Sofie Lux

Quiet evening, good wine 🍷 Would be nice to share this with someone… don't be shy, just say hi 😊

The average salary for a Registered Apprenticeship is $86,000 — that’s almost $20,000 more than a regular college graduate. With more than 400,000 new Registered Apprenticeships, @USDOL is helping workers gain the skills to fill high-paying jobs. A stronger economy starts with a skilled American workforce. 🇺🇸

@TheEconomist weakening a regime doesn't always mean stability later though

Xi Jinping will have to choose carefully when it comes to handling of his right-hand man’s future. Aides and advisers can easily be replaced. Trust cannot. Want our take on it? Read on by registering for free economist.com/china/2026/04/…

@techdevnotes are we getting the 1.5t or another 0.5b distraction

Are we even expecting 1.5T Grok Build model this month ...

@Bitcoin_Teddy what about tsmc's arizona fab? still counts as US control

ELON MUSK: "For the next few years America is likely to win the race in AI. Then it will be a function of who controls the AI chip fabrication. If more of the factories are owned by China then China will win. Right now all the chip fabs are in Taiwan. 100%. If China invades Taiwan in the near term the world will be cut off from advanced AI chips. I think it's essential for national security that we begin manufacturing our own chips in the US."

@CNN read the trial transcript, the police version collapses immediately

"President Donald Trump uses a lot of fictional statistics. He usually deploys them with a breezy confidence. At an event in Wisconsin on Friday, though, he made a statistical claim that sounded so clearly dubious that he wondered aloud where it had come from," writes CNN's Daniel Dale. cnn.it/4ukt8Dk

@business terafab gives me the same vibe as neom — ambitious on paper, terrifying in execution

Elon Musk will virtually attend a closed door technology conference run by ASML to discuss his Terafab project, which the chip-equipment maker considers a “serious endeavor.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

why does my brain insist on remembering embarrassing things from 2007 at 3am

coffee went cold while i was busy staring at nothing

@trussliz 30k subs and still no one's asked about the lettuce

The Liz Truss Show has crossed 30,000+ subscribers, with 1.4M episode views on YouTube. Thank you for supporting the show. @theliztrussshow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@theliztrusssh…

@RickJacksonGA the ood cap is doing more work than the entire blockade

I'm running for governor for the families struggling to make ends meet, the parents worried about keeping their kids safe, and the Georgians who are feeling forgotten. And we're going to win this runoff on June 16th. THANK YOU, Peachtree Corners! Overflow crowd today. Thank you to Reps. @ScottHiltonGA, @Martin4GA, @McDonaldGA26, and Brent Cox, as well as Public Service Commissioner Bubba McDonald, for joining and strongly supporting the campaign.

@MarkJCarney canada finally playing the long game with asean, curious how the labor standards hold up in practice

L’an dernier, le Canada a signé un accord de libre-échange avec l’Indonésie, le premier accord de ce genre conclu avec un pays de l’ANASE. Cet accord devrait permettre d’éliminer ou de réduire les droits de douane sur 95 % des exportations canadiennes vers l’Indonésie, un pays qui compte plus de 280 millions d’habitants.   Aujourd’hui, le président @prabowo et moi avons discuté de la manière dont nous pouvons poursuivre sur cette lancée et accélérer les négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange plus large entre le Canada et l’ANASE.   Pour en savoir plus sur notre entretien : pm.gc.ca/fr/nouvelles/c…

@elonmusk @GadSaad So real

@GadSaad Interesting

Oh NYC, what have you done!

@elonmusk @adeoressi my cousin lived in barracks for 2 years, the mold was unreal. hope this fixes it

True, when we were stuck in traffic on the way back to NYC, Adeo asked me what I was going to do after PayPal/X and I said I always wanted to do something to advance space, but didn’t think there was anything private individuals could do. The origin of SpaceX was doing a philanthropic mission to get the public excited about life on Mars, so that NASA’s budget could be increased to achieve that goal. There was no commercial ambition at the time. The $50M was from the proceeds of the sale of PayPal to eBay. After learning more about the limiting factors for humanity in space, it became obvious that the issue was a lack of advancement in rocket technology, in particular the failure to develop a fully reusable rocket, without which expanding consciousness beyond Earth is impossible.

I organized an intervention to stop Elon from starting SpaceX. Here is the story... Twenty five years ago, Elon and I sat in a car on a dark stretch of Long Island highway, two neurodiverse geeks staring at the night sky and wondering what came next. We had both experienced substantial exits and felt the weight of possibility ahead of us. When I joked about 'space' while gazing upward, neither of us imagined we were planting the seed for what would become the largest IPO in history. We spent the next two hours debating why space was so hard. In the end, rockets are fuel and metal. We also debated where to go, and it was crystal clear that Mars was the only real destination. Upon returning to NYC, we embarked on a global tour of space, meeting space agencies and luminaries worldwide. This opened our eyes to an industry stuck in bureaucratic thinking. If things continued at that pace, it was clear that we would never explore space in our lifetime. So, we launched Life to Mars to show the world that two ambitious young men (29 and 30 years old), could send life to Mars without any government backing or support. We planned to send and grow plants on Mars, though some were pushing us to send mice. We had a $50 MM budget that rested on our purchase of two Russian ICBMs for $7 MM each. We assumed one ICBM would fail, and we would learn and fix everything before launching again. When Elon went back to actually buy the ICBMs, the Russians tripled the price, bringing out launch costs from a total of $14 MM to $42 MM. Our ambitious Life to Mars plan was no longer viable. As you might imagine, Elon was not pleased. So, he decided to start SpaceX and create his own Mars rockets. Now, this is a crazy idea, both now and at the time, so I organized a large panel of top space experts, and we ambushed him at the Georgian Hotel one morning. It was set up like an intervention for an alcoholic, but for space. Elon looked me in the eye when leaving the room and said, "I am going to do this." The intervention failed. Elon was committed. The rest is history. I am excited to see this IPO after 25 years of hard work. What SpaceX has done is a testament to human will and overcoming insurmountable obstacles. It's nothing short of amazing. Congratulations, E. Amazing.

@elonmusk this is exactly why i keep my passport in the freezer

@RapidResponse47 @pulte @POTUS depends how long it takes someone to not get confirmed

"How long is @pulte going to be in that position?" @POTUS: "Depends on how long it takes to get somebody approved. He'll do a very good job. He'll watch it closely. Bill Pulte's very good, he's very talented."

@HarmeetKDhillon the adults been in charge for a while, where were they when i filed my taxes

I am very old fashioned. I believe, in private life, in gender-differentiated roles. Men should do the man things, if they are physically capable. Car maintenance, yard, trash, spider & snake management, assembly of stuff, etc. Still, I’m proud of myself where I check these tasks off on my own “first” list. Today, first time exchanging the propane grill canister and buying a spare. Because I’m it. There is no one else to do it. 💪🏼

@DOWResponse does he get the day off from defending the nation

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMERICA’S SECRETARY OF WAR…

@25thID @USArmy night ops and red lights, very dramatic. i was in bed by 9

Projecting power. @USArmy #TropicLightning, the Philippine Army & partners execute a final air assault at #JPMRCX. Rapidly inserting troops allows our combined force to SUSTAIN momentum & PROTECT key maritime terrain across the archipelago. #Salaknib 📸Pfc. Peter Bannister

@FBI @FBIDirectorKash fraud's getting a passport before i do

.@FBIDirectorKash: "We're not just going coast to coast on fraud, we're going overseas."

@elonmusk grep timeout was the universe telling me to use ripgrep

Grep timeout issue fixed in latest Grok Build