Hi Bitcoiners – it’s Fran again. 17 years ago today, Hal Finney posted two words that changed everything: “Running bitcoin.” Since then, thousands of bitcoiners across 50+ countries have run in his name. The 5th #RunningBitcoinChallenge# starts NOW. ⚡️🏃‍♂️ Are you in? 👉 Hal believed code could set humanity free. He was an avid runner, until progression of his ALS made it impossible. The 2026 Running Bitcoin Challenge runs for 21 days starting today, the anniversary of his legendary tweet. 🌍 Run or walk 21 km / 13.1 mi– every step contributes to ALS research. 📷 This year’s challenge is backed by giants: ⚡️ @HRF – defending human freedom with Bitcoin ⚡️ @blocks – @jack’s company building on open money for the world Hal would be grateful and proud of your support. Thank you! We are also being supported by @strike - thank you! I’m also proud to highlight HRF’s Finney Freedom Prize, honoring work at the intersection of Bitcoin, freedom, and privacy. Congratulations to the 3rd halving era’s winner, Andreas M. Antonopoulos - who educated millions on Bitcoin and its potential for humanity. Hal would be proud of your work. 🏆 I’m Fran Finney (@franfinney), Hal’s wife. Every January, I watch this community show up – running, walking, donating, sharing. You keep Hal’s spirit alive. That means everything. 💛 Find me on Nostr: 🔑 npub14fkfcx9j0494g8zejfdxsr9t8raxt9n8vzkz6l5w4ef0gjysh4dqcsmkgv Where does your donation go? ✅ 80%+ goes DIRECTLY to ALS research ✅ They accept Bitcoin Every sat, every step, every share → closer to a cure. Sign up 👉 Follow @RunningBTC21k or on Nostr: npub17hzf5v2l9aw29h4l9q330rkd4typnwkx80ksy6cnfuhzr33xvsaqucdscd 21 days. 21 km. 1 legend. The 5th #RunningBitcoinChallenge# is LIVE. Run. Walk. Donate. Share. Tag a friend who needs to join.👇 Hal ran toward the future even when his body wouldn’t let him. Join us in honoring him – and feel free to share a picture from your run. 👉

Q3 2024 Shareholder Update → — Highlights - Produced our 7 millionth vehicle at Fremont factory! - Preparations for new vehicles remain underway (including more affordable models), which we'll begin launching in the first half of 2025 - Record gross margin for @teslaenergy - COGS (cost of goods sold) per vehicle came down to lowest level ever – key to enabling affordability Vehicle US @tesla_na - Refreshed Model 3 ramp continued successfully - @cybertruck production increased sequentially & achieved a positive gross margin for the first time (congrats @cybertruck 🫡) - Preparation of the Semi factory continues and remains on track with builds scheduled to start by the end of 2025 China @Tesla_Asia - Giga Shanghai produced its 3 millionth car & exported its 1 millionth car Europe @teslaeurope - As of Q3, Model Y is the bestselling vehicle of any type in 2024 in Sweden 🇸🇪, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Denmark 🇩🇰 & Switzerland 🇨🇭 Thank you to our owners! AI/Hardware @Tesla_AI - In Q3, we released FSD Supervised 12.5, bringing improved safety & comfort thanks to a 5x increase in the number of parameters, data & training compute (will continue to scale in Q4) - We also released Actually Smart Summon & deployed FSD Supervised to @Cybertruck, including end-to-end driving on highways for the first time - Compute rules everything around us: We're already training on a 29k H100 cluster at Giga Texas – expecting to have 50k H100 capacity by end of October Vehicle & other software - Summer Release shipped with features like Parental Controls, YouTube & Amazon Music as native apps, Hands-Free Frunk, added weather forecast & other improvements Powertrain, Battery & Manufacturing - Unveiled Cybercab & Robovan at our We, Robot event in October – both purpose-built for autonomy from the ground up - Cybercab will be built on our next-gen platform, which includes a new powertrain with an estimated 5.5 mi/kWh – our most efficient one yet - Produced our 100 millionth 4680 cell & continue to progress our dry cathode manufacturing lines Energy @teslaenergy - Megafactory in Lathrop demonstrated 200 Megapacks/week (40 Gwh run rate) @Tesla_Megapack - Powerwall deployments reached a record for the 2nd quarter in a row - As of Q3, over 100k Powerwalls were enrolled in VPP programs!

Gonna share my 2026 hedging thesis (long tweet warning) I call it: how to get paid even if crypto bleeds and tech beta starts vomiting into year end. Strictly my personal opinion. All info below are based on PUBLIC sources. Not financial advice, DYOR With crypto potentially facing another 20-40% drawdown into year-end, I’m increasingly convinced that select oil and tanker equities are one of the cleaner hedges right now. AND NO, this isn't another tweet about gambling long or short on crude. The play is shareholder yield: dividends, supplemental dividends, and buybacks, backed by strong free cash flow, manageable leverage, and real asset exposure. Sized right, the basket could return 20-30% cash this year. My thesis is not “which oil stock does 2x or 5x.” It’s defensive: these companies are generating exceptional cash in the current freight and energy setup. Many run with low single-digit net debt to EBITDA, and select names can deliver double-digit shareholder yield through 2026 if rates stay firm. That’s real cash flow while crypto chops, and honestly I’d rather have that than be all-in into tech growth names that offer zero yield buffer when risk assets correct. Buying now can still qualify you for upcoming quarterly dividends, but you need to own shares before the official ex-date. Make sure you check share buyback policies too, because that’s where the real combo comes from: dividends + buybacks + potential share price gains. ALSO AN IMPORTANT TAX NOTE everyone should know: > US taxpayers: want the lower qualified-dividend tax rate instead of getting cooked at ordinary income rates? Usually you need to hold shares unhedged for 61+ days within the 121-day window around the ex-date. > Non-US investors: normal US dividends can get hit with a 30% withholding tax slap. BUT many tanker names are foreign-domiciled, so the tax haircut can be much lighter. Don’t be lazy though, check domicile, broker, and local tax before celebrating. The near-term dividend window is worth watching, but I’m separating confirmed declarations from forecasted ex-dates. Confirmed/recent shareholder-return updates: > ASC announced on april 29 (literally yesterday) that it is doubling its payout ratio to two-thirds of adjusted earnings, effective Q1 2026. Q1 MR spot TCE was around 33.7k/day, and Q2-to-date was around 50k/day. Dividend amount/date still needs official declaration. > Var Energi (OSL:VAR/VARRY) has a confirmed 300M Q1 2026 distribution payable June 12, with another 300M guided for Q2. > Eni (E/ENI.MI) confirmed a 2026 dividend of €1.10/share and raised its buyback plan by about 90% to €2.8B. > TTE raised its first 2026 interim dividend by 5.9% to €0.90/share and doubled Q2 buybacks to $1.5B. Not a May/June capture name, but good shareholder-return ballast. For the tanker watchlist: > DHT has one of the cleanest payout formulas: 100% of ordinary net income as quarterly cash dividends. Q1 payout/date still needs declaration. > TRMD’s last official distribution was $0.70/share. Any May dates floating around are watchlist inputs until TORM officially declares. > FRO paid $1.03/share for Q4, and Q1 looks strong with VLCC days booked around 107.1k/day. But the next dividend is still pending. > INSW’s most recent payout was $2.15/share combined ($0.12 regular + $2.03 supplemental) for Q4 2025. Next payout depends on Q1 results. > HAFN (product/chemical tankers) raised its latest quarterly dividend to $0.1762/share and is seeking a new 10% buyback mandate at the 2026 AGM. Next payout pending. > STNG is more buyback + quality product tanker exposure than a huge dividend-capture name. > NAT has visible variable yield, but I’d treat it as higher risk. The basket has 4 buckets: Variable/formula-based tanker payouts: ASC, DHT, TRMD, HAFN, FRO, INSW, NAT (highest dividend torque in the basket, but also the most variable) Product tanker buyback discipline: STNG (still shipping exposure, but more buyback + quality operator than huge dividend capture) Big energy shareholder-return ballast: SU, TTE, E/ENI.MI, CNQ, REPYY/REP.MC, OSL:VAR/VARRY (less sexy, but more grown-up hedge: dividends, buybacks, scale, and balance sheet durability) Buyback/growth oil names: VIST, ATH. TO (not dividend names, but buybacks can still create shareholder yield without sending you a cash dividend) see the table below for the full visual overview with qualification/timing notes on every name (including higher-risk examples like PBR) IMPORTANT: this is not a free dividend glitch. Stocks often adjust down around the ex-date, sometimes more than the dividend itself. variable dividends can disappear if rates collapse. Buybacks only matter if management buys at sane prices. So, the setup I like: own cash-return machines while the market is still underpricing how long energy cash flow can stay strong. Why this hedge over the usual alternatives: > tech stocks: still risk-on beta, no yield buffer > bonds: help in recession, messy if inflation/oil risk stays sticky > cash: safe but real returns are unexciting > long dated puts: clean hedge, expensive theta bleed if timing is wrong The tanker angle is different because strong Q1/Q2 cash flow can come back as dividends, supplemental dividends and buybacks. (not fixed, but in the right rate environment, cash returns fast) Even if Hormuz reopens tomorrow, the system doesn't reset overnight: > inventories still need to rebuild > refined products can stay tight > trade routes can stay inefficient > Q1 cash flow already happened > Q2 rates are the next thing to watch Crypto for asymmetric growth, oil-linked yield for cash flow ballast. I don't need every hedge to 5x, sometimes the boring trade just keeps paying you while crypto does whatever crypto does.

Cary Elwes shares the memorable advice Rob Reiner gave to him on the first day of filming 'The Princess Bride.' With more than 140 credits to his name, we sit down with the actor for an ET Then & Now as he stars in his latest show 'M.I.A.' on Peacock.

Mina the Hollower from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight, has sold around 55,000 copies on Steam shortly after launch. Console sales figures are not yet available. Co-founder Sean Velasco has really high expectations. He stated, “If we don’t sell a million copies, I’m going to be disappointed.” The game is priced at $20.

Mina the Hollower is currently the highest-rated game of 2026 on Metacritic, with a score of 92 based on 42 critic reviews. The game launched this week and moved ahead of major releases including Forza Horizon 6 and 007 First Light. The game takes inspiration from classic 1990s exploration adventures So far, only two games have scored above 90 on Metacritic in 2026, making Mina the Hollower one of the year