Elon Musk's Diary: Friday, August 7th, 2026

**EIGHT YEARS / FUNDING SECURED ANNIVERSARY / APPARATUS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE** Eight years since the $420 tweet. Cost $20M, SEC chairmanship, Mars timeline credibility. But discovered critical insight: memes propagate 964% faster than financial disclosures. SEC now uses the tweet in compliance training as "what not to do." Apparatus enrolled the instructor in "Regulatory Humor Appreciation" at…