Disney will be investing in itself

Disney had their massive fan event recently and announced a ton of new things like new cruise ships, some ginormous park expansion, and an audio animatronic of Walt himself, which Abigail Disney referred to as disrespectful…

As for Disney world, the plans include replacing Dino-land at the animal kingdom and the closure of the rivers of America / Tom sawyers island for a cars land to be added - and a villains land to be added beyond where big thunder mountain currently resides. 

https://ultimatefanevent.d23.com/

Who is Tim Walz?

Well said.

https://youtu.be/36H24Zm4tKU?si=Rz4SWbV6axiqCf4L

That qualifies as an “oops”

TL;DR China attempted to launch some satellites for broadband and the rocket failed to reach orbit and created a debris field. 

https://www.pcmag.com/news/chinas-effort-to-launch-starlink-rival-accidentally-creates-orbital-debris

Musk is a dumbass

He spent a ridiculous number of billions to buy Twitter. Turned it into a platform for hate, has no discernible privacy policy, and mines data from everyone using the platform (and sells it!)

And companies who used to advertise there revolt. So he sues claiming anti-trust?

He can keep Xitter. 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-accuses-advertisers-illegal-boycott-new-lawsuit-2024-08-06/

Disneys earnings were generally good

Parks continue to disappoint, but at least there's some understanding of there being some carryover effect from the pandemic (hint: Disney took on a lot of debt that they continue to pay down, and they haven't quite "fixed" the issues with pricing and experiences, but that experiment is ongoing). 

But streaming turned a profit. Which is interesting.  But ever looking to see what the market will bear, they plan to tweak the price point and see what happens there. 

Will people pay more for the content? I guess we'll see. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/07/disney-dis-q3-earnings-report-2024.html

Say what now?

This guy should not be even in consideration to be a leader.

This is actually pretty cool

Henry Fieldman made history by becoming the first Olympian to win medals in both men's and women's events.

He's a coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team, and has been in both men's and women's boats that have medaled. 

https://www.boredpanda.com/henry-fieldman-first-olympian-medal-male-female-rowing/