Modern Day Jackie O

Thursday, December 5

Jackie Mooney
December 05, 2024

Happy Thursday, y’all,

Testing! I threw in a couple differently-formatted headlines today, and I need your help.

My initial reaction was seeing a photo with a headline + more description is fun, but if ALL the headlines were that way, it might become harder to read through quickly and look clunky.

Let me know what you think! To the news. ⬇️

Art

Martha Stewart took pics of the Sistine Chapel and posted them on Instagram even though photography is prohibited.

Mercedes-Benz Electrifies the "Popemobile"

A handcrafted one-off based on the new electric G-Class, created for Pope Francis.

hypebeast.com/2024/12/mercedes-benz-electric-popemobile-release-info

Art Basel Miami Beach opened with a $30 million Picasso.

"Blessed Be The Fruit" is a farmers market art installation replicating a grocery experience with felt fruits and vegetables.

Politics

Democrats angered by Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son are considering forgoing donations to his future presidential library.

Following vote of no-confidence, the France government collapses.

Hamas responded to Trump's call for releasing hostages before he enters office by stating that they support ceasefire and Netanyahu is blocking progress towards prisoner exchange.

Biz/Tech

Bitcoin just hit $100,000

The top cryptocurrency's extraordinary journey started at zero in 2009, reached $1 in 2011, and has now crossed the $100,000 mark

qz.com/bitcoin-price-hits-100-000-all-time-high-trump-crypto-1851704990

The FBI told Android and iPhone users not to text each other due to China’s Salt Typhoon breaches.

Rather than use their own clean energy for operations, Meta bought credits from solar projects to offset and support their energy goals.

Health + Science

Researchers claim being exposed to car exhaust from leaded gasoline has caused an excess of over 150 million mental health cases.

Chinese scientists achieve "invisibility" with camouflage clothing materials.

On the same day United Healthcare's CEO was murdered, Anthem's Blue Cross Blue Shield announces they will no longer cover anesthesia costs beyond time limits.

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Discovery consists in seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Albert Szent-Györgyi

If you guys haven’t seen the comments on social media about the United Healthcare CEO’s attack, I urge you to look at some.

It seems to be a tragically unifying subject in the face of such polarization these days. People are agreeing that our health insurance system could use some work. And their thoughts and deductibles are with his family. 🫢

Whew. Please be some dolls and respond to this email with your feedback on normal headlines vs headlines with photo!

XOXO,

Jackie