Mike Carpenter

MVCarpenter - media, communication, design. Professional design & media focused on the drag racing industry.

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@Dragracemayhem Thanks for the love! Another Victory Vinyl flagship.

[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.

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@JaimeEisner They won’t fix it because it’s their primary means of affecting the outcomes of games.

[Bad Sports Refs @BadSportsRefs]

CC: @TheyAlreadyKnew

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@KelbermanNFL Dude’s a cuck

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

It’s almost like they want Atlanta-New Orleans to mean something tomorrow

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

The bogus TMac OPI, the unexplained call on the backward pass, then this biatant miss… that’s just this half.

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

No flag here is crazy

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Refs ass… rules analyst.. also ass

Not great

[Darius Butler @DariusJButler]

TERRIBLE call on TMac! This crew has been horrible in favor of TB

[Ryan Clark @Realrclark25]

Carolina is getting Jobbed right now by the officials! No way around it. They’re getting crushed with awful calls.

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@josephperson David Alan Tepper

[Theo Von @TheoVon]

Congratulations @realDonaldTrump @RobertKennedyJr and @JDVance and your team. And thank you @danawhite for helping podcasts contribute to the political landscape. NEVER would have happened without YOU! We invited all the candidates but only three showed up. 🙏 🙏 #MAHA

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

America Unburdens Itself From What Has Been https://t.co/MElsQSK1sE

[America @america]

BREAKING: Donald Trump has won the 2024 Election

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@MarkLevineNYC How’d that work out for you?

[Clandestine @WarClandestine]

Me in my MAGA hat, staring down my blue-haired cashier, while she rings up 4 bottles of champagne.

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@Tim_Walz @KamalaHarris @GwenWalz Congrats on helping Kamala lose the election! Worst VP pick possible.

[Mike Carpenter @mvcarpenter]

@PanthersCulture Unfollowed! Enjoyed this page until this BS.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You are the media now