Roberto Gonzalez

Brith Place: Earth / Race: Human / Politics: Freedom / Religion: Love

[visionaryvoid @Visionaryvoid]

Life. You need to know when to walk away, know when to run and when to hold steady.

On July 26, 1977, in a New Orleans hotel room, Robert Plant answered a phone call that would tear his life in two

He was twenty-eight years old, leading the most powerful band on the planet, living among private jets, packed stadiums, and seemingly limitless success. Then he heard the voice of his wife, Maureen. And in an instant, everything fell apart.

Karac, their five-year-old son, was dead. A stomach virus, swift and merciless. No warning, no chance to intervene. While Robert sang on the other side of the ocean, his "little mountain man" was gone.

The tour stopped immediately. Plant flew to England in a state of shock that no amount of fame could allay. He found his son in the quiet of the Midlands, surrounded by a grief beyond words. That day, he looked for his bandmates. John Bonham was there, as devastated as he was. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were not. They did not show up at the funeral. Years later, they would talk about "respecting space," but for Robert, it was an absence that left a deep scar.

Something inside him cracked. He returned to his farm, stopped drinking, stopped taking drugs, stopped living like a rock star. He said he didn't want to be in Led Zeppelin anymore, that he just wanted to be with his family. He even applied for a job at a teachers' college, ready to leave music forever.

The only one who managed to bring him back was Bonham. Not with pressure, but with friendship. He'd show up at the farm driving a limousine, wearing a chauffeur's hat to make him laugh, and take him out for a quiet drink. He'd remind him that they were friends first, and musicians second. So Robert agreed to give it one last try.
In Through the Out Door was born, an album marked by an undisguised pain. Inside was All My Love, the most intimate tribute Plant ever wrote for his son.

In 1980, they were about to go back on tour. But tragedy wasn't over. On September 24th, during rehearsals, Bonham began drinking like never before. Forty shots of vodka in twelve hours. The next morning, he was dead. He was thirty-two years old.

Led Zeppelin issued a brief, almost terse statement: without Bonham, they couldn't continue. And they kept their word. No farewell tour, no replacement, no nostalgic outing. The biggest band in the world simply stopped.

For the next forty years, promoters from half the planet offered Plant astronomical sums for a reunion. Hundreds of millions for a single tour. Each time, he refused. Fans accused him of selfishness, of stubbornness. But Plant knew something they didn't: the "Golden God" had died in 1977, along with Karac.

Since then, he has built a new musical life. He explored folk, bluegrass, North African rhythms, sang with Alison Krauss, lowered his voice, let go of the cry that had made him immortal. He said he could no longer be that man, because that man no longer existed.
His story overturns the common idea of strength. It's not about moving forward at all costs. It's about knowing when to stop, when to protect what remains of truth. Plant chose his humanity over legend, life over myth.

Today he's seventy-six. He still plays, still creates, tours small venues. But he's never looked back. And perhaps this is his greatest lesson: you can buy everything except the past. And sometimes the bravest thing is to let go of what made you famous to save what made you human.

[60s music 70s @60smusic70s]

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (live 1970). From the album Led Zeppelin II, it was released as a single on 7 November 1969. Ranked #75 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004), in 2014 BBC Radio 2 listeners voted it the Greatest Riff ever!

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Things Elon Musk unveiled at Tesla:

2026: Flying Roadster
2024: Cybercab
2024: Robovan
2022: Optimus
2020: FSD
2019: Cybertruck
2019: Model Y
2019: Megapack
2017: Semi
2016: Solar Roof
2016: Model 3
2015: Powerwall
2012: Supercharger
2012: Model X
2009: Model S
2006: Roadster

[Arturo Espinosa @_ArturoEspinosa]

¿Hasta dónde puede seguir aumentando el salario mínimo en México?

Desde 2018 ha aumentado 153% en términos reales. Una recuperación histórica que ha mejorado el poder adquisitivo de los trabajadores de menores ingresos y reducido la dispersión salarial.

Pero las condiciones han cambiado. Hoy, el salario mínimo equivale al 93% del salario mediano en el resto del país y al 104% en la frontera norte.

Mientras tanto, la creación de empleo formal pierde dinamismo: apenas 240 mil nuevos puestos registrados ante el IMSS en los últimos dos años.

Para una gran empresa, absorber mayores costos laborales puede ser relativamente sencillo. Para un pequeño restaurante, una tienda o un taller, el desafío es muy distinto.

¿Pueden continuar los aumentos sin afectar la contratación formal o incentivar la informalidad?

En mi nuevo artículo analizo los beneficios de esta política, sus posibles riesgos para el empleo y la productividad, y el desafío de alcanzar la meta oficial de 2030.

Incluye seis gráficas con datos oficiales.

Artículo completo en mi Substack (gratuito): 👇
https://t.co/4ug5M7sFuT

[Tesla @Tesla]

SpaceX has used thrusters to position spacecraft for decades.

Making them work in a vehicle instead of a vacuum took all-new hardware & controls.

Every usable void in the car is packed with Carbon Fiber Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs)

More compressed gas on board = more flight time

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla x SpaceX

[AMIB @AMIB_Valores]

Debemos conocer los riesgos y oportunidades. Para traer a nuevos participantes es con información transparente y de calidad.

Lucía Buenrostro, María Sánchez, Javier Bernal y Roberto González en el #EncuentroAMIB2026 💚

[ESPN @espn]

The Mariachi Herencia de México performed the national anthem in Chicago 🎶

[Pascal @beltrandelrio]

Hoy, hace 205 años se firmó el Acta de Independencia del Imperio Mexicano.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

It's official.

As the bond market "meltdown" accelerates, the average interest rate on a 30Y mortgage in the US is up to 7.45%.

That's up +150 basis points in 6 months and the highest since 2023, when inflation was at 6.4%+.

What is happening? Let us explain.

(a thread)

[McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team @McLarenF1]

The story so far...📖

#McLarenF1 #LN4MoreYears

[Mar Gómez @MarGomezH]

🌑☀️ MAÑANA EL CIELO NOS VA A REGALAR MUCHO MÁS QUE “UN SOL NEGRO”.

Si vas a ver el eclipse total solar, hay fenómenos que duran apenas unos segundos y que no deberías perderte. Guarda este hilo porque algunos son espectaculares 🧵👇

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

Put August 12 in your phone now. Genuinely.

Before sunrise, six planets spread across the sky. Afternoon, the eclipse. After dark, the Perseids Meteor shower.

Four events on one day, NASA says, and the new moon that same date keeps the sky dark enough to actually see the meteors.

You don't need a telescope for most of it. A field, a coat, and twenty minutes for your eyes to adjust.

[Pro Cycling Trumps @procycletrumps]

🇫🇷 #TDF2026 recap
THE WINNERS
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Dire Straits 🎸 @DireStraits77]

Dire Straits fans, this is my labor of love. For 17 years I’ve carried it alone, sharing this music with you. I turned off subscriptions because it was never about money. My only goal is to keep Mark Knopfler’s music alive. Please support the page. It means everything to me. 🎸❤️

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A massive chunk of ice, extending far below the water's surface, detaches from a glacier and is launched 200ft (61m) into the air due to its lower density compared to seawater.

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

China’s annual growth slowed from 5% in the first quarter to 4.3% in the second, coming in below the consensus forecast and marking the lowest level in decades outside of Covid (FT chart below).
Growth for the first half of the year as a whole now stands at 4.7%.
Judging from the monthly data for June, also released today, the latest economic indicators confirm that the primary challenge for the Chinese economy remains firmly on the demand side— consumption and also non-state investment. Exports, meanwhile, remain a bright spot, as I noted in yesterday's post.
#China #economy #markets

[Daniel Lacalle Official Account @dlacalle_IA]

China will meet its target as it always does. GDP is not a good metric to analyze China.