Vikram

Irrational Optimist • Synthetic Biologist • Software Architect • Empathetic Pugilist

[Vikram @vhegd]

Lots of alpha in normal-maxxing

[evan conrad @evanjconrad]

best possible lee kuan yew quote: “the american culture is we start from scratch, and we beat you”

[Vikram @vhegd]

It all seems so normal.

[Vikram @vhegd]

A standard of living not even John D Rockefeller was capable of enjoying

Many things, especially in healthcare are totally democratized now and were simply unavailable to even the richest people in history.

We hedonistically adapt so quickly that it’s hard to mark progress.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Reporter: The NBA Finals game you're going to, the cheapest ticket price is $8,000. Everyday Americans can't afford these sporting events.

Trump: You can watch it on TV. It's sort of semi-free to watch it on TV. That's the way life goes.

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

Zoning is so dumb lol

There’s just an empty lot in NYC that no one has been build on because it’s zoned as C-7 (large amusement parks) despite there not being an amusement park there since the 60s, and no one can get it changed

[Vikram @vhegd]

Elon acquiring X for 44B and then bag dumping on ETFs who BEND THE RULES to allow Twitter to be added to their ETF ahead of standard seasoning time is CRAZY! Elon might be the financial engineering GOAT for real!

[Vikram @vhegd]

Of course it can it’s called “going into debt” or “issuing stock” have you heard of investing?

[τop τick crypτo 📁 🤖🧠 @toptickcrypto]

“The memory trade can’t keep going because the hyperscalers can’t spend more than 100% of cash flow”

[Vikram @vhegd]

This is my experience currently.

[Hedgeye @Hedgeye]

Owning a home now costs nearly 50% more monthly than renting

[Vikram @vhegd]

So SpaceX is bag dumping across every index fund in 3 weeks? Seems like a market breaking event when SpaceX is repriced in the coming months right?

[Vikram @vhegd]

Eliminating Cancer and Heart Disease will increase life expectancy by 15-20 years.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[constans @constans]

If more companies start doing this, it could pretty much destroy destroy index funds and passive investing

[Vikram @vhegd]

Perhaps having never seen it before they concluded that it would be an optimal space for forming a community

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Midcentury urban planning is so fascinating.

People convinced themselves this was a good idea!

[Vikram @vhegd]

@DaphneRHansell Obviously because they poop in the pool much more frequently

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

"The more homogenous our citizens can be made in these particulars [principles, opinions, and manners], the greater will be our prospect of permanent union."

-George Washington

[Vikram @vhegd]

Not only did they not get kicked out, they had reserved seats in Congress until 2020. Total misinformation.

[Braxton McCoy @braxton_mccoy]

So far as I recall when India officially became its own country they kicked all the Brits out who had been born there for several generations. Worth bearing in mind.

[Vikram @vhegd]

Bribing the hamster

[Vikram @vhegd]

Idiocracy was a documentary

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

New photo of the UFC arena construction at the White House.

[Vikram @vhegd]

To all the people asking why I don’t have furniture. I don’t DESERVE furniture until there’s not one but two commas on the screen number.

[hope hopes hoping @hopes_revenge]

inventing the concept of a “reverse vacation” where you go somewhere worst than where you live to lock in .

[Vikram @vhegd]

More Europeans die of heat related death than Americans of gun related death but find me a euro that pearl clutches regarding their lack of access to AC.

Why is everyone weirdly resigned to this preventable crisis?!

[ren!! @renegaderelic0]

(and even then, getting AC isn't easy! it's costly as shit and many older buildings can't even be renovated without going through the government and such. even a portable AC costs hundreds)

[Vikram @vhegd]

Whole playbook available for no one to see. The perks of being a small active account on X (hell site btw)

[Vikram @vhegd]

1.5T off 44b in annual revenue. Imma run the PLTR script off this ticker as well. Wait for the valuation to come to reasonable multiple then pounce BIG

[Brew Markets @brewmarkets]

JUST IN: SpaceX has officially filed to go public.

Here are some key details:

• Ticker symbol: SPCX

• Exchange: Nasdaq

• Valuation: Expected to be as much as $1.5 trillion or more

• Expected IPO date: June 12, 2026