🔖 Week 22 2025
Bookmarks 2.0 v.10
Sunday 06.01.25
Welcome to another edition of Bookmarks! Here’s a fresh collection of thought-provoking articles, curated media, and cool finds to kickstart your Sunday."
I’ll start this off by wishing everyone a great start to the summer! Although this threshold is sometimes contested, I’ve always thought that Memorial Day kicks off the beginning of summer, and Labor Day usually marks its ending. Nevertheless, the weather is getting warmer, and the days are getting longer, so stop what you’re doing and get yourself outside (and ideally touch some grass).
This week was very exciting for me. I went to the movies three times, had a barbecue on the beach, and had a lot of back-and-forths with recruiters. I’m actually writing this issue from Orlando because I went to Universal’s new amusement park, Epic Universe, yesterday. It was a lot of fun, and thankfully, I didn’t have to wait too long in the queues since the park wasn’t as packed as usual due to the weather. I won’t bore you with the details, but if you’d like to get a breakdown of the day and my thoughts, feel free to subscribe to my paid tier for all the behind-the-scenes (you’ll even get access to my phone number and home address! jkjk).
Anyway, thanks for tuning in, and I hope you enjoy this week’s selection of articles and media. There’s some really interesting stuff relating to AI and miscellaneous videos I found interesting (specifically the one that talks about wealth).
Articles.
Student Loan Delinquencies Are So Bad They’re Hurting America’s Average Credit Scores.
by Adam Hardy (Money)
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
by Callie Holtermann (New York Times)
Why Does Google’s New Veo 3 AI Video Generator Love This Dad Joke?
by Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
Teenagers are using AI to learn math and science from celebrities.
by David Crowther (Sherwood News)
Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath.
by Jim VanderHei (Axios)
Links.
by BBC Sport and Getty Images
America’s Favorite Gas Station Snacks, Mapped.
by CaLea Johnson (Mental Floss)
Annotate, Collaborate, and Share in Real-Time.
by Annotate Web
Videos.
Music.
Media.
ALBUM
MOVIE
Friendship by A24
BOOK
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Recommendations.
by N NEVO RHINO
Wusthof Magnetic Bar, One Size, Acacia
by Wüsthof
by AUVON
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Fact of the Week.
Penguin poop can help limit global warming. Penguins in Antarctica are “major emitters” of ammonia—a compound that stimulates cloud formation, which helps block heat from the sun. | +
Quote of the Week.
“The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.”
by Jim Carrey
Word of the Week.
(adj.) Fictitious, false, wrong
i.e. The apocryphal legends surrounding the abandoned town turned it into a tourist hot spot.
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