💬 Quoted… “You only know who your real friends are when the chips are down. San Francisco, beautiful San Francisco, though others forsake you, we will always be your friend.”

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, will be bucking a growing trend and staying in the Bay Area for at least the foreseeable future, according to a recent twe-, er, post by owner Elon Musk. 153 companies in California relocated headquarters in 2021, more than double the 75 that left in 2020 and more than triple the 46 that exited in 2018, according to a report from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (these numbers include eleven Fortune 1000 companies).

• Many in San Francisco don’t reciprocate Musk’s enthusiasm, however. The company’s new “X” logo placed on the roof of its HQ on Friday drew 24 complaints from those in the city, including that it was put up without a permit, was unsafe, and was a nuisance (one said its flashing lights made it hard to sleep). The company was seen taking it down yesterday.

🎶🪇🌎 Stat of the Day: When Taylor Swift comes to town, people take notice – even the Earth itself, who wrote in to ask us about the recent “Swift Quake.” Which, to answer your question Mother Earth, is exactly what it sounds like: Taylor Swift's concerts in Seattle on July 22 and July 23 generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.

🤔 Did You Know?... Many common ant species release pungent smells when they’re in danger, squished, or otherwise dead.

📰 Worth a Read: A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work → (Ars Technica)