Stacey Hess

[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.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

When I left Chattanooga a decade ago, I was the loneliest I’ve ever been.

No wife. No kids. $470 to my name.

I sold my car because I couldn’t afford the gas.

Today, I drove back in with my family.

If you’re in a rough patch, hold on.

The hard seasons don’t last forever ❤️

[Lane Brown @lanebrown_3]

Hero Principal Kirk Moore—who tackled a school shooter at Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma is crowned prom king!

This man deserves a raise! Hero.

[NASA @NASA]

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

[𝕐o̴g̴ @Yoda4ever]

This is how the craters on the moon were formed..🐶🐾😅

[WORLD NEWS @_MAGA_NEWS_]

🚨WATCH: In a jaw-dropping video that's exploding across social media, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives an explanation of why the United States needed to strike the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It's barely two minutes long, and it's absolutely unmissable!

[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth drew a powerful parallel between the dramatic rescue of the second F-15E crewman from Iran and the Easter weekend:

"When he was finally able to activate his emergency transponder, his first message was simple and it was powerful. He sent a message: God is good."

"Shot down on Good Friday. Hidden in a cave, a crevice all of Saturday. And rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday. A pilot reborn. All home and accounted for. A nation rejoicing. God is good."

[Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media]

According to Dr. Kevin Reese, the prevalence of dementia is linked with the widespread use of statin drugs.

"Statin drugs came out in 1987... Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia spiked in the 1990s."

"Now you see it all the time... Why? Because so many people are on statins, which means you're not getting enough cholesterol, and you need cholesterol for your brain."

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I don’t know how to put it into words, but as I was in church this morning looking at my kids, my wife, my parents… all together

I realized that this entire time, as I was running as fast as I could away from God, he has been relentlessly chasing me.

The whole time.

[Elise Stefanik @EliseStefanik]

The breaking reports of the safe rescue of the F-15 WSO are a profound relief to every American. God Bless this brave servicemember who evaded capture in the most challenging circumstances and God Bless the special operations forces who put their lives on the line for this dangerous rescue mission.

It is a deeply engrained patriotic value that Americans will to go to the ends of the earth (and beyond!) and do whatever it takes including risking it all to bring their fellow Americans home.

Happy Easter, indeed. ✝️

[Christian Tweets @JesusSavesUs777]

"We need Jesus - whether on Earth or circling the Moon." -- Victor Glover, Pilot of Artemis II

[The National Mall @TheNationalMall]

Cheering on the astronauts and crew of Artemis II from America’s Front Yard. Out of this world!
🚀🇺🇸🏛️🌳🌕

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Powerful

[Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy]

Gen X breathes a collective sigh of relief.

[Kira @Kiradavis]

I have a habit of stopping by airport chapels when I have the time. Most of them have closed down in the US in major airports, but DFW reopened theirs and they’re basically mosques. I had a very uncomfortable experience praying in the chapel on Palm Sunday, but I refused to leave while the Muslims were being so nasty. I refused to leave what is meant to be a temple of the Lord, especially on Palm Sunday. I had a long layover so I waited them out. One man grew frustrated after about 30 minutes and left, but not before others came in. They were clearly having conversations about me in Arabic. They weren’t being shy about letting me know they were talking about me. But I sat and prayed and read the Bible and I did not leave until the last Muslim had cleared out. It was actually a very scary experience given how isolated the chapel was, but I think we need to start staking ground.

[Kira @Kiradavis]

They don’t display a cross but they’ll tell you which way to Mecca

[Charles Murray @charlesmurray]

I think @JonHaidt has had more positive impact than any other writer on public policy in the 21st century, and perhaps much longer than that.

[Abigail Shrier @AbigailShrier]

Two years ago, almost 0 schools were interested in even considering going phone free.

Now, whole school systems are phone free. The rest are scrambling to get on board

We owe @JonHaidt a tremendous debt of gratitude.

What he achieved - this quickly - is almost unimaginable.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

The Anxious Generation was published two years ago today, in a very different world. Back then, the most common objection I got was resignation: "The train has left the station." "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube." "It's how the kids connect today."

Today, the world looks very different. It turns out that if our kids were all on a train and we learned it was heading toward a collapsed bridge, we'd find a way to stop it and bring them safely back to the station. That’s what’s happening now.

After the historic verdicts in Los Angeles and New Mexico, today is a great day to reflect on the capacity of people in democratic societies to take action, even when opposing some of the most powerful corporations in history. We're getting access to the courts. We're getting phone-free schools. We're seeing whole neighborhoods letting kids out to play, unsupervised, which is what we older folk all remember as the best part of childhood.

So I want to recognize:

--The mothers (and, right behind them, fathers) who rose up by the millions and powered the movement.

--The farsighted governors and legislators in red states and blue states who have been innovating on policy solutions.

--The leaders of a dozen of nations, who are raising the age to 16 for opening social media accounts (with a special shoutout to Australia, for going first).

--The teachers and school administrators who had their classrooms disrupted for 15 years, and who are now eager to think through new solutions as screens have taken over and obstructed learning.

--The grassroots organizations who have been dedicating their efforts to advocate for all of the above in their local communities.

--The millions of members of Gen Z who have been rising up, demanding agency over how they spend their lives in the digital era, and finding better ways to connect in real life.

And one final group: the survivor parents--the ones you saw in those pictures of people embracing on the front steps of the LA courthouse. I have met many over the years. I am in awe of their courage and tenacity, their willingness to tell their stories of loss, over and over again, to different audiences, in the hope that no other parent would have to endure what they have endured. At long last, juries and legislatures are hearing you, and are acting.

Together, we are calling the train back to the station. Together, we are rolling back the phone based childhood and reclaiming life in the real world.

The work continues. If you’re not already involved, join us: https://t.co/HdJDTKOQ3T

[CBS News @CBSNews]

"It was just instinct. I'm trying to get the bad guy."

NYPD Chief Aaron Edwards, who has been hailed as a hero for leaping over a barricade and chasing down the Gracie Mansion bombing suspects on Saturday, says he doesn't want that viral picture to be about him: "I want it to be about the day. I want it to be about what we did. I want that picture to be a reminder to New Yorkers that your cops, the members of the NYPD... we're going to be relentless in pursuing justice. There's going to be no obstacles. Nothing's going to stand in our way from protecting New Yorkers"