#MetGala# class of 2024 in full bloom 🌸🌷🌸 @CharlesPorch @colmandomingo @emrata @fatbellybella @iamcardib @KylieJenner @mosseri @rauwalejandro @Reese10Angel @Tyllaaaaaaa @VanityFair 📷: Djeneba Aduayom

BREAKING: Secret wartime coordination between Israel and the UAE has reportedly been exposed, with Mossad chief David Barnea said to have made at least two covert visits to the Emirates during the war with Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report claims the two countries expanded military coordination during the conflict, including missile defense cooperation and intelligence sharing. It also alleges the UAE carried out covert strikes on Iranian targets, including an attack on a refinery on Lavan Island.

It’s a @FantasticFour takeover of Close Friends Only 🩵 Catch Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby in the full episode August 1 on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

To christen its Madison Avenue store, the Los Angeles-based label thew a bash at Chez Fifi with the likes of Lila Moss, Chloe Fineman, Busy Phillips, Lily Rabe, and Iris Apatow.

BREAKING: Israel reportedly stabs the UAE in the back for a second time, with Israeli media now revealing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was accompanied during his Abu Dhabi visit by the IDF Chief of Staff, the head of Mossad, and the head of Shin Bet. Emirati officials are reportedly “outraged” over the disclosures, amid concerns the revelations could damage sensitive ties between Israel and the UAE.

Costume art, but make it couture. Meet the #MetGala# class of 2026. 🖌️👠🖼️ @KylieJenner @maluma @naomiosaka @MsSarahPaulson @mosseri Hudson Williams Chase Infiniti LISA Alysa Liu Alex Consani Eva Chen

Walls that breathe. Bricks that grow. Cities that finally stop choking. A team of Dutch engineers just pulled off something straight out of science fiction. They built bricks that grow moss. Real, living moss. Spreading across walls like nature is reclaiming the city one square meter at a time. Behind the magic is a Leiden-based startup called Respyre. Their secret? A "bioreceptive" concrete made from 70% recycled material, rough and porous on purpose, designed so moss can cling, thrive, and multiply. Spray on a moss-growing gel. Wait around 12 weeks. Watch a dead concrete wall turn into a living green skin. And the moss isn't just for show. It eats CO₂. It traps nitrogen dioxide. It catches particulate matter floating in city air. It cools entire wall surfaces by 5–7°C during peak summer heat. It buffers noise. It builds tiny habitats for insects and urban wildlife. One square meter of moss can absorb up to 1.2 kg of CO₂ every single year. No roots clawing into the bricks. No structural damage. No irrigation systems. No fertilizer. No fancy maintenance routine. Just rainwater, humidity, and time. From a single square meter of starter moss, Respyre can grow up to 80 square meters of green wall coverage. Pilot projects are already running across the Netherlands. Schools. Apartment blocks in Amsterdam's Rivierenbuurt. Even the bases of wind turbines in collaboration with Dutch energy company Eneco. Imagine a future where every grey building exhales oxygen. Where the walls themselves cool the streets below. Where the city becomes the forest. It's not coming. It's already here. Brick by living brick. Source: Respyre (Leiden, Netherlands) / Positive News / IO+