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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused her Republican Supreme Court colleagues of "Calvinball jurisprudence" in August, claiming court rules constantly change but "this Administration always wins." The allegation breaks traditional norms against suggesting partisan judicial motivations.

The Republican majority granted Trump 16 consecutive shadow docket victories in his second term. The court previously ruled Trump immune from prosecution for official acts and exempted his administration from standard procedural requirements (all major cases here).

Legal experts note the court abandoned longstanding norms for Trump's requests. During Bush-Obama presidencies, Justice Department sought expedited review only eight times over 16 years.

Supreme Court will hear Trump tariffs case on fast track.

Meta Platforms recruited over 50 AI researchers this summer, creating internal friction as existing employees demanded raises amid highly paid newcomers. Several expensive recruits have already defected to rival labs, including researchers who joined and left within weeks, according to reports.

The company's elite TBD Lab operates near CEO Mark Zuckerberg's desk with special badge access. At least 21 recruits came from OpenAI, with others from Google and Apple. Some employees leveraged competing offers to secure raises and transfers to the prestigious unit.

Meta faces classic management challenges balancing star recruitment with employee satisfaction during an AI talent war. The company imposed hiring freezes while competitors like OpenAI awarded millions in retention bonuses.

What marketers need to know about Meta’s AI plans.

Archaeologists confirmed the first physical evidence of gladiator-versus-bear combat after analyzing a 1,700-year-old brown bear skull from Viminacium, Serbia. The fragmented cranium was originally discovered in 2016 near the Roman amphitheater but recently underwent microscopic analysis and DNA sequencing.

Research led by Nemanja Marković revealed the six-year-old Balkan bear suffered blunt force trauma from a venator (beast-fighting gladiator). Excessive tooth wear suggested the animal nervously chewed cage bars throughout captivity, indicating multiple arena appearances (that scene from The Revenant here).

The bear died from infection following the gladiatorial blow, not immediately from combat. Scientists believe this creature was likely one of Viminacium's main attractions, providing definitive proof that brown bears participated in Roman arena spectacles.

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Scientists discovered that MDMA (what is this?) literally rewires adult brains to learn like children again.

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The Game Changer: Adults can reopen childhood-like learning windows through controlled psychedelic therapy, potentially revolutionizing how we treat mental health and enhance cognitive performance.

PTSD Impact: This brain rewiring mechanism could offer 13 million Americans their first new PTSD treatment breakthrough in 25 years.

Source: Breakthrough PTSD Treatment Gets FDA Rejection.

Andrew Krivak's The Bear offers literary escape through a father-daughter survival story set in humanity's final chapter. This National Book Award finalist delivers gorgeous prose about the last survivors living in harmony with nature. The unusual narrative weaving provides immersive reading that can be completed in under a week. Recommended by Ryan Holiday and Tim Ferriss.

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