ELEVATOR | 05.01.25

What It's Really Like to Buy a Private Island ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

@justinmacala w/ @leahmollet   What It’s Really Like to Buy a Private Island Betsy was emancipated from her father, a judge, at 16. In hindsight, she blames it on her smart-assness. Michael was a Wall Street guru. Until he became a Bahama-living sailor. Together, while lunching (you know you’re rich when you use lunch as a verb) with friends, they thought, almost on a whim, "What if we bought our own island?" We’ve all had that thought at least once, right? Even if it’s just a daydream that slips into our fantastical desires?  Here’s what it takes to make that dream a reality. We only ask for an invite once you do.   Meet the Genius Who Invented Plastic That Dissolves in Water [Partner]  The world produces 450 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Microplastics are seeping into our oceans and food. They even show up in our bodies. So you can imagine how revolutionary a new kind of plastic that completely dissolves in water can be. Thatʼs exactly what Timeplast created. The company patented a water-soluble, time-programmable plastic that vanishes without harming the environment. Major players are already partnering with Timeplast for their patented technology. Now you can invest in Timeplast as they scale in their $1.3 trillion market.  Become a Timeplast shareholder here.   LEARN MORE   A Guide to Gothic Literature In Sarah Perry’s introduction to the Vintage Classics publication of The Bell by Iris Murdoch, she writes, “Where the Gothic is concerned it is not sufficient for characters to encounter the uncanny: it must radiate up from the page and destabilize the reader.” It is this radiation that keeps us coming back to Gothic novels. Might we suggest starting with The Bell?  Actually, no. Start with this guide. Then, pick up The Bell.   11 Reasons You Should Do Your Grocery Shopping Midweek Beyond the obvious reason of fewer people, shopping midweek allows you to free up your weekend. Win-win. Shopping midweek, midday, isn’t a spa. It’s still grocery shopping at the end of the day. But it also isn’t the full-on chaos of weekend shopping that requires spy-level strategic planning.  Or you could just have them delivered.   8th Grader’s Award-winning Experiment Tested If Dogs’ Tongues Are Really Cleaner Than Ours Dogs are lickers. They’re licking concrete, they’re licking butts, they’re licking hands, they’re licking your face. Should we be worried about that? For all the aforementioned reasons? An 8th grader initiated a study to get to the bottom of this.  Who’s a good boy?   The Mixer The country where weed is legal one day a year. How to know when your spices have gone bad. Eight books that will jolt you out of a creative slump. How to chop vegetables like a pro. How people use ChatGPT🔺 on their phones. A nostalgic ode to New York’s lost age of public pay phones. The joy of doing. This cold brew concentrate just outsmarted Starbucks.* *Partner     /GTFO @joonaslinkola | Lapland     Our Gentleman's Agreement We'll keep the free daily newsletters coming. You share with a friend if you're enjoying. Capeesh? Forward to a friend.   Love Elevator? You’ll probably dig our other newsletters too. Check out Shift, Jimmy, and Blazer.   Let's Partner Put your brand in front of 800,000 passionate Elevator readers. Get in touch.   Send us a tip    |    Editorial Policy   |    Advertise     @2025 Rotary Digital 300 Witherspoon St Suite 201 Princeton NJ 08542   This is a paid advertisement for Timeplast’s Regulation CF Offering. Please read the offering circular at invest.timeplast.com.     Preferences  |  Unsubscribe