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Art

How the price of art is decided in the art dealership world.

Standing at 2 feet tall, the oldest inscribed tablet of The Ten Commandments is going to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s.

The Vatican and Microsoft recreated St. Peter’s Basilica using AI for people worldwide to view.

Art dealer Yves Bouvier facing charges and should stand trial over stolen Picassos.

Legendary painter, Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child has passed away.

Drake invested over $100 million to restore Luna Luna amusement park and now its Keith Haring works are headed for auction.

Politics

Parliament in New Zealand was suspended due to a mass haka protest in response to Maori rights legislation being read.

Matt Gaetz is nominated for US Attorney General. Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State.

RFK Jr's path to the White House must get through Senate.

China could stand to have eased tensions with Trump thanks to Elon Musk.

Melania Trump declined tea with Jill Biden.

OpenAI wants US allies to band together for AI development in competition with China.

Weird Vermont laws including fines for painting a horse.

Jack Smith likely to step down as Special Counsel before Trump enters White House after spending over $50 million prosecuting him.

Biz/Tech

26-year-old Polymarket CEO's apartment raided by the FBI following scrutiny over the site's election betting activities.

Kraft Heinz is discontinuing the sale of Lunchables at school lunch nationwide.

A list of all of Elon Musk’s jobs.

Bernard Arnault is suing Elon Musk over a content dispute; the world’s 5th richest man sues the first richest. Don Lemon is also suing Musk and is leaving X.

Chipotle has a new CEO, Scott Boatwright, but he’s only being paid half as much as the former CEO.

Coinbase launched the S&P 500 of crypto: Coin50.

The Guardian is leaving X due to the platform’s “far-right conspiracy theories”.

Bluesky has reached over 250 million users and experiencing over a million sign ups per day.

Apple is teaming up with airlines to avoid lost baggage.

Spirit Airlines is in talks of bankruptcy.

Apple swears having the power button on the bottom of Mac mini makes sense.

Health + Science

New research indicates link between air pollution and head/neck cancer.

Spoiler alert: there are tons of chemicals in our clothes. (2023)

Less than 2 weeks of antibiotics can change your gut biome for years.

The tech astronauts are wearing.

A former US Air National Guard member receives 15 years for leaking security secrets on Discord.

We have discovered a new species of daisy.

Squirrels don’t like spicy foods but birds do.

Mask mandates are back for Sonoma County.

Voilà! Day 2 in the books. I hope to figure out a healthy balance of news and additional content as this goes on. Please share, give me feedback, and enjoy!

XOXO,

Jackie