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Filings: Disney's UK subsidiary reports revenue up 11.1% YoY to £4.4B for the FY ending September 27, 2025, with post-tax profits up 37.7% to £811M (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/global/disney-uk-revenue-2025-box-office-str…

Box Office, Disney+ Drive Disney U.K. Revenue to $5.8 Billion
The Walt Disney Company in the U.K. has posted a year-on-year revenue increase of 11.1% for 2025 thanks to box office and Disney+.

2025 collapse 'fueling' Christian Watson, Packers: 'Finish is a big emphasis for us this year' https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-collapse-fueling-christian-watson-packers-finish-is-a-big-emphasis-for-us-this-year

When we encounter something that promises enjoyment or discovery, the brain’s reward system becomes active.
One important pathway runs from the ventral tegmental area,
a dopamine-producing region in the midbrain involved in motivation,
to the nucleus accumbens, a structure that helps generate feelings of reward.
Dopamine is often described as a pleasure chemical, but that is too simple.
One of its key roles is helping the brain identify opportunities worth pursu…

Why you keep buying books you don’t read – and why it feels so good
Why a pile of unread books is not stressful, yet a pile of unread emails is.

a little Grist mention in here, see if you can find it https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

more kits upgraded today, starting with a v sneaky chinga la migra on my chicago fire kit bc the MLS has Big Feelings about anti-ICE messages #fedifc

John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner and chair of the ICO, the country's data and AI regulator, resigned following a workplace investigation (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eyq7rnn22o

ICO boss John Edwards announces resignation following investigation
Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.

A species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered.
The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.
Though it is yet to be formally named, scientists have nicknamed the tiny spider "ballista", after the ancient weapon used to hurl stones in battle.
What …

Spider which uses spring trap to capture prey discovered in Australia
Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

Which Raiders are flying under-the-radar in NFL for 2026? https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/07/23/raiders-lt-kolton-miller-under-the-radar-player-nfl-2026/91020275007/…

The IPO prospectus SpaceX dropped last night revealed how much the world’s largest public offering is underpinned by a founder firmly in control.
Elon Musk, who previously complained he didn’t have a big enough say in Tesla,
will control 85% of the vote at SpaceX through special shares
(and will get another billion shares if SpaceX puts a million-person colony on Mars).
The filing raised speculation that after SpaceX goes public, a purchase of Tesla isn’t far off.

SpaceX IPO filing lays out Musk’s interplanetary manifesto
The document also revealed how much the world’s largest public offering is underpinned by a founder firmly in control.

SEC filing: Primordial Soup, Darren Aronofsky's AI film and content studio, is raising $15M in cash, selling over $11M in equity so far since July 1 (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busi…

Darren Aronofsky Raising Cash For His AI Film Studio (Exclusive)
Primordial Soup, which launched last year, quietly filed with the SEC for a $15 million raise.