![hataf_capital's tweet photo. AppLovin $APP: Why I’m Buying The Dip Despite The CloudX Narrative
By Hataf Capital
The market just handed investors a classic "gift wrapped in fear." Over the past month, AppLovin $APP has seen its share price crater by 35%, plummeting to the $400 level.
If you’ve been following the software sector lately, you know the drill: anything that even smells like an "AI disruption" risk gets sold off first and questioned later.
AppLovin, once the darling of the digital advertising space with its pristine EBITDA margins and high top-line growth, is now being treated like a broken growth story. But let’s cut through the noise.
The recent sell-off, driven by narratives around a startup called CloudX and Google’s Project Genie 3, is, in my view, a fundamental misreading of the competitive landscape.
We are looking at a best-of-breed operator trading at a forward PEG of just 0.74x a valuation that is almost inexplicably low for a company riding a massive AI tailwind.
Here is why I am doubling down on AppLovin as we head into what I believe will be a massive 2026 inflection year.
The CloudX "Threat": A Paper Tiger
The primary catalyst for the most recent 13% single-day drop was the launch of CloudX, an AI-agent driven platform co-founded by former AppLovin executive Jim Payne.
The bears are arguing that CloudX will automate the programmatic workflows that currently act as AppLovin’s "black box" moat.
This narrative fundamentally misunderstands how advertising budgets are allocated. Advertisers don’t move billions of dollars because a platform is "open" or "automated"; they move money to where they get the highest Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
AppLovin’s Axon 2.0 engine isn't just a piece of software; it’s a manufacturing fortress of data. It has been trained on over a decade of first-party mobile gaming interactions and billions of behavioral signals.
CloudX is an infant, unproven platform. It lacks the network effect and the massive data advantage that AppLovin has built over the last ten years.
In the high-stakes world of performance marketing, you don't switch from a proven engine to an experiment based on a press release.
Furthermore, given AppLovin’s history of acquiring companies like MoPub and Wurl, I wouldn't be surprised if CloudX eventually ends up inside the AppLovin ecosystem anyway.
Project Genie 3: Disruption or Democratization?
The second "boogeyman" haunting the stock is Google DeepMind’s Project Genie 3, which can generate virtual worlds from text prompts.
Wall Street panicked, fearing that AI-generated games would destroy the traditional mobile gaming industry and, by extension, the need for gaming ads.
This is a classic overreaction. Genie 3 currently has a 60-second generation limit and suffers from high latency.
Gamers aren't going to swap high-fidelity, interactive experiences for a minute-long visual prompt. More importantly, the democratization of game creation is a massive net positive for AppLovin.
If AI lowers the barrier to entry for developers, we will see an explosion in the supply of content.
Every one of those new AI-generated games will need to be monetized. As an end-to-end ad stack controller owning the inventory, the auction platform (MAX), and the demand-side platform (AppDiscovery) AppLovin sits at the center of this expanding universe. More games mean more ad inventory for AppLovin to sell.
The 2026 Flywheel: Beyond Gaming
The most underappreciated aspect of the AppLovin story is its pivot into e-commerce and retail. My thesis for 2026 is based on three interconnected pillars:
The Full Axon 2.0 Rollout: In 2026, the Axon Ads Manager will be fully available to small and medium enterprises globally. This opens the floodgates for millions of advertisers who were previously excluded.
The E-commerce Gold Mine: AppLovin has discovered that the same users who spend money on Candy Crush are high-intent targets for skincare and home decor.
With a $1 billion e-commerce run rate and deep Shopify integrations, AppLovin is already siphoning budgets away from Meta and Google.
AI-Generated Creatives: AppLovin isn't just placing ads; it’s helping create them. Their platform can now churn out 10-15 video variations a day, solving "creative fatigue" for small businesses that can't afford a massive ad agency.
Financials and Valuation: Dirt Cheap for Hypergrowth
AppLovin is a cash flow monster. In Q3 2025, they delivered 68% revenue growth and an eye-popping 82% Adjusted EBITDA margin. They are generating over $1 billion in free cash flow quarterly with minimal CapEx.
Despite this, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of just 27.8x. When you look at their expected 30%+ EPS growth over the next few years, you get a PEG ratio of 0.74x. Any growth stock with a PEG under 1.0 is traditionally seen as undervalued; for a company with 80% margins, it’s a valuation anomaly.
My DCF analysis, using a conservative terminal multiple, yields a target price of $633, implying over 50% upside from these levels.
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![hataf_capital's tweet photo. AppLovin $APP: Why I’m Buying The Dip Despite The CloudX Narrative
By Hataf Capital
The market just handed investors a classic "gift wrapped in fear." Over the past month, AppLovin $APP has seen its share price crater by 35%, plummeting to the $400 level.
If you’ve been following the software sector lately, you know the drill: anything that even smells like an "AI disruption" risk gets sold off first and questioned later.
AppLovin, once the darling of the digital advertising space with its pristine EBITDA margins and high top-line growth, is now being treated like a broken growth story. But let’s cut through the noise.
The recent sell-off, driven by narratives around a startup called CloudX and Google’s Project Genie 3, is, in my view, a fundamental misreading of the competitive landscape.
We are looking at a best-of-breed operator trading at a forward PEG of just 0.74x a valuation that is almost inexplicably low for a company riding a massive AI tailwind.
Here is why I am doubling down on AppLovin as we head into what I believe will be a massive 2026 inflection year.
The CloudX "Threat": A Paper Tiger
The primary catalyst for the most recent 13% single-day drop was the launch of CloudX, an AI-agent driven platform co-founded by former AppLovin executive Jim Payne.
The bears are arguing that CloudX will automate the programmatic workflows that currently act as AppLovin’s "black box" moat.
This narrative fundamentally misunderstands how advertising budgets are allocated. Advertisers don’t move billions of dollars because a platform is "open" or "automated"; they move money to where they get the highest Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
AppLovin’s Axon 2.0 engine isn't just a piece of software; it’s a manufacturing fortress of data. It has been trained on over a decade of first-party mobile gaming interactions and billions of behavioral signals.
CloudX is an infant, unproven platform. It lacks the network effect and the massive data advantage that AppLovin has built over the last ten years.
In the high-stakes world of performance marketing, you don't switch from a proven engine to an experiment based on a press release.
Furthermore, given AppLovin’s history of acquiring companies like MoPub and Wurl, I wouldn't be surprised if CloudX eventually ends up inside the AppLovin ecosystem anyway.
Project Genie 3: Disruption or Democratization?
The second "boogeyman" haunting the stock is Google DeepMind’s Project Genie 3, which can generate virtual worlds from text prompts.
Wall Street panicked, fearing that AI-generated games would destroy the traditional mobile gaming industry and, by extension, the need for gaming ads.
This is a classic overreaction. Genie 3 currently has a 60-second generation limit and suffers from high latency.
Gamers aren't going to swap high-fidelity, interactive experiences for a minute-long visual prompt. More importantly, the democratization of game creation is a massive net positive for AppLovin.
If AI lowers the barrier to entry for developers, we will see an explosion in the supply of content.
Every one of those new AI-generated games will need to be monetized. As an end-to-end ad stack controller owning the inventory, the auction platform (MAX), and the demand-side platform (AppDiscovery) AppLovin sits at the center of this expanding universe. More games mean more ad inventory for AppLovin to sell.
The 2026 Flywheel: Beyond Gaming
The most underappreciated aspect of the AppLovin story is its pivot into e-commerce and retail. My thesis for 2026 is based on three interconnected pillars:
The Full Axon 2.0 Rollout: In 2026, the Axon Ads Manager will be fully available to small and medium enterprises globally. This opens the floodgates for millions of advertisers who were previously excluded.
The E-commerce Gold Mine: AppLovin has discovered that the same users who spend money on Candy Crush are high-intent targets for skincare and home decor.
With a $1 billion e-commerce run rate and deep Shopify integrations, AppLovin is already siphoning budgets away from Meta and Google.
AI-Generated Creatives: AppLovin isn't just placing ads; it’s helping create them. Their platform can now churn out 10-15 video variations a day, solving "creative fatigue" for small businesses that can't afford a massive ad agency.
Financials and Valuation: Dirt Cheap for Hypergrowth
AppLovin is a cash flow monster. In Q3 2025, they delivered 68% revenue growth and an eye-popping 82% Adjusted EBITDA margin. They are generating over $1 billion in free cash flow quarterly with minimal CapEx.
Despite this, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of just 27.8x. When you look at their expected 30%+ EPS growth over the next few years, you get a PEG ratio of 0.74x. Any growth stock with a PEG under 1.0 is traditionally seen as undervalued; for a company with 80% margins, it’s a valuation anomaly.
My DCF analysis, using a conservative terminal multiple, yields a target price of $633, implying over 50% upside from these levels.
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![hataf_capital's tweet photo. AppLovin $APP: Why I’m Buying The Dip Despite The CloudX Narrative
By Hataf Capital
The market just handed investors a classic "gift wrapped in fear." Over the past month, AppLovin $APP has seen its share price crater by 35%, plummeting to the $400 level.
If you’ve been following the software sector lately, you know the drill: anything that even smells like an "AI disruption" risk gets sold off first and questioned later.
AppLovin, once the darling of the digital advertising space with its pristine EBITDA margins and high top-line growth, is now being treated like a broken growth story. But let’s cut through the noise.
The recent sell-off, driven by narratives around a startup called CloudX and Google’s Project Genie 3, is, in my view, a fundamental misreading of the competitive landscape.
We are looking at a best-of-breed operator trading at a forward PEG of just 0.74x a valuation that is almost inexplicably low for a company riding a massive AI tailwind.
Here is why I am doubling down on AppLovin as we head into what I believe will be a massive 2026 inflection year.
The CloudX "Threat": A Paper Tiger
The primary catalyst for the most recent 13% single-day drop was the launch of CloudX, an AI-agent driven platform co-founded by former AppLovin executive Jim Payne.
The bears are arguing that CloudX will automate the programmatic workflows that currently act as AppLovin’s "black box" moat.
This narrative fundamentally misunderstands how advertising budgets are allocated. Advertisers don’t move billions of dollars because a platform is "open" or "automated"; they move money to where they get the highest Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
AppLovin’s Axon 2.0 engine isn't just a piece of software; it’s a manufacturing fortress of data. It has been trained on over a decade of first-party mobile gaming interactions and billions of behavioral signals.
CloudX is an infant, unproven platform. It lacks the network effect and the massive data advantage that AppLovin has built over the last ten years.
In the high-stakes world of performance marketing, you don't switch from a proven engine to an experiment based on a press release.
Furthermore, given AppLovin’s history of acquiring companies like MoPub and Wurl, I wouldn't be surprised if CloudX eventually ends up inside the AppLovin ecosystem anyway.
Project Genie 3: Disruption or Democratization?
The second "boogeyman" haunting the stock is Google DeepMind’s Project Genie 3, which can generate virtual worlds from text prompts.
Wall Street panicked, fearing that AI-generated games would destroy the traditional mobile gaming industry and, by extension, the need for gaming ads.
This is a classic overreaction. Genie 3 currently has a 60-second generation limit and suffers from high latency.
Gamers aren't going to swap high-fidelity, interactive experiences for a minute-long visual prompt. More importantly, the democratization of game creation is a massive net positive for AppLovin.
If AI lowers the barrier to entry for developers, we will see an explosion in the supply of content.
Every one of those new AI-generated games will need to be monetized. As an end-to-end ad stack controller owning the inventory, the auction platform (MAX), and the demand-side platform (AppDiscovery) AppLovin sits at the center of this expanding universe. More games mean more ad inventory for AppLovin to sell.
The 2026 Flywheel: Beyond Gaming
The most underappreciated aspect of the AppLovin story is its pivot into e-commerce and retail. My thesis for 2026 is based on three interconnected pillars:
The Full Axon 2.0 Rollout: In 2026, the Axon Ads Manager will be fully available to small and medium enterprises globally. This opens the floodgates for millions of advertisers who were previously excluded.
The E-commerce Gold Mine: AppLovin has discovered that the same users who spend money on Candy Crush are high-intent targets for skincare and home decor.
With a $1 billion e-commerce run rate and deep Shopify integrations, AppLovin is already siphoning budgets away from Meta and Google.
AI-Generated Creatives: AppLovin isn't just placing ads; it’s helping create them. Their platform can now churn out 10-15 video variations a day, solving "creative fatigue" for small businesses that can't afford a massive ad agency.
Financials and Valuation: Dirt Cheap for Hypergrowth
AppLovin is a cash flow monster. In Q3 2025, they delivered 68% revenue growth and an eye-popping 82% Adjusted EBITDA margin. They are generating over $1 billion in free cash flow quarterly with minimal CapEx.
Despite this, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of just 27.8x. When you look at their expected 30%+ EPS growth over the next few years, you get a PEG ratio of 0.74x. Any growth stock with a PEG under 1.0 is traditionally seen as undervalued; for a company with 80% margins, it’s a valuation anomaly.
My DCF analysis, using a conservative terminal multiple, yields a target price of $633, implying over 50% upside from these levels.
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AppLovin $APP: Why I’m Buying The Dip Despite The CloudX Narrative
By Hataf Capital
The market just handed investors a classic "gift wrapped in fear." Over the past month, AppLovin $APP has seen its share price crater by 35%, plummeting to the $400 level.
If you’ve been following the software sector lately, you know the drill: anything that even smells like an "AI disruption" risk gets sold off first and questioned later.
AppLovin, once the darling of the digital advertising space with its pristine EBITDA margins and high top-line growth, is now being treated like a broken growth story. But let’s cut through the noise.
The recent sell-off, driven by narratives around a startup called CloudX and Google’s Project Genie 3, is, in my view, a fundamental misreading of the competitive landscape.
We are looking at a best-of-breed operator trading at a forward PEG of just 0.74x a valuation that is almost inexplicably low for a company riding a massive AI tailwind.
Here is why I am doubling down on AppLovin as we head into what I believe will be a massive 2026 inflection year.
The CloudX "Threat": A Paper Tiger
The primary catalyst for the most recent 13% single-day drop was the launch of CloudX, an AI-agent driven platform co-founded by former AppLovin executive Jim Payne.
The bears are arguing that CloudX will automate the programmatic workflows that currently act as AppLovin’s "black box" moat.
This narrative fundamentally misunderstands how advertising budgets are allocated. Advertisers don’t move billions of dollars because a platform is "open" or "automated"; they move money to where they get the highest Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
AppLovin’s Axon 2.0 engine isn't just a piece of software; it’s a manufacturing fortress of data. It has been trained on over a decade of first-party mobile gaming interactions and billions of behavioral signals.
CloudX is an infant, unproven platform. It lacks the network effect and the massive data advantage that AppLovin has built over the last ten years.
In the high-stakes world of performance marketing, you don't switch from a proven engine to an experiment based on a press release.
Furthermore, given AppLovin’s history of acquiring companies like MoPub and Wurl, I wouldn't be surprised if CloudX eventually ends up inside the AppLovin ecosystem anyway.
Project Genie 3: Disruption or Democratization?
The second "boogeyman" haunting the stock is Google DeepMind’s Project Genie 3, which can generate virtual worlds from text prompts.
Wall Street panicked, fearing that AI-generated games would destroy the traditional mobile gaming industry and, by extension, the need for gaming ads.
This is a classic overreaction. Genie 3 currently has a 60-second generation limit and suffers from high latency.
Gamers aren't going to swap high-fidelity, interactive experiences for a minute-long visual prompt. More importantly, the democratization of game creation is a massive net positive for AppLovin.
If AI lowers the barrier to entry for developers, we will see an explosion in the supply of content.
Every one of those new AI-generated games will need to be monetized. As an end-to-end ad stack controller owning the inventory, the auction platform (MAX), and the demand-side platform (AppDiscovery) AppLovin sits at the center of this expanding universe. More games mean more ad inventory for AppLovin to sell.
The 2026 Flywheel: Beyond Gaming
The most underappreciated aspect of the AppLovin story is its pivot into e-commerce and retail. My thesis for 2026 is based on three interconnected pillars:
The Full Axon 2.0 Rollout: In 2026, the Axon Ads Manager will be fully available to small and medium enterprises globally. This opens the floodgates for millions of advertisers who were previously excluded.
The E-commerce Gold Mine: AppLovin has discovered that the same users who spend money on Candy Crush are high-intent targets for skincare and home decor.
With a $1 billion e-commerce run rate and deep Shopify integrations, AppLovin is already siphoning budgets away from Meta and Google.
AI-Generated Creatives: AppLovin isn't just placing ads; it’s helping create them. Their platform can now churn out 10-15 video variations a day, solving "creative fatigue" for small businesses that can't afford a massive ad agency.
Financials and Valuation: Dirt Cheap for Hypergrowth
AppLovin is a cash flow monster. In Q3 2025, they delivered 68% revenue growth and an eye-popping 82% Adjusted EBITDA margin. They are generating over $1 billion in free cash flow quarterly with minimal CapEx.
Despite this, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of just 27.8x. When you look at their expected 30%+ EPS growth over the next few years, you get a PEG ratio of 0.74x. Any growth stock with a PEG under 1.0 is traditionally seen as undervalued; for a company with 80% margins, it’s a valuation anomaly.
My DCF analysis, using a conservative terminal multiple, yields a target price of $633, implying over 50% upside from these levels.
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![hataf_capital's tweet photo. AppLovin $APP: Why I’m Buying The Dip Despite The CloudX Narrative
By Hataf Capital
The market just handed investors a classic "gift wrapped in fear." Over the past month, AppLovin $APP has seen its share price crater by 35%, plummeting to the $400 level.
If you’ve been following the software sector lately, you know the drill: anything that even smells like an "AI disruption" risk gets sold off first and questioned later.
AppLovin, once the darling of the digital advertising space with its pristine EBITDA margins and high top-line growth, is now being treated like a broken growth story. But let’s cut through the noise.
The recent sell-off, driven by narratives around a startup called CloudX and Google’s Project Genie 3, is, in my view, a fundamental misreading of the competitive landscape.
We are looking at a best-of-breed operator trading at a forward PEG of just 0.74x a valuation that is almost inexplicably low for a company riding a massive AI tailwind.
Here is why I am doubling down on AppLovin as we head into what I believe will be a massive 2026 inflection year.
The CloudX "Threat": A Paper Tiger
The primary catalyst for the most recent 13% single-day drop was the launch of CloudX, an AI-agent driven platform co-founded by former AppLovin executive Jim Payne.
The bears are arguing that CloudX will automate the programmatic workflows that currently act as AppLovin’s "black box" moat.
This narrative fundamentally misunderstands how advertising budgets are allocated. Advertisers don’t move billions of dollars because a platform is "open" or "automated"; they move money to where they get the highest Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
AppLovin’s Axon 2.0 engine isn't just a piece of software; it’s a manufacturing fortress of data. It has been trained on over a decade of first-party mobile gaming interactions and billions of behavioral signals.
CloudX is an infant, unproven platform. It lacks the network effect and the massive data advantage that AppLovin has built over the last ten years.
In the high-stakes world of performance marketing, you don't switch from a proven engine to an experiment based on a press release.
Furthermore, given AppLovin’s history of acquiring companies like MoPub and Wurl, I wouldn't be surprised if CloudX eventually ends up inside the AppLovin ecosystem anyway.
Project Genie 3: Disruption or Democratization?
The second "boogeyman" haunting the stock is Google DeepMind’s Project Genie 3, which can generate virtual worlds from text prompts.
Wall Street panicked, fearing that AI-generated games would destroy the traditional mobile gaming industry and, by extension, the need for gaming ads.
This is a classic overreaction. Genie 3 currently has a 60-second generation limit and suffers from high latency.
Gamers aren't going to swap high-fidelity, interactive experiences for a minute-long visual prompt. More importantly, the democratization of game creation is a massive net positive for AppLovin.
If AI lowers the barrier to entry for developers, we will see an explosion in the supply of content.
Every one of those new AI-generated games will need to be monetized. As an end-to-end ad stack controller owning the inventory, the auction platform (MAX), and the demand-side platform (AppDiscovery) AppLovin sits at the center of this expanding universe. More games mean more ad inventory for AppLovin to sell.
The 2026 Flywheel: Beyond Gaming
The most underappreciated aspect of the AppLovin story is its pivot into e-commerce and retail. My thesis for 2026 is based on three interconnected pillars:
The Full Axon 2.0 Rollout: In 2026, the Axon Ads Manager will be fully available to small and medium enterprises globally. This opens the floodgates for millions of advertisers who were previously excluded.
The E-commerce Gold Mine: AppLovin has discovered that the same users who spend money on Candy Crush are high-intent targets for skincare and home decor.
With a $1 billion e-commerce run rate and deep Shopify integrations, AppLovin is already siphoning budgets away from Meta and Google.
AI-Generated Creatives: AppLovin isn't just placing ads; it’s helping create them. Their platform can now churn out 10-15 video variations a day, solving "creative fatigue" for small businesses that can't afford a massive ad agency.
Financials and Valuation: Dirt Cheap for Hypergrowth
AppLovin is a cash flow monster. In Q3 2025, they delivered 68% revenue growth and an eye-popping 82% Adjusted EBITDA margin. They are generating over $1 billion in free cash flow quarterly with minimal CapEx.
Despite this, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of just 27.8x. When you look at their expected 30%+ EPS growth over the next few years, you get a PEG ratio of 0.74x. Any growth stock with a PEG under 1.0 is traditionally seen as undervalued; for a company with 80% margins, it’s a valuation anomaly.
My DCF analysis, using a conservative terminal multiple, yields a target price of $633, implying over 50% upside from these levels.
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@SawyerMerritt What a great story!
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Sharing a happy story I'd never heard before. Enjoy your day everyone.
In the autumn of 1952, a thin and hungry tabby cat walked into a classroom at Elysian Heights Elementary School in Los Angeles.
A lesson was already in progress.
The cat calmly entered, sat down in the middle of the room, and began to groom himself.
The students were delighted.
The teacher allowed him to stay.
When the school day ended, the cat quietly left.
The next morning, he came back.
Then he returned again the day after that.
Soon, it was clear this was not an accident.
The cat had chosen the school.
The students named him Room 8, after the classroom he first entered.
Room 8 quickly found his routine.
Each morning, he arrived at school.
During the day, he rested in sunny spots, let children pet him, and moved calmly from room to room.
In the afternoon, he left.
He never disrupted lessons.
Teachers and students noticed his gentle and quiet presence.
Small privileges became important to the children.
Feeding him was special.
So was carefully moving him if he fell asleep in an awkward place.
Over the years, Room 8 became part of everyday school life.
He was there during reading time, math lessons, and art classes.
He did not take part.
He simply watched.
When yearbook photos were taken, Room 8 was often included.
From 1952 through the late 1960s, he appeared in class photos, sitting among the students as if he belonged.
By the early 1960s, his story spread beyond the school.
In 1962, LOOK magazine published a feature about him.
It brought national attention to the school cat.
Soon, fan mail began to arrive.
The letters were addressed to “Room 8, Elysian Heights Elementary School, Los Angeles.”
Children and adults from across the country wrote to him.
Some sent small gifts or drawings.
Room 8 had become a celebrity.
Years later, guitarist Leo Kottke composed an instrumental piece titled Room 8, inspired by the cat.
As Room 8 grew older, his health declined.
By the mid 1960s, he was injured in a fight and later developed pneumonia.
One of the teachers, Virginia Finley, offered him a home.
She lived in a house directly across the street from the school.
From then on, Room 8 spent his nights with her and his days at Elysian Heights.
When he was strong enough, he crossed the street on his own each morning.
As he grew weaker, teachers and students sometimes carried him so he could keep his routine.
On August 11, 1968, Room 8 died peacefully.
His exact age was unknown, but he was believed to be about 20 to 22 years old.
This was very old for a cat who had once lived as a stray.
The Los Angeles Times published a long obituary about him.
It described his years at the school, his national fame, and the love students felt for him.
Room 8 was buried with care.
Teachers, students, and admirers mourned his passing.
In 2006, Virginia Finley wrote a children’s book titled “Room 8: The True Story of the School Cat.”
The book preserved his story for future generations.
Through the book, new readers learned about the cat who slept in classroom windows and sat quietly during lessons.
Room 8 was never trained.
He was never officially adopted by the school.
No one planned for him to stay.
He simply arrived.
And the community made space for him.
For sixteen years, Room 8 was a steady presence in the lives of thousands of children.
He became part of their memories, their yearbooks, and their lessons about kindness and care.
His legacy is not about fame.
It is about belonging.
Sometimes, all it takes to find a place in the world is to walk through an open door and be allowed to stay.
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#archaeohistories
@PopesFFH Me too! Why isn't he playing
@margbrennan Congress is a puppet.
BREAKING
Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Vice President Harris:
“A candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors…
We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that.He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger…
I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us."
Rick Steves: There was a handful of people who opposed Hitler, refused to do the proper salute, to kiss his ring; these are the Kinzingers, the Liz Cheneys, and the Mitt Romneys…of the German democracy in 1932…
Milei's 2024 Davos talk, directly translated to English by AI (by heygen), in his own accent. Better than the dubbed version imo.
@bcworldcup Who runs this thing and can you update it for 2023?
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Please join Microsoft and the Foundation Fighting Blindness and help fund valuable research to find a cure for blindness. #sfs2022 #scrambleforsight2022
@jerrynixon @craighead Thanks for asking and answering that question. I have been quite bummed to have lost that feature. Going to turn it on today.
UPDATE: Redemption date extended by lucid. https://t.co/wrsWvNotjl
Good move. Thanks for listening.
Institution or individual, we appreciate everyone that believes in & supports our mission. As some public warrant holders were unaware of our notices & the redemption mechanics, #LucidMotors is extending the redemption period through 2 PM PDT on 10/29/21.
https://t.co/n7Fl9ThNUb
I was an enthusiastic investor in @LucidMotors and as a current @Tesla Model S owner was interested in test driving the Air. However, I'm now disenfranchised and feel cheated by @LucidMotors in how they just cancelled my investment in Warrants. 1
@LucidMotors Thank you for this move. As I very much want to like and love this company, but I was very disenchanted by how The warrants were handled previously.
@BenGray36302838 https://t.co/WQEm93FoGw
This Press Release did nothing to alert warrant holders that action would be required within 30 days. https://t.co/HkfPlFHFaq 2
$LCIDW $LCID
This Press Release did nothing to alert warrant holders that action would be required within 30 days. https://t.co/HkfPlFHFaq 2
I have a call (web form actually, lame that I cannot call) into Lucid and will update on their response. #hownottotreatinvstors 6
I was never notified by my broker, @eTrade even though on a call yesterday they said that I was notified via an 'Alert', there are no alerts on this topic to me. No emails, nothing. 3
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