Extra, Extra
Requesting Oral: “Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT.” WaPo (Gift Article): Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams.
+ Peace of Cake: “President Trump has made it well known that he is coveting the Nobel Peace prize, and rarely passes up the opportunity to say he has solved eight conflicts around the world in eight months. But despite the efforts, the results have been mixed: some outcomes are precarious, and the president’s role in brokering a deal is disputed. Others have simply unraveled.” (Yeah, but when they unravel, he can make peace in the same conflict again, thereby doubling his total number of peace deals!)
+ It Gets Bettor: “Last week, CNN announced a deal with Kalshi, a federally regulated online exchange where Americans can wager on current events, from basketball games and congressional elections to whether it will rain tomorrow in New York City. This marked Kalshi’s first partnership with a major news organization and, according to several close observers of the media business and gambling industry, could foreshadow a deluge of similar deals.” The New Yorker: America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks. (In 2025, just bet on the worst-case scenario for any news story. It’s a sure thing.)
+ Landman: “Mr. Hamm is a wildcatter, an oil prospector who drills wells in unproven areas, taking big bets that can turn into black gold or financial ruin. Not long ago, it seemed as if Mr. Hamm and his allies in the oil industry were losing. They were deeply out of favor in Washington — and on Wall Street — shunned for contributing to climate change and failing to deliver the returns investors wanted.” Well, times change. And fortunes often follow. NYT (Gift Article): The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels.
+ Indiana Stones: “The president’s threats of retribution ultimately failed.” The State That Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet.
+ Driving to the Rim: “Each day, the NBA legend sat in the same spot on a wooden bench in a historic 1930s courtroom, glued to the trial revolving around the antitrust lawsuit his race team and one other had brought against NASCAR, accusing the stock car series of illegal monopolistic conduct.” Michael Jordan was already a basketball legend. Now, he’s one in NASCAR too.
