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Sports Revenue At Risk From Environmental Breakdowns
Heat, floods, melting snow, and rising costs are quietly putting sports revenues at risk. Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a $1.6 trillion financial threat. 🏟️🔥
The Fashion Industry’s Challenges & Opportunities: Time to Embrace Human Rights, Climate Relief & More Good
Fashion is fun—but its environmental and human costs are staggering. The good news? Policy, tech, and consumers are finally pushing back. 👗🌍
Reminiscing Fashion Week 2025: Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli, and Rick Owens Rocked—But Extraterrestrial Thom Browne, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Courrèges Won Me Over
Paris ran on stardust: Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli, and Rick Owens delivered—but Thom Browne’s aliens, Gaultier x Lantink, and Courrèges’ solar minimalism abducted the spotlight. Full recap + FAQs + TL;DR inside.
Hollywood, We Have a Problem: Ridley Scott Says We’re “Drowning in Mediocrity” — And He Might Be Right
Ridley Scott just dropped a cinematic truth bomb: movies today are “drowning in mediocrity.” The 87-year-old Gladiator legend isn’t wrong — CGI’s up, originality’s down, and too many films feel like reheated leftovers. Time for a Hollywood reboot — or maybe an East Coast sequel: NYwood.
The Stock Market Is Expensive — and Goldman Sachs’ CEO Predicts a “bAIr” Market Ahead
Brace yourself for the bAIr 🐻—that’s a bear market powered by Artificial Intelligence hype. Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon and Morgan Stanley’s strategists both see a market “drawdown” ahead as AI mania cools and fundamentals catch up. With valuations sky-high (Shiller PE > 40!), free cash flow thinning, and speculation soaring, the next 12–24 months could turn from irrational exuberance to rational panic. Still, there’s opportunity—if you can separate the real AIs from the vaporware.
👉 Think of this as financial Darwinism: some techs will evolve; others will de-list.
AI Can Help the Environment. Call It the AInvironment
AI isn’t just about writing poems or trading stocks—it’s also about saving the planet. From smarter grids to eco-friendly farming, here’s why the AInvironment may be our best bet yet.
Surprise: Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States lead the Top-10 Global Innovation Index
Switzerland, Sweden, and the USA dominate the Global Innovation Index 2025. China climbs into the Top 10, while big players like Germany and Japan miss the cut. Surprising trends, small-country powerhouses, and the future of global innovation revealed.
Created AI? Congrats… Now Get L-AI-d Off!
From coding jobs to cashiers, AI is marching in — and no one's job is safe, not even the ones that made AI possible. So... build AI, then get replaced by it? Oh, the irony.
Moving (or Not Moving) to Copenhagen: That Is the Question
As the U.S. sweats through 96°F heatwaves and subway breakdowns, Copenhagen quietly claims the crown as 2025’s most livable city. With royal palaces, smørrebrød, modern art, and temps that won’t fry your face, the Danish capital might just be calling. Or at least teasing.
Today Is Nearly the End of the World — Not.
Plane crashes, geopolitical mayhem, floods, and... David Beckham gets knighted? 🌍🚨 We connect the dots (or at least poke them) in this satirical look at the world as it maybe-nearly-ends. 🎭💣