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Sunday Sundown Rundown - 1/5/25


3 Up

1. Happy New Year - We made it around the sun one more time! Wishing all of you the very best in 2025. 

2. Minimum Wage Hike - 21 States are increasing their minimum wage mandates. That's good! Our wage vs. cost of living issue remains a salient topic, especially with a new Presidency beginning in a few weeks. Here's to hoping this is a step in the right direction. 

3. Hilde Dosogne - This is absolutely incredible. It's the first I've learned of this feat - never knew this was a thing in 2024. 366 marathons! Someone get this lady a month of free recovery care!

3 Down

1. New Orleans Terrorist Attack - It absolutely sucks to start the new year with such a tragedy. Just bad vibes overall. So heartbreaking for the victims and the city. There are a lot of weird ideologies happening in the world right now. 

2. Puerto Rico Power Outage - PR always seems to suffer from these outages. What made this one so terrible was the timing and the duration of the outage. Here's to hoping everyone is back and doing well very soon.

3. Apple Class Action Lawsuit - Did anyone believe Siri wasn't listening?! Those very convenient ads and suggestions right after an opening discussion weren't a coincidence?! Huh...

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Fireworks light up the London skyline just after midnight on January 1, 2025, in London, England.

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