Altman says stop being polite, tariffs bite, CA’s billionaire tax, Dimon will help Mamdani

• New Mexico’s governor [Michelle Lujan Grisham] in Brazil for climate change conference

• US Will Not Send High-Level Representatives to COP30, White House Says
  

• New Mexico State Investment Council, Educational Retirement Board Vote Against Tesla CEO $1 Trillion Pay Package

• The New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC) announced that it has directed its proxy, Northern Trust Asset Management, to vote against Tesla’s $1 trillion pay package proposed for CEO Elon Musk

• and against the reelection of board members Ira Ehrenpreis, Joe Gebbia, and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson.
  

• Philip Morris International Publishes Updated Climate Transition Plan to Achieve Net Zero by 2040

• Still trying?? And not even 2050?

• Some CEOs have vowed to revolt against a Zohran Mamdani win. Jamie Dimon says he’ll ‘call him and offer my help’

• Finally a good jamie dimon says??
  

• Nearly 70% of the miles of the 10 longest interstates is now within 10 miles of a fast EV charger, but range anxiety is ‘stuck in people’s heads’

• Mark Zuckerberg Visibly Upset When Billie Eilish Calls Out Greed of Billionaires

• “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country. I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things, maybe give it to some people that need it. ... If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties."
  

• Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions, Sam Altman says
  

• MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

• CEO launches 9-month, full pay family leave for workers: ‘I love being called woke’

• Aled Nelmes, Lumen SEO:

• four-day workweeks, flexible hours

• leadership page after Aled: 7 of 8 are women
  

• Seven West CEO Jeff Howard’s $1.25m pay package faces shareholder revolt

• this just made me laugh
  

• Sam Altman is trying to get his deposit back for a Tesla Roadster he ordered in 2018

• "I really was excited for the car! And I understand delays. But 7.5 years has felt like a long time to wait," 
  

• California billionaires face proposed one-time wealth tax

• California’s wealthiest residents could face a one-time 5% tax on their net worth under a new proposal aimed at replacing billions of dollars in federal funding cuts to healthcare.

• The measure would need to garner more than 870,000 signatures by next spring in order to be placed on the November 2026 ballot

• American Obesity Rates Are Now Falling, and It’s Almost Certainly Because of Ozempic
  

• Or could this also be a reason: There's 'overwhelming evidence' tariffs have raised consumer prices, says Bank of America

• somebody has the guts to say it?

• Bernie Sanders Calls for Breakup of OpenAI

• "We need to take a deep breath and understand it’s like a meteor coming."