motors sales fall 9.7% in Q1, its biggest quarterly drop in four years; overall, new-vehicle sales in the US are projected to fall ~7% in Q1.
• 🏬 Sam’s Club is hiking its annual membership fee by $10 starting next month; basic plans will cost $60/yr, with the higher-tier program costing $120/yr.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🎭 Megan Thee Stallion hospitalized during performance of Moulin Rouge! on Broadway Tuesday, citing exhaustion, dehydration, and low metabolic levels.
• 🧑‍🍳 James Beard Foundation announces chef and restaurant finalists for 2026 James Beard Awards.
• 🎤Taylor Swift facing trademark infringement lawsuit over The Life of a Showgirl press materials.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖 Anthropic accidentally leaks part of internal source code for coding assistant Claude Code; leak exposes the tool's full architecture, unreleased features, and internal model performance data.
• ⚛️ Quantum computers may only need ~10,000 qubits to break the world's most secure encryption algorithms, far lower than the millions of qubits widely assumed by scientists, new research shows.
• 🦂 Newly discovered fossil of pincer-wielding “chelicerate” helps shed light on the origins of spiders, scorpions, mites, and other arthropods.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

• 💥 Iran war: President Trump delivers national address on Iran war last night, in which he reiterates his intention to end US military operations there within 2-3 weeks; in earlier social media post, Trump says Iran asked the US for a ceasefire, though Iranian officials deny Trump’s claim.
• 🌎 Trump suggests he'd consider pulling the US out of NATO in interview with The Daily Telegraph of London; more coverage to come in tomorrow’s Dose of Discussion.
• 🗳️ Trump signs executive order that creates a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and restricts mail-in voting.

👆The American Indigenous Tourism Association released an updated guide spotlighting Indigenous tours, cultural stops, and can’t-miss attractions along the historic Route 66 highway, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

🤔 Did you know? The urge to squeeze something unbearably cute is called “cute aggression.” Researchers think it’s your brain’s way of balancing overwhelmingly positive emotion, dialing things down so you don’t get overloaded.

📰 Worth a read: When it comes to aging well, attitude is everything.

🖱️ What we’re clicking:

• Barbie's dream fest? More like a nightmare warehouse.
• Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs
• Could python blood lead to the next generation of weight-loss drugs?

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