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asking because supermarket ran out of lemon soda.

I've never mixed both and I don't know if it's a good idea, due to taste and because apple juice doesn't have bubbles. Am I going to create a frankendrink?

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty aren’t the only ones looking for a prince.

Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way. “Young men” is defined here by sources as ages 13-28, aka Gen Z.

First, duh. Every film studio is looking for better ways to convert young audiences into habitual moviegoers. Numerous studies show that Gen Z men in particular are a lonely, gaming-obsessed group who were hampered in their formative years by COVID-19 lockdowns — not the easiest segment to grasp. But what’s surprising producers, writers and other partners in the larger industry is that Disney has been calling for original concepts to lure the demo back to the movies.

This is the same Disney whose multibillion-dollar content engines, Marvel and Lucasfilm, have sated men of all ages over almost two decades since the company acquired them. The sources say Disney has been seeking new IP and pitches such as splashy global adventures and treasure hunts, as well as seasonal fare like films for the Halloween corridor. The calls come as the Star Wars machine struggles to produce any film project and the superhero genre sheds audiences by the minute.

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An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten an exponential increase in deaths across the devastated territory, UN-backed experts have declared.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met, signalling a major escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Only four famines have been declared by the IPC since it was established in 2004, most recently in Sudan last year.

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Remember folks, America is above corruption and money has no influence on public policy. This is democracy baby!

Numerous studies in the past two years show that CRISPR-based interventions can correct mutations and restore cellular and behavioral function in mouse models of brain diseases. Diseases caused by mutations in genes associated with brain functions - like alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), Huntington’s disease, and Friedreich’s ataxia- have seen major improvements in mice that have had their brains gene edited.

This raises a fascinating possibility - what if this gene editing could go beyond correcting diseases? What if you could get an IQ boost of 20-30 points? For obvious reasons, this would be huge for people on a personal level, but it would also have political effects. What would society be like if everyone were 30 IQ points smarter?

Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders: Stunning results in mice herald gene-editing advances for neurological diseases.

Cracker down.

This article has some other good architectural examples of the Italian version of art nouveau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_style

Imagine having a city full of this instead of suburban sprawl.

Drop Site Daily: August 22, 2025

Israel has killed 52 Palestinians since dawn, as the UN officially declares a full-blown famine in Gaza that threatens to starve more than half-a-million people. New reports highlight the extent of torture, famine, and medical shortages—leading to painful surgeries without anesthetic—in the Gaza Strip. Hamas heads to Doha, signalling its continued willingness to Gaza on the same day Netanyahu says he will “take over Gaza” The State Department plans to ramp up surveillance of visa seekers. ICE plans to spend millions on gilded SUVs bearing the phrase “DEFEND THE HOMELAND.” Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan gets bail on the same day his niece is abducted. The FBI raids the home and office of John Bolton, former national security adviser in Trump’s first administration.

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Rome (AFP) – The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first time it has done so in the Middle East, with experts warning 500,000 people face "catastrophic" hunger.

Top UN officials put the blame squarely on Israel, accusing it of "systematic obstruction" of aid deliveries to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory -- sparking a sharp response.

The assessment of famine was made by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC), a coalition of monitors tasked by the UN to warn of impending crises.

It defines famine as occurring when 20 percent of households have an extreme lack of food; 30 percent of children under five are acutely malnourished; and at least two in every 10,000 people die daily from outright starvation or from malnutrition and disease.

UN agencies have for months been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has worsened as Israel steps up its offensive against Hamas.

The Rome-based IPC said that "as of 15 August 2025, famine (IPC Phase 5) -- with reasonable evidence -- is confirmed in Gaza governorate", the area that encompasses Gaza City and its surroundings".

The UN estimates that nearly one million people currently live in the Gaza governorate.

"After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death," the IPC report said.

The IPC projected that famine would spread to the Deir el-Balah and Khan Yunis governorates by the end of September, encompassing more than three-quarters of the total Gaza population, or nearly 641,000 people.

The IPC reported the most severe deterioration in the situation since it began analysing hunger in the Gaza Strip, which it called "entirely man-made".

It said the change was driven by a sharp escalation in the conflict and the resulting massive displacement of people, combined with the severe restriction of access to humanitarian and commercial supplies of food.

UN rights chief Volker Turk said "it is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare".

Tom Fletcher, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, told reporters in Geneva that "food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel".

He said the famine in Gaza should "haunt us all".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in the war, the release of all hostages taken by Hamas from Israel, and full humanitarian access to Gaza.

"We cannot allow this situation to continue with impunity," he said.

Children are particularly hard hit by the lack of food.

In July alone, more than 12,000 children were identified as acutely malnourished -- a six-fold increase since January, according to UN agencies.

"The signs were unmistakable: children with wasted bodies, too weak to cry or eat, babies dying from hunger and preventable disease," said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

The local food system has collapsed, with an estimated 98 percent of cropland in the Gaza Strip either damaged, inaccessible or both, the IPC said. Livestock is decimated and fishing is banned.

The severe deterioration of the health system and the lack of safe drinking water and adequate hygiene compound the crisis.

Gathering information is extremely difficult in Gaza.

The IPC said conditions in the North Gaza Governorate, north of Gaza City, may well be worse, but said it did not have enough data.