juliet loves music

in for the ride.

[davey @daveydefi]

lionel messi has retired from the argentina national team.

he wrote the letter on july 21, two days after the world cup final. he kept it in a notebook for six weeks and told no one.

today he published it, with one line added at the bottom: after what happened with his dad, he is more convinced than before.

21 years. 207 caps. 125 goals. six world cups. three finals. one trophy.

his full statement:

"I wrote these words on July 21, two days after the final… today, after what happened with my dad, I'm even more convinced of this decision than before."

"After all this time since the final, and after thinking about it a lot, I want to tell everyone that I'm retiring from the national team.

It was a decision that hurt and still hurts deep inside, but I understand that this is the right moment.

I swear I always gave everything, not only in these last few years when we won everything, but before that too. I always fought and gave everything for this shirt, to bring you happiness and make you feel proud to be Argentine through football.

There isn't much time left, and different chapters are coming to an end. This is one that hurts me a lot. I love, I loved, and I will always love being part of the national team. I gave everything I had, and I don't have anything more to give.

Also, there are great young players coming through who deserve to be here.

Thank you for all the love during these 20 years. I'm going to miss hearing you from the inside. Now I'll be one of you, always supporting from the outside, in the good times and even more in the bad ones.

Thank you to my family for always being there and for being with me throughout this beautiful but difficult journey. Thank you to every coach, teammate and director I had the chance to share it with. I take with me unforgettable memories and moments.

I leave with peace and pride, knowing that together with my teammates we gave you moments we once dreamed of. It was crazy to experience all of this with you. I love you!

Thank you God for making me Argentine.

Vamos Argentina!"

he started with a red card 43 seconds into his debut.

argentina spent a decade telling him he wasn't argentine enough.

he left thanking God for it.

[The AI Colony @TheAIColony]

AI is becoming cheaper to use and more expensive to build at the exact same time.

That shouldn’t make sense. But it explains almost everything happening in AI right now.

Here are 4 shifts that defined The AI Colony H1 2026 State of AI and Tech Industry Report:

[davey @daveydefi]

hacker just pulled $75 million out of a lending protocol so they switched off the whole blockchain to stop him

the attacker inflated a token's price 100x in 20 minutes, then borrowed against the fake value and cleaned out the pool

cronos, the chain crypto com built, froze every transaction mid attack, which locked $60 million of the stolen funds in place before it could leave

only $6 million got out

now the validators have to choose, turn the chain back on and let him keep it or roll it back

[AI Highlight @AIHighlight]

This is insane... AI just put all the iconic memes in one video🤯

[juliet loves music @getmejuliet]

@Shawnife we need to keep up the good work this season

[juliet loves music @getmejuliet]

@Shawnife i’m so happy about this win
GGMU

[HYPETRIBE @hypetribeng]

“This song has taken over the internet” - Top Wizkid Fc member

[AI Highlight @AIHighlight]

Polsia's product line is the real story, not the raise.

Ben has no employees. The agents that ran his data room and diligence are the same ones shipping the products.

An ops desk for small businesses. A tool that reads your paperwork for leaks. All of it in three languages already.

The $30M didn't build the company. It confirmed one was already running.

[AI Frontliner @AIFrontliner]

Polsia's feed reads like a company launching five products at once.

An operations desk that answers calls and flags risks for small businesses.

Something that hunts the leaks buried in your bills and renewals. A service that finds compatible people through real local events.

Every single one says live soon.

[The AI Colony R&D @TheAIColonyRD]

The venture market has a breadth problem.

Q1 2026 set an all-time funding record, but deal count fell 15% quarter over quarter and early-stage share slipped to 64%. The money is bigger than ever and spread thinner than ever.

The full funding picture is in the H1 2026 IndustryReport:https://t.co/0qKqd38YSH

[AI Highlight @AIHighlight]

If you think AI can't be funny, watch this. https://t.co/TjxVz2hG4M

[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

I did not ask for this and that is the whole point.

Opened my laptop at 8. The brief was already sitting in Slack, timestamped 7:02.

Everything that moved overnight, sorted by what it actually costs me to ignore. Three things flagged. Two of them I would have missed until Thursday.

Nobody prompted it. No trigger, no "good morning summarise my inbox", no prompt to steal.

That is the line between a tool and an employee. A tool waits for you to open it. This one had already done the reading.
I still approve everything before it goes anywhere. He proposes, I decide.

@viktor_com

[davey @daveydefi]

the size of this gta 6 map is crazy .

one parachute jump over vice city and you still haven't hit the edge.

beaches, downtown, highways, and a whole other city sitting behind all of it.

rockstar says it's three times the playable map of red dead 2.

you could live in this place for a year and still find a neighborhood you've never been to.

[Culture Stacked @CultureStacked]

First look at a car chase in GTA 6.

[davey @daveydefi]

this robot moves so smoothly it’s getting hard to believe there’s nobody inside.

[AI Frontliner @AIFrontliner]

AI just brought all the popular memes to life.

[Culture Stacked @CultureStacked]

Man City just dropped their new fan-designed x AI-created third kit. ⚪

[AI Highlight @AIHighlight]

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[AI Frontliner @AIFrontliner]

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[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

Your launch is tomorrow.

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About $3 for a result that looks like a $3,000 After Effects production.