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A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

"My hobbies are my work and my kids."

"Luck" has so much to do with what you are not doing. You don't let small problems compound. You don't destroy your health. You don't stay in an anxiety-inducing environment. You don't waste time with arguments about things that won't matter in the long run. You don't get angry and burn bridges over pride and ego. You don't lose yourself by trying to fit in a sick society. You don't let yourself consumed by cynicism and negativity. You don't disrespect yourself by giving your time to people who don't care about you. And suddenly, you will now find so much time to invest in yourself, in your family, in lifelong friendships, in goals that matter, and that's when "luck" will also start finding you:

“In 1903, the biggest industry in the world was whaling. It disappeared almost overnight.” Jimmy Carr dropped this on the Joe Rogan podcast and it made me rethink how fast entire economies can vanish. Whaling collapsed in about 18 months once petrochemicals replaced whale oil. The same thing happened with horse manure in New York City — the streets were literally covered in it, brownstones had steps to stay above the filth, and laws couldn’t fix it. Then Henry Ford’s cars arrived, and within a few years the horses (and the problem) were basically gone. Carr’s point: the resources and industries we treat as permanent today can disappear shockingly fast when something better comes along. What “essential” industry or resource of today do you think could vanish in the next 20 years?

And a rewind to the Rocket Assembly and Test Facility (MIK RN/MIK 112) at site 112. This facility would also be reused for the Buran program, handling the assembly of the Energia. This is also the building whose roof collapsed in 2002 destroying the only space-flown Buran orbiter

Arriving at the pad with the massive three-pointed-star-shaped flame trench.

Every N1 photo in this amazing tranche of new high resolution scans, including three previously unpublished photos, with restored color — a thread:

As someone who worked in crypto for a long time, I’m excited for us to launch Cashtags. You can now view relevant information and price charts for stocks and crypto, right from within 𝕏.

I de-wormed NASA in the '90s. At the time, it felt right to bring NASA's meatball back from retirement to reinvigorate that Apollo spirit we had when we got man to moon in under a decade. We were in a time when the end of the Cold War was indicating the end of our robust space program and the Challenger tragedy caused immense angst across the nation. The team and I felt we needed a symbol that was reflective of that aggressive spirit we had in the 60s to *explore and win*. Different times call for different symbols and emblems.

This is the wildest story... "I introduced Dario to 22 friends up and down Sand Hill Road and we got 21 no's.... it was such a brutal time getting this company going." @AnjneyMidha This company today is trading at $860BN on secondary markets... ouch.

BREAKING: The UK just sold 10Y Government Bonds at the highest yield since the 2008 Financial Crisis, at 4.9158%. The 2036 gilt syndication raised a record £15 billion and attracted £148 billion of investor orders. Keep watching the bond market.

@pdicarlotrader You have made me more patient. Thank you

Grateful for all of you. The support, the trust, the belief over the past few years means more than you know. We’re built something real together. And we’re just getting started. 🤝❤️

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter. — Confucius

best thing you can do for weight loss is to stop thinking of it as a sacrifice. you're not sacrificing shit. you're building the body you want. being hungry is GOOD, it means you are getting closer!

the best thing you can do for ANYTHING is to STOP THINKING IN NEGATIVES and START THINKING IN POSITIVES! don't define your life by what you DON'T do, define your life by what you DO DO

Exploring random topics, driven by your own curiosity, is the most valuable form of learning. This is where the real outlier ideas come from. Whereas running a startup is the intellectual equivalent of being dragged by a horse.

Don't start a startup in high school. What if it works? You'll lose the opportunity you'd otherwise have to explore random, interesting ideas, driven only by curiosity. Because while you will indeed learn a lot from a startup, you won't have any choice about what you learn.

The fake urgency created in corporate life for absolutely no reason is one of the worst things humans have invented.

Ça fait longtemps que l’effondrement civique ne m’avait pas autant frappé qu’en voyant Tintin utiliser son journal pour ne pas salir les banquettes du train.

@rameshsrivats Amit Shah needs to buy new Godrej Cupboard to keep 300 more files on people to blackmail

When I think of Lok Sabha strength being increased from 543 to 850, my first thought is not smaller constituencies, more responsive representatives, and all that. It is - 307 more VIPs. That many more entitled rulers, free tickets, perks, security, expense, sigh.