Jason Hall

This is becoming one of my favorite series of tweets

@McKathlin @jkimballcook Are you my relative? (Williams/Owen’s line?)

@jkimballcook I have a great aunt Juanita with very Anglo-named siblings.

Like Joseph Smith's parents naming his brother Don Carlos Smith

I’ve been asked by many to create one comprehensive post explaining how to prepare for @SpaceX’s IPO if you use one of the brokerages listed in SpaceX’s S-1 filing to allocate IPO shares to retail investors. Here it is: Fidelity: 1) $500,000 minimum account balance required to participate (including IRAs, individual, etc, but excluding 401k). 2) Enter an indication of interest. The indication of interest provides Fidelity with the maximum number of shares a customer is interested in purchasing. 3) Confirm your indication of interest shares on Fidelity's website after the registration statement has been declared effective and the offering has priced, which is typically after 7 PM ET on the night of pricing. Indications of interest may not be confirmed prior to the registration statement being declared effective and the offering pricing established. By confirming your indication of interest, you are placing an order to buy shares at the offering price. If you do not confirm your indication of interest, you will not be eligible for an allocation of shares. 4) Allocation of shares will occur on the morning following pricing and is usually complete before 9:30 AM ET. An alert will be sent once allocations are complete, and you can check your account to determine whether you were allocated shares. If you receive an allocation of shares, you must have adequate funds available to settle the purchase in the settlement date which is typically the trade date plus one business day. 5) You may increase your indication of interest up through the close of the indication of interest period. You may decrease or cancel an indication of interest until share allocation takes place. Once share allocation takes place, your indication may not be canceled or modified. Charles Schwab: 1) $100,000 minimum account balance required to participate (including IRAs, individual, etc, but excluding 401k). 2) On Schwab's website, under the Trade tab, select the IPO page to view the Calendar of Offerings, a list of upcoming IPOs. Once the IPO offering window opens (expected first week of June), investors will have the ability to submit a Conditional Offer to Purchase (COTP), also known as an Indication of Interest, from this page. 3) During an IPO's open COTP window, select Start COTP to review offering details and the preliminary prospectus. Then select the green button to proceed to the Eligibility Questionnaire, which is required to confirm investors meet eligibility criteria and are not restricted (per FINRA rules) from participating. After completing the questionnaire, you'll be able to indicate how many shares you're interested in purchasing based on the price range provided. Select Confirm to submit the COTP. 4) After the COTP has been submitted, regularly monitor the IPO page, which will indicate the Status of Your Conditional Offers to Purchase (COTPs), the expected pricing date, and current pricing status, plus any changes in the prospectus. When the IPO has been priced, you will affirm your COTP. You must affirm your COTP once the effective price is established in order to be eligible to purchase shares. To do so, select Affirm Now to review and finalize the share quantity. Robinhood: 1) There's no minimum account size requirement, but you must have enough buying power to cover your requested shares if you are allocated any. You must have an individual brokerage account. Retirement, custodial, and multiple investing accounts are not eligible for IPO Access. 2) Make sure IPO Access is enabled in your Robinhood app. Turn on your IPO notifications so that Robinhood notifies you when the SpaceX IPO comes online. 3) Request Shares: Once the IPO is announced and available, you can request shares through the app or website. This is a request for IPO shares. By placing a conditional offer to buy (COB), you’re asking for the opportunity to purchase a quantity of shares at the IPO price. An investor may place, edit, or cancel a COB after the initial price range is published and before the confirmation period ends. 4) Allocation is random and not guaranteed. The number of shares you request factors into how many you actually get, but it doesn’t affect the likelihood that you’ll get any allocation. You may get all, some, or none of the IPO shares you request. E*Trade: 1) E*TRADE does not publicly list a specific minimum account size required to participate in IPOs, but contact them to double check. That said, allocation priority for “hot” IPOs may still favor larger or more active accounts in practice, even if there’s no official minimum balance requirement. 2) Be a U.S. resident, have an active E*TRADE account (Individual, Joint and IRAs are all eligible) and complete the investor profile questionnaire. 3) Sign up for IPO alerts. 4) Submit a conditional offer to buy ("COB"). As part of this submission, you specify the number of shares and the maximum price you are willing to pay per share. COBs can only be submitted via the New Issue Center. A COB may be submitted once an offering is listed as "open" up until the status is changed to "closed." COBs that have already been submitted may be amended or cancelled after an offering is "closed" up until the status is changed to "allocate." At this point, no further changes may be made to a COB and you are bound by the terms of your COB. If there is no material change in an offering, customers will not need to reconfirm their COBs. If you have submitted a conditional offer, you must have available buying power to cover the full amount of your conditional offer in the account through which you submitted the conditional offer. 5) Shares are allocated to eligible accounts as a proportion, or percentage, of the size of their COB. The percentage is based primarily on the number of shares provided to E*TRADE for sale to its customers and the size of the overall demand for shares from E*TRADE's customers. Given the expected high demand for this offering and the limited availability of shares available for sale to E*TRADE customers, many COBs may not be allocated shares (according to E*Trade). Additionally, in many instances, allocations will be significantly smaller than the size of shares requested in a customer's COB. 6) E*TRADE makes its allocations after the pricing of the overall offering but before the stock begins trading. E*TRADE will inform customers via alert or email whether they have been allocated shares. Any allocation should be reflected in the relevant customer account once that allocation has been processed by E*TRADE. Sofi: 1) There is no minimum account balance/size requirement. Have an active Self-Directed Invest account. 2) Go to the “IPO Investing” section in the app or website 3) Select the IPO 4) Complete the IPO suitability questionnaire 5) Submit an “Indication of Interest” (IOI), which is basically a non-binding request for shares. 6) When the IPO is officially priced, SoFi will notify you to confirm your order. NOTE: Don’t be surprised if you receive fewer IPO shares than you requested, or none at all. Demand for the limited number of IPO shares available to retail investors will likely be extremely high, and each participating brokerage will only receive a limited allocation of shares to distribute to retail investors. For our international friends, keep in mind that @SpaceX said in their S-1 filing that allocations will also be made to retail investors by the underwriters, which include: • Goldman Sachs • Morgan Stanley • Bank of America • Citigroup • J.P. Morgan • Barclays • Deutsche Bank Securities • RBC Capital Markets • UBS Investment Bank • Wells Fargo Securities • Allen & Company • Cantor • Needham & Company • Raymond James • Societe Generale • Stifel • William Blair • BTG Pactual • ING • Macquarie Capital • Mirae Asset Securities • Mizuho • Santander so you can try reaching out to one of these places if you have assets with them and you may be able to request an allocation of some shares. I've already seen that happen with some Goldman Sachs clients. Lastly, and I stated this in a previous post, @SpaceX specifically stated in their S-1 filing that any purchase of their Class A common stock in this offering through these platforms will be at the same IPO price, and at the same time, as any other purchases in this offering, including purchases by institutions and other large investors, which means any retail investors that are lucky enough to get allocated some SpaceX IPO shares will pay the same price as the big guys. This will likely be the largest retail IPO share allocation in history, by far. If you have more questions, reach out directly to your brokerage and/or bank. And no, this post wasn't written by AI lol. Not financial advice.

@fozzmoo Ask them for some pistols or shotguns Otherwise let them know about your heritage

I've been getting tons of follows from accounts/bots based in Turkey.

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

When you see someone who advocated for paying fast food workers 20 dollars an hour complaining that their burrito cost 28 dollars.

Disney has filed a petition with the FCC asking the agency to declare that The View is exempt from the statutory equal opportunities requirements that would otherwise apply to broadcast shows. Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news” under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation. Therefore, Disney argues, it can have one partisan candidate for office on The View while denying equal opportunities to all others. The FCC is now seeking public comment on Disney’s request to be labeled as “bona fide news.” Is The View a “bona fide news interview program”? Under FCC case law, tv shows do not qualify as “bona fide news” if their decisions are based on partisan purposes, such as an intention to advance or harm an individual’s candidacy. As the Public Notice observes, Congress originally passed the equal opportunities law to prevent media gatekeepers from deciding the outcome of elections. The law, even when it applies, does not prohibit anyone from having any candidate appear on any show. Rather, Congress intended it to empower voters with more information and encourage more speech. The FCC welcomes your views: docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

@weebineer @monsterhunter45 @JeffGauch To compare with other suggestions, try reading “The Road to Serfdom” and see what great minds thought about the direction of “liberal democracy”

@monsterhunter45 @JeffGauch Looking over these 25 points, one coukd disingenuously apply these to any number of politicians, including Republicans. Hell, one could overlay most of this 25 point plan upon most modern Liberal Democrocies. This is once again a "Hitler drank water" type of argument.

Never forget that the assholes who spent decades labeling all of us nazis and cancelling us for the dumbest bullshit reasons imaginable are hypocritically running this asshole who got a literal fucking SS Totenkopf tattoo on his chest for the senate. And here is TIME magazine hypocritically making excuses for it. No matter how slimy you think liberals are, they are worse. Their moral compass is a wind sock. If you're other-than-democrat, they'll destroy your life for waving wrong, smiling awkwardly at a minority, or making the okay sign. Everything we do gets called "white supremacy" even when we're black or brown, and then they'll clutch thier pearls and hold a fucking witch trial to burn us at the stake for crimes that only exist in their fevered retard imagination. If anyone on the right is gullible enough to apologize to these trash, that's just throwing blood in the water, and then they'll attack you even more. Then these same fucking Caring White Liberals will run this posturing scumbag for office, and the second it comes out he got a shitty nazi tat on his chest they'll cry about how it was an innocent mistake from a poor dumb Marine who didn't know any better (lol). Pete Hegseth has a cross on his chest and it's the end of the fucking world, liberal freak out about racist dog whistle, and we've got to see a milliong tweets and ten thousand news articles and a hundred thousand hours of news coverage, and it's even the same exact cross Jimmy Carter had at his funeral and then suddenly it's okay and not racist. You put Heinrich Himmler's hat decoration over your heart as a democrat and all you have to do is go "hur dur I didn't know no better (wink wink)" and they'll run you for office. Elon waves funny and democats spend the next few months attacking random people's Teslas and burning car dealerships. They truly don't give a shit about anything. They have no values whatsoever. Every decision is a simple stimulus/response on whether it gets them more power. That's it. No matter how much the dumb Rs on my side may annoy me, I fucking despise democrats.

Since joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I’ve found myself striving to do better in every part of my life. Being baptised changed the way I approach life. Being a father changed me. Being a husband changed me. Being a nurse changed me. I don’t always succeed. I don’t always get things right. Life is difficult sometimes. But at least now I’m on the right path and genuinely trying to become better. One regret I do have is how rude I was to missionaries when I was younger. I yelled at them, dismissed them, and never really listened. Sometimes I wonder how different my life may have been if I had. Still, I’m grateful the Lord guided me back when the time was right. And I’m especially grateful to the two sister missionaries who took the time to teach me patiently and kindly, even though I was probably a difficult person to teach. They were surprised by how much I already knew and how quickly I was learning, but they never judged me. I’m better for it now.

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@WassonWatch Asking the right questions for the community!

I have questions for FRT/Super Safety users. I love the idea of a sub-gun that is worth owning, and offers the utility of *ahem* enhanced semi-automatic fire (let the reader understand). But I have no hands-on experience with FRT/SS, and I have no idea if I buy something if it's going to just *work* or if it's going to require some finesse, and even then work not as well as I had hoped. I need guidance. What are the best FRT/SS's out there, and on what platforms? I especially love the idea of an MP-5 or MP9 style setup, but am open to other options if there's something better out there. And, supposing we do identify the best available options, what kind of performance can I expect from it. Will it work all the time? Will it contribute to a frustrating amount of malfunctions? Will it just be a range toy, or something that could theoretically be relied upon in a situation where it might come in handy?

A trolley is about to hit 5 people laying on the track You can redirect the car, but the other track has not yet reached regulatory approval or completed its 1 year environmental testing period, so operating a train car on it is a violation of transit regulations What do you do?

@joeljenkins801 Spying… that’s your answer

Got the Meta AI glasses for Christmas. Since then they have used 60GB of cellular data and I have no idea on what. Mostly I just wear them and listen to music. I do take photos and videos but I haven't captured 60GB of files. What on earth is that app doing?

@fozzmoo Was having a conversation with a very no. Tech friend the other day and explaining this. We lived through the data enter buildouts of the 90’s and 2000’s. They had their own drama as well

No, he's stupid. We've been building data centers for decades and decades. We don't rebuild the data center, we swap out the server hardware inside. That's like saying we rebuild the roads every 3-5 years because that's how often people replace their cars.

“A chicken in every pot” used to be a political slogan, but now people would like, “You want me to cook my own dinner?!”

@Stellantis I’m sure they’ll have Jaguar lead the advertising

#Stellantis and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have signed a MOU to explore collaboration opportunities in product development in the U.S. By combining complementary strengths across product & technology development, we will create new synergies and deliver value for both organizations.

@TheJTShow2024 @CheeksCowboy Gotta be just a dumb export to excel that was too lazy to control data types

🚨BREAKING🚨 These are voter roles in Tooele County, Utah. Clearly these are fake, just look at the addresses. You cant have 76.4564 or -3.45332 (random numbers) How can you be a county clerk and NOT see that all of these are fake? There's over a 100 more. These voted.

@drinkonsaturday I mean, this is great for breakfast as well. Also note bell pepper works really well.

A novel, clever and effective way to contain a fried egg on your burger? By placing a ring or thick slice of white onion into the remnant butter in the pan, you create a natural barrier that caramelizes beautifully at the edges while gently crisping. The onion seals against the flat top, preventing the egg white from spreading everywhere, so you can drop the egg right into the center and let it simmer to your preferred doneness—runny yolk, set whites, or anywhere in between—while basting with a touch more butter if needed. The onion itself picks up sweet-savory depth and adds welcome crunch and structure. Your full assembly order is excellent and keeps everything stable and juicy. Start with the butter-grilled bun slathered in sauce on the bottom, followed by lettuce and tomato as a moisture barrier, then the pressed beef patty with melted cheese and pickles. Crown it all with that onion-egg combo so the warm yolk can act as the ultimate silky sauce when it breaks. The technique isn’t brand new—some smash-burger joints play with similar ideas—this version feels clean, controlled, and thoughtfully executed. A couple of small enhancements can push it even higher: season the onion with a pinch of salt before the egg goes in, and consider a light dusting of everything-bagel seasoning or fresh cracked pepper on top of the egg. Cook the patty right beside the onion-egg so they finish in sync. Overall, this is solid burger engineering that delivers great texture contrast and zero mess on the first bite. Go make one and enjoy every messy, delicious layer.

@RoseElla1234 Calling @BabyFarkImgur

Inspired by 1950s monster movies, Ron Underwood brought that classic creature-feature spirit to Tremors. The film combines classic monster movie suspense with charming humor, creating a work that is both dramatic and entertaining, and has become a "cult classic" of the modern monster movie genre. 🎬 Tremors (1990)