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Cheers Palo Alto! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Palo Alto students are rethinking constant positivity and competition
  • Which Palo Alto brain-tech startup just landed $10 million in funding?

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Sunday: Fog, then some sun, with a high of 60 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 62, low: 51.
  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Behind the Smile (thecampanile.org) — Students in Palo Alto are being urged to ease up on competition and practice more self-compassion amid intense academic and social pressure. A psychology club leader, a local teacher, and a Stanford psychiatrist explain how toxic positivity can mask real struggles and share healthier ways to balance optimism with honest emotions.
   

• Disney plus OpenAI: What could go wrong? (fortune.com subscription) — A Palo Alto-based startup called Subsense just raised $10 million to advance its non-surgical, nanoparticle-based brain-computer interface technology, putting local innovation on the map in a big national venture roundup. The newsletter also highlights Disney’s $1 billion partnership with OpenAI and a flurry of other AI-focused funding deals across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and beyond.
   

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  • What are your thoughts/experiences about replacing a gas furnace with a heat pump?
    My gas furnace is pretty old but still fine (26 years old). I know new gas furnaces will be illegal in Palo Alto in 2027 (unless that is overturned,… (Nextdoor Fulton Street)
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Stanford

  • Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José's energy use. Who foots the bill? (latimes.com)
  • Paul Wiggin, Cleveland Browns legend and Stanford coach during 'The Play,' dies at 91 (nytimes.com)
  • Video: NASA's cute cube robot flies autonomously for first time on ISS (interestingengineering.com)

Ok Palo Alto! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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