Ryan Mac 🙃

tech reporter @NYTimes. [email protected]. Signal: rmac.18

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@Nirgal451 ah i see what you're saying. my bad. deleted.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@Nirgal451 i'm using the $474B total revenue forecast as stated in that tweet

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

Not sure why this warrants its own story given Goldman is the lead underwriter on SpaceX's IPO and is responsible for selling this thing.

"Car salesman says his cars are the best ever."

https://t.co/7FsFHesprQ

[Financial Times @FT]

Goldman Sachs expects SpaceX’s AI revenue to surge 100 times by 2030 https://t.co/T6DyELyfpN

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

what is click bait about this? what a meaningless label.

the fact is meta has not been transparent with its plans on facial recognition for years

two simple questions: does meta plan to incorporate facial recognition into its glasses? if no, why do your devices have code with facial recognition tech in them?

https://t.co/zSJiudHumI

[Bobby Allyn @BobbyAllyn]

NEW: DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi

https://t.co/FW4bAozvd3

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@jaycaspiankang "as the father of a daughter"

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

a nice lil summary of our story

https://t.co/tTySa5tyrY

[Financial Times @FT]

Thiel moves family to Milei’s libertarian Argentina https://t.co/apHlFk9UMt

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@capitolhunters That's called reporting and doing the actual work to talk to people who may have interacted with him or understand his thinking. Try it some time before making unfounded allegations.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

As Milei's government readies a golden passport program to given citizenship to those that invest in Argentina, one billionaire has already laid down roots in the country: Peter Thiel.

The Arg gov has already considered offering Thiel residency or citizenship.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@capitolhunters You made a bullshit allegation that our story was "heavily curated" by Thiel's allies. That allegation is completely fabricated and untrue.

If you think that deserves a polite response, again, go eat some rocks.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@capitolhunters you don’t know shit about my sourcing. And if you think I’m a stenographer for Thiel or anyone else, go eat rocks

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

“What I did to them” = lock myself to the front door of their office

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

gonna sound like a homer here (and sure you can quibble with the NYT's coverage or argue it isn't for everyone) but to say it's failing is just... wrong? look at the sub numbers.

it's funny to watch these ppl join the fp and just get a sudden need to sound like they're doing something so innovative

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

(vanity fair is a monthly magazine)

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

Born in Germany and raised in the US, Thiel already has US citizenship and obtained New Zealand citizenship in 2011. I reported he was in the process of applying for a Maltese passport in 2022.

Argentina may be his latest backup plan.

https://t.co/63donS9Bsc

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

Interesting to watch Tesla and Musk fan accounts call my reporting wrong, only for them to ask Grok and have the AI tell them that I'm right.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@TeslaBoomerMama @Patryn23 @nytimes I've answered your question. Yet it's interesting how, when confronted with actual source material, you persist with your wrong assumptions.

Musk's SpaceX comp package is different from Tesla. We lay that out in the story, which is based on reporting and actual checking of facts

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@TeslaBoomerMama @Patryn23 @nytimes Again, you should read the actual filing. Here's the company saying it is "not required to have a majority of its board composed of independent directors."

And if you believe Musk's friends and a Tesla exec on the SpaceX board are truly independent, I have a bridge to sell you.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

@TeslaBoomerMama @Patryn23 @nytimes You "assume" because you did not read the actual filing or do the reporting.

If you read the actual filing, it is clear: "1,302,072,285 shares of restricted Class B common stock issued to and held of record by Mr. Musk, which may be voted by Mr. Musk."

https://t.co/l6LuNr7ANE

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

In Jan, Musk received a pay package w/ 1.3 billion restricted shares. To earn them, Musk had to create a Mars colony w/ 1 million people + other goals.

BUT (!) Musk can already vote those shares. They contribute to his 85% voting dominance at SpaceX ahead of its IPO.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

This account in particular spent years building a following by aggregating reporting, often without citation,with a bent favoring Musk and his worldview. And now he's bit the hand that feeds.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

It's interesting to watch big accounts on Musk's X develop large followings partly by being sycophantic to Musk, and then to lose their clout as soon as they do one thing that displeases him.

https://t.co/kOGm6JyLU6

[Big Tech Alert @BigTechAlert]

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