HAPPY MONDAY!

… to everyone except RV lovers. 😫 

In the midst of our 24/7 mainstream news craziness, I have failed to notice the dark times falling upon our RV-loving friends.

Did y’all know this?

Beginning Jan 1, 2025, 6 states will be implementing strict vehicle emissions regulations that will make it hard/near impossible to sell RVs. Tightened RV regulations before PJ regulations, why???

States affected:

• California

• Massachusetts

• New Jersey

• New York

• Oregon

• Washington

With Vermont, Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, and Rhode Island slated to follow in coming years.

Anyways, to the news (which is oddly hard to find on the weekends) we go.

Art

HBO plans for a 2026 debut of a Harry Potter series.

A banana duct-taped to a wall received $6.24 million at Sotheby's New York auction.

A 2,000-year-old Roman soldier's shoe with an ever-so-comfortable sole made up of 60 nails was just found and will be on view at Germany’s LWL-Römermuseum.

Politics

Illegal mining threatens Ghana's water and economy namely driven by Chinese entrepreneurs.

If she is killed, Vice President of the Philippines has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife, and the House of Representatives speaker.

Kenyan's celebrate Trump's win in face of Biden administration support for Kenya President's unpopular economic policies.

Biz/Tech

Human washing machines are being developed by Japanese showerhead maker Science Co.

Bookstores in Japan are renting out space on bookshelves for locals to sell their books.

Amazon invests $4 billion in Anthropic.

Health + Science

UN’s $300 billion climate deal sparks backlash after it had been agreed upon that developing countries need $1.3 trillion to support climate initiatives.

A recent study published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being found that emotional relief can be found in venting to empathetic AI chatbots.

Voyager 1 just re-engaged communication from 15 billion miles away using a radio transmitter that has been offline since 1981.

Thanksgiving is Thursday so I’ll only be sending through Wednesday!

Have a fab Monday. It’s also National Blasé Day and Parfait Day, so consider being boring and eating a parfait.

XOXO,

Jackie