Lakers new owner Bob Iger is reportedly very close friends with Adam Silver 👀
“The two worked closely over the years in negotiating the NBA’s television rights deals with ESPN (Disney is its majority owner) and were praised for their partnership in restarting the 2020 covid season with a "bubble" hosted on Disney properties in Orlando”
(via @espn)
🔶 HOW YOU GO VIRAL
Every action a user takes on your posts either boosts it, or docks it
Likes are good, but replies and sharing links are SO MUCH BETTER
In fact, clicking share link is worth 40x a like
Stop optimizing for likes. Start optimizing for shares
HUGE:
X just opensourced the For You Timeline and are releasing a new tool that shows people labels applied to their account or posts that may limit visibility
Meaning if your account has been deboosted for whatever reason, you finally will be able to know why
Another step in the right direction
Most Americans don’t understand what socialism is.
It’s not universal healthcare.
It’s not affordable housing.
It’s not what Nordic countries do.
Confusion is making socialism appeal to those who never lived it.
People who have, reject it.
Just a massive, totally random coincidence:
- Mark Walter (the new Lakers owner) gets hit with an SEC investigation
- 3 weeks ago, he visits the White House and gifts Trump a championship ring
- Now, his marquee NBA franchise is magically being sold to a member of Trump’s family
I calculated what it would cost to replace everything my wife does as a stay-at-home mom.
The answer: $131,130 a year.
Here's how I calculated that amount.
My wife genuinely loves being home with our four children. She homeschools them, manages our home, cooks for our family, gardens, and invests her life in raising our kids.
But every so often, she asks whether she should get a job to help financially.
Not because she wants a career outside the home, but because our culture can make stay-at-home mothers feel like they are not contributing unless they bring home a paycheck.
I always remind her:
“You already have a career. You work for our family.”
She may not receive a paycheck, but much of what she does saves us money we would otherwise have to earn, pay taxes on, and then spend hiring other people.
So I ran the numbers using typical rates in the Des Moines, Iowa area:
HOUSEKEEPER
12 hours/week × $20.74/hour
$12,942 per year
NANNY FOR FOUR CHILDREN
50 hours/week × $23/hour
$59,800 per year
HOMESCHOOL EDUCATOR
5 hours/day × 180 school days × $25.03/hour
$22,527 per year
PERSONAL SHOPPER
4 hours/week × $20.58/hour
$4,281 per year
PERSONAL CHEF
2 hours/day × $38.33/hour
$27,981 per year
PERSONAL GARDENER
3 hours/week × 30 weeks × $40/hour
$3,600 per year
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPLACEMENT VALUE:
$131,130
This is not meant to be a literal salary calculation. Some responsibilities overlap, but that is part of the point: replacing what one stay-at-home mother does would require hiring several different people.
And this still does not account for sick children, overnight care, appointments, curriculum planning, discipline, emotional support, family scheduling, or the constant mental load of knowing what everyone needs.
My wife may not receive a paycheck, but she creates enormous value for our family every day.
A paycheck is not the only proof that someone is contributing.
Thank a stay-at-home mom today.
No charges will be filed against the parents of an Arizona toddler who was declared dead after being found in a family pool but was breathing hours later at a hospital morgue. https://t.co/3dvEy0Xuaq
every Claude and ChatGPT user now has the power to trade anything on @solana by having a conversation
welcome to PayBox, the payment vault and non-custodial wallet that lets AI Agents securely transact across the open internet
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Arizona State University is now offering a degree in becoming an influencer
Students must build a social media account and prove they can gain real followers to graduate