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SpaceX S-1: xAI had a $6.4B operating loss on $3.2B in revenue in 2025; Grok and X had 550M MAUs combined as of March 2026, and 117M used Grok's AI features (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/xai-

xAI burned $6.4B last year. SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over | TechCrunch
SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details about his ambitions.

Pleasantly surprised I can measure this timing difference on my cheap scope; In both cases this is a chain of a pair of inverters in a 74LS04 package; the difference between the two captures is just the length of breadboard wire between the 1st and 2nd inverter; the first is about 1cm and the 2nd is about 20cm; so that's about 0.5ns difference measured which is reasonable - and surprisingly good for a 500MS/s scope.
(The yellow is input from a sig gen, blue is op of 2nd inverter).

A parasite that has been eating people for 3,500 years is about to be wiped off the planet.
It infected 3.5 million people in 1986.
Last year, it infected 10. And I have not seen it make a single front page
https://www.resete…

Guinea worm is close to being the second disease eradicated in history, following smallpox
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/02/04/guinea-worm-is-close-to-being-the-second-disease-eradicated-in-history-following-smallpox You may have seen this online at some point, a long white worm being pulled from someone's leg, looking almost like a white string. This worm has been plaguing...

TIL: There’s a town in the U.P. of Michigan named “Felch.”
I have no comment on this novel (to me) fact. @… https://m.ai6yr.org/@nwstornado_bot/11

Tornado (bot) (@nwstornado_bot@m.ai6yr.org)
Attached: 1 image #NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Dickinson, MI; Marquette, MI #MIwx At 552 PM EDT/452 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 12 miles northeast of Felch, or 22 miles south of Ishpeming, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles w…

Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/20/trump-likely-drain-reflecting-pool-again-following-peeling-paint-algae/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260620/p53#a260620p53

The US special envoy sent to negotiate with Greenland and Denmark, used the occasion of Greenland's National Day to suggest that already next year they will be the 51st state.
I cannot express my feelings about this without swearing very very loudly.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/jeff-landry-maaske-kan-groenland-blive-usa-s-51-stat-allerede-naeste-aar

POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel: 35-jährige Frau aus Bad Fallingbostel seit Donnerstag vermisst (Foto anbei) Heidekreis (ots) - Bad Fallingbostel: Seit Donnerstag, 18.06.2026, wird die 35-jährige Celina S. vermisst. Sie wurde zuletzt am Donnerstagvormittag an ihrer Wohnanschrift gesehen und ist seitdem unbekannten Aufenthalts. Aufgrund einer Erkrankung ...

The IPO prospectus SpaceX dropped last night revealed how much the world’s largest public offering is underpinned by a founder firmly in control.
Elon Musk, who previously complained he didn’t have a big enough say in Tesla,
will control 85% of the vote at SpaceX through special shares
(and will get another billion shares if SpaceX puts a million-person colony on Mars).
The filing raised speculation that after SpaceX goes public, a purchase of Tesla isn’t far off.

SpaceX IPO filing lays out Musk’s interplanetary manifesto
The document also revealed how much the world’s largest public offering is underpinned by a founder firmly in control.

Filing: SpaceX tells investors that orbital AI data centers use "unproven technologies" and may not achieve "commercial viability" due to space-related risks (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/spacex-says-

Filing: SpaceX set aside $530M for potential litigation losses, including lawsuits involving Grok's "Spicy" mode, which it described as a "heightened risk" (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-ipo-grok-spicy-mode-risks/

SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing
The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging that Grok created sexualized images.