Devin Almonte

🎙️ On-air Host | World Journalism Institute | Colson Fellow | Faith in private and public life. Commentary shaped by conviction.

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.

400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.

Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.

Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."

The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.

Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

We can’t keep doing this. How incredibly sad. This world is in desperate need of Jesus. No regard for human life. Pray for his family and his children.

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[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

@conservmillen Congrats!! You are blessed!

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

I said the other day, I don’t think any of it’s real. I think it’s a disgusting marketing stunt. I’ve seen his channel and the past posts with family, telling his dad they’re expecting, the dog, the sonogram pics, etc. I don’t believe any of it. It’s a whole new level of sick territory we are entering into for clicks and attention. When people will look to do the thing I don’t believe this couple actually did…abort. Or hurt, kill, or destroy people they don’t like or who serve as whatever entertainment piece they need for clicks, money, and attention. That’s where we are now. Look at Bonnie Blue. Nothing is sacred. Nothing matters. Life doesn’t matter. Sell every part of your manufactured life and real life for clicks. So I hope we don’t end up with more people who will take this seriously as a new way to make money and to be seen by the world. Not to mention, who knows what this little social experiment will do to our society. Normalizing one’s peace at any cost, including taking the life of a child that doesn’t fit into “the life plan”. Our world needs a lot of prayer. We are so broken and far from God. Lost to what actually matters. Have mercy on us.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

Yes, they will. And my hope is that this doesn’t start a new trend of the extreme lengths people will go to for clicks and social media fame. While I don’t believe this couple actually aborted, many people will follow in their footsteps wanting the opportunity to turn and monetize their real life abortion story or any other awful and traumatic story that brings them fame and attention. Ugh.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

What’s really happening is that this couple pulled off a disgusting marketing stunt. I’ve seen his channel and the past posts with family, telling his dad they’re expecting, the dog, the sonogram pics, etc. I don’t believe any of it. Does that make this less worse then if not true? Yes, 100% better if there was never a baby. But a whole new level of sick territory we are entering into for clicks and attention. When people will look to do the thing I don’t believe this couple actually did…abort. Or hurt, kill, or destroy people they don’t like or who serve as whatever entertainment piece they need for clicks, money, and attention. That’s where we are now.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

New Yorkers with 16 or more speeding violations will now have to install devices in their cars to limit their driving speeds.

The device will use GPS tracking to restrict how fast the car can drive to the posted speed limit.

The device will be wired into the vehicle's onboard computer.

If drivers refuse to install the device, their registrations will be revoked after 45 days.

[Future Stacked @FutureStacked]

🚨BREAKING: Apple’s next AirPods will have cameras built into them.

Not for photography. The cameras are designed to feed visual information directly to Siri, turning your earbuds into an eyes-on AI assistant that understands what is in front of you.

Point them at your fridge and ask what to cook. Walk into a room and ask what you are looking at. Siri sees what you see.

A privacy LED will light up whenever visual data is being transmitted, so there is always a visible signal when the cameras are active.

Enhanced Siri arrives in September. Production on the camera AirPods is already underway.

Source: Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

Amazing.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Samuel Henderson, the autistic student with Tourette syndrome who has a knack for perfectly imitating the sounds of over 50 types of birds.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

Amen. And I agree with your assessment. Tim Keller had a profound influence on my faith. I was blessed to be part of Redeemer in the early 2000s when I lived in NYC. His teaching shaped my understanding of the gospel in significant ways and I will always be grateful for how God used his ministry in my life.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

Waymo’s, drones…I want normal back.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: 50 empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhoods and circle their cul-de-sacs for hours early in the mornings.

Residents say they are getting waymo traffic than usual and have tried combating the cars with a neon green sign, which only made the problem worse.

The Waymos didn't know what to do and clogged the entire street.

"We have small animals and pets, got kids getting on the bus in the morning, and it just doesn’t feel safe to have that traffic," one resident said.

The residents say Waymo has not given them a response yet.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: 50 empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhoods and circle their cul-de-sacs for hours early in the mornings.

Residents say they are getting waymo traffic than usual and have tried combating the cars with a neon green sign, which only made the problem worse.

The Waymos didn't know what to do and clogged the entire street.

"We have small animals and pets, got kids getting on the bus in the morning, and it just doesn’t feel safe to have that traffic," one resident said.

The residents say Waymo has not given them a response yet.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

Amazing. But God!

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 Praise God — 11 people pulled alive from the ocean after their plane crashed off the coast of Florida.

Twin-engine turboprop went down 80 miles from shore on its way from the Bahamas. Engine failure. Plane sank fast. Most passengers couldn’t even swim.

They floated for five hours in black water, praying for rescue, thunderstorms rolling in.

U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force Reservists answered the call. Dropped survival gear, fought rough seas and low fuel, and hoisted every single person to safety just in time.

One survivor said it best:

“Lord, save us… Have someone see us.”

Everybody made it to the hospital in stable condition.

This is America. When Americans are in trouble, our heroes in uniform run toward the danger. No hesitation.

Real courage. Real competence. Real gratitude.

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

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[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

@angiewong @naomirwolf It’s official. NYC now has a FL zip code.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

There's a planet out there with no land. None.

Just water — deeper than anything on Earth — wrapping the entire world from pole to pole.

It's bigger than ours. It's real.

And it has a name: TOI-1452 b.

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Did you know Korea sells “one-a-day” banana packs?

Instead of every banana ripening at once, each one is at a different stage.

One is ready today.

The next one is ready tomorrow.

The last one is still spiritually in college, “experimenting.”

Simple. Genius. Solves the entire banana problem.

What do you think?
Would you prefer your bananas this way?

[Devin Almonte @DevinAlmonte]

A court in China just ruled that you can't be fired because AI replaced you.

Should a company be forced to keep you if AI can do your job?

What should we do about this?

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#AI

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

BREAKING: Maryland becomes first state to ban AI ‘dynamic pricing’ in grocery stores.

This means 49 other states still allow it.

Dynamic pricing already runs airlines, hotels, and rideshares. Groceries are the next frontier.

Here's how it works:

Grocery stores use AI, digital price tags, and cameras to track YOUR behavior.

Then they set the price based on what they think YOU will pay. Not what the item is worth.

AI technology is making this possible:

- Digital shelf tags that update in real time
- Aisle cameras that track shopper behavior
- Apps that shift from search-based to predictive
- AI that learns your purchase history, income signals, and price ceiling
- Real-time cart tracking to spot when demand is surging

The store's AI takes all of that and figures out YOUR price.

Not the market price. Not a fair price. YOUR price, based on what you're willing to pay.

This is terrifying. This manipulation is pure greed.

Maryland just banned it. The Protection from Predatory Pricing Act makes it the first state to outlaw dynamic pricing in grocery stores.

Technology should serve us. We should not serve technology.