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News: April 18
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
Is there a keyboard shortcut I don't know about that moves the sender to bcc and the cc up to the primary recipient. Would really give me many hours of my life back.
— Matthew Cynamon (@mattcynamon) April 11, 2022
where have you been? :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
they need to be converted to vertical farms.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
Let me break this down for you:
— Tank (@TankTDS) April 11, 2022
Elon became largest shareholder for Free Speech
Elon was told to play nice and not speak freely @elonmusk #Twitter #ElonMusk
He already has a Twitter handle, why does he need a Bored seat!?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
Seriously, do right-wingers who were obsessed with Hunter Biden’s corruption not care about the Saudis giving Jared Kushner $2 billion? Their own experts say he didn’t deserve it at all. It’s the most obvious case of corruption. Do conservatives have any principles left at all?
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) April 11, 2022
I had to scroll down to see what you were talking about. But of course.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
We met in Harlem in 07. I have a photo to prove it. :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
I don't have a photo with the other O. I met him too, twice. I did not bother. I already got the O, I thought.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 11, 2022
Today an investment broker cold emailed me a pitch - an opportunity to acquire a gold mine.
— Elizabeth Yin (@dunkhippo33) April 14, 2022
Literally a gold mine.
Sometimes I wonder if all these “brokers” just make up business ideas?
My pitch to you never saw the light of day. https://t.co/ADxzpQtmHl Not even a tweet. :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
Twitter employee reactions on Blind pic.twitter.com/TIOQDpBwCP
— Chris Frantz (@frantzfries) April 14, 2022
I applied but never received a response.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
Start with 100K. Harvest 100M in 10 years. #notbad
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
Zottt
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
Plunk 100K now. And then you will have a first say in putting 1M in a few months based on milestones from now to then. Harvest 1.1B in about 10 years. Enough for the entire fund. In about five years raise 1B based on this ONE investment.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
@ArturPaxful handle ArturPaxfui has been impersonating you and making scam attempts through DMs. I reported.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 15, 2022
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 15, 2022
Our Great National Parks, narrated by President Barack Obama, invites viewers to experience nature in the world's most iconic national parks. Watch now, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/liwiVJNOYE
— Netflix (@netflix) April 14, 2022
Change your Twitter profile picture. This should be your Twitter profile picture.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
I thinkkk I understand what an NFT is but perplexed what it is about the technology that necessitates monthly conferences around the world
— Ankur Nagpal 🔥🔥 (@ankurnagpal) April 18, 2022
What exactly do people discuss there
going to new york next week but not in a t*ch bro “who should i meet” web3 brooklyn way but in a coming of age good for the plot “emma chamberlain alone in new york” way
— Bo Lau (@bolau_) April 18, 2022
Most successful startup founders are far from geniuses.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 18, 2022
They just refuse to give up and learn as they go.
So, America kinda just doesn't care about Covid anymore, right?
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) April 18, 2022
True, looks similar to some crypto exchanges lobby against Binance, lol...
— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) April 18, 2022
Last week at my Web2 job 👀🫣
— portergeer.eth (💫,💫) (@portergeer) April 18, 2022
For FedEx Founder Fred Smith, the Sky Is Still the Limit He reflects on logistics, economics and lessons from building ‘the largest transportation system ever put on the planet.’
#WorldHeritageDay gives us a unique opportunity to reflect & re-energize our commitment to preserving historical heritage & intensifying our efforts to bring back stolen art. This is a passion of mine. pic.twitter.com/rWRnxxjkp0
— Ambassador Randy Berry (@USAmbNepal) April 18, 2022
https://t.co/iHbF4UVLWN Turn Twitter into a Trilion.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
@raypaxful Thanks for the like. You and @ArturPaxful should angel invest in mine.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
I think my clothes are too big for me
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2022
Instead of that, you should say, I could not have done it without my team. (Tip from Bono: "I do it for my bandmates!") Calling himself the top band in the world.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter…
— Michael Quinn Sullivan🇺🇸 (@MQSullivan) April 16, 2022
Media meltdown! 🤯
Mark Zuckerberg buys off election officials…
Media silence. 😴
Blackrock buying up the homes and Bill Gates buying up the farm land in the US should be far more concerning than Elon Musk buying Twitter.
— Jessica (@jessicahodlr) April 17, 2022
China purchasing your homes, resources, businesses, land and politicians, should concern you much more than Elon Musk buying Twitter.
— Herb Powell - 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪 (@Humanlty1o1) April 16, 2022
Elon Musk can’t buy Twitter but Bill Gates can own all of our Global Health?
— Maria 🇺🇸 (@MariaJames_) April 16, 2022
The Twitter Board, excluding Jack Dorsey, only owns 0.12% of Twitter. They have not only, behind closed doors, rejected @elonmusk's offer to purchase the company 20% above market value. They have threatened to dilute their shareholder's stake in the company. Criminal negligence?
— Chairman (@WSBChairman) April 16, 2022
Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year saved right there
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2022
Shouldn't over 1,000 scientists risking arrest to save the planet be a bigger news story than Elon Musk trying to buy Twitter?
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 14, 2022
I am very worried about Elon Musk owning Twitter. We must keep Twitter in the hands of people we can trust. People like Blackrock, Morgan Stanley, and the Saudi royal family. At least we know that they always have our best interests at heart.
— Dr. Matt Walsh, Women’s Studies Scholar (@MattWalshBlog) April 15, 2022
Whether Elon Musk ultimately buys Twitter, he’s done the world an invaluable service by forcing leftists to admit that Twitter & other social media outlets are biased & censorious, & that there's nothing that terrifies the left more than people having freedom of speech.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk can’t own Twitter but Pfizer can own Congress?
— DJ Santana (@DJSantanaComedy) April 18, 2022
If Jeff Bezos can own the Washington Post, Elon Musk can own Twitter.
— Senator Michael Rulli (@michaelrulli) April 14, 2022
If Elon Musk is not allowed to buy Twitter, the game is 100% rigged.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) April 16, 2022
Hi @elonmusk, have you considered that Twitter is blocking your offer because they are afraid you’d obtain documents proving they shadow ban and censor, which would contradict sworn testimony made before Congress?
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 15, 2022
This could be an Enron type scenario you’ve uncovered.
The fact that everyone on the Left is going absolutely nuts about Elon Musk demonstrates three things:
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 15, 2022
1. Twitter is a Left-wing site;
2. The Left is filled with censorious jackasses;
3. They like oligarchy when they're the oligarchs.
Elon Musk: *tweets*
— Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) April 18, 2022
Twitter’s board: pic.twitter.com/IZZHROVo5m
Without hate speech there is no free speech. Free speech has no limitations. Let the haters hate! Let the lovers love! And let @elonmusk take over Twitter!
— Randy Quaid (@RandyRRQuaid) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk has successfully taken over Twitter as every single tweet is now about him
— John W. Rich (Fake Tech Exec) (@Cokedupoptions) April 17, 2022
Wow, with Jack departing, the Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares! Objectively, their economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2022
Between Elon Musk attempting to takeover twitter and the federal transportation mask mandate being overturned Libs are having a bad bad last few days. Don’t worry it’ll be worse for y’all in November. This is an appetizer.
— District AI (@districtai) April 18, 2022
I’ve rarely seen a company founder rip his own hand-selected board as being dysfunctional. Speaks volumes about $twtr board. Good for @jack. https://t.co/AJO4ClCk2x
— Gary Black (@garyblack00) April 18, 2022
CrowdFund
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
Jack Dorsey rips Twitter board over ‘dysfunction’ in Elon Musk battle Dorsey criticized the board in response to a post in which a user quipped that the company’s “early beginning” was “mired in plots and coups” among its founding executives. ..... “It’s consistently been the dysfunction of the company,” Dorsey said. ...........
“Good boards don’t create good companies, but a bad board will kill a company every time.”
......... Musk owns approximately 9% of Twitter shares, while Dorsey owns just over 2.2% ....... It’s unclear how Musk will proceed if Twitter rejects his offer, though he said last week that he has a “plan B” in mind – which may include a tender offer directly to shareholders.it’s consistently been the dysfunction of the company
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 17, 2022
big facts
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 17, 2022
I’m really happy Elon is joining the Twitter board! He cares deeply about our world and Twitter’s role in it.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 5, 2022
Parag and Elon both lead with their hearts, and they will be an incredible team. https://t.co/T4rWEJFAes
Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year saved right there
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2022
If you cut 10% of $TWTR headcount of 7,500, assuming $100K comp & benefits per position cut, TWTR would save another $75M/year. That puts 2022 Adj Ebitda at $1.5B, which levered at 6-7x, equates to $10B debt financing.
— Gary Black (@garyblack00) April 18, 2022
And more free speech won't cost a penny, either.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk should buy the New York Times and make it a newspaper.
— Jason D. Meister 🇺🇸 (@jason_meister) April 17, 2022
They claim- “81 million votes for Biden”, and there still isn’t one yard sign, flag, bumper sticker, t-shirt or hat anywhere to be found across this entire Country. 😂🙄
— Kristy Swanson (@KristySwansonXO) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk pays too much in taxes.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) April 17, 2022
Remember when Saint George Floyd died and everyone decided it was time to “have a conversation” about racism in America but the only conversation they wanted to have was blaming the cops and now America’s major cities are all hellholes? https://t.co/Q0IArIlPdi
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) April 17, 2022
I’m not just running on lower taxes. I’m running on abolishing the whole damn IRS. #TaxDay
— Vernon Jones For Congress (@VernonForGA) April 18, 2022
@VitalizeVC Invest 1M, harvest 1B in 10 years. Will also take five investors at 200K each. https://t.co/ADxzpQtmHl @justingordon212 @carolinecasson_ @galeforceVC
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
News: April 18 (2)
i try to remain optimistic about web3 but—
— sarahlu.eth ◟( •⌄• ू )✧ (@meowllark) April 18, 2022
i am extremely wary of any “woke”insider-backed project that appeals to marginalized subgroups
your 10k womens empowerment nft pfp project probably isn’t doing the work you think it is
What is the fetish for having your pic with sunglasses in an investment pitch deck? Amusing !! 😃#startups
— Mehta Sanjay (@mehtasanjay) April 18, 2022
Every face with sunglasses thrown on top looks like SRK!
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
@justingordon212 Thanks for the like. Looks like you are an investor. I have a pitch to make. Going over to your site to look for your email. Or perhaps DM.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
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— Ally Rae McCloskey (@AllyMcCloskey) April 18, 2022
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
Ilhan Omar only asked what would happen if Muslims broke out in song on a plane yet some white "Christians" took it as license to be victims. What a fragile lot.
— Really Rick Havoc (@RikHavic) April 18, 2022
Ilhan Omar slammed for criticizing video showing people singing Christian songs on plane https://t.co/eGV1VpVuec pic.twitter.com/P9SRAjn4Gb
— New York Post (@nypost) April 18, 2022
Ilhan Omar was born in the hell hole of Somalia. Her family fled that wasteland and sought refuge in America. They were welcomed here and Ilhan soon became one of the most influential politicians in the country. And yet she despises the country that took her in. Ungrateful brat.
— Dr. Matt Walsh, Women’s Studies Scholar (@MattWalshBlog) April 18, 2022
I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end? pic.twitter.com/5696Erwsl5
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 17, 2022
Ilhan Omar asks how people would react if her Muslim family sang their worship songs on a plane. I don’t know, but it’s gotta be better than the reaction to Christian worship in her home country of Somalia, where Christians are slaughtered for praying in public.
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) April 18, 2022
Terrorist attack declared. F-16s deployed. Emergency landing initiated.
— MuslimMarine (@mansoortshams) April 18, 2022
PS: Ilhan Omar isn’t criticizing Christians. She’s pointing out the hypocrisy. A Muslim could never dream to get up at 30,000 feet to recite verses of the Holy Quran — let alone openly express their faith. https://t.co/CT77pjLuf2
This tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar is not an attack on Christianity. It's a commentary on the hypocrisy of our so-called "religious freedom" in America, which clearly does not apply to every religion. https://t.co/zdupWZhjXG
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 18, 2022
Great time to shut India’s doors to Ilhan Omar as a constant reminder that this hateful Islamist masquerading as an American defender of democracy bears her allegiance to Pakistan and it’s terror machines. https://t.co/KXhX2O3DpF
— Shubhangi Sharma (@ItsShubhangi) April 18, 2022
Wow...The right-wing truly hate Ilhan Omar
— Alicia Smith 💙🌊🌊 #FBR (@AliciaSmith987) April 18, 2022
Whenever she opens her mouth, they're like pic.twitter.com/RZGHa74YKw
Idk who needs to hear this but Ilhan Omar was not “offended” by the Christians singing on a plane. She was pointing out hypocrisy. If a group of Muslims started singing a song on a plane about the Quran in Arabic, how do you think that would end?
— jessica (@ItsMrsRabbitToU) April 18, 2022
Jack Dorsey
I’m moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to #startsmall LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI. It will operate transparently, all flows tracked here: https://t.co/hVkUczDQmz
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 7, 2020
🌕
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 17, 2022
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 13, 2022
“all of these jack tweets got me thinking about where my hug is at… now we don’t hug at all i just wonder where that energy went. you don’t have to respond to this just know i miss you and hope the fam is good” https://t.co/vFZLIszUGH pic.twitter.com/08mdLq7G56
— paddington stan account (@adriyoung) April 12, 2022
🫂
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 12, 2022
Every administration, republican or democrat, has an opportunity to build trust with the public.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 12, 2022
Instead, every single time, they choose deception and zero accountability. It’s not the party, it’s the system. https://t.co/sxLJTkPkSn
clean https://t.co/SlOTPwsBDs
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 11, 2022
we love Miles https://t.co/K1fsZZ4Z1e
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 10, 2022
twitter search is my favorite feature (and undervalued) https://t.co/ku033h7mSt
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 9, 2022
The most powerful feature that Twitter has:
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Advanced search
Until recently I hadn't even heard of it, but now I use it all the time.
Here are 6 twitter advanced search features that will revolutionise the way you search for what to read: 🧵👇
Before we get started, you might be wondering why you need advanced search?
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Your main feed just shows what's being posted NOW.
But there's absolute gold in the old tweets from experts you love + big accounts you follow.
Lots of learning just waiting there for us.
Here's how:
1. Find tweets from a particular person.
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Want to see what @Liz_ORiordan's been tweeting about?
Just type in the search bar:
from:Liz_ORiordan
Want to see tweets to @LondonAllergy?
to:londonallergy
Combine these to see their interactions:
from:Liz_ORiordan to:londonallergy pic.twitter.com/Y7TZcvk6iE
2. Find tweets on a specific topic.
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Keywords will keep your search results on topic.
Want to find what @kathevans2 has been saying about vaccinations?
from:kathevans2 vaccinations
But what if you want to exclude tweets about measles?
Just add - to the search term:
-measles pic.twitter.com/deSo0Khdyj
3. Find tweets that are popular.
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
You can set a minimum number of retweets, faves, or replies:
min_retweets: x
min_faves: x
min_replies: x
@OrthopodReg has been paving the way for culture change, but what if we want his most popular tweets?
from:orthopodreg min_faves:1000 pic.twitter.com/r1M1nZH6jx
4. Filter by a specific type of tweet
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Sometimes you might want only tweets with images or links in them:
filter:links
filter: images
filter:media
Want to find that graphic by @DrLindaDykes on DNACPR?
from:drlindadykes dnacpr filter:images pic.twitter.com/gl97jlM4lW
5. Find tweets from a particular time period.
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Add a date filter:
since:
until:
Do you remember @doc_bipolar sharing about her new blog but can't find the link?
from:doc_biopolar since:2022-03-01 until:2022-04-08 filter:links
Remember to use the format YYYY-MM-DD pic.twitter.com/fLZ6HuOqxB
6. Find tweets by location.
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
Add a city and a distance if you want local info.
near:X within:10mi
If you want to hear more from Glaswegians then you just add the location tag into the search.
near:Glasgow wellington pic.twitter.com/O3n3a6d3RU
The TL;DR of how you can search:
— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) April 8, 2022
• from:twittername
• keyword1 OR keyword2
• min_faves:2000
• min_retweets:2000
• filter:links
• filter:images
• until:YYYY-MM-DD
• since:YYYY-MM-DD
• near:location within:15mi
So you are telling me Twitter Search is like Windows before the Graphical User Interface? :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
@jack you’re a funny guy. Why are you commenting on the Twitter board drama at all? From what I can recall, you’ve always been a part of Twitter’s problem, and the Twitter censorship & propaganda started with YOU. GTFOH. cc: @elonmusk https://t.co/z9afIQxf8G
— Cactus Howl (@CactusHowl) April 18, 2022
@jack @paraga Twitter users should have a right to vote & choose if @elonmusk is allowed to buy twitter. The company should take consent from it’s users before transferring our years of data to someone who could misuse it!
— C𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖆g (@CodeWithChirag) April 14, 2022
@jack this single tweet screenshot sums up America for me, USA i.e. a vile racist country. A tweet from a white supremist South African @elonmusk has more likes than an Indian @Twitter CEO #ParagAgrawal !@sundarpichai @satyanadella @JoeBiden @BarackObama @WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/cS3sTpvC8J
— Abhinav Rajkumar ® 🇮🇳 (@abhinavrajkumar) April 11, 2022
@jack @paraga remove @elonmusk from board asap...
— BankNifty Wolf 🐺 (@bnfwolf) April 15, 2022
Elon Musk's Attempt To Take Over Twitter
Ends up it was a few years ago. But I might have first seen that video only a few weeks ago. Time travels.
Little did Jack know. Elon has ideas.
I am neutral on the idea of who should own which company. Elon's bid is a drama that many are watching. So am I.
But I am on record stating at this very blog over 10 years ago that Twitter needs to live its potential. Just do a search on Twitter in the search box in the top right corner. Thank you, Google.
Elon wants to "unlock Twitter's potential." That idea I like. Elon wants to make it the free speech vehicle around the world. That idea I like even more. I guess Twitter is in the habit of taking down tweets to play nice with governments around the world. That is not nice. People should not use Twitter to commit crimes, like inciting violence. Trump getting booted out is not a violation of free speech.
Even if Elon manages to take Twitter private -- some people think he is not even trying to do that -- but if he manages, and liberates the platform, eventually Twitter does go public again.
My conclusion, @elonmusk is fucking with the SEC. His filing w/the SEC allows him to say he wants to take a company private for $54.20 😂
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 14, 2022
Vs his "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured" Price go up. His shares get sold. Profit⬆️ SEC like WTF just happened.
A lot of people in the tech space are feeling very passionate about the move.
Elon Musk's Attempt To Take Over Twitter https://t.co/iHbF4UVLWN @elonmusk @raypaxful @ArturPaxful @VitalikButerin @cameron @mcuban @jack @paraga @fredwilson #Twitter #TwitterTakeover #TwitterKing @aplusk
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
Don't oppose Elon running twitter (at least compared to status quo), but I do disagree with the more generalized enthusiasm for wealthy people/orgs hostile-takeovering social media firms. That could easily go *very* wrong (eg. imagine an ethically-challenged foreign gov doing it) https://t.co/LDqjXh3xCK
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) April 15, 2022
The "but that Saudi guy already owns 5%" point is well taken but ultimately weak imo. Control is superlinear in ownership stake. His level of ability to control policy is very low now, and would increase by *far* more than 10x if his ownership increased to 50%.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) April 16, 2022
Ironic how South African-born @elonmusk cares more about fostering and protecting the American liberal ideal of free speech than many Americans who work at Twitter and sit on its Board. You can’t make this stuff up.
— Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) April 16, 2022
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
— Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) April 16, 2022
-George Washington
Why, thank you, sir! https://t.co/tealJWLSdP
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2022
In Defense of Elon Musk's Managerial Excellence The Tesla CEO’s track record proves he’s a pre-eminent builder of businesses and maximizer of shareholder value. ....... the chief executive officer of the world's most valuable automaker has no equal. ...... Among the 10 largest publicly-traded companies, Musk’s Tesla Inc. is No. 1 in growth the past decade with revenue increasing more than 260-fold to $53.8 billion; No. 1 the past 12 months with sales surging 71%; No. 1 in share performance over five and 10 years with its stock appreciating 15- and 146-fold, respectively, to a recent $1,000; and No. 1 in employment by more than quintupling its workforce since 2016 ...... Among the six companies with at least a $1 trillion market capitalization, none achieved the milestone as quickly – and stayed there – as Tesla, which did it 11 years after its initial public offering. It took Apple Inc. 38 years, Microsoft Inc. 33 years, Google parent Alphabet Inc. 16 years, and Amazon.com Inc. 23 years. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. reached $1 trillion nine years after its IPO but has since dropped back to $600 billion ...... Tesla almost four times as valuable as the second-largest automaker, Toyota Motor Corp., and worth about 57% of the 10 biggest combined. ......
Tesla accounts for 41% of the total value of the 184 publicly traded vehicle manufacturers worldwide.
....... Tesla, unlike its peers, persevered through the dislocations caused first by the pandemic and then war in Ukraine by spending years focused on shoring up its supply chain. That’s a big reason why Tesla was able to report record first-quarter deliveries earlier this month despite what it called “an exceptionally difficult” period ........ “Tesla's vertical integration strategy has been critical,” Cathie Wood, founder, CEO and chief investment officer of Ark Investment Management LLC, said in an interview earlier this month. Unlike its competitors, “Tesla is in control of its cars” and “can tweak and change” in contrast to rest of the auto industry whose “specs are put to bed, you know, three to four years or five years prior. And they're not going to change.” ......... the company’s battery technology “is about three years ahead of any other auto manufacturer.” ........ Wood raised her target for Tesla last week to $4,600 a share in 2026. ...... Tesla's “more than a million and a half cars on the road are effectively data collectors for Elon Musk,” she said. “No other auto manufacturer has cars equipped to send back this real-world driving data. In order to compete with Tesla, at let's say a like-for-like price, they'll either have to skimp on range or performance and rely on their brand, otherwise they'll just lose money if they want to keep up with Tesla at the same price.” ........ Tesla's 2021 revenue of $53.8 billion accounts for 20% of the entire EV market and 80% of the world's six EV-only automakers ...... In addition to its incomparable real-world driving data and battery technology, Tesla has an artificial intelligence chip “that no one else has” ........ “Elon describes Tesla as a manufacturer of factories,” with plants in Freemont, California, Austin, Shanghai and Berlin. “With each factory, Tesla becomes more efficient and more productive” ....... “It is from the bottom up, constructing these highly automated factories, more automated than anyone else's in the world.” .The Future Of Work
Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/3gBFlrPOQO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 17, 2022
Smooth landing video https://t.co/2K8Z80aB0u
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 17, 2022
🎶 Love Me Tender 🎶
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2022
Thanks for the support! https://t.co/nY4nyRfqcl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2022
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
i♥️u
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
Taking Twitter private at $54.20 should be up to shareholders, not the board
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
I made an offer https://t.co/VvreuPMeLu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
Will endeavor to keep as many shareholders in privatized Twitter as allowed by law
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
Truth is the first casualty. pic.twitter.com/cN9PIfDvjr
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
Docking confirmed! pic.twitter.com/YPyF3aRwO7
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 9, 2022
Most of these “top” accounts tweet rarely and post very little content.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
Is Twitter dying? https://t.co/lj9rRXfDHE
Watch Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-1 crew dock with the @space_station → https://t.co/N3MHSxCS0k https://t.co/QkDJTTXqvK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 9, 2022
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2022
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2022
I will give a talk around 9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2022
Do you want an edit button?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022
I am inspired by curiosity.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2022
That is what drives me.
So let us expand the scope & scale of consciousness so that we may aspire to understand the Universe.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2022
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2022
To think I grew up 2b bizniz magnet 🤩 pic.twitter.com/usbPI0aSrY
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2022
The Masses, Not Mars
The Masses, Not Mars?
Go Putin Go
This is what I would like to suggest as a roadmap, should the takeover happen, and Twitter becomes Boring.
- Buy a browser. Something next generation. Build or outsource the Pi tablet/laptop.
- Allow Google to index the entire Twitter. Make them pay for it. Let them be the default search engine on the browser. Make them pay.
- Let Twitter be the landing page in the browser.
- Marry Starlink to the whole idea. People get internet access for free on this device. The browser has a paybar, or a pay corner where ads are served. That pays for it all. Location and browsing history determine what ads get served.
- Redo Twitter. 99% just want to consume. They don't even want to open an account. Let them consume.
- Of the 1% who bother to sign up, most content is created by the 1% of that 1%.
- So Twitter should have three modes. (1) Browsing mode. No sign up necessary. You don't see any symbols. Just natural language. (2) Sign up mode. (3) Content creation mode.
- I am for free speech. No tolerating any curbs anywhere.
- I am curious about open sourcing the algorithms. Perhaps the Open API madness can make a comeback.
With Elon, Twitter might be in good hands.
3 months later he created ethereum pic.twitter.com/RHLA02ugAg
— 𝖕 𝖚 𝖋 𝖋 ❤️ nft (@PuffYatty) March 22, 2022
This Is Not the Year of the Optimist The news has been so depressing lately. A crazy guy opens fire in a subway in Brooklyn. The Russians are committing atrocities in Ukraine and are about to start a major offensive in the east. And my tuna melt on rye costs $21 at a not-much-to-look-at New York City diner, not including the tip. ...... The Mets are off to a strong start but give them a few months and they’ll be depressing you as well. ...... winter’s over, job openings are way up in the past year, and the subway shooting was miraculously — miraculously! — without fatalities. ....... “Crazy Guy Aims, Shoots, Misses” could also be a contender for the next Russian national anthem. ........ Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter at $54.20 a share........ Half the punditocracy seems to think this would be great; the other half thinks it’s the apocalypse....... the 4.20 in $54.20 is an inside joke about getting high. ....... Even if Twitter tanked, wouldn’t there be some new post-Twitter communications system coming around the bend soon? ........ the idea that Twitter is a good forum for speech is silly. Trying to communicate a thought in 240 characters isn’t speaking. It’s blurting. You don’t use Twitter for persuasion. You use it for insults and virtue signaling. A healthy free-speech environment depends on people talking with each other. Twitter is a medium for people to talk at others. The best thing that could happen to Twitter isn’t an acquisition, by Musk or anyone else. It’s bankruptcy. ....... And what’s the chance the Republican Party is going to become the Home for Unwillingly Retired Entertainers? ....... It’s ironic that the Democrats’ huge flaw is an inability to get anything serious passed in Congress — because of the, um, lack of Democrats in the Senate. Which will probably cost them several more Senate seats.
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— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) April 18, 2022
Elon Musk has built a track record over the past 20 years that is outstanding. He is the "king of kings" among tech entrepreneurs. And he is not that old. He could still run hard for 20 years if he chooses to, before he transports himself to Mars. (Some people think that is where he came from in the first place! When he first landed, his name was Elon Mars.) Twitter would be in good hands. I think Elon Musk could turn Twitter into a trillion-dollar company in less than 10 years.
I think Elon Musk could turn Twitter into a trillion-dollar company in less than 10 years. https://t.co/iHbF4UVLWN @elonmusk @twitter @Tesla @SpaceX @boringcompany @jack @paraga @aplusk @fredwilson @raypaxful @ArturPaxful @katie_haun @dunkhippo33 @LOUDCapital #Twitter
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 18, 2022
(A cotton candy for everyone who figures out this whole blog post is just an ad for Go Putin Go.)
Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Masses, Not Mars?
You are on the right track. https://t.co/ovG3rR1yjK
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 14, 2022
Marc Is A Dud
The Masses, Not Mars? https://t.co/q4PLgKom2P @raypaxful @arturpaxful @elonmusk @jack @pmarca @katiehaun @cdixon @fredwilson @albertwenger @thegothamgal
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 15, 2022
This morning Musk bid $54.20 a share to buy the rest of Twitter and take it private -- nearly 40% higher than Twitter’s stock price in January before Musk started buying.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 14, 2022
Anyone concerned about another oligarch taking over a news source?
The Masses, Not Mars? https://t.co/q4PLgKom2P @Scobleizer @RBReich #ElonMusk #ElonMuskTwitter #TwitterTakeover #Twitter
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 15, 2022
30 years ago today, construction workers in the city of Chicago damaged the wall of an abandoned utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach caused 250 million gallons of water to flood the city and ultimately cost $2B in damages (equivalent to $3.7B today).
— Brett Newman (@bnewmski) April 15, 2022
i♥️u
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022
Because you were meant to invest: https://t.co/ADxzpQtmHl
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 15, 2022