Robert Flowers

Opinions are my own

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@CNBCFastMoney @PippaStevens13 Does anyone know the returns of the traders’ main funds? Some have been so negative for years so you have to assume they 1) are severely underperforming or 2) are trying to talk down the market to get better pricing.

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[CNN @CNN]

Crowds in Los Angeles erupted in celebration following the news of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. Among the voices echoing through the crowd was the call for Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah, to return and lead a temporary government, with hopes of holding a referendum to reshape Iran's future. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones reports.

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[Kelly @kellyinvegas]

If they’re firing Napier I’d like to know before I bet Miss St +8.5 😬

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Realizing that 51% of the jobs reported during the last year of the Biden administration never actually existed…

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@danawhite @MGMGrand Love it!

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

Amazing generosity!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

MUST WATCH: A Real Life Christmas Miracle: Dave Portnoy Saved A Baltimore Pizzeria From Going Out Of Business With A $60,000 Dollar Gift
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[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Barstool Pizza Review - TinyBrickOven (Baltimore, MD)

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@Jason @Dallas_Humane

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@BestDinnerShow Hi I’ve been trying to book with you all and I cannot get a response. Can you please reach out? Thx!

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@elonmusk Great!!

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

Looks amazing!!

[fivepointsvids @FivePointsVids]

Last night was a dream. Cosmic Baseball is here and it’s amazing.

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@NicheDown Same thing with Celsius and BlockFi

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@MrBeast Awesome!!

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@Chase TY for the incompetence that attempted to ruin my trip! Tried to do right, you say not needed & then u prevent charges b/c u need it is a failure in OPS & CX. @ChaseSupport has not helped. I’ll be looking to move my CCs to another bank
@dallasnews
@FoxNews @NBCNews

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@Chase please get your act together and have the service we expect. You don’t want travel warnings but reject transactions all too frequently. If that’s the case please accept pre notification!!

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I thought @elonmusk’s interview with @andrewrsorkin was one of the great interviews ever. Musk is a free speech absolutist which I respect. I think he is entirely correct that he and @X are treated unfairly and inconsistently by advertisers.

@tiktok_us @instagram @facebook and others have enormous amounts of problematic content, antisemitic and otherwise, but the advertisers don’t boycott those platforms.

Musk is targeted because the other media organizations view @X as a competitor and any time his name is in an article about controversies, it draws clicks. MSM is incentivized to attack him as it actually drives attention to their sites and therefore more revenues. It is these attack articles by other media organizations that put pressure on the @Disney’s of the world to stop advertising on X.

If Bob Iger would carefully examine the facts, he would likely continue to advertise on X, but Disney caves to public pressure rather than do the right thing. Meanwhile Disney invests heavily on TikTok, likely alongside videos of kids teaching other teenagers to be anorexic and worse. I am sure Nelson Peltz can fix this when he joins the Disney board.

X presents the opportunity for advertisers to access an incredible global audience that is not available elsewhere. And it is cheap compared to other alternatives because of current circumstances.

On Musk and antisemitism:

After examining the facts, it was clear to me that Musk did not have antisemitic intent when he responded with the ‘actual truth’ tweet, and further clarified thereafter.

I thought he made what he meant extremely clear in the @andrewrsorkin interview, namely, that Jews are drawn to support ‘oppressed’ groups and causes through various non-profits due to our history of being an oppressed minority.

Musk points out correctly that a number of these organizations and their members support Hamas. And he is correct in saying that Jews should rethink support for organizations that seek their elimination.

Many Jews are doing that right now.

To use a Muskism, Earth is fortunate that @X is owned by an individual that is largely insulated from financial and other influence. That said, perhaps some form of very carefully governed trust would be a better forever owner than any individual.

@PershingSqFdn invested in the Twitter privatization in support of free speech. Whether we make a profit on our investment is not important to us as we never intend to sell our interest.

I am more inclined to like and support companies that advertise on the platform because I appreciate their support for free speech. I have actually bought products I learned about from ads on @X. I can’t think of another example of my responding to direct advertising other than on X.

Unfortunately, recent (and society’s long-term experience) with non-profit governance, see @OpenAI, certain private universities etc. should not give anyone confidence that a traditional non-profit would be a better owner of X than Musk.

Perhaps some day the ownership of X should be distributed to each American, one share for each American during their lives and one for each person born, with a charter which permanently vests the free speech principles by which it operates.

Until then, we all should be grateful that X is owned by Musk.

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@BauerPauerHauer @parkmgm Definitely one of the best!!

[Robert Flowers @robbieflowers]

@VitalVegas No one at F1 stays in a room <$100. While it can be stated that this isn’t great for these hotels, it is incorrect to make this a declaration on the success of the event. Same thing in Monaco, Singapore, and Miami to name a few.