I'm not gonna lie, the @Meta layoffs are some of the most dystopian I've ever seen. They got told to work from home, they were sent the emails at 4AM in the morning. Those who weren't impacted have software on their computer that tracks their every move, preparing AI to take their job as well. They're literally training the AI that will eliminate their position as well.
Meanwhile, Meta is raking in RECORD PROFITS.
I am a massive, unapologetic AI enthusiast. Yet, this is NOT the future I had in mind.
I wish for Meta to crash and burn. This is not the way. Literally nobody benefits from this.
Trump got the tour of Xi's secret garden — previously reserved only for Putin. No trade deal explains that. @BarbaraMBoyd breaks down what's really happening in Beijing, why London is screaming, and why Mark Carney is done.
Navy Seal who killed bin Laden 15 years ago today recalls the mission and the 9/11 motivation: 'I just shot that f-ker in the face' https://t.co/qxHctBYJ7T
The first time I abandoned a girlfriend in the mountains was an accident.
We had an argument about something trivial, and she decided to go off on her own for a bit to cool down. I insisted she stick to the trail, but she said she didn’t need me mansplaining how to find her way in the woods. So I dropped it. How does one manage to get lost on a mountainside, anyway? You just walk downhill until you hit a switchback or reach the valley. Common sense stuff.
Well, she managed it. When she didn’t turn up by nightfall, I contacted the ranger station and they set out to find her. By 1am, I got tired of waiting and drove home.
They called the next morning to say they’d found her in a makeshift den she’d dug beneath a deadfall. She was naked, gone completely feral, her face painted with menstrual blood. A ranger tried to wrap a blanket around her shoulders, and she bit a golf ball-sized gobbet of flesh from his shoulder. So they sedated her and took her straight to the nearest hospital.
That was three years ago and she still hasn’t recovered human language.
Needless to say, I acquired a taste for it. I’m up to a baker’s dozen now, not counting the one that found her way back to the car before I could drive off.
But you never forget your first. Sarah will always have a special place in my heart.
LAYOFF ALERT: DELL
Dell just confirmed 11,000 jobs cut in their annual filing.
They spent $569M on severance and called it “disciplined cost management.”
The list keeps growing.
Guys, the AI layoffs are very real and are about to rip through organizations throughout the economy. Be prepared - and sad for those affected because it’s going to impact millions of people.
Britain…
Women and children flee war. Men go to war. Every war. Every time. All of history.
So a bus pulls up in your town. Door opens. Out steps forty men. Young. Healthy. Alone. No wives. No children. No limp. No wound. No fear in their eyes.
And you’re told to call them refugees.
From what?
Nobody answers. Nobody’s allowed to ask. The bus pulls away. Another one’s already behind it.
Your daughter walks to school past that hotel now. Your wife locks the door when she didn’t used to. Your nan won’t go to the shop alone anymore. And if you say something… anything… you’re the problem.
That bus isn’t stopping. There’s no vote on it. No debate. No one you elected approved it. And the next one arrives tomorrow.
The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.