💬 Quoted… “Trying to protect her students.”

More details emerged yesterday regarding the victims of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, TX, that resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday; more than a dozen other people, including children and law enforcement officers, were also injured.

• Dose of Action: A fundraiser from VictimsFirst, a network of survivors and family members of those lost in past mass shootings, is collecting donations for those affected by the Texas shooting. You can donate here.

🛒 Stats of the Day: Three grocery brands – Trader Joes, HEB, and Wegmans – landed in the top 5 of the annual Axios-Harris Poll 100, a ranking of the world’s top 100 brands by reputation.

🌎 Around the World: India, the world's largest producer of sugar and second-largest exporter behind Brazil, is restricting exports amidst rising domestic prices.

🤯 Did You Know?... Frank Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys books, and Carolyn Keene, author of the Nancy Drew Series, don't exist; they’re actually pseudonyms for a variety of writers who wrote those stories.

📖 Worth a Read: Why Do People, Like, Say, 'Like' So Much? → (The Guardian)