Iran Warns Window for Diplomacy Is Rapidly Closing

Iran's Mehr Releases Video Of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei For 'First Time' - Except It's Old Update(2210ET): Iran's state Mehr has purported to release video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for the 'first time' since the start of the war, and since he was wounded in a US-Israeli airstrike in the opening days of the attacks of over five months ago. The state-released footage is titled "First Images of the Leader" - and shows the Ayatollah addressing students, after months of speculation over his status, or whether he is even alive....

Michael Saylor Responds To Scrutiny As Strategy Shares & STRC Hit 52-Week Lows Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Michael Saylor responded to the deepening selloff in Strategy’s stock and preferred shares Friday with a statement on X. “Volatility tests every capital structure,” Saylor wrote. “Strategy remains focused on Bitcoin, disciplined capital allocation, credit quality, and long-term value creation. We appreciate our investors and will continue to execute with transparency and resolve. $MSTR”. The tweet landed as MSTR shares and STRC, Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred, both hit 52-week lows. MSTR has shed more than 80%...

Why does such a strong love of freedom appear both among towering intellects and among those of far more modest cognitive means?