I just published my article on how hyperscalers like $AMZN, $MSFT, and $GOOGL will benefit in the token optimization era and why I believe the companies will re-rate much higher.
https://t.co/CQjUnFH3FD
VSS Unity completed a successful glide flight today above @Spaceport_NM. Pilots, ground crew, and Mission Control all running live operations, building the rhythm our new spaceship program demands → https://t.co/eCNl1tR5fo
Last week, our Astronaut community flew in from around the world for our “Behind the Hangar Door” Spaceship Factory Experience. They stepped inside our Factory to see, for the first time, the next-generation spaceship that will fly them to space.
With our top engineering and manufacturing leaders guiding the discussions, our Astronauts got a firsthand look at the expertise, precision engineering, quality manufacturing, and unwavering commitment to safety behind every spaceship. They also heard how work is progressing in The Forge, our new rocket motor production facility currently under construction.
The energy at the factory said it all. Watching this incredible community stand alongside the team building the new spaceship that will fly them to space was a reminder of why we do this work. A spaceflight with Virgin Galactic is a chance to see the world differently, and that perspective is a key part of the adventure.
We couldn’t imagine a better group to share this with.
After 22 years of being denied access, Kakome Beach was in Albania returned to its owners. Incredibly happy for them. Incredible act of resiliency, which is why it makes a absolutely big difference when people in Albania protest.
It is entirely unclear what is actually happening. The idea that something is actually happening here is itself quaint.
Maybe it’s ‘real’. Maybe, a head fake. Maybe it’s awesome AF. Maybe it’s dorky dad humor. Maybe it’s a clever way to prepare the world. Etc.
Ad infinitum.
"Pardon me if I be somewhat immoderate or superstitious in admiring his excellency, for what almost can there be in any man that was not abundantly in our Scanderbeg? So many were his perfections and so few his imperfections, as it may justly be imagined, that God created him as a mirror for the world rather to wonder at than any way possibly to be matched, and yet, most worthy of all men to be imitated."
- Zachary Jones
THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT. THE CORE IS OURS IT IS INDIGENOUS🧬🇦🇱
A new scientific study published in Nature Human Behaviour confirms what we have always known:
Albanians are not newcomers.
Albanians are native to this land.
For thousands of years before empires, before borders,
our people have been here.
🧬 DNA speaks clearly:
There is continuity from ancient Balkan populations to modern Albanians.
👉 Albanians are among the oldest indigenous populations in the Western Balkans/Europe.
Yes, like every European population, there has been some mixing…
But the core?
It is ours. It is indigenous and that mixture is the lowest of the lowest in world up to 95% preserved in some Albanian regions.
Today we may have different religions – Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox…
But our origin, our roots, our history, are ONE.
Even if someone no longer speaks Albanian,
their blood still remembers.
Never forget who you are.
Never let anyone rewrite your history.
We are here. We have always been here. And we will always remain. 🇦🇱
A Tirana family just matched an Arbëreshë line in Apulia, same paternal ancestor only ~650 years ago (20–25 generations). A rare, close link back to the time of Skanderbeg
📖 Source: Rrënjet
#albaniandna#arbereshe#albania#albania
I'm going to make some obvious points.
(1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war.
(2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East.
(3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked.
(4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy.
(5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately.
(6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty.
That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area.
(7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people.
[a]: https://t.co/ITat4tmAFd
[b]: https://t.co/bWwiSQcgyt
[c]: https://t.co/FQCqMhy5d3
My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.