Once you’ve signed up, watch the first half of last night’s Rachel Maddow Show. <\/em><\/p>\n Rachel is a car person. She waxes enthusiastically about the new F-150 and what it means for the future of the car industry and climate change. It’s an engrossing half-hour. Ask yourself, “Is it not too late to short Tesla? <\/em>“<\/p>\n Here’s Tesla’s price this year. It’s down a lot. I think it could fall further.<\/p>\n Now, watch Rachel enthuse on the F-150 Lightning. Click on this photo:<\/p>\n Israel’s firefighters need your contribution<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Here’s a picture of them doing their thing — putting out fires.<\/p>\n Firefighters are my favorite Israeli charity. I’ve supported them for over 20 years. To donate, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n If you’d like to speak to someone who’ll tell you more about where your money will go, send Michael Feinman an email\u00a0 — MFeinman at JNF.org.<\/p>\n How profitable is ransomware?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In a blog post yesterday, Elliptic said DarkSide and its affiliates bagged at least $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments over the past nine months from 47 victims. The average payment from organizations was $1.9 million.<\/p>\n Please take ransomware at your company seriously. Passwords and email attachments. That’s where your vulnerability is.<\/p>\n I get hoisted on my own petard.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I bought a new ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop. I didn\u2019t need it. I already had two. But it was faster, better, etc. I buy laptops the way some people buy sportscars. Only my madness is cheaper.<\/p>\n Just as I got the laptop set up the battery wouldn\u2019t hold a charge. I tried for days to re-set it. No such luck. I bundled it up to Jose Lopez, my genius repair man in New York. I sent it by USPS, which was dumb. It took so long I panicked. My lovely new laptop is gone!! I go on Lenovo\u2019s web site. I\u2019m so excited. I find an even faster, better one. I snag it. I pay for it. The next day, my busted laptop appears at Jose\u2019s \u2013 after visiting every post office in New York. In five minutes, Jose replaces the battery and we\u2019re set to go. Jose is a genius.<\/p>\n But now, I\u2019m crazy.\u00a0 I’m floating in laptops. I figure I\u2019ll sell the repaired one and keep the new one.<\/p>\n But, the best laid plans\u2026 I check. I won\u2019t get my fancy new one until mid-November. That\u2019s six months from now. Is there a shortage of semi-conductors, or what?<\/p>\n Bitcoin gets crazier and crazier<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Cramer boasts he bought a farm and paid off his house\u2019s mortgage with crypto.<\/p>\n I figure I need a farm. (I don\u2019t have a mortgage.) So I\u2019m going to try crypto.<\/p>\n But how?<\/p>\n I Google “How to buy bitcoin.<\/em>” I get a zillion hits from currency exchanges, etc.. Ads for their services.<\/p>\n I find a piece on Investopedia. I try to read it. I give up. You try. Click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s called a Luna Moth.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Gerry wrote: They only live one week as a winged adult and they are mostly nocturnal. You are very lucky to see one.<\/p>\n Gary wrote: “You are fortunate to see one so pristine. most are\u00a0 not. I see a handful a year in the\u00a0mountains of northern\u00a0PA now; most are pretty “beat up” comparatively speaking.\u00a0 They generally\u00a0come out at night also.\u00a0 That one is beautiful. “<\/p>\n It gets better. A reader sent this:<\/p>\n Maybe I’ll win at tennis today?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TESLA-YTD.jpg\")
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