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Why I went all in on $RIVN: As a Tesla $TSLA owner and now a R1S owner I can tell you the @Rivian product is AS GOOD and in many ways better than Tesla, which is a mind-blowing accomplishment...

@redamon8 @nxthompson I’m didn’t mention VCs.

@reactiveoptions @nxthompson Google is not a financial VC, they're corporate. Corporate VCs are primarily strategic, financial returns are secondary.

The US has canceled hundreds of millions in science grants and driven thousands of Ph.D.s out of the federal workforce. China, meanwhile, has poured evermore resources into its research efforts. If they pass us as a scientific superpower, we shouldn't act surprised. theatlantic.com/science/2026/0…

@UtahGroyperHuff @LuccaLazaro Agreed but there are plenty in there that don’t require a degree.

@reactiveoptions @LuccaLazaro A lot of those are tech jobs that require degrees. Fuck college.

Unemployed day in the life day 3

@DennisCW_ Marketshare eroder

THE TESLA KILLER IS HERE 🫨

@RivianUpdates Fixed cost absorption.

R2 isn’t just about selling more vehicles. It’s about fixing margins. Rivian finished Q4 2025 at roughly -$6K gross margin per vehicle, and higher factory utilization from R2 is what helps close that gap and will very possible make R1 itself finally gross margin positive. Volume is the unlock.

@interesting_aIl Do these these in India too?

This luxury hotel in Vietnam is basically a hotel on wheels

@Rothmus Imagine being so brain washed to think that EVs cost $100K

Legacy OEMs are soo cooked 📉 $TSLA $RIVN $LCID

@redamon8 @nxthompson Did they or did they not fund extremely deep tech?

@reactiveoptions @nxthompson Google has such an incredibly profitable business (gross margins of 70%+) thar can afford to make those long term investments. It's a very unique case.

@congressdj I switched both my Rivian and Tesla to Nationwide via the Rivian partnership and saved a bunch of money. All the major insurance companies use real time driving behavior to dictate prices. Tesla offers nothing unique.

Tesla Insurance = Terminated. It was a great first month, decent second, and outrageous third. Let me know when they stop basing a month’s entire premium on < 1 manually driven mile out of > 2500 FSD driven.

@emissionite SF democrats killed tourism all by itself and of course would blame republicans.

Many are dumping on "tech". We already killed finance in SF. If we now also chase away tourism, what kind of economy will be left in our city? nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/…

@JoeyMannarino If true, good dude right there.

While Somali pirates were scamming us and committing the biggest fraud in history.. Hundreds of thousands of parents like this man are caring for their children at their jobs without any free daycare. These things make my blood boil. That's why we have to deport them all.

@naturalbeautyi7 105 degrees last week. Good luck with that.

📍 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 🇺🇸

@UziCryptoo What a fascinatingly fabricated story

My friend works in tech in Paris He makes a top 1% income (€66k) Leaves work at 4:15pm sharp (work end time closely enforced by government) Commutes home via bike (only 7 minutes) Kids walk home from free daycare a few minutes later He never has to worry about medical bills or saving for retirement Yet gets to work for one of the most innovative startups in the world (it's a GDPR consulting business) Tell me again why America is the best place for tech workers?

70% of Korean stock market capitalization is AI related companies 😂

@redamon8 @nxthompson Tell that to Google who has been investing in Waymo for 17 years without profit 😂

@reactiveoptions @nxthompson No, that doesn't happen because the time horizon is too long. PE/VC need financial returns in 5-10 years, which is too short for real scientific advancements.

@harukaawake FACTS

🇯🇵 A Muslim lady from the UK explains: "Japan is overrated. I don't like it because it's not Muslim friendly. Their rice is boiled in pork water". Actually, one of the best things about Japan is exactly that: we're not Muslim friendly. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Too bad for you.

@PassionOfMotors Rivian R1S is literally better in every way.

أفخم و أقوى سيارة عائلية صُنعتها جنرال موتورز حتى الآن Cadillac Escalade -V 2026 🇺🇸

@Bellagiotime Gonna be sick in 2028

Scout with bench seat. I dig it. My name is on the list.

@porterstansb Just like our friends down in Australia which banned the sale and possession of machetes to curb rising "youth" crime 🫠

Race has nothing to do with this. The problem is guns, not people.