| Welcome to Bw Daily, the new Bloomberg Businessweek newsletter, where we'll bring you interesting voices, great reporting and the magazine's usual charm every weekday. Let us know what you think by emailing our editor here! If this has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. Now without further delay … At Bloomberg Businessweek, we don't overpay for social media platforms, try to back out of M&A deals, force employees to declare how hardcore they are, or bloviate about free speech while suspending the accounts of pesky journalists. No, far from it. In fact, we at the magazine and our friends throughout Bloomberg News have an annual rite of passage dedicated to free speech: the Jealousy List, wherein we honor our peers, competitors and rivals for committing such annoyingly great journalism that they deserve a tip of the cap. Here's a sneak peek of some of the great stories on the list, covering the biggest news of the year. (Do read the whole thing here.) —The Editors Line Goes Up—The Problem With NFTs (Folding Ideas, YouTube)
Recommended by Joshua Brustein, technology editor, Bloomberg Businessweek: I spent an embarrassing amount of time on crypto this year, and two of the most joyful hours were spent watching this savage video. It assumes the natural format of a crypto explainer—an infinitely confident dude looking straight the camera and talking and talking—to tear it all down. It's overly long and probably too mean, but looking back, it's hard not to conclude that Dan Olson had it all right. The Future of Abortion in a Post-Roe America (Atlantic)
Recommended by Danielle Sacks, senior editor, Bloomberg Businessweek: While most of us still hadn't taken seriously the possibility that Roe v. Wade might be overturned, Jessica Bruder had already embedded with the midwives, doulas and other activists pragmatically plotting for the unimaginable that would soon become our reality. In a piece that's somehow both harrowing and a delight to read, it thrusts you into this secret network of abortion-refugee preppers. Inside Chernobyl, 200 Exhausted Staff Toil Round the Clock at Russian Gunpoint (Wall Street Journal)
Recommended by Enda Curran, reporter, Bloomberg News: Great reporting on one of the subplots of the Russian invasion of Ukraine—the risk of a nuclear disaster. The WSJ reporters vividly captured behind-the-scenes detail as the Chernobyl plant found itself in the middle of conflict. Anyone who was engrossed by the HBO drama should read this dispatch. The Humiliating History of the TSA (Verge)
Recommended by Leonor Mamanna, senior photo editor, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Pursuits: The lead alone is worthy of making the list, but this long read on the history of the Transportation Security Administration, with tremendously good anecdotes and strong reporting, is something I think about every time I get to the airport. True Grit (Atavist Magazine)
Recommended by Jeremy Keehn, features editor, Bloomberg Businessweek: One of my favorite nature writers, J.B. MacKinnon, tells of three feral cows who survived the flood that engulfed Cedar Island, North Carolina, when Hurricane Dorian struck. How did this near-miracle occur? MacKinnon explores reasons hydrological, evolutionary and behavioral, asking in the process whether cows get their proper due. The final paragraphs will break your heart, then delight you. The Colorful History of Haribo Goldbears, the World's First Gummy Bears (Smithsonian Magazine)
Recommended by Jim Aley, features editor, Bloomberg Businessweek: As my colleagues can attest, I have two consistent cravings: (1) long-form articles about some fascinating, little-known aspect of business history and (2) gummy bears. This piece hits both. And I'm jealous for not knowing that 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Haribo Gold Bears—obvious news peg. Congrats, Michele Herrmann of Smithsonian Magazine for this scoop of chewy deliciousness. Find all the stories we wish we wrote in the 2022 Jealousy List. | 
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