Doom Scrolling.
The average American scrolls the height of the Statue of Liberty on social media every day.
That’s 305 feet of doomscrolling.
1. Google dropped a new image AI called Nano Banana Pro (yes, real name) with crazy good text quality.
2. Half of American adults are on Facebook + YouTube every single day
3. Panera’s “iceberg era” is ending. Romaine is back. Your salads can breathe again
1. Google’s “Nano Banana Pro” — The AI Glow Up
Google rolled out a new image model inside Gemini 3 Pro, and even though the name sounds like a smoothie, it’s legit:
It finally makes text inside images actually readable (like full paragraphs, multiple languages).
It can blend up to 14 images and keep five people recognizable, which is wild for character consistency.
The name is goofy, but the model is legit. Think: Canva + Midjourney + Photoshop had a baby.
📈 The shift: social platforms are no longer about who you know, but what captures attention.
2. America: We Love YouTube. And Facebook?!
Pew Research just dropped new numbers on social media use in 2025, and here’s the short version:
52% of American adults are on Facebook every single day.
48% are on YouTube daily (and 95% of people ages 18–29 use it overall).
TikTok keeps rising — from 21% → 37% of adults since 2019.
Reddit doubled to 26% use.
Threads popped up for the first time in the survey at 8%.
The wild part?
Facebook, the app everyone claims they don’t use, somehow has half the country logging in daily.
Meanwhile, YouTube continues its reign as the #1 platform, especially for younger people.
Also: Meta apparently shut down some internal mental health research about Facebook. Not… great.
3. Panera vs. the Great Lettuce Crisis
Panera has been fighting declining traffic for years, and now we finally know why:
They switched to iceberg lettuce.
And customers revolted.
Here’s the salad story no one asked for but everyone needs:
Iceberg is cheap. Like… half the price of romaine.
Panera swapped to a half-iceberg blend to save money.
Portions shrank. People were literally cutting their own avocados.
CEO even admitted: “No one likes iceberg lettuce.”
Traffic dropped. Complaints rose. The vibes were… not fresh.
But now?
Panera is bringing full romaine back, increasing ingredients from 5 → 8, boosting portions, and revamping stores to hit $7B in annual sales by 2028.
Fun fact:
According to USDA data, Americans eat one-third less iceberg than in the late ’80s and 3.5× more romaine.
So yeah… the people spoke.
“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”
Proverbs 14:23
Small improvements, real effort, and staying consistent — that’s how things grow, whether it’s a business, a salad, or your own life.
Jessie’s Take:
Throughout my life, the ups and downs, consistency is what I found to be key.
I’ve come to realize that success (whatever success means in your definition) is found through making systems and staying consistent to those systems.
💭 Closing Thoughts
The world keeps changing fast — new AI models every week, social platforms shifting daily, and even restaurant chains trying to fix their decisions.
But the same rule always applies:
The people who stay focused win.
Keep paying attention.
Keep learning.
Keep your purpose in motion.
