WTF-Beta

In seriousness, people keep saying this happened today, but he’s owned the same amount of SpaceX for a long time. It’s just that it became easier to estimate the value of his stake today. He was a trillionaire last month too.

This is hilarious.

https://x.com/ironchestcap/status/2065438138059600022?s=46**bolded text**

Interestingly, if Gates had hung on to his original 45% stake in MSFT rather than diversifying, he’d be worth 1.3T today.

Thanks for taking us into your confidence, Ax. That must have taken courage.

This is great. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of hydrogen since, to date, it has basically been a battery technology not a true energy source. But this is different. Apparently there are around 2x the recoverable reserves of hydrogen as there are of nat gas. I had no idea!

That sneaky James Comey….

He’s making all the right noises as far as I’m concerned but I think the Dems want to go off in a populist direction like the GOP.

They won’t be buried in lawsuits. We’ll be buried in online terms and conditions checkboxes.

Never seen anything like it on my way home from JFK last night. This is a 25mi ride, often 150-175 plus tip. Ended up taking an old-fashioned yellow taxi for 200.

It was NBA finals night, and world cup starts in two days. But still. Never seen anything close.

30 years ago today, l asked my childhood sweetheart, my best friend and the most gorgeous woman l know to marry me.

All three said no.

Re the Sagrada Familia, Orwell totally blasts it in Homage to Catalonia. He calls it ‘one of the most hideous buildings in the world’ and said ‘the anarchists showed bad taste in not blowing it up when they had the chance’. I don’t agree but find it funny that he took a break from narrating his time in the civil war to go on a big diatribe about this building.

Yeah a bunch in Barcelona including the Sagrada Família.

I’ll be in Barcelona twice this fall (2 separate conferences). Probably will see some again.

Matt Yglesias putt it well - his only qualification is a demonstrated willingness to engage in abuses of power.

Not a fan of the building. The statue of him and Michelle looks fine from that angle, I saw a closeup of the face with a caption that said he looked like Ron Howard and I couldn't help but laugh.

Still I could imagine visiting next time I have time to kill in Chicago.