The Weekly Scramble

Mike gets a tutorial on The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Inside California’s Gay-Certification Program
The state is pressuring utilities to award $633 million in contracts to “LGBT” businesses.
The scheme operates through the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which regulates privately owned utility companies. California utilities spent more than $43 billion in 2024 on contractors—fuel suppliers, surveyors, engineers, and others—whose work helps deliver water, gas, electricity, and internet service to California’s 39 million residents.
In 1986, Governor George Deukmejian signed Assembly Bill 3678, which required certain CPUC-regulated utilities to submit annual “plans” for buying goods and services from woman- and minority-owned companies. Two years later, CPUC created its “Supplier Diversity Program,” which would enforce the law and set contracting “goals” for large utilities.
After hours of public comment and sometimes heated debate at the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board meeting on Wednesday, board members voted to begin decommissioning the Minnehaha off-leash recreation area.
All but one board member supported the decision, which is part of the Minnehaha Regional Park long-term plan.
The board heard from dozens of people, including many dog owners who said they have been using the park for more than 30 years.
Members of the Indigenous community argued the land is a sacred Dakota site with thousands of years of history.
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The obsession with Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner is everything that is wrong with society.
Timothée Chalamet reveals Kylie Jenner surprised him with a private IMAX screening of Interstellar for his birthday
“I was grumpy on the way there cause I didn't know where she was taking me. I was like, ‘This is my birthday, why are we driving 30 minutes outside of LA?’”
“I got to the theater. It was Interstellar in IMAX. I said, ‘Oh I'm sorry I was so grumpy on the drive’”
“I love that movie man. I hope it resonates for you guys too cause I just love that movie and I'm the only person that gets sad every time Casey Affleck comes on screen cause that's when I'm out the movie”
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After SpaceX raised a record $75 billion in its IPO, Musk’s net worth shot up to top $1.1 trillion when the stock began trading Friday, putting him in an economic class of his own.
Combined with his holdings in electric vehicle maker Tesla, as well as other investments and assets, Musk's net worth is now estimated at about $1.1 trillion.
Musk's stake in the rocket and satellite company alone is now estimated at a staggering $690 billion, but it's also a life-changing moment for thousands of workers at the company who hold equity.
Investors who watched Musk help turn Tesla into an automotive giant are now betting he can do the same in space and artificial intelligence, as SpaceX launches the largest IPO in history.
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What are we all going to do to celebrate the 250th anniversary for the 4th of July?????
The United States Semiquincentennial,[a] also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial, or the Quarter Millennium, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary on the 250th Independence Day: July 4, 2026.
Official planning for the celebrations began in 2016 with the congressional, non-partisan United States Semiquincentennial Commission (America250). In 2025, federal resources were diverted to the Donald Trump-aligned White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Freedom250) to promote and plan new events. Celebrations began with the United States Army 250th Anniversary Parade on June 14, 2025,[1] with America250 events formally starting on July 3, 2025.
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SpaceX is targeting an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on June 12, with a planned fixed share price of $135
SpaceX is targeting an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on June 12, with a planned fixed share price of \(\$135\). This record-setting debut will value the company at approximately \(\$1.8\) trillion and raise about \(\$75\) billion in new capital. Once trading begins, the stock will list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX. [1]
Prior to the IPO, secondary markets (such as Forge Global and Hiive) calculated implied valuations and trading prices for pre-IPO shares, which were recently tracking between \(\$129\) and \(\$157\) per share.

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