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The heatwave has been a disaster for independent music festivals, which were already struggling.

Just last weekend there were half a dozen concert cancellations and festivals that were called off. Some may never return.

Culture
In addition to Nolan’s, this year another Odyssey will be released: a 13-hour audiobook narrated by the voice of Michael Caine cloned with AI.

It was done by the AI company ElevenLabs and yes, Michael Caine has given consent to clone his voice and no, the audiobook has nothing to do with the film.

Internet
The one to find shade, the one to look for fountains, the one to complain about the heat, and all the apps we discovered we desperately need because of the heatwave.

They are called shademaps.app, fontanelle.org, and troppocaldo.it. It will be hard to do without them in the future.

Culture
The Spanish Film Archive, the Italian National Film Archive, the French Cinémathèque, and the Film Museum in Munich will work together to reconstruct the legendary Don Quixote by Orson Welles.

An "alliance" to accomplish a feat deemed impossible: finally fulfilling the dream that Welles pursued his entire life.

Politics
Mamdani has managed to block the rent increase for almost half of New York’s homes for at least a year.

"A historic victory for the tenants of New York," the mayor commented on the decision, formalized by the vote of the Rent Guidelines Board.

Culture
Dua Lipa has opened a library in Portugal dedicated entirely to censored or banned books.

It is called Manifesto Library and collects one hundred books, divided into four sections: power, control, voice, and memory.

Society
Without the “contribution” of human beings, the heatwave in Europe would have occurred anyway, but the temperature would have been at least 3.5 degrees lower.

This is demonstrated by research from World Weather Attribution, which analyzed climate data from 854 cities in 30 European countries.

Fashion
For the first time in its history, Prada has chosen a Palestinian ambassador, the musician Saint Levant.

Of course, the controversy quickly erupted on social media, sparked by a detail in the artist's outfit at Milan Fashion Week.

Culture
Influencers will not be able to see The Odyssey in advance because the film distributor fears that their reviews (especially the positive ones) will harm it.

Apparently, influencer reviews have been a problem for Disclosure Day and Universal does not want to repeat the mistake.

Society
Without even realizing it, Italy has made one of the largest reforestation efforts ever and has officially become a “forest nation.”

For the first time since the Middle Ages, there are more forests than agricultural fields in the area, says the National Union of Municipalities, Communities, and Mountain Entities.

Culture
CAM Sugar has unveiled previously unseen photos of Ennio Morricone’s studio

They were presented at the press conference for the International Film Score Festival, organized by CAM Sugar and Triennale Milano.

Pop
There is a board game where the mission is to organize and carry out an assassination attempt against Mussolini.

It is titled Beware of the dvce! and it is a tale of "the deeds of a few people, often alone and poorly organized but filled with anger, courage, and above all hope for a new world free from fascism."

Pop
It has been discovered that Peter Thiel founded a secret company where the richest and most powerful people in the world gather to discuss rather strange topics.

Among the events organized by this curious club are "Let's Start a Cult" and "How's Your Sex Life?".

City
To combat the heatwave, independent cinemas in Paris have launched the Cine-clim, which means free screenings in air-conditioned theaters during the hottest hours of the day.

From 1 PM to 4 PM, a free movie, in a cool room, with priority for under 25s, over 65s, women, and disabled people.

Politics
Trump’s Alcatraz Alligator lasted less than a year and was almost useless

Inaugurated on July 1st of last year, it has been closed and work has already begun to dismantle it. Keeping it open cost 1 million dollars a day.

Internet
The latest, ridiculous result of Italian sovereignty is Emma, the AI that only gives wrong and delusional answers.

It was closed five days after the launch and after getting literally all the questions wrong that were asked of it.

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