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So let me get this straight. Apple has the biggest research facility outside the USA, located in Israel. And since the 90s, Dan Gertler, a settler in Occupied Palestine, has been labelled by many as a “gatekeeper” of mining contracts/deals in the DRC. He actually held a brief monopoly on diamond extraction in the DRC for 18 months, before the assassination of Laurent Kabila. Gertler already had close ties to his son Joseph, and till this day, his continued ties to the upper echelons of the Congolese government, enable him to attain the holding rights to royalties from major cobalt and copper mining projects. What mineral is an essential component for iPhones? Cobalt. And Apple gets the majority of its cobalt supply from the DRC. “It’s all connected” is an understatement, at this point.

Christopher Nolan just showed Trojan Horse footage from The Odyssey at CinemaCon. The business math behind this movie is wild. $250 million budget. His most expensive film ever. First movie shot entirely on IMAX 70mm cameras. No franchise, no sequel, no superhero IP. The source material is a 3,000-year-old poem. IMAX opening weekend tickets went on sale a full year before release. They sold out in 12 hours. $1.5 million in ticket revenue before a single TV spot aired. The trailer pulled 121.4 million views in 24 hours. More than Universal's Wicked sequel. More than double what Oppenheimer's first trailer did in the same window. Today's footage confirmed Charlize Theron is playing Calypso, the nymph who kept Odysseus trapped on her island for seven years. The scene opens with Damon asking her "How long have I been here?" He can't remember if he had a wife or a son. That's pure Nolan. Starting the story in captivity, with a man who's lost his own identity. The same filmmaker who opened Memento backwards. The cast is absurd: Damon, Holland, Hathaway, Pattinson, Zendaya as Athena, Lupita Nyong'o, Theron, Bernthal as Menelaus, Safdie as Agamemnon, Mia Goth, Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Travis Scott. Nolan joked it would be faster to list who isn't in it. His last five films averaged $680 million worldwide. Oppenheimer made $976 million with an R rating and a three-hour runtime about a physicist. Every studio spent the last decade convinced original films can't open big. Nolan's response: adapt the oldest story in Western literature. Homer's been in public domain for about 2,500 years. Nolan IS the franchise. His name on a poster does what a superhero logo used to do. Universal figured this out when they signed him after Warner Bros let him walk over a streaming window dispute. Twenty years of partnership, gone. July 17. IMDb's most anticipated film of 2026. Built from a poem your ninth-grade English teacher assigned.

I can’t stop imagining making the choice to run as far as you can from anyone you love so you can hopefully be killed alone. I just. I’m so fucking angry and sad. This is something beyond evil.

NEW COLUMN: I asked Minister Lena Diab why Canada is blocking Palestine from attending the FIFA Congress in Vancouver. Her office refuses to explain themselves. jakelandau.ca/p/canada-block…

Israel is not a large country, but somehow they managed to blackmail the entire world…HOW???

The world is too comfortable with Israel bombing ambulances, hospitals, wiping out entire villages and massacring whole families. This isn’t normal. Future generations will look back at this era in shock and disbelief.

We are outraged to learn that Canada has denied entry to officials from the Palestine Football Association ahead of FIFA pre-World Cup meetings in Vancouver. This is despite Canada’s host role and its recognition of the State of Palestine. Canada must reverse this arbitrary and discriminatory ban. theguardian.com/football/2026/…

🚨Canada denied travel visas to 3 officials from the Palestine Football Association @Palestine_fa who were travelling to a @FIFAcom event to respond to a report about Israel hosting games on land it illegally occupies🚨 🇨🇦 denied entry to PFA’s: - president - general secretary - head of legal affairs. In 🇨🇦, if you are a Palestinian coming to speak about crimes being committed against your people you will be denied entry; but if you are a literal @IDF soldier who has participated in genocide, you will be welcomed with open arms. Absolutely disgusting racism. Good luck hosting the World Cup. @MarkJCarney @LenaMetlegeDiab @SeanFraserMP @gary_srp @AnitaAnandMP

Shocked. SHOCKED.

BREAKING: Lebanese army reports Israeli ceasefire violations 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/zo0udq?update=…

Remember Dan Price...that CEO who took a pay cut so he could pay all his employees a minimum annual wage of $70,000? Here’s what happened next: “Six years later after the decision that others said would destroy his business, Dan reports that revenue has tripled, the customer base has doubled, 70% of his employees have paid down debt, many bought homes for the first time, 401(k) contributions grew by 155% and turnover dropped in half. His business is now a Harvard Business School case study.” In his own words: “6 years ago today I raised my company's min annual salary to $70k. Fox News called me a socialist whose employees would be on bread lines. Since then our revenue tripled, we're a Harvard Business School case study & our employees had a 10x boom in homes bought. Always invest in people.” Courtesy of Craig Henley

The New Jersey Devils have named Sunny Mehta as their new general manager ☑️ Mehta was the assistant general manager and head of analytics of the Florida Panthers for the last three seasons.

Pam Luongo bought six plastic flamingos at a garage sale in March 2019. She stuck them along her front walkway in Beaufort, South Carolina, and forgot about them. By September, seventeen real flamingos were standing in her yard. Wildlife officials couldn't explain it. Caribbean flamingos hadn't nested that far north in recorded history. A biologist from Clemson set up cameras. The birds were landing at dusk, tucking their heads, and sleeping between the plastic ones like they'd found family. Pam started leaving out shallow pans of brine shrimp. By 2021, the flock hit forty-three. The Audubon Society designated her quarter-acre lot a protected habitat. She still mows around them.

“Imminent” means they will continue to blanket bomb the country under the guise of preemptive strikes. What a farce.

lol YES

👣 Japan's train stations are powered by people walking. Piezoelectric floor tiles installed at hubs like Tokyo and Shinjuku Stations convert foot traffic into clean electricity. ⚡ How it works: ✨ Pressure from steps generates power ✨ Tiles withstand massive daily traffic ✨ Energy powers LEDs and electronic signs A small step toward a regenerative future. Sources: JR East, Science Direct, Smithsonian Magazine

America you are crazy.

If there is a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon it's only because Israel needs to restock weapons

Val Kilmer is returning to the screen, this time through artificial intelligence. The late actor's digitally recreated likeness is featured in the first trailer for "As Deep as the Grave," a historical drama unveiled Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. abcnews.link/76rDDkF

Market manipulation just in time for Friday.