Book I'm Reading
I’m slogging through this one, though it’s slow going. We’re finally getting past the oldest origins of banditry (lol).
He’s beginning to reach some of the 17th-18th century banditry narratives and notorious figures. It’s interesting that as more governments expanded and developed unified law enforcement, dislocated banditry began to subside. It makes sense, but I’d never thought about it this way.
Substack I'm Reading
I’m continuing to read James’ high-quality daily recaps. Lots of good stuff here.
On Bitcoin
Bitcoin opened above the 200-week this week, spent some time below it, but ultimately closed above it. That’s the only structive thing here, that it held the 200-day and closed above it. Otherwise, this is just a bounce in an overall downtrend.
Tweets I'm Reading
Really fun to interview my old friend Bret Johnsen in Mission Control.
— Gavin Baker (@GavinSBaker) June 8, 2026
Three parts of the @SpaceX story that I wish were more widely discussed:
SpaceX has created thousands of good blue-collar jobs: welders, machinists, electricians. Everyone talks about the need to bring… pic.twitter.com/240CmtVrQh
Elon Musk told Ron Baron he's building a chip that will be 2 to 3 times better than NVIDIA – at 10% of the cost
— Сarm1ne (@carm1nee) June 8, 2026
"I have the entire physical design of the chip laid out in memory – I can visualize the whole thing"
when TSMC told him a new fab takes 5 years he said: "five years… https://t.co/jerrUXOrSg pic.twitter.com/zP5oYiIEDq
Prepare for takeoff. ✈️ Flight simulator is now available globally on web to all users. https://t.co/jV5ZW7BZeW
— Google Earth (@googleearth) June 12, 2026
We've recently added many our most powerful professional desktop features to web. Elevation profiles, new import types, but there's always been one other feature… pic.twitter.com/s11NDaCx60
🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk speaks from Starbase as SpaceX goes public, with the largest IPO EVER
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 12, 2026
"If people had told me this was going to happen [years ago], I would be like, man, you must be smoking some REALLY good crack because I think this company is going to fail!" 🤣
"I gave… pic.twitter.com/6GcRp3bsE5
Books I regularly recommend to parents:
— Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕 (@DStrachman) June 12, 2026
📕Absorbent Mind (Montessori) – she has the deepest reverse for the human condition focused on children.
📗 Positive Discipline series – great for instilling emotional intelligence and agency in young children.
📘 How to Talk so Children… https://t.co/omcc2hBuw9
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