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@jack @blocks Time to destroy another company I guess… sad

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

GOOD NEWS PATRIOTS! WITH WASHINGTON SHUT DOWN, I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM NOW THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. MY PLATFORM IS VERY SIMPLE: HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS (NO MEASLES!), FREE SCHOOL MEALS (WOW PUDDING FOR EVERYONE), FREE CHILDCARE (THE MOMS LOVE ME! MORE BABIES!!) GOOD-PAYING JOBS, AND NO MORE EVIL TARIFFS!!! EGGS WILL BE FREE. HAIR GEL SUBSIDIES WILL BE AVAILABLE (BUT ONLY FOR HANDSOME DEMOCRATS) AND WE WILL ALSO LEGALIZE CANNABIS! CRIME WILL STAY LOW AND EVERYONE WILL BE HIGH ON PATRIOTISM. AND NO MORE TICKETMASTER FEES (FOR THE SWIFTIES, FEES STAY FOR KID ROCK!) THEY WILL CHANT USA! USA! BECAUSE WE WILL BE BACK AND “HOTTER” THAN EVER BEFORE. THANK YOU! — GCN

Two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance in Orlando right now, marching with signs featuring Gov DeSantis’s face, swastikas, the n-word and homophobic slurs. This is the 2023 Republican Party.

@ClaytonPDCA y’all gonna work on clearing up whatever is causing the backup on Kirker Pass? Your admin said it was a concert at concord pavilion (there is none) and we have people in the middle of intersections and it’s taking 30 min to get from one light to the next… thanks!

@elonmusk Omg is it @vijaya I know you really liked her

Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.

rough day for paid Twitter users

Sad when you wake up and don’t even realize it’s 4/20, I must be getting old

@netflix Booooooooo

To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.

@elonmusk You suck

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show. The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

We just ran this Infected Animal out of NYC!!!!

@KariLake Did you mistake🖕 for 👍?

Walking through the airport tonight and almost everyone gave me the thumbs-up. I’m not at all surprised. We the people are for putting America First. #Trump2024

To top it off our daughter (love her so much ❤️) shit in the tub in our hotel so I’m scrubbing the bathtub with Lysol wipes so @allisonwinter25 & I can shower tonight.

kicked us out today but apparently because his ex-fiancé is co-owner & authorized the renter via text, Airbnb will do nothing for us. So now our property manager put us in a Marriott until 12pm tomorrow & we dont know where we are going.

Our landlord sat on mold for 3.5 months & finally put us in an @Airbnb for 3-4 weeks. We moved in Monday & the Airbnb was listed/rented illegally through someone trying to sublet their house (they rent & it’s against the lease) which we didn’t know. The owner of that property

@TulsiGabbard Tulsi you weren’t relevant in 2016… 2020.. and nobody cares now. Fuck off

The corrupt Democrat machine’s abuse of law enforcement to go after former President Trump is just the latest example of their complete disdain for the rule of law. Those who abuse their power to go after political opponents are the greatest threat to our democracy.

@chrislhayes I work at Google and want our stock to go up

Who has made the best, most persuasive case for the US banning Tik-Tok?

@RepMTG Now do the Trumps/Jared Kushner and the Saudis

The Biden’s got paid by China over $1 million for peddling Joe Biden’s power and influence. So is anyone surprised, Joe Biden’s Silicon Valley Bank Bailout gave money directly to Chinese companies tied to the CCP and that Joe Biden refused to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon and let it spy on our entire country. Joe Biden is owned by China. China Joe.

BREAKING: In a social media post, Donald Trump says that he will be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. apnews.com/article/trump-…

@TwitterSupport This idea sucks