💬 Quoted: “He is back."

• Keith Gill, aka “Roaring Kitty,” the GameStop stock enthusiast widely seen as the spark that set off the pandemic-era meme stock frenzy, is up to some of his old tricks. After disappearing from social media in June 2021, Gill came back Sunday evening to post a picture of a video game player leaning forward – the universal signal that the game is on (though it’s unclear as to what he’s specifically referencing). Gill may have been the main character of Netflix’s Dumb Money, but he’s looking a lot smarter today – shares of GameStop closed up 74%, causing short-selling hedge funds to lose ~$838 million. Fellow meme stock AMC closed up 78%.

👶 Stat of the Day: It’s not just Hollywood – parents are hopping on the sequel bandwagon, too. New data from the Social Security Administration shows the top-five most popular US baby names for boys and girls remained unchanged between 2022 and 2023. For girls, the most popular names were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, and Sophia. For boys, it was Liam, Noah, Oliver, James, and Elijah.

🤔 Did You Know? The world’s oldest chewing gum, made from wads of birch resin, dates back nearly 10,000 years.

📰 Worth a Read: The Inside Story of the First Untethered Spacewalk → (Smithsonian Magazine)