(((Charles Fishman))) 💧

(thread) The idea that going to the Moon was expensive, a big show that led nowhere, gave us nothing but Tang and Velcro — that's all silliness, even if it is the conventional wisdom. We misunderstand Apollo, almost completely.

Nvidia is the core technology that has driven the AI revolution. Nvidia is as hard to imagine without Jensen Huang as Apple would have bern without Steve Jobs. But the technical runway at Nvidia is set years in advance — and Huang is not the technical driving force. It’s an extraordinary company, with thousands of creative staff among 42,000 employees. The world, and human behavior, never fails to hold more surprise than we anticipate.

Rep. Jim Jordan — full-on Trump partisan — elected to lead House Republicans as House minority leader (106-73 in a secret ballot). With Hakim Jeffries set to be House Speaker and Chuck Schumer set to be Senate majority leader, it's a paradoxical moment. As 2027 starts… A very different voter mood. A very different House. A very different Senate. And yet: The same old leaders.

Hey, @nytimesbooks — Why don't BOOKS section stories have the "listen" button? I can listen to every NYT story read out loud...except book reviews? Whaaat? I love NYT books. I love reading. I love using dog walks & dish-washing time to 'read' the NYT. Add audio to the books section! Please!

We just paid to have our son's apartment cleaned. He's a graduate student, and lives in row house with 3 roommates. For his birthday, Mom suggested we pay to have the apartment cleaned — by a real cleaner. Inspired idea. Cleaner just left. Son: 'I think it's cleaner than the day we moved in.' Cleaner: 'It was my pleasure. Great gift. They really needed it, it was a lot of dust.' (She graciously didn't mention the bathrooms.) I post this only because, really interesting gifts for your mid-20s kids can be challenging; and everyone loves a clean place to live. …Steal this idea at will.

Nothing says, ‘I look forward to working with the new Congress and the new mood,’ like appointing the most combative, divisive, and angry figure to run the White House.

Donald Trump, trolling the whole nation.

Musk said at launch that he had 1 million pre-orders for the Cybertruck. Total sales in three years: 75,000. Last month, Tesla sold 1,950 Cyber trucks. Ford sold 70,000 F-series pickup trucks. Musk loved his Cybertruck. American drivers did not.

Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska, who is slightly ahead 24 hours after election day, is telling her supporters that it will likely be "weeks" before the vote count in Alaska is final and determinative. 25% of Alaska votes still out. Many parts of Alaska are very far away. And the race is so close...

LIVE happening now: Donald Trump speaks at 1 pm ET, the day after the historical Democratic election victories across the House, Senate, and state Houses. (link below) Trump: Talking about his ballroom. The marble. The steel beams. The granite. How it goes down 5 stories, at the request of the military. This could not be more out of touch with the message voters send from Maine to Arizona last night. As remarkable as the Reflecting Pool speech.

Democrats will likely end up with 56 Senate seats. But they could clearly have also won Florida and Montana with smarter strategy. Which would have been 58.

Amid the tumult of last night, one thing got overlooked: California’s billionaire 5% wealth tax Going down to defeat, 56% no, 44% yes. (60% vote counted)

Among other things revived on Election Day 2026: Political polling. Finally found some footing this cycle. And some predictive power.

Stock market has decided overnight, it’s all going to be great.

With all the harm we have let digital technology do — to our kids, our schools, our attention span, our newspapers and our journalism, our ability to talk to each other — it is fascinating that data centers (and AI) are at last the new-tech development upending US politics. Locally & nationally.

It is quite a morning in America. No matter who you are. No matter your politics.

12:15 am election night: Maine Senator Susan Collins calls Troy Jackson to concede the election. via CNN