Lunchtime photo

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Monika Bauerlein,
CEO

Dear Reader,

December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising. We have a $350,000 goal that we simply cannot afford to miss. And in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we explain, as matter-of-fact as we can, how being a nonprofit means everything to us. Bottom line: Donations big and small make up 74 percent of our budget this year and are urgently needed this month, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal. Please pitch in if you can right now.

December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising, and in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we hope that giving it to you as matter-of-fact as we can will work to raise the $350,000 we need to raise this month. Donations make up 74 percent of our budget this year, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal.

This is another picture of a long stretch of straight road fading into the distance. It’s not bad, but it gets marked down for being a common interstate highway (I-15). However, unlike my other pictures of similar roads, this one makes a very nice black-and-white photo too, even if I did overdo the sky a wee bit.

Eagle-eyed viewers will note that the top and bottom pictures aren’t actually identical. They were taken three seconds apart. I don’t really remember why I did this, but it might be because I thought the truck looked good in the black-and-white version.