Modern Day Jackie O

It’s Cyber Monday!

I hope y’all had a fabulous Thanksgiving. I’ll keep things short so you can be true Americans and do ungodly amounts of online shopping today.

To the news. ⬇️ 

Art

Bottega Veneta announced a $4,400 children's book complete with calfskin leather cover.

Chinese entrepreneur, Justin Sun, has eaten the banana he purchased for $6.2 million that was duct taped to a wall.

Nôtre Dame Cathedral reopens after 5 years, 2,000 experts' input, and $740 million in reconstruction costs.

Politics

Biden pardoned son, Hunter Biden, for his two prior convictions as well as any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”

Australian Parliament has passed a law banning social media for anyone under 16.

Georgia (the country) halted efforts to join the EU and thousands of citizens are protesting, shooting fireworks at police and parliament buildings.

Before Biden's term ends, he's attempting to make sure a 'massive surge' of weapons is delivered to Ukraine.

Biz/Tech

U.S. Black Friday spending for 2024 is in: Adobe reports $10.8 billion, Salesforce reports $17.8 billion in online purchases.

Oxford University has released its 2024 word of the year as ‘brain rot’.. the first recorded use of the word(s) was in 1854 by Henry David Thoreau. Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘demure’.

NASA released an 8-hour loop of Artemis I’s rocket boosters framed in a fireplace on YouTube for our 4k viewing and listening pleasure.

Health + Science

Meta (Facebook’s parent) is planning the build of a fiber-optic subsea cable network that spans the globe. They estimate it will require $10 billion and 5-10 years of construction.

Killer whales are swimming around with dead salmon on their heads and scientists aren’t sure why. The orcas have previously been spotted wearing “salmon hats” but not since 1988.

Miami-Dade inmates were able to conceive a baby by passing semen in saran wrap through a vent… I’m deeply disturbed picturing this, but like, thoroughly impressed it worked?

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GO FORTH AND SHOP.

XOXO,

Jackie