Sources: APEC, a derivatives exchange founded by the 22-year-old son of pro-crypto Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, raised $30M led by Lux at a $300M valuation (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/06/18/theodor
It must be galling to him that we no longer have the pre-Reagan pre-cable FCC regs and station norms that empowered the POTUS to monopolize the media in primetime.
I expect that many non-olds don’t even realize that was a thing. Once upon a time all TV was broadcast and most was network-affiliated or network-owned, and those all took the feed from the White House when it was offered. There was no escape... @…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
THEATRE:
🎵 The Fall
#THEATRE
https://mercurygray.bandcamp.com/track/aluminum-theatre
Yeah y'all -- I don't WANT this to be true --I think I'm coming around to the idea that conversation and online discourse is just *better* (in terms of general world utility) on places like Twitter as opposed to here.
Analagous to how roses grow in poop and dirt.
#socialmedia #mastodon
twitter_higgs: Twitter, Higgs boson (2012)
Data on tweets related to the announcement of the discovery of a new fundamental particle with the features of the Higgs boson on 4th July 2012. Data covers 1-7 July 2012, and includes four types of networks: followers, retweets, replies, and mentions.
This network has 256491 nodes and 328132 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Multilayer
This looks incredibly exciting: https://www.festival-automne.com/en/edition-2026/back-to-back-theatre-food-court
Maybe time for a smuttur to Paris again @…
Attending the Theatre with the man who literally owns you is not Autonomy
https://bsky.app/profile/abgutman.bsky.social/post/3mol3xy5lcs2x
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Nina Simone:
🎵 Strange Fruit
#NinaSimone
https://thudoor.bandcamp.com/track/nina-simone-strange-fruit-thudoor-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/2eKwjJkBUaeaGq5GA1wTwc