Yoni Mayer

Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux says the movie industry is currently facing its deepest crisis: "COVID caused what two world wars did not: the closure of movie theaters. Meanwhile, audiences were consuming cinema on the small screen: the triumph of streaming platforms, a crisis in theater attendance. Today, the industry is in a massive maelstrom. Before, there were two blockbusters a month. Now, there are fewer. What we’ve known has become fragile." "Can cinema die? No. Cinema as an art form and as a language is not in danger. Cinema is everywhere. What needs to be saved are the theaters, a certain idea of the relationship between creations and the audience. Just as literature and readers cannot survive without bookstores, cinema cannot survive without theaters." wp.me/pc8uak-1lHdNQ

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me. Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true. Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response. I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth. The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts. I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse. So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

Can’t believe this guy’s goal is to hoard a $10T net worth. I would think with all that wealth, he would use it to help people more. Like ending deaths in car accidents, or providing affordable transport for everyone, or offering internet to isolated people groups or something.

bring that fucking film grain back.

Are Chinese people in Britain chased down the street for what Beijing does to Uighurs? Are Russians here hunted for Ukraine? Are Afghans attacked over how women are treated back home? No. But Jews are singled out, blamed, and targeted for Israel. The hypocrisy isn’t even subtle.

This is one of the most jaw-dropping, chilling interviews I have seen. Watch this Rabbi from London, respond to question about the terror stabbing in Golders Green!

Here's an ad I just made for BIC

@UNGeneva if only you held yourself to these same guidelines…

@vulturetrades Sick

Starting a fresh $100 —> 10,000 challenge. Last time it took me about 7 days, will try to do it faster this time. If you want to follow along, comment below to join Going to lock comments in 24 hours

@TommiPedruzzi AI

Starting a YouTube channel is the slowest way to make your first dollar online. Instead, I use Amazon’s pre-built audience. And it’s paying me $50,000 per month for it. Oh, and if you want my complete strategy broken down, with AI prompts, workflow and systems... Like this post, follow me and comment “AI”. I’ll DM it to you. So I figured people on Amazon are searching daily queries about their problems. And they buy products that solve those problems. The product can be anything: • Physical products • Digital courses • Software tools But the most bought solution to their problems comes in the form of books. Amazon has 310 million members ready to buy. They aren’t watching for entertainment. They aren’t killing time. They are searching for answers. “How to lose weight.” “How to fix my marriage.” “How to invest as a beginner.” And they’ll pay $15 to $35 for the right book instantly. That’s what I do. I create short books around those problems. 70 to 150 pages that speak directly to their problem. I use ChatGPT to outline chapters, Claude to write it, Ideogram AI to design covers that get picked on Amazon over every competing book. I’ve been doing this for 6+ years and perfected a system that now takes only 1 hour a day. Sell 1 book/day at $9.99 = $300/month Sell 3 book/day at $9.99 = $900/month Sell 5 book/day at $9.99 = $1,500/month And that’s ONE book… before ads. When you add more books to your portfolio and scale with Amazon ads… those numbers multiply fast. And guess what? You made that without following the most popular advice on the internet: “Start a YouTube channel.” • You don’t need to film content • You don’t need to edit videos • You don’t need to wait for views or subscribers Amazon handles everything. You just publish a book. And collect royalties from 310 million buyers who already trust the platform. Most people spend years trying to grow on YouTube before making their first dollar. In 2026, there’s absolutely no reason to do that. Smart publishers attach themselves to the biggest marketplace on earth on day one. That’s the difference between chasing attention. And getting paid from day one. If you want my entire system to: • Find topics people already pay for • AI prompts to write the book in just 1 hour • Cover design that gets picked over competitors Follow me, like this post and comment “AI”. I’ll DM you my entire system for free. You need to do all 3 to receive the DM.

In a media environment dominated by short-form video and slop, actually having watched hundreds of films or read a lot of books is a status marker showing you have an attention span.

We made history today! We’ve broken the historic record for a sovereign united Jewish state in the Land of Israel! 🇮🇱❤️ Twice in history, we had a Jewish state here on this land. Twice, we failed to pass the 77th year—brought down by internal strife and baseless hatred—and were sent into exile. On our 78th Independence Day, together, we’ve broken that record. This time, it’s forever. We will guard our beloved state with all our strength. 🇮🇱

At CinemaCon, David Ellison confirms all 15 of Paramount’s 2026 releases will have a 45-day minimum theatrical window. Every studio chief has emphasized this in an effort to rebuild moviegoing. Next step: no straight-to-streaming movies, the real scourge. Change the habit.

I think movies should have shorts in front of them again, a great way to let younger filmmakers cut their teeth before a feature and incentivize studios to invest in them

Wow, one of those stats that make you second-guess yourself.

Gen Z has become the most active cinemagoing demographic. “What’s especially notable is how strongly they value the shared, communal aspect of the experience, reinforcing that theaters continue to play an important role as a social destination for younger audiences.” (Source: variety.com/2026/film/box-…)

One final symphony by Luca Ponsato

One of the under-discussed reasons for space travel is that it’s good for morale. It prompts a feeling of “damn if we really come together, then we can do anything”

the crew cried as they became the furthest people from earth, they named the Integrity crater after one of the astronaut’s deceased wife. i love humanity, i love how we go to the moon and we name that bright spot after someone loved. we name that crater after the spaceship craft that carried them so far. something about us being so small, barely making a dent in the universe, but still going with love.

Israel had to keep its biggest gas platform, Leviathan, completely shut down for 32 days due to the ongoing war. Egypt and Jordan, both heavily hooked on Israeli gas, were sliding into crisis. Blackouts multiplied. Factories slowed to a crawl. Families sat in the dark. The Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz had already cut off Qatari supplies, so the pressure on both Arab countries became severe. Behind closed doors, both countries quietly begged Israel to turn the gas back on. This week, Israel did exactly that. Gas is flowing again to Egypt and Jordan. Think about this: Israel had a perfect, low-risk opportunity to do exactly what the Islamic world constantly accuses it of wanting to do: destroy its Arab neighbors. A few more weeks of keeping that valve closed would have inflicted real, possibly irreversible damage. Power grids could have collapsed. Industries would have ground to a halt. Governments already struggling with their own problems would have faced furious populations looking for someone to blame. According to the propaganda drilled into every Arab and Muslim from Tehran to Cairo to Amman, the “Zionist entity” is a ruthless, genocidal power that dreams of nothing more than the destruction of Arabs and Muslims. If that was even slightly true, Israel would have seized the moment. It would have turned the energy shortage into a weapon and let Egypt and Jordan bleed out. No one could have stopped it. The decision was entirely in Israel’s hands. Instead, Israel did the opposite. It absorbed its own heavy losses, weighed the risks, and turned the gas back on. Even while fighting a war, it chose to remain a stable supplier to countries that are, at best, cold-peace partners, and at worst, occasional enablers of the very forces trying to destroy it. This is the complete opposite of the bloodlust that Islamic propaganda constantly projects onto Jews.