IT’S WEDNESDAY.

I hope you all have a fabulous ‘Wednesday’ and for when you inevitably say Wednesday at some point today…

Did you know? Wednesday actually comes from “Woden’s day” or “Odin’s day” in many languages. It was named for a god in Norse mythology associated with wisdom, poetry, and war.

Fun fact. ✅ Now let’s scroll the news. ⬇️ 

Art

Kaws sculpture has been placed on the Audemars Piguet HQ as part of the KAWS:HOLIDAY tour.

The New York state government has purchased Dame Dash’s 1/3 share of Roc-a-Fella to cover his $8.7 million in back taxes owed.

The man behind “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” an event inspired by Willy Wonka that left many children in tears, is now a registered sex offender in Scotland.

Lego has broken ground on a 54,000 sq foot innovation campus.

Politics

Sabotage is suspected in the severing of undersea communication cables connecting Germany and Finland.

The USS New Jersey was commissioned with women in mind adding more bathroom and sleeping areas as well as easier access to bunks and overhead valves.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Trump has named Dr. Oz as his pick to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Biz/Tech

The DOJ has plans to force Google not to merge Chrome and Android in “illegal monopoly” battle.

Blackstone acquired Jersey Mike’s in $8 billion deal.

Tom’s of Maine is under FDA scrutiny as people find out it is being made with dangerous bacteria.

You may soon be able to manually reset content Instagram recommends to you.

Health + Science

Starship’s payload yesterday was a single plush banana– SpaceX has a tradition of sending up small toys as zero-gravity indicators.

Rocks returned to Earth from the far side of the moon indicate volcanic activity billions of years ago.

Chinese rover found possible evidence of an ancient ocean shoreline on Mars.

Researchers have identified Delle, a dolphin in the Baltic Sea, to be lonely and talking to himself.

That’s it y’all! When you have a few minutes today, skip to T-minus 10 seconds @ 39:57 to watch Starship’s sixth flight test take off. Then you can skip to T-plus 23 mins 1 second (1:03:09) to watch the banana for a solid 11 minutes. 🍌 

Annnnd, actual last thing. How am I doing? Do you like the whole news-at-a-glance thing? Do you want to see more context from me? Are these headlines even interesting? Lame?

I’m here for all the feedback. THANK YOU GUYS! 🥹 

XOXO,

Jackie