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“No Kings” protests this weekend drew nearly seven million people across the United States. / BBC News
See also: “This is why we’re here, we're here to protect America.” / NPR
“No Kings” was the largest single-day political protest in US history—and now “3.7% of the population have demonstrated against the president since he took office.” / Strength in Numbers
Who’s “winning” the government shutdown is unclear, but the main loser seems clear: Congress. / Matt’s Five Points
President Trump appears to be using the shutdown to hollow out the Education Dept.: “There’s something opportunistic about what we’re watching right now.” / The Washington Post [$]
Over 170 US citizens have been arrested in ICE raids, with many held for days or even weeks—and when agents knew they were citizens, “they didn’t care.” / ProPublica
Did you know? Companies facing financial difficulties often delay moving 401(k) contributions into workers’ retirement accounts. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Today in procurement: The US canceled a $500M tender for the critical mineral cobalt, but is still trying to buy 30 tons of powdered sugar (for smoke grenades). / Mining.com, Task & Purpose
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Multiple US universities have rejected the White House’s demands for changes to school policies in exchange for preferential funding. / CNN
After Indiana University obstructed its newspaper’s journalism and halted its next print edition, rival Purdue delivered a special solidarity issue to IU campus newsstands. / WTHR
See also: Fighting recent curtailments of free speech, UT Austin students revive a 1960s underground newspaper. / Texas Monthly
Why do young people seem prematurely old, and old people desperately young? One theory blames “information abundance.” / X
Covid vaccines show effectiveness in boosting the immune system during cancer treatments—nearly doubling the median survival of patients. / NBC News
A study in Australia finds as many as one in three women live with migraine attacks, but roughly only one in 15 men do. / The Conversation
AI legend Gary Marcus argues too much investment is flowing into LLMs, while domain-specific, specialized AI is more promising. / The New York Times [$]
Unpacking what it means when Sarah Schulman says “we’re seeing the rise of the gay and lesbian and trans fascist.” / The Trend Report
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