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• 💊 A new weight-loss pill could be as effective as Ozempic
• 💥 Israel-Iran ceasefire?
• 🤔 Why movie theater employees are exempt from overtime pay

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In recent years, patients looking to lose weight via medication have been forced to take more shots than a frat house on Tequila Tuesday. But those days may soon be over.

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.

Weight-loss pill poppin’

A new late-stage study found the GLP-1 oral drug, called orforglipron, caused patients with Type 2 diabetes to lose an average of 16 pounds after nine months on the highest dose. Researchers note that those figures represent a low-end estimate for weight loss should the pill be offered to people with obesity.

It could be released soon. Eli Lilly said orforglipron could become available as a treatment for obesity as soon as next year, pending regulatory approval.

• The company hasn’t said how much the drug will cost. However, pills are typically cheaper to mass-produce compared to injections (aka existing weight-loss drugs).

Why it’s a big deal: An estimated 1 in 8 US adults have already taken a GLP-1 medication like Wegovy or Zepbound. But researchers believe a far greater number of people would use weight-loss drugs that don’t require weekly injections—and would also be more likely to maintain that usage over the long-term, which is necessary for the weight loss to stick.

Zoom out: Orforglipron is one of a dozen experimental obesity and diabetes medications shared this weekend that researchers hope will be more powerful and accessible than existing options like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc. These include medications that could trigger more weight loss than the typical 15%-20% of body weight, help patients shed pounds without losing as much muscle, and provide a cheaper alternative to current GLP-1 drugs.

You may have seen the headlines: the tech IPO market is finally showing signs of life. Chime just went public, following strong IPOs from Circle and eToro.¹

And that could be great news, not just for Wall Street, but for investors like you. Why? StartEngine.

• This alternative investing platform doesn't just offer exposure to pre-IPO companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Databricks.² StartEngine (and its investors) can potentially benefit when these companies succeed, thanks to 20% carried interest in some of the platform's pre-IPO offerings.³
• Investors are paying attention. StartEngine generated $30M in revenue in Q1 2025, its biggest quarter ever (based on unaudited financials).⁴

StartEngine is preparing to close its current fundraise this week. If you want to tap into pre-IPO value while supporting the future of fintech, join 5k+ investors who have already committed $12.8M in this round.**

Another potential sequel on Hollywood’s roadmap: A kid-free Pursuit of Happyness remake documenting the job search of Will Smith and his gritty AI chatbot.

Hiring managers report the number of applications submitted for open positions is on the rise, as job-seekers use chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT to quickly craft keyword-filled resumes, or pay for artificial intelligence agents that autonomously seek out and apply to jobs on their behalf.

• The number of applications submitted on LinkedIn has jumped 45+% over the past year, according to figures reported by the NY Times’ DealBook.
• The platform is now clocking an average of 11,000 applications/minute, with many looking suspiciously similar, according to hiring managers.

On the other hand: Companies are increasingly leaning into AI to filter through this deluge of applicants. One approach? Implementing AI-powered chat or video interviews, a move that Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright said at a conference this month has reduced the burrito-maker’s hiring time by 75%.

There are downsides to this robo-filled process…There could be bias in the bots. And experts say fake identities + artificial-intelligence personas are increasingly being used to game interviews and secure roles, resulting in AI-vs.-AI interactions similar to the avatar-to-avatar flirting future envisioned by Bumble. A growing number of Fortune 500 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean cyber operatives as remote workers—while a recent Gartner report predicts that by 2028, one in every four job applicants will be made up.

Astronomers published the first-ever pictures from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory yesterday, in a move heralded as astronomy’s biggest moment since NASA revealed the first images from its James Webb Space Telescope.

• The Rubin telescope, which features a record-setting 3,200-megapixel digital camera, is located atop a mountain in central Chile and jointly operated by the US Energy Department and National Science Foundation (NSF).
• The scope’s state-of-the-art mirror design, highly sensitive camera, rapid survey speed, and advanced computing infrastructure each represent breakthroughs in their respective fields, according to Space.com.

Point and shoot…and shoot, and shoot

The facility is designed to map the Milky Way galaxy, and investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter—mysterious substances comprising ~95% of the universe—by taking ~1,000 pictures/night for the next decade.

• Rubin is expected to cover the entire visible Southern Hemisphere sky once every three to four nights, with each composite image so detailed that displaying it would require 400 ultra-HD TV screens.
• “[The] Rubin Observatory will capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes throughout history combined,” per acting NSF director Brian Stone.

Case in point: In its first 10 hours of observation, Rubin already discovered 2,100+ previously unknown asteroids in our Solar System, and is expected to uncover millions more within two years. For reference, current telescopes spot a combined ~20,000 asteroids/year.

If you thought college sports were just about games, think again. The Extra Points newsletter delivers the untold narratives that drive the entire ecosystem.

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• Million-dollar NIL deals broken down to the decimal
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• Athletic department budget secrets exposed
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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🏡 US home sales post slowest May since 2009; median sale price was $422,800, a record for the month.
• ⚖️ Compass, a real estate brokerage company, sues Zillow over home listing website’s recently introduced policy requiring homes to be posted on the platform within 24 hours of hitting the market or face a permanent ban.
• 💔 Novo Nordisk ends partnership with Hims & Hers over its selling of Wegovy copycats; the telehealth company's shares fell 35% following the news.

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• 💉 Twelve people arrested in France for allegedly pricking music festival-goers with syringes.
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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🏭 New York plans to build a nuclear-power facility, America’s first major new plant in 15+ years; the move is part of a broader push by the state to add at least 1 gigawatt of nuclear-power generation to its grid (enough to power ~1 million homes).
• 🛰️ Amazon successfully launches its second batch of Kuiper internet satellites; now has 54 in orbit (vs. ~7,600 SpaceX Starlink satellites).
• 🐁 Scientists create fertile mice with two fathers for first time ever by editing DNA from two sperm.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🌍 President Trump says Iran and Israel reached a ceasefire that could end the ongoing war; an Iranian official confirmed Tehran's agreement to the ceasefire as long as Israel stops its airstrikes, while Israel has not publicly acknowledged it as of this writing (see live updates here); also earlier yesterday, Iran launched retaliatory missiles at a US military base in Qatar, with no reported casualties.
• 🏥 US abortions totaled 1.14 million in 2024, the highest level in over a decade.
• 🏛️ Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he won’t let lawmakers leave for July 4 recess until massive Trump-backed tax and spending bill is passed.

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🤔 Did You Know? Movie theater employees in the US are specifically exempt from federal law requiring overtime pay, due to a clause written into the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that still stands today.

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Yesterday we covered how the US conducted a series of airstrikes against Iran in coordination with Israel over the weekend, joining Israel’s escalating effort to dismantle Iran's nuclear program.

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about President Trump’s decision to launch military airstrikes targeting Iran’s three key nuclear sites?

• Support: 42%
• Oppose: 49%
• Unsure/other: 9%

Click here to read some of the most thoughtful longform responses.

+Note on sample size: We received 2,496 votes and 283 longform responses.

❓ Trivia: What are the imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole called? (Hint: Used when measuring distance)

🎓 True or false? A group of toads is called a bloat.

🤔 Riddle me this: What keeps working after it’s been broken?

🌷 More than 125,000 wildflowers have been planted in the UK as part of a major conservation effort involving 1,000+ volunteers working across the country from April 2023 to March 2025.

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+Note: These stories previously appeared in an edition of Positive DONUT, our weekly newsletter surfacing all the positive things you don't hear about in the news.

❓ Trivia: Lines of longitude, or meridians

🎓 T/F: False; a group of toads is a knot.

🤔 Riddle: A heart (usually)

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