Tyler Fairchild

Conservationist

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

With everything we are hearing right now about ticks this seems like good information to share.

“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

I’ve been asked by many to create one comprehensive post explaining how to prepare for @SpaceX’s IPO if you use one of the brokerages listed in SpaceX’s S-1 filing to allocate IPO shares to retail investors. Here it is:

Fidelity:
1) $500,000 minimum account balance required to participate (including IRAs, individual, etc, but excluding 401k).

2) Enter an indication of interest. The indication of interest provides Fidelity with the maximum number of shares a customer is interested in purchasing.

3) Confirm your indication of interest shares on Fidelity's website after the registration statement has been declared effective and the offering has priced, which is typically after 7 PM ET on the night of pricing. Indications of interest may not be confirmed prior to the registration statement being declared effective and the offering pricing established. By confirming your indication of interest, you are placing an order to buy shares at the offering price. If you do not confirm your indication of interest, you will not be eligible for an allocation of shares.

4) Allocation of shares will occur on the morning following pricing and is usually complete before 9:30 AM ET. An alert will be sent once allocations are complete, and you can check your account to determine whether you were allocated shares. If you receive an allocation of shares, you must have adequate funds available to settle the purchase in the settlement date which is typically the trade date plus one business day.

5) You may increase your indication of interest up through the close of the indication of interest period. You may decrease or cancel an indication of interest until share allocation takes place. Once share allocation takes place, your indication may not be canceled or modified.

Charles Schwab:
1) $100,000 minimum account balance required to participate (including IRAs, individual, etc, but excluding 401k).

2) On Schwab's website, under the Trade tab, select the IPO page to view the Calendar of Offerings, a list of upcoming IPOs. Once the IPO offering window opens (expected first week of June), investors will have the ability to submit a Conditional Offer to Purchase (COTP), also known as an Indication of Interest, from this page.

3) During an IPO's open COTP window, select Start COTP to review offering details and the preliminary prospectus. Then select the green button to proceed to the Eligibility Questionnaire, which is required to confirm investors meet eligibility criteria and are not restricted (per FINRA rules) from participating. After completing the questionnaire, you'll be able to indicate how many shares you're interested in purchasing based on the price range provided. Select Confirm to submit the COTP.

4) After the COTP has been submitted, regularly monitor the IPO page, which will indicate the Status of Your Conditional Offers to Purchase (COTPs), the expected pricing date, and current pricing status, plus any changes in the prospectus. When the IPO has been priced, you will affirm your COTP. You must affirm your COTP once the effective price is established in order to be eligible to purchase shares. To do so, select Affirm Now to review and finalize the share quantity.

Robinhood:
1) There's no minimum account size requirement, but you must have enough buying power to cover your requested shares if you are allocated any. You must have an individual brokerage account. Retirement, custodial, and multiple investing accounts are not eligible for IPO Access.

2) Make sure IPO Access is enabled in your Robinhood app. Turn on your IPO notifications so that Robinhood notifies you when the SpaceX IPO comes online.

3) Request Shares: Once the IPO is announced and available, you can request shares through the app or website. This is a request for IPO shares. By placing a conditional offer to buy (COB), you’re asking for the opportunity to purchase a quantity of shares at the IPO price. An investor may place, edit, or cancel a COB after the initial price range is published and before the confirmation period ends.

4) Allocation is random and not guaranteed. The number of shares you request factors into how many you actually get, but it doesn’t affect the likelihood that you’ll get any allocation. You may get all, some, or none of the IPO shares you request.

E*Trade:
1) E*TRADE does not publicly list a specific minimum account size required to participate in IPOs, but contact them to double check. That said, allocation priority for “hot” IPOs may still favor larger or more active accounts in practice, even if there’s no official minimum balance requirement.

2) Be a U.S. resident, have an active E*TRADE account (Individual, Joint and IRAs are all eligible) and complete the investor profile questionnaire.

3) Sign up for IPO alerts.

4) Submit a conditional offer to buy ("COB"). As part of this submission, you specify the number of shares and the maximum price you are willing to pay per share. COBs can only be submitted via the New Issue Center. A COB may be submitted once an offering is listed as "open" up until the status is changed to "closed." COBs that have already been submitted may be amended or cancelled after an offering is "closed" up until the status is changed to "allocate." At this point, no further changes may be made to a COB and you are bound by the terms of your COB. If there is no material change in an offering, customers will not need to reconfirm their COBs. If you have submitted a conditional offer, you must have available buying power to cover the full amount of your conditional offer in the account through which you submitted the conditional offer.

5) Shares are allocated to eligible accounts as a proportion, or percentage, of the size of their COB. The percentage is based primarily on the number of shares provided to E*TRADE for sale to its customers and the size of the overall demand for shares from E*TRADE's customers. Given the expected high demand for this offering and the limited availability of shares available for sale to E*TRADE customers, many COBs may not be allocated shares (according to E*Trade). Additionally, in many instances, allocations will be significantly smaller than the size of shares requested in a customer's COB.

6) E*TRADE makes its allocations after the pricing of the overall offering but before the stock begins trading. E*TRADE will inform customers via alert or email whether they have been allocated shares. Any allocation should be reflected in the relevant customer account once that allocation has been processed by E*TRADE.

Sofi:
1) There is no minimum account balance/size requirement. Have an active Self-Directed Invest account.

2) Go to the “IPO Investing” section in the app or website

3) Select the IPO

4) Complete the IPO suitability questionnaire

5) Submit an “Indication of Interest” (IOI), which is basically a non-binding request for shares.

6) When the IPO is officially priced, SoFi will notify you to confirm your order.

NOTE: Don’t be surprised if you receive fewer IPO shares than you requested, or none at all. Demand for the limited number of IPO shares available to retail investors will likely be extremely high, and each participating brokerage will only receive a limited allocation of shares to distribute to retail investors.

For our international friends, keep in mind that @SpaceX said in their S-1 filing that allocations will also be made to retail investors by the underwriters, which include:
• Goldman Sachs
• Morgan Stanley
• Bank of America
• Citigroup
• J.P. Morgan
• Barclays
• Deutsche Bank Securities
• RBC Capital Markets
• UBS Investment Bank
• Wells Fargo Securities
• Allen & Company
• Cantor
• Needham & Company
• Raymond James
• Societe Generale
• Stifel
• William Blair
• BTG Pactual
• ING
• Macquarie Capital
• Mirae Asset Securities
• Mizuho
• Santander
so you can try reaching out to one of these places if you have assets with them and you may be able to request an allocation of some shares. I've already seen that happen with some Goldman Sachs clients.

Lastly, and I stated this in a previous post, @SpaceX specifically stated in their S-1 filing that any purchase of their Class A common stock in this offering through these platforms will be at the same IPO price, and at the same time, as any other purchases in this offering, including purchases by institutions and other large investors, which means any retail investors that are lucky enough to get allocated some SpaceX IPO shares will pay the same price as the big guys. This will likely be the largest retail IPO share allocation in history, by far.

If you have more questions, reach out directly to your brokerage and/or bank. And no, this post wasn't written by AI lol.

Not financial advice.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Great news, retail investors will officially be offered @SpaceX IPO shares!

SpaceX shares will be offered to retail investors through the brokerages of Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Robinhood, SoFi and E*Trade.

"Any purchase of our Class A common stock in this offering through these platforms will be at the same IPO price, and at the same time, as any other purchases in this offering, including purchases by institutions and other large investors." - SpaceX

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

SpaceX (ticker will be SPCX) just dropped its preliminary prospectus S-1! Here are the TOP 10 most important pieces from the filing.

1/ The IPO
• SpaceX is registering an IPO of Class A Common Stock.
• Price range is still placeholder ($[ ] – $[ ] per share).
• Underwriters are led by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BofA, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and a full syndicate. Underwriters have a 30-day option to buy more shares.

2/ Financials (2025 + Q1 2026)
• Full-year 2025 revenue: $18.674 billion.
• Q1 2026 revenue: $4.694 billion.
• Adjusted EBITDA (2025): $6.584 billion.
• Still showing operating losses (Q1 2026 ops loss ~$1.94B) due to massive investments in AI compute and Starship.
• No cash dividends ever paid and none planned.

3/ Starlink
• 9,600 satellites in low-Earth orbit as of Mar 31, 2026.
• ~10.3 million subscribers across 164 countries.
• Starlink Mobile: ~7.4 million monthly unique devices.
• Median download speed ~225 Mbps.
• This segment is profitable and the biggest revenue driver (roughly $3.26B of Q1 revenue). ARPU around $66/month.

4/ Space Launch Business
• Falcon family (9 + Heavy) has launched hundreds of times with >99% success rate and dominates global mass-to-orbit.
• Dragon spacecraft has flown crews from 20+ countries.
• Starship has completed 11 test flights (booster catches achieved). Payload delivery operations targeted for second half of 2026. This is the next-gen vehicle for Mars, lunar economy, and point-to-point Earth transport.

5/ AI Segment
• Acquired xAI Holdings effective Feb 2, 2026 (plus X Holdings earlier). Now includes Grok models, the X platform, and massive AI compute.
• Building COLOSSUS superclusters (gigawatt-scale). Plans for orbital AI compute satellites in Sun-synchronous orbit starting 2028.
• Q1 2026 AI revenue already $818 million. Partnerships include Anthropic paying $1.25 billion per month for compute (through 2029) and an option to acquire Cursor at $60 billion implied valuation.

6/ Governance & Elon’s Control of Dual-class stock
• Class A (public shares) = 1 vote per share.
• Class B (mostly held by Musk) = 10 votes per share.
• Elon remains Founder, CEO, CTO, and Chairman. Post-IPO he will retain majority voting power and the company qualifies as a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rules (exempt from certain independent board requirements).

7/ Capex, Balance Sheet & Use of Proceeds
• Heavy investing: Q1 2026 total capex ~$10.1B (AI ~$7.7B, Starlink ~$1.3B, Space ~$1.05B).
• Proceeds from the IPO will fund: AI infrastructure expansion, Starship development, more Starlink satellites/capacity, and general corporate purposes.
• No near-term liquidity issues flagged.

8/ Recent Corporate Moves
• 5-for-1 stock split effective May 4, 2026.
• Reincorporated in Texas.
• Full integration of xAI and X under common control.
• Collaboration with Tesla/Intel on “Terafab” for next-gen chip manufacturing (goal: terawatt-scale compute hardware per year).

9/ Vision & Market Opportunity
Mission
• Make humanity multiplanetary, understand the universe, and extend consciousness to the stars.
• Total addressable market cited: enormous (hundreds of billions in space + connectivity, trillions in AI compute).
• Future bets: Lunar economy, Mars city, orbital data centers powered by solar, point-to-point Starship travel.

10/ Key Risks
• Execution risk on Starship timeline and reliability.
• Heavy dependence on Elon’s leadership and vision.
• Regulatory hurdles (FCC spectrum, export controls, government contracts).
• Intense competition in launch, satellite internet, and AI.
• Continued operating losses while scaling AI and space tech.
• Market volatility for a high-growth, high-capex company.

One of the biggest IPOs in history is officially happening!

Full S-1 here: https://t.co/zNUMLja3sy

[Raising Healthy Families @thriving__kids]

When kids get introduced to screens, screens quickly become the most important thing in a child's life

They'd rather a screen than playing outside
They'd rather a screen than to interact with friends
They'd rather a screen than to spend time with family

Screens changes their brains & sets them up for screen addiction

This is a massive reason why kids are suffering with mental health issues more than ever before

Kids deserve a screen-free childhood

[Tyler Fairchild @TylerKFairchild]

@theblackvault @MiddleOfMayhem That's fair 👍

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: SpaceX reportedly picks NASDAQ as listing venue for its initial public offering, as early as June 11th, set to list shares on June 12th, under the ticker $SPCX, per Reuters

[Raising Healthy Families @thriving__kids]

Kids need consistent routines to thrive.

When they lack proper routines it leads to behaviour issues, impaired development & poor health

The good news is parents have complete control with building, and maintaining, healthy routines

Here are the top 3 routines every child needs:

1) Morning routines

This sets the tone for the entire and has a massive impact on setting them up for success

We've worked with 100s of kids.

Morning routines for most kids are rushed, stressed and have zero planning.

Kids starting off in this environment will likely struggle through the rest of their day

A successful morning routine should include:

i) Consistent wake up time. An internal clock that is dialed is needed for good health.

ii) Consistent order of activities.
Example:
Family walk
Make breakfast
Get dressed & pack bag
Brush teeth

Consistent order helps kids know whats next and lowers stress

iii) Movement
Kids are built to move.
Expecting them to sit all morning then go sit in a class all day is cruel.

Go for a walk, let them run around the back yard and make time for a quick trip to the park.

Doesnt matter WHAT, just burn their energy!

iv) Proper fuel

Nobody (especially kids) should start their day with a bunch of processed sugar.

Feeding them cereal, pop tarts, bagels, juice etc... will put them on a sugar rollercoaster for the day

Instead give them the nutrients they need with foods like eggs, plain yogurt, smoothie, avocado...

Put garbage in the body, you will get garbage results.

2. Feeding schedules

Remember how when kid's internal clocks are set, it sets the foundation for good physical & mental health?

A consistent feeding schedule helps accomplish this.

If kids are allowed to graze on snacks and eat whenever they want, it usually leads bad things like:

Over-eat in between meals (mostly unhealthy snack food)
And barely eating much at meals (a pillar of picky eating)

Aim for meals around the same time daily

Create scheduled snack time between meals to avoid grazing. 1 snack between meals is good.
(Kids dont need to be constantly snacking)

3. Bedtime routines

Over 50% of kids are not getting enough sleep

This has many negative impacts on their growing bodies

A big reason is lack of proper bedtime routines.

Here is how to build a healthy bedtime for kids:

- No food or screens at least 1hr before bed. If kids really need a snack, aim for high fat/protein, no sugar

- Choose calming activities for before bed. Reading, listening to music, going for a walk, colouring....

- Consistent order of activities. Again, if kids know whats next, it lowers their stress.

- Make sure their room is cool, dark & quiet. Put toys out of sight to limit stimulation

Do this daily and bedtimes will become easy for the whole family
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Family routines are just one of the many topics we tackle in Parenting with Purpose

Our goal is to support parents in raising happier & healthier kids.

If you're struggling with parent burnout, kids health (physical/mental) or family connection,

DM the word KIDS to @tyromper and learn how we help parents

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

🔥The Farm Bill that includes my 🥩 PRIME Act pilot just passed the House!

This is a game changer for farmers — and provides access to locally raised beef, pork, and lamb for consumers!

We also stripped the immunity/state labeling ban for pesticides from the Farm Bill. MAHA!

[MeatEater @MeatEaterTV]

Normalize time in the woods being a form of therapy.

[Bilinmeyen Gerçekler @iyiTriloji]

Sağlıklı beslenme daha başka bu kadar güzel anlatılamazdı.

[Raising Healthy Families @thriving__kids]

Years ago we chose to homeschool our kids.

This choice often gets criticized, especially on social media

"They wont be socialized"
"Parents are qualified to teach"

Typical homeschool day:
- Sleep until 8/830
- Family walk outside
- Kids cook their breakfast (eggs, smoothie, yogurt etc..)
- 30-60mins of free play
- 10:30-12:30 schooling following local curriculum
- Kids make their own lunch

Rest of the day is sports, playing with friends, field trips with other home school kids etc...

Common government school day
- Wake around 7:00am
- Quick (often unhealthy) breakfast
- Rush to school
- Kids put into overcrowded classrooms, lack of outside time, too much screen use in class...

My kids test at the top of their age groups.

They socialize daily with other kids and commonly get complimented on how polite they are.

They spend time outdoor daily.

My kids also learn basic life skills like cooking, laundry, grocery shopping ect.. that arent taught in schools

Homeschool may not be for every family. But slandering it as an inferior experience for kids is an ignorant take.

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

On day 1 of my high school history class, our professor got up and said

You are 15 or 16 years old. 200 years ago people your age were married, planted crops, had children, and built a cabin by winter. You can do your homework. The bar set for you historically is embarrassingly low. You are not dealing with regional famine or plague. You do not have to save your family from marauders or go into battle to destroy your enemies. You have to sit down and learn from someone who cares about you in a safe, air-conditioned room. You have no excuses.

[Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum]

The father determines the sex of the offspring because he can contribute either a X or Y chromosome (mothers always contribute X). Studies have found that men who work in high-stress environments tend to produce more X-chromosome-carrying sperm.

It's believed this is an evolutionary adaptation. During prehistoric times, when a tribe was faced with hardship or disaster, it was beneficial to have more daughters since they would grow up to become mothers and ensure a stable population in the future. When it comes to reproduction, a single male could do the job of a hundred, at least in principle. So it makes the most sense to have more daughters than sons.

This property carried over to modern times. High stress (as one might experience in combat or while working a physically demanding or dangerous job) triggers the hormonal changes in a man that favor daughter-producing sperm.

[MeatEater @MeatEaterTV]

Tequila and wild turkey is the combination you didn't know you needed, especially in taco format.
https://t.co/FbBe8CE2sN

[🔨Robert The Builder 🇺🇸 @NobodymrRobert]

Out of this world.

[Raising Healthy Families @thriving__kids]

Mom shows how easy it can be to feed her kids healthier

This is a topic many parents overthink. It can be as simple as:

- Stop buying the unhealthy foods
- Fill the kitchen with healthier options
- Give kids a "this or that" choice (Eg: yogurt or apple)

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I believe FBI arrested the wrong person in the J6 pipe bomb case:

analysis indicates stark physical differences between Cole and the hoodie suspect, including the manner of walking, body shape and features, eyesight, shoe size, neck length, and mannerisms
https://t.co/GgUEZEUO4R

[Chris Koerner @mhp_guy]

Did you know the government will pay you $10,000+ per student to run a trade school?

You don't write the courses. Just buy 'em from someone else for $500.

You don't need a campus. Online works great.

You don't need to be a tradesperson or know the lingo. You just connect the dots.

My neighbor scaled to $2.4M his first year with almost nothing in marketing. He just walked into churches and said "anyone want to go to school for free?"

There's one masonry school in all of Arizona.

One appliance repair school in all of DFW.

The demand for trades is so far ahead of supply it's almost embarrassing.

And if you already own a business? You can get paid to train your own employees through this same grant.

Then get free labor for 300 hours through a separate program.

I sat down with my neighbor @TS_Secrets (great follow BTW) to break down exactly how this works. Full episode linked in the top comment below.