Bees make honey. Bees make hives. What else could bees make? keeperfable.com/

“Luckily we are not a species that reasons only. Our ways of being will always be more than our ways of knowing.”

If you let an opponent hang around long enough, he will punish you. The last minute Qatari equalizer was electric.

In our political age of envy, the press and Democrats are preoccupied by Elon Musk’s otherworldly wealth. But deserving more attention is how he has enriched the country by building a remarkable company. on.wsj.com/4osGZWL

Agents this way 🇬🇧

My latest project, “Tatebanko” (Mac, iPad, iPhone) to create interactive paper dioramas. Shown is a Hokusai tatebanko from @MFABoston Author shapes and folds, then build! Trace-to-cut, pinch-to-fold, and drag-to-position in an adjustable 3D scene. Sugoi!

El-ahrairah. Never say die.

The biggest American tech IPO before SpaceX today was Facebook. Both companies have lots of room to run. American enterprise makes me optimistic that we are indeed in early stage capitalism, despite what all the naysayers insist. Long $META Long $SPCX Long America.

I found the SpaceX IPO surprisingly emotional today. It reminded me of why I came to the US as an 18-year-old. Even then, I knew that I wanted to build stuff, and that the place to do it was America. There was no second option in the world. The concept of American exceptionalism is nothing new, but I have come to appreciate the culture that justifies it. SpaceX is yet another case in point. America’s risk-taking culture celebrates wild successes while embracing the legitimacy of hard-earned failure. American culture doesn’t celebrate inherited wealth, nor does it frown upon inherited poverty. It doesn’t seek to create equal outcomes, but rather equal opportunity. It is not immediately obvious that this is unique in the world. Truly unique. I’m Canadian, and I love many aspects of Canadian culture, but Canadian culture does not offer people the same environment in which to take risks. I write this because I was dismayed to see US politicians complaining of the extreme wealth created by the SpaceX IPO. Say what you will about wealth inequality, or a single man’s politics, but don’t tell me that immense wealth creation in America is bad. Do not tell me you’d rather SpaceX not exist, exactly as it does. That you’d rather this company exist in some other country or culture. Thankfully, despite today’s politics, SpaceX could not have been a Chinese company, or a Canadian one, or a French one. It could only ever have been an American one. If nationalism is pride in your birthplace, then it’s merely tribalism, which serves to divide us. But if it’s pride in your culture, a culture that lets people achieve incredible things like this, then under those terms I am a nationalist. I want to protect and enhance our culture of risk-taking, of celebrating wins, and of celebrating failures along the way. I think it is amazing that America created a trillionaire out of a risk-taking immigrant. It is absolutely fucking absurd, of course, but isn’t that the point? SpaceX is not a reason to be pissed off; it’s a reason for every person in the world who wants to build stuff to see themselves as American, no matter where in the world they live. p.s. — this is entirely from my brain, with AI used only for fixing typos and grammar. :^)

This aged horrifically. California politicians dunked on Elon and helped drive out SpaceX, Tesla jobs, engineers, suppliers, and the tax base. Now SpaceX is headed for a $1.75T IPO. “Message received” may be the most expensive political own-goal in California history.

Very very excited to welcome Ryan Atkins to the team as a Partner. We have a lot to build @southpkcommons!

The vibes at the SpaceXAI office in Palo Alto are immaculate today

Always check your DMs

Which way, indeed.

Gwynne Shotwell has got to be the most impressive woman of our generation. Mad respect.

HTML is so back. Drag and vercel.com/drop