James Stephenson

@ElonMusk and I own Tesla (along with several other people).

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Estimated metric tons of useful payload delivered to orbit in Year-to-Date 2026 by Rocket Lab, Firefly, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, and Relativity combined...
... versus useful payload SpaceX put in orbit on only September 28, 2026. 👀
Chart courtesy: @Grok $SPCX

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

It’s difficult to know when you’ll be done doing something no one has ever done before.

Sometimes Elon‘s companies are able to do it relatively quickly, and sometimes it takes longer, but it is never known at the outset how long it will take exactly.

But people always ask, so Elon tries to go with the 50th percentile scenario to the best of his ability, which is sometimes optimistic, because stuff gets done quicker if you have optimistic deadlines then if you award your employees the leniency bonus that necessarily accompanies pessimistic deadlines.

See also: Starship

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Here is your $TSLA cumulative revenue chart update.

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@ChaseHeibel @TSLAFanMtl I look forward to you leveling up the sustainability of your sarcasm!

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@TSLAFanMtl The consumer is concerned only about value received relative to out of pocket cost (including tip).

If they prefer not seeing, smelling, or having to make single-serving friend conversation with a stranger they must then tip, they see the higher *priced* trip as well worth it.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@ChaseHeibel @TSLAFanMtl Yes! I should have remembered to say that.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@thepowerfulHRV The YOY looks pretty good!

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@anthonyisonline @Nickstah6 Would you be happier if they had met the Robotaxi scaling deadline, but with so many accidents that the D party was running midterm campaigns on shutting down “Elon’s highway killing machines” endangering everyone’s kids and grandmothers?

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@Nickstah6 @anthonyisonline And you expect this to continue?

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@anthonyisonline @Nickstah6 I would agree with you if that’s how stock prices work, but they don’t.

The market prices equities at the weighted average of their expected present value of ALL FUTURE cash flows.

There’s no lifetime achievement award in the stock market.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@Tesla_Dawg @Degen_Drama @truthandtesla I’d grudgingly vote yes at $958.65, but that’s only for the weekend. Price goes up 56 and a third cents at 4 p.m. eastern on Monday. 🤓

[Stephenson Indicator @StephensonIndTM]

Today’s Stephenson Indicator™️ was $958.09.
$TSLA closed today (Oct 22) at $374.58, a 60.9% discount to Stephenson Indicator™️.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Good thing stock aren’t priced according to their BACKWARD earnings.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@b4ud3r Perhaps you prefer this YTD Q3 chart?

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@MichaelNurseOnX Here’s a guy who gets the joke.

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@BLSmith2112 @elonmusk 😅

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

The growth story continues...
$TSLA @elonmusk

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

@ricmrodrigues Just a short lull in the action. FSD arachnids rates and big investments bode well for exponential growth to resume.

How To Read The Curve of a Cumulative Revenue Chart
https://t.co/f5ghIZRQdN

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Also some guy (see screenshots) deleted a mean comment he made about me being a moron yesterday, but only after I personalized this meme that must have illuminated his own misunderstanding of how to read the curve of a cumulative revenue chart:

Or was there some other reason to delete, @WILFRED6784951 ?

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Also, every time I post it, someone reveals that they don’t know how to read the curve of a cumulative data plot, which I made a video once explaining how to do after an acerbic fashion influencer with millions of followers ratioed the fool out of me.

How To Read The Curve of a Cumulative Revenue Chart
https://t.co/50kGhOeybt

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@jontwigge It’s over! It’s a wrap!

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@XanderSky @elonmusk 🫶

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@Chansoo 👍

[James Stephenson @ICannot_Enough]

Marco Rubio realizing he now controls Starshield:

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Cc: @danhuot 😇🫣