Idk but Michelle Obama telling Barack “You told me all those years ago that you couldn't promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. And, of course you outdid yourself and managed to give me both." is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard someone say to another 🥹
Every time I worked with President @BarackObama over the years, I saw how focused he was on serving others and bringing out the best that our country can be. You can see those values embodied in the new Obama Presidential Center, which is designed at every turn to give back to the local community and inspire tomorrow's leaders to dream big.
Just think: If Dave Chappelle hadn't been high on shrooms and ran into Charlie Murphy that night in Hollywood, we probably would've never gotten Charlie Murphy's Hollywood Stories. RIP
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To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
Former Presidents and First Ladies attending the the Obama Presidential Center opening:
—Barack and Michelle Obama
—Joe and Jill Biden
—Bill and Hillary Clinton
—George and Laura Bush
Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton pose for a photo ahead of the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Kevin Hart got emotional and teared up while talking to Michelle Obama about realizing as an adult how much his mother sacrificed for him and regretting not appreciating those lessons when she was still alive 💔👀
He said it wasn’t until after her passing that he and his brother discovered everything she had quietly put in place for them, including insurance, savings, and college funds.
“If I could tell my mom anything, if I could have a conversation with Nancy, it would just be, 'You were right’, that’s my one regret ”
NEWS: Governor Wes Moore, along with Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott, have overseen an over 40% decrease in homicides in Maryland putting the state on pace for its lowest homicide rate in over 40 years. That’s huge.
Carter Bryant on his relationship with Victor Wembanyama:
“Me and Vic sit next to each other on the plane, so we’ve had a ton of conversations. ... Sometimes you need a brother to lean on, somebody to hug, and somebody to spill out your emotions to and your words to. I think we’ve both been there for each other. So, I'm super grateful for Vic.”
h/t @Spurs_Nation
American works are taking home a smaller percentage of corporate profits than ever before.
Employee compensation as a % of corporate GDP has fallen to ~54%, the lowest since records began in 1948.
In other words, workers are receiving ~54% of the income generated by corporations, while the remaining ~46% goes to profits, interest, taxes, depreciation, and other corporate income components.
At the same time, US corporate profits as a % of GDP are up to ~11.5%, the highest on record.
Since 2001, employee compensation as a % of corporate GDP has declined -10 points.
Over the same period, the corporate profits proportion of GDP has doubled.
Workers are keeping less of what they produce than at any point in history.
I remember the first time I cooked beans in Haiti. It was 2010, right after the earthquake. I thought I knew what I was doing…Spanish-style, the way I always had.
The women cooking in the camp stopped me. They showed me their way. Slow-cooked…mashed into a purée…served over rice.
In that moment, I learned what it really means to help after a disaster. You don't come with your own recipes. You listen. You follow. You learn.
16 years later, that lesson is still the foundation of everything @wckitchen does in Haiti. Our local teams and @HASHaiti partners are cooking that same recipe - the right recipe - for families displaced by violence. And this past year, comforting food like those beans, that purée, that bowl of rice have added up to 10 million meals.
#ChefsForHaiti
google is paying spacex $12 billion/yr for compute but they also own 6% of spacex so if the market is pricing spacex at 94x revenue that means they paid $12 billion to make $68 billion. i'm not a cfo but that seems like a win.
Chef Jose Andre said he "gets calls or texts from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when disasters occur asking “what can we do here and can we help you? "Nobody finds out about those moments and they do it often, all the time..." #ShowupDogood https://t.co/WUtZVTtC1F
💔 A Roland Garros finalist feared she wouldn’t be able to afford her hotel
Maja Chwalińska arrived in Paris not expecting to make a deep run in the tournament. But as she kept winning, an unexpected problem emerged — she was running out of money to cover her stay.
Prize money at Roland Garros is only paid out after the tournament ends, and the Polish player had little savings left.
Now she’s in the final and has already earned more than in her entire career combined.