Ryan Mac 🙃

today was the first day spacex's stock closed under its IPO price of $135. it closed at $131.11.

if you bought the company's IPO shares, you are now underwater.

normalize booing

I'm old enough to remember that after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook started doing "privacy popups" in 2018 where they told people that they cared about their privacy and user consent.

Well, lmao.

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/t...

government is literally bombing another country right now and they’re displaying a giant LOVE banner

wait until he finds out how Balogun plays for the US

so much scoring happening in Miami right now
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plop

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/b...

SpaceX Falls Below I.P.O. Price of $135

After soaring in its stock market debut, the shares of Elon Musk’s rocket and A.I. company have been rocky.

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spacex stock now falling in afterhours trading after that aborted launch. down nearly 4% afterhours after closing 3% down on the day.

FIFA taking in $8 billion in revenue but asking for balls back from the crowd like it’s a Sunday league game with three knockoff jabulanis around the field. Treat them like foul balls you cheap freaks.

this is the dumbest shit ever

someone help square this for me

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For all the platitudes and window dressing from the company over the years about safety, privacy and consent, it appears that it's north star is — as it has always been — growth, growth, growth.

Why not make an AI feature like this opt-in? Because it would hamper the spread of the feature.

this is the dumbest shit ever

I've always been annoyed by this framing — this time in @status.news — of news simply "emerging" or Thiel willingly telling everyone that he funded the Gawker suit (as they link to in this piece.)

The news "emerged" because we broke it at Forbes. And then Thiel had to admit to it.

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starship's test flight 13 also just aborted for the day as it was set to launch. unclear what caused the pause, but it's not happening today.

bad day for spacex and musk.

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at tesla, musk got upset with the wild swings in the public market's valuation of the company. in 2018, he threatened to take the company private.

now that spacex is public, this phenomena will play out once again after days like today. the question is whether musk will resist the urge to lash out.

"Hi, I'm a reporter that would like to cover your company's layoffs."

"Hi, uh, ok. What's your name?"

"Chip....Cutter."

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pathetic www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...

U.S. Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives

The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.

in case you plan a jan 6 style event on jack dorsey's new work collaboration platform

absurd. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

man should have proposed

BEST GAME EVER

Kind of incredible that the company that wanted to use AI to help rich people combat unfavorable media stories has completely pivoted to essentially yelp for journalists, which is hardly a new idea

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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi

oh yea for sure man the idea was *too good* that you had to completely pivot

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Also if you’re in the crowd and your seatmate catches a ball, help them hide that shit. No narcs!