Beni has been an absolute surprise. 🤖 It’s tough, fun and the kids love it. Watching it fall, get back up and keep going is impressive. But the real excitement is what comes next. Physical AI is still just getting started, and Beni could evolve into a genuinely useful companion for everyday life. Robot by @mondorobotics.

𝐋𝐈𝐙 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐔: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐊!𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐒 After a University of Michigan student knocked her to the ground and screamed that she should have k!lled her, Liz Benichou went on Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle)’s show to say what happened next. What set the student off, she said, was one point about Iran: “𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯.” Benichou says she has no whiplash, but she did go to the University of Michigan Hospital, where staff told her something she found worse: “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.” And the woman who attacked her? “𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.” Benichou says she is “𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧” because of 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭-𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. Campus police say the student was 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬. She has not been publicly named. Benichou says she will press charges. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝. Source: Facebook

The Benin Throne is Non-Partisan, But We See No Point Changing Government Just For The Sake of Change — Oba of Benin Ewuare II, Backs President Tinubu’s Second-Term Bid The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Oba Ewuare II, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid, saying there was no need for change if a leader was performing well. The monarch spoke when Senator Abdulaziz Yari led members of the Presidential Campaign Council to the Benin Palace to seek royal blessings and support for Tinubu’s re-election. While stressing that the Benin throne remained neutral, Oba Ewuare said: “The Benin throne is non-partisan. Having said that, the Benin throne does not see any need to change for the sake of change. If one is going to see the leader, the head doing well, why change for the sake of change?” The Oba, who said he was not a Christian but sometimes quoted from the Bible and the Quran, cited the words of Jesus Christ, saying: “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Explaining why he used the quote, the monarch said there had been “so much talk, so much criticism,” adding that many people aspired to become president, governor and hold other offices. Recalling a private conversation with an unnamed politician, he said: “I suggested to a politician that why not join hands with the president to make a success of what he’s going to do, of what he’s doing.” The monarch also appealed for cooperation across political lines. “In democracy there will always be opposition. Once a party comes to power, automatically it will come with opposition party. So it’s natural. But at the same time, I don’t see why the opposition party cannot just simply help the party or the ruler or the president,” he said. Oba Ewuare added that he preferred “peace and tranquillity” over conflict, noting that he underwent conflict-resolution training during his diplomatic career.

Giacomo Benincasa (@Giacomo659826), Legal Counsel at Midas, joined the panel "From DeFi to Tokenised RWA: The New World of Finance" at Nexus Luxembourg alongside @coinbase, @Bitwise and @SafelloAB. In his words: "The thing I stressed the most: the use of tokenised real-world assets as collateral on on-chain lending markets is a proven use case for tokenisation. As traditional finance moves on-chain and demand for high-quality collateral assets accelerates, tokenised fund shares can be the perfect answer to that demand, and lending markets may in turn become a new distribution channel for traditional investment funds."