@alphafox Were you living in Japan at that time? We had much better trucks made here in the U.S.
Did you know Japan tried ripping us off with that truck? Look up "chicken tax"
There’s been lots of speculation about whether the new blue bottom of the Reflecting Pool will still… well… reflect.
It seems like the answer is yes.
@CityCast_DC
Elon Musk personally arranged a phone call with a 15 year old girl who was dying of cancer. When the call connected she was too exhausted to speak.
Her name was Olivia Perrotto. Everyone called her Liv. She had been fighting cancer for five years. She loved space more than anything. She designed a stuffed animal called Asteroid, a Shiba Inu in a spacesuit, and it was selected as the official zero gravity indicator for the Polaris Dawn mission. The most historic crewed spaceflight since Apollo.
Her plush toy went to space. It floated in zero gravity 1,400 kilometers above Earth during the first commercial spacewalk in history. A stuffed animal designed by a teenager who might not live to see it land.
Before the mission she wrote eight questions on a piece of paper for Elon. Things like have you been to Japan. What's your favorite anime. Do you like dogs. And the last one. Will you make Asteroid the official SpaceX mascot.
Elon tried to call her to answer the questions personally. But by the time the call was arranged she was too weak to talk. He sent flowers and a handwritten note instead. The questions stayed on her nightstand.
She passed away in January 2026 at fifteen years old.
Three months later Elon answered all eight questions publicly. He said yes to making Asteroid the official SpaceX mascot. It took him two days to respond because the decision had to be approved internally by SpaceX leadership.
The plush now sits in a permanent museum display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center with a plaque that reads In Memory of Olivia Liv Perrotto.
Most people see Elon as the rocket guy or the richest man alive. But he sent flowers to a dying girl he never met because she loved his rockets. That's the part the headlines miss.
My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma. The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full. ❤️
Please hold while tens of thousands of reflecting pool rehabilitation experts transition over to New World Bovine Screwworm.
This may take a few minutes but they will be with us shortly.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
This is funny! 🤣
I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don't have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don't have a curfew. I have a driver's license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don't have acne.
Life is great. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now.
Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.
I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row.
I decided to stop calling the bathroom "John" and renamed it the "Jim". I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
When I was a child I thought "nap time" was a punishment. Now it feels like a small vacation.
The biggest lie I tell myself is... " I don't have to write that down, I'll remember it".
If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would've put them on my knees.
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet.
Why do I have to press one for English when you're just going to transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
Of course, I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice.
At my age "Getting Lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came In there for.