Christopher Newton

Here is the letter Meta Platforms $META just sent to employees about the cutting laying off 10% of the workforce: "Over the last few weeks we have been working on some changes to our organization that will result in us laying off around 10% of the company on May 20, and closing about 6,000 open roles. Normally, we would want to nail down more details before communicating about this broadly, but since this has leaked, I want to share what I can right now. I know this is unwelcome news and confirming this puts everyone in an uneasy state, but we feel this is the best path forward, given the circumstances. We’re doing this as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making. This is not an easy tradeoff and it will mean letting go of people who have made meaningful contributions to Meta during their time here. We will support those who are laid off with a generous severance package which, in the US, will include 16 weeks base pay plus two weeks for every year of employment. We will also cover the cost of COBRA health care coverage for US employees and their families for 18 months. Packages outside the US will be similar but vary by country, as will local timelines and processes. We will also offer career services to support people in finding another role, and immigration support for those who need it. We’ll share more of these details in a follow up post ahead of May 20. For notifications, we will follow the same process we have before: on May 20, anyone who is impacted will receive an email to their work and personal accounts – please make sure your personal email is updated in Workday. I know this leaves everyone with nearly a month of ambiguity which is incredibly unsettling. We will try to answer your questions here in the comments but as we’re still working through the details we aren’t able to share much more until later in May. Meanwhile, you can find more information on the People Portal which includes our standard FAQs and logistical details for layoffs."

cool, got a lot of work to do now.😂

I'm so done with real estate agents What an absolutely useless profession in 2026 Nowadays when I go visit houses to buy you get the construction company guy tell you everything anyway, and they actually know their stuff And then you have some literally low IQ shady car salesman guy hovering around you in the back with NO added information and NO added service "Yes this house is great because it's north-facing" And then for doing absolutely nothing zilch nada, they deserve 5% of the house price in commission??? And you can't visit the house direct because real estate agents cover each other asses so the selling agent will tell you to find a buyer agent to be able to visit it A complete racket 100%

THE HINGE You think you’re advanced. You’ve got a supercomputer in your pocket that you mostly use to watch cat videos and argue with strangers about pronouns. You think you’re living in “the future.” You’re not. You’re living in what people in 2075 will call the before times — when humans still got cancer, still worked jobs they hated, still died for no good reason at 78. HERE’S THE PATTERN 1780s: “We’ve peaked. Candles are as good as light gets.” Then: steam engines, factories, cities. 1880s: “We’ve peaked. Gas lamps are incredible.” Then: electricity rewires reality. 1950s: “We’ve peaked. Television is the final frontier.” Then: computers, the internet, the entire digital world. 2025: “We’ve peaked. AI is just a tool.” Then: …? ⸻ EVERY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION CHANGED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE HUMAN Not just how we work. What. We. Are. First: Farmers → factory workers. Cities exploded. Families scattered. Second: Electricity reshaped food, thought, dreams. Reality expanded. Third: Computers changed thinking itself. The internet connected every mind on Earth. Fourth (right now): AI + biotech aren’t tools anymore. They’re rewriting the source code. • CRISPR: Edit DNA like a Word doc • AI: Machines that learn, create, maybe think • Brain–computer interfaces: Biology and technology blur ⸻ THE PART NO ONE WANTS TO SAY OUT LOUD We might not stay “human” for long. Not in a robot-apocalypse way. In a our grandkids will have options we can’t imagine way: • Live to 150? Maybe that’s a pill. • Upload skills? Maybe that’s an implant. • Explore deep space? Maybe we redesign the body for it. The humanity we know — the breakable, forgetful, heart-disease-prone version — is 1.0. We’re about to beta test 2.0. SO HERE WE ARE — DECEMBER 5, 2025 Not a holiday. Not a milestone. Just a date on the calendar that happens to sit at the edge of history. We’re at the campfire. The starship is being built in the next valley. Most people are arguing about the seating arrangement. I’m grateful — not in a seasonal way, but in a clear-eyed way — that: • I’m alive to see what happens next • Some people are building instead of sleepwalking • The future is still unwritten • We get to choose what version of humanity we become Most generations lived and died in the same world their grandparents knew. We won’t. Our kids definitely won’t. We’re standing on a hinge in history — the next 50 years will change more than the last 500. THE REAL QUESTION ISN’T “WILL IT CHANGE?” It’s: “Who’s steering?” Revolutions don’t “just happen.” They’re built by people the world calls crazy until they’re right. The Wright Brothers. Tesla. Turing. The ones who couldn’t let go of an idea. So here’s the truth for December 5, 2025: The misfits. The builders. The ones who see the future and can’t unsee it. They’re the ones shaping what comes next. Everyone else is just along for the ride. If you’ve got an idea that won’t leave you alone… stop waiting for permission. Go build it. Because this moment — this exact moment — is the only shot you get to shape the next era. Tomorrow’s already too late.

nobody “works” for 36 hours incredibly stupid culture

Wow! Grok analyzed the 1890 Thomas Edison lightbulb patent. Determined a better filament design and lit up the light. This emergent intelligence is found in no other AI model. It is fascinating and portends to the ability to not only change education but allow robots to build!