Happy Friday, y’all! It’s day 3 of Modern Day Jackie O. Let’s get to it.👏 

Why am I doing this?

1. News is essentially gossip. And I love ‘smart’ gossip ie. knowing everything that’s going on in a more worldly sense.

2. Frankly, I read and listen to so much content that I want to discuss! And often, I don’t save every article, YouTube video, and podcast I consume. This allows me to centralize it all while making it bite-size for others.

Note: Thank you to my small but mighty list of subscribers! And we have now added Poland, China, and Saudi Arabia to the list of vpjackie.com visitors.

Art

David Joyner, who played Barney, is African American so the KKK banned their kids from watching the show.

This Mark Rothko painting just sold for $32.5 million. Note: it’s literally just a yellow and blue canvas.

Necklace with scandalous connection to Marie Antoinette was purchased for $4.79 million at auction in Geneva.

Read an interview with Wendy Red Star, a Crow woman who is making space for the power of Native heritage and powwow regalia in space.

The National Museum of Mathematics is coming to New York with an expected 2026 open.

Sotheby’s “intentionally broke the law” and is paying $6.25 million to settle art sales tax fraud case.

Art with a valuation of $10 million has been returned to India by Manhattan’s DA office after investigating ongoing criminal trafficking.

Politics

Watch members of the House act like children as AOC, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Jasmine Crockett argue in a hearing.

Rand Paul believes the NIH’s work may have sparked the pandemic and will be overseeing investigations in the Senate.

Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers ask to be taken off his case that seeks to force him to turn over assets and pay damages.

Trump announces Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Elon Musk met with the US ambassador to Iran.

Biz/Tech

Claude, Anthropic’s AI, got bored of coding and started browsing pictures of Yellowstone National Park during a demonstration.

Z-Pain (T-Pain and Mark Zuckerberg) has gifted Priscilla Chan, Zuck's wife, with a new version of 'Get Low'.

TikTok operations ordered to shut down in Canada as government officials cite national security concerns.

Amazon now has a discount section called Haul.

Apple’s smart home panel is expected to be announced in 2025 with a security camera potentially released in 2026.

This $85 furry elf is the ‘it’ toy in Asia finding its way to America: Labubu.

Klarna, popular buy-now-pay-later service, files for IPO with an estimated valuation of $14.6 billion.

An AI grandma, Daisy, is combatting phone scammers.

This is hilarious: The Onion, famous for their satire, has bought far-right Alex Jones’ Infowars in bankruptcy auction.

Health + Science

Astronomers are hesitant about the amount of Starlink Satellites in orbit.

Pompeii Archealogical Park imposes new visitor limitations.

A cloned black-footed ferret (one of the most endangered mammals in North America) historically gave birth to two healthy offspring.

Chinese geneticists used CRISPR to make large, sweeter tomatoes.

Ship and Super Heavy are ready to be assembled for SpaceX’s sixth flight on Monday, November 18 at 5 ET.

43 monkeys escaped Alpha Genesis research facility about a week ago in South Carolina. It seems about half have been recovered.

Bluetooth beacons could be the key to cheaply and easily track animals for research.

The New York Times: Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese

Researchers are focused on the first, early stage of Alzheimer’s.. take a look at the photo featured of an Alzheimer’s brain, though. Fascinating.

Have fun and be safe this weekend! Talk to someone about the world.

XOXO,

Jackie