timothy beck 🐧

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Singapore just went all in on birth rates
Fertility fell to a record-low 0.87 in 2025. Birth rates have fallen seriously low

That’s not just a dip. That’s a whole country nowhere near replacing itself. It's a massive problem for the country

So Singapore is going directly after the biggest things making parenthood harder: money, time, childcare and housing

Money:
- Every Singaporean child will receive around S$70,000 in direct financial support from birth to age 17
- S$10,000 Baby Gift during the first year
- S$2,000 every year from age 1 to 16.
- Plus MediSave, CDA support, Edusave and another S$10,000 education top-up at 17
- And every child gets the same baseline support regardless of whether they’re the first or fourth child

Time:
Childcare leave is increasing to:
• 8 days for one child
• 10 days for two
• 12 days for three or more
And it now covers children all the way through age 12.
The government will cover the cost of statutory child-related leave up to the reimbursement limit, taking that burden off employers

Housing:
- First-time families will get an extra BTO ballot chance for every child they have or are expecting.
- More kids = more chances of securing a home.
The BTO income ceiling is also rising from S$14,000 to S$16,000

Childcare:
- Government-supported full-day childcare is being pushed toward S$150/month and infant care toward S$300/month by 2030

Cash alone was never going to fix collapsing birth rates.
Singapore is attacking the actual friction around having children: the cost, the time, childcare and getting a home

If you want people to have more children, make having children easier
Singapore is actually trying that

[Chuck Cook @ChuckCook]

I am thankful to have been given a Cybercab Launch event invite.. but not for the reason most people really want one of these invites.

There is a much deeper reason.

Admittedly, I hope to see some Cybercabs and maybe even bump into a few of you reading this post ..

Maybe I will get to see Elon talking to the group or hopefully bump into Ashok @aelluswamy ...

But that is not why I'm going.

I am going to the Cybercab event in Austin because these events are the only REAL connection I have to the actual engineers doing the work to make self driving a reality.

I am going to see the engineers I have met before and those that I hope to meet that might be new on the team since I last visited in Burbank.

If you are working on the @Tesla_AI team and you will be at the event, can I please ask, that if you have time, I would like to meet you, know your name and shake your hand.

No cameras, no questions, just a face to face with the most important team members at this event.

I promise to stop any conversation and give you the time you deserve. Come find me if I don't find you first!

You are the best engineers on the planet solving this self-driving and humanoid robot problem and I want to know you.

[Joe St. George @JoeStGeorge]

One of the best I have ever seen.

A painful beautiful game. Oh what could have been.

[timothy beck 🐧 @ich_bin_tim]

@Mike_kim714 @DunningGolf @TBeck330

[Michael S. Kim @Mike_kim714]

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[timothy beck 🐧 @ich_bin_tim]

@Mike_kim714 @Titleist 59

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

No voter ID, especially when combined with mail-in ballots, means the system is engineered to make fraud impossible to prove.

Everyone knows that you can barely get through your week without showing ID for the most banal activities, like shopping at Costco.

The only reason to ban ID is to hide massive voter fraud.

[Bryan Bros Golf @bryanbrosgolf]

@laz_versalles Why is it funny? Funny because a few YouTube scrambles is way more serious than accepting 100s of millions of dollars and playing 40 plus actual LIV events 😂

[JD Vance @JDVance]

If you want to say this woman's death is a tragedy, that we should pray for her soul as Christians and Americans, then I agree with you.

But the media dishonesty about this officer is an all-time moment in shameless press propaganda.

Does this law enforcement officer have a family? Yes. Did he he get seriously injured by a vehicle just six months ago? Yes. Did he have reason to fear for his life? Yes. Does he have every right to safety while he's doing his job? Yes.

I want our law enforcement officers to do their jobs and come home safely to their family. If you don't like the immigration policy of the Trump administration, attack me. Leave our law enforcement alone.

And it's time for the press to finally tell the truth about this story.

https://t.co/WdAiSc1tcL

[Pierre Ferragu @p_ferragu]

We published this today. Phenomenal analytical work to understand how things could play out. give us 1,000 retweets and 5,000 likes, and we make it publicly available and do a space to discuss findings first week of Jan.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

That’s why we did @DOGE

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You are a taker, not a maker. All you’ve done your whole life is take from the makers of the world.

The zero-sum mindset you have is at the root of so much evil. Once you realize that civilization is not zero-sum and that it is about making far more than one consumes, then it becomes obvious that the path to prosperity for all is just let the makers make.

Regarding Tesla, the reality is that I have been given nothing.

However, if I lead Tesla to become the most valuable company in the world by far and it stays that way for 5 years, shareholders voted to award me 12% of what is built. Anyone who wants to come along for the ride can buy Tesla stock.

If Tesla “merely” becomes a $1.999 trillion dollar company, I get nothing. This is a great deal for shareholders, which is why they voted so overwhelmingly to approve this, for which I am immensely grateful.

And they did so by a margin far more than you won your political seat.

[timothy beck 🐧 @ich_bin_tim]

@Mrcryptoxwhale Done

[The Motley Fool @themotleyfool]

Millionaires think in decades, not quarters.

[timothy beck 🐧 @ich_bin_tim]

@darlingtonnagbe Incredible D! Congrats on a great run, but not done yet!

[Michael S. Kim @Mike_kim714]

To celebrate, I’ll personally do a giveaway of 3 gift cards of 150$

Comment, retweet, like to enter!

Must be a follower of BOTH Dunning and I

[timothy beck 🐧 @ich_bin_tim]

@Mike_kim714 Yooooooooo!!!

[golf course enthusiast @golfcourses101]

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[Bryan Bros Golf @bryanbrosgolf]

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[Holderness & Bourne @hbgolfusa]

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