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Brian Place
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Theme parks, cocktails, perfume, travel, vintage computing, super gay, etc. (Las Vegas, NV) 🏳️‍🌈
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Here is a story with a LOAD of background on SpaceX and its federal contracting business that we published last month...The news today is not a surprise. Billions of contracts a year are headed to Musk and SpaceX.

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Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts (Gift Article)
The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best ...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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@coldwarsteve.bsky.social makes some marvelous art, and Musk is featured a lot these days, just an example :
bsky.app/profile/cold...
March 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
direct evidence: the EPCOT Overhaul. A few bright spots but it generally looks like a corporate plaza. Universal shows us what it _could_ have been had Disney really given a damn. (I'm not discounting great additions like Guardians (wrong park) or Moana (wrong park))
March 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
reminds me of the Deco/Moderne statues at Rockefeller Center. Sooooo cool.
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wow that looks better.
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
hard to believe this is real - it looks better than the renders
March 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
that carousel building is absolutely gorgeous
March 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM