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The world has figured Modi out. Give him any award, and he’ll come running. Seychelles approved a brand-new award - ‘Guardian of the Blue Horizon’ - just four days ago. It had never been given to anyone before Modi. They were in such a tearing hurry that they even got the official name of the Republic of Seychelles wrong. Modi also went to Israel earlier this year to receive a similarly freshly minted award (blissfully unaware of the war that broke out a day later), and he received the Philip Kotler Award - many of which have never been given to other people before and after him. His obsession with awards comes at a cost: Seychelles has been promised a $125 million credit line and $50 million in grants. Bhakts may be foolish but the rest of the world isn’t.

🚨 CERN IS SHUTTING DOWN NEXT WEEK — AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PANIC On June 29, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is scheduled to shut down until 2030. And people are starting to notice a pattern. CERN first fired up in 2008. Within days, Wall Street collapsed and the world was thrown into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Then CERN entered its first major shutdown in 2013. Within 24 hours, a massive meteor exploded over Russia in one of the most powerful impacts in modern history. Then CERN entered its second long shutdown from 2018 to 2022. And what happened during that window? A global pandemic. Worldwide lockdowns. Supply chain chaos. Economic meltdown. Political unrest. And a world that never went back to normal. Now CERN is shutting down again. This time until 2030. As AI explodes. As wars escalate. As governments push digital IDs. As America approaches its 250th birthday. And as CERN prepares an even bigger collider for the future. Maybe it’s all coincidence. But how many coincidences before it becomes a pattern? What do you think happens over the next four years while CERN is offline?