Norman (nhirsch.eth)

@aakashgupta And what if it's decided that the orbital space must be cleared or sharable by all people. Will spaceX be required to remove them?

The math on this photo should stop you cold. SpaceX has launched 11,641 Starlink satellites since May 2019. 1,525 have failed or deorbited. 10,116 are currently in orbit. That constellation is 65% of all active satellites around Earth. One company owns two-thirds of everything orbiting the planet. This is their 38th Falcon 9 launch of 2026. We're 85 days in. A launch every 2.2 days. They've put over 800 Starlink satellites into orbit just since January 1. They crossed 10,000 simultaneous satellites on March 16 and nobody outside the space industry even noticed. Now scale the subscriber math. 1 million customers in December 2022. 4 million in September 2024. 9 million in December 2025. 10 million in February 2026. That last million took under seven weeks. At peak they were adding 21,000 new customers per day. Starlink is now available to 3.1 billion people across 150 countries. The revenue: roughly $10 billion in 2025 from Starlink alone, about two-thirds of SpaceX's $15 billion total. Analysts project $22 to $24 billion for 2026. A satellite internet business that didn't exist seven years ago is growing revenue faster than 50% annually. The company booked $8 billion in profit last year. The booster that flew this mission has flown dozens of times. The fleet record holder, B1067, has launched 33 times. SpaceX has successfully landed boosters 589 times out of 602 attempts. One booster, one fairing half, one rocket engine design, reused until the economics of space access inverted completely. They're filing their S-1 with the SEC as early as this week. Target valuation: $1.5 to $1.75 trillion. That would make SpaceX the largest IPO in history, raising up to $75 billion. Seven years ago this constellation was zero satellites serving zero people generating zero revenue. Today it's 10,000 satellites, 10 million subscribers, $10 billion in revenue, and a $1.75 trillion price tag. The launch photo looks routine because making orbital infrastructure boring was the entire business plan.

"Trump, the Mar-a-Lago golfer, is the only bull in the world who walks around with his own china shop. When a clown takes over the Palace, he doesn't become King. It's the Palace that becomes a circus" French senator Claude Malhuret once again nails it. You won't hear a better indictment of Trump and his Gulf war than this. Well worth 5 minutes of your time My English s/t 👇

@General_Oluchi wealth

Now you know…cus I just learned too! 😊

The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.

@Thebestfigen Calories (not kilocalories)

This surprised me.

@TheCleanCarClub King Kong

Apparently, if you can see two people kissing, you’re left-brained, and if you can see a penguin, you’re right-brained. What do you see in the ice?

@ronsterd89 Curry paste

What do y’all put in your tuna salad to jazz it up. Right now I’m using mayo, onion, celery & some pepper.

Boquila trifoliolata is one of the most mysterious plants on Earth. This Chilean climbing vine can mimic the leaves of nearby plants, changing its shape, size, colour, orientation, vein pattern, and even spines to match, without touching the plant and with an air gap between them It doesn’t just copy one species. A single vine can produce different leaf forms simultaneously, depending on which plant it’s climbing. A single Boquila vine climbing through multiple host species at once Produced different leaf morphologies on different sections of the same vine Matching the specific host it was in contact with (or growing among) Even more intriguing: it can mimic without direct contact. Scientists first proposed that it may detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by neighbouring plants, triggering changes in gene expression, a form of extreme phenotypic plasticity. Others suggested the possibility of horizontal gene transfer, although evidence for that remains weak. Then came the controversial claim that it mimicked a plastic plant. That led to speculation that the vine might respond to light patterns or reflected wavelengths, or even possess primitive light-sensitive structures sometimes compared (loosely) to ocelli. However, this idea remains highly debated, and no confirmed “plant vision” mechanism has been demonstrated. Why evolve this ability Boquila is a twining vine in the temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina. By blending into its host, it likely reduces herbivory. Studies have shown that mimicking leaves suffer significantly less damage from plant-eating insects than non-mimicking ones. It’s camouflage, but botanical. A plant that doesn’t just climb its host… It becomes it. Nature still has secrets we don’t fully understand.

@AntiToxicPeople @gtconway3d Radical left

@elonmusk @Tesla @Tesla_AI facebook.com/share/p/17oYsw…?

Try @Tesla self-driving. If you haven’t done so or you tried an earlier version, try it again now. It’s awesome 😎 Great work by the @Tesla_AI team!

@silentblossom_ @ItsEthanRay B

🚨 JUST IN: A new CBS poll shows Republican approval of Donald Trump jumping 5 points to 92.3%. Are you among the 92.3%? A. Hell yeah B. No

@Matt_Pinner E

Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this team? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0%

@WalshFreedom Trump's goons, aka gestapo

We asked PAXIS about the law and legal recourse for two legal observers who were assaulted by ICE. PAXIS.app says: 🚨 ICE BROKE THE LAW 🚨 Two women, in their own driveway, had assault rifles pointed at them. ICE agents broke their car window with a rifle stock and dragged them out. No warrant. No crime. Just retaliation for observing. This is unlawful: ❌ Fourth Amendment — bans warrantless force on private property ❌ 18 U.S.C. § 242 — criminal to violate rights under color of law ❌ No judicial warrant — ICE cannot breach a car in a private driveway without one They have legal recourse: ✅ Bivens lawsuit — sue agents personally for constitutional abuse ✅ Federal Tort Claims Act — file for assault, battery, property damage ✅ DHS OIG & CRCL — trigger formal civil rights investigations 📣 PAXIS reminds: Justice has a time limit — ~2 years. Act now. Support the work. Share the tool: 🔗 gofund.me/2dafa642c

@travisakers Typical maga lie

CBS: 9.2 billion people around the world tuned into the TPUSA alternative halftime show.

Follow the rules. 😂

@ElonMuskNewsDNA Hope so

@TodayUpdates0 A

🚨BREAKING: New CNN Poll says Trump is the worst President in history. Do you believe that? A. Yes B. No

@StandUpForTrmp A

🚨BREAKING: If you could choose between a ticket to watch the next Starship launch here in Texas with me, or front row at a Taylor Swift concert with a meet and greet, which would you choose? A) Taylor B) Starship

@wsvn @grok what kind of car was it? Gas or electric?

Traffic cameras captured the moment a car burst into flames Friday on Interstate 95 in Pompano Beach, shutting down all northbound lanes.

@elonmusk Your comment is hypocritical given the rapid movement of our country to fascism by the government you've promoted. It's mind boggling to see the vastness of your accomplishments side by side with the stupidity of your political positions.

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