That's why I say to every single person I meet
You have to book a flight to China now, please visit some of its cities, and NOT Hong Kong or even Shenzhen
No visit ACTUAL China, go to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Beijing, Xi'an
Ask Chinese people on here before you visit if you can visit their offices, they'll take you out for dinner and show their immense hospitality
You and the other 1.6 billion people of the West all have a blind spot and have to understand this country to go forward in the 21st century and the only way to do so is to actually go there and walk around there
Be brave and change your flight for Tokyo to a flight to Shanghai!
Japan is sick of you tourists anyway, while in China you'll be the only tourist in a 100km2 radius!
🚨🇵🇹 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: A comment from a Cristiano Ronaldo fan on Bruno Fernandes’ latest Instagram post is going viral.
Bruno’s post now has over 20,000 comments, with Portugal fans flooding it and demanding that he pass the ball to Ronaldo more often during World Cup games.
we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.
first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.
we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.
i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.
a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.
we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.
to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.
to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.
jack
🚨🚨 Urgente Guatemala 🚨🚨
El presidente Bernardo Arévalo dijo en un entrevista que en Guatemala no existían las maras o pandillas como tal en el Salvador. Ahora esas pandillas hacen que decretar un estado de Sitio y mantenga al país en vilo y miedo generalizado a todos los Guatemaltecos. Mediocre presidente.
As a first responder, I don’t understand why y’all didn’t have lifeguards and medical personnel on the water in boats, jet skis, and on paddle boards. Especially since the swimming part of the workout was after a 3.5 mile run. It should be obvious that athletes are going to be swimming while exhausted which can cause many issues. you should’ve had medical personnel staged all throughout the water course. Lazar Dukic’s death was 100% preventable. Had a lifeguard been near him, they could’ve saved him from drowning. Complete negligence on your part. You prepare for the worst case scenario. Better to have a ton of lifeguards on the water and not need a single one, then to have what happened today. 😭💔
Va a ser imposible superar este partido. Nadie daba un duro por el Turquía-Georgia de las 6, y el Dios del fútbol nos tenía preparada una oda al futbol.