Had you or I - you know, non $billionaires - done this we would have had to pay a far, far, far, far, far ... larger fine.
But Elon M, being apparently the chosen one gets away with a fine of $1.5million - about one percent of one percent of his wealth - on a deal that made him $billions and screwed over a lot of other people.
"SEC and Elon Musk agree to settle lawsuit over Twitter buyout in 2022"
Now having sounded that note of caution not to tether generous individuals to the growing weight of what they offered as a gift, not to turn systemic rot into individual shame…
…then yes, I completely agree with the sentiment here: if you are trying to help people, you need to actually pay attention to, understand, and prioritize •their• needs. “Here, I am helping you, let me mess everything up for you” is not actually a form of helping.
https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116686742908478264
Carrier Revival in Long Trapped-Ion Chains
Florian Egli, Chris Shanks, James Bounds, Jorge Moreno, Muhammad Thariq, Erdem Yilmaz, Theodor W. H\"ansch, Thomas Udem, Akira Ozawa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07942