JerryThomas

There’s so much free speech around here I can barely stand it.

@charise_lee Thus Spake No-Forehead Fred.

Palm Beach Pete

Those who are insisting that Chuck Norris is dead had better check his tomb in three days.

@creation247 @jack @blocks Watch what happens in 90 days.

@jack @blocks Why stop at 40%? Why not just go for 95% while you're at it?

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### 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

@arvidkahl Call whatever it is you are doing with AI whatever you like, but you aren't "communicating" with it.

"Learning to prompt" is reductive, and it sucks as a skill description. "Communicating the well-reflected scope, parameters, and intentionality of a feature or project" gets much closer. Prompting is thinking + condensing + communicating. It's MUCH more than instructing.

@SketchesbyBoze @refinersfiremu1 People have been doofy for over 400 years.

@refinersfiremu1 People have been saying "gifts" in this manner for over 400 years. Thanks!

The verb is "gives," as in ". . . in which her lover gives her a first edition. . "

Can we get to the Ozymandias part please?

@CJGRISHAM Imagine feeling self-important enough to think it's necessary to warn us.

Dear leftists, if you're following me because i condemn the killing of Pretti and you think I'm on your side on other issues, you're gonna be sorely disappointed. But, if you're a free, rational, and critical thinker, welcome.

Fun Fact: You could fit the entire population of Greenland into Camp Randall Stadium and still have 20,000 empty seats.

@JonahDispatch What does trump know about running a country?

“We are going to run the country.” That’s a line we’ll hear repeated over and over.

@AminCad @keithedwards “Statistically.”

What a smug animation. It frames Democrats as being too understanding. People with left wing political views are statistically less likely to understand people with conservative political views than the other way around. And this idea that Republicans are uniquely villainous with respect to the Epstein files totally ignores the fact that Democrats said nothing about the Epstein files during Biden's four year administration.

This has 5 million views on TikTok

@PeterZeihan That metaphor was ridden hard and put away wet.

Mexico is hoofing a 50% tariff onto imports from countries without a free-trade agreement, giving the US a strong leg up out of the gate while competitors like China and Korea get left circling the track. Full Newsletter: bit.ly/4ajhwtU #mexico #tariffs #imports #globaltrade

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@McFranchisee Maybe they should open on Sundays

You can always gauge the state of the restaurant industry on the amount of discounting going on. CFA never discounts. Summer included free kids meals. This CFA is giving away iced coffee to Mom’s & cookies to kids from 2-4 on Mondays. This time period is probably one of the slowest, trying something to drive more cars in. So how tough is it? CFA is giving away food to get more biz. It’s a street fight out there. Smart move.

@Metalligretch possibly hundreds

There are a lot of days in a week.

@engineers_feed 60 plus 15 is 75.

What happens in your head when you add 28+47?

@Rainmaker1973 Gilligan’s Island. To be fair, I was seven.

What is the absolute best?

I’ve just been invited to a Gatsby party. They want me to be the body floating in the pool.

@YourBuddyNorm Thank you for your service

Being 59 and saying 6-7 to every kid I see should bring this annoying trend to a halt rather quickly.

@atrupar “I’m a Republican and I’m here to save Health Care.”

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

@dick_nixon By “the other place,” I’m going to go ahead and assume you mean San Clemente.

We are mostly at the other place now. You are welcome to find us. Some of you will say it’s because it’s all slobbering and grab-ass over there. It’s not. That is what kept us away for a long time. We are there simply because it’s easier to read and speak to people.