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@hamptonism Amalfi

just pay the california taxes bro.

.@Citrini7 seeing Block fire 40% of their entire company and the stock go vertical.

@jack @blocks Thanks for having guts to do what most can’t Truly thrilled to see this across all industries.

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

@claudeai Jesus man, let us catch up

New in Claude Code: Remote Control. Kick off a task in your terminal and pick it up from your phone while you take a walk or join a meeting. Claude keeps running on your machine, and you can control the session from the Claude app or claude.ai/code

@thorstenball Gatekeeping and deployments were something I thought that would keep SWE wage slaves alive and kicking for a bit but it seems like we're headed to an A2A (Agent to Agent) business model that just needs a human stamp from a code review standpoint

"I am the bottleneck now" Few more thoughts

Bunch of guys uprooted their lives to move to Dubai to avoid taxes on their gains, Lost it all, Now stuck in Dubai with no taxes and no gains 😭

People who bought physical silver at 4 lakh.

@sumitkbehal Wow

Indian Rupee is down 6% against the Pakistani Rupee over the last 6 months The currency of fourth largest economy is now falling against a weak nation that survives on terrorism This is India's growth story

@mxtaverse Soon

In other news, we have crossed 92, and that too at a time when USD itself is falling against major currencies.

@WhateverVishal Veggie cucks across the world have the same bloated belly body type to be fair

It all begins right from the moment first bite of food gets into the child's mouth One gets chicken,ham,eggs and beans without 2 litre adulterated oil curry slop Other gets Watery Dal Rice and Pesticide ridden wheat chapati We eat like its still Bengal Famine They Eat like World Conquerors and Apex Predators It's not Genes Its our Veg Cvckery

@alexstanczyk If you can't click a button to sell it, its almost as good as illiquid

Buying gold and silver is relatively easy. Selling it, not so much. As a manager of a physical gold fund with access to the largest refineries in Switzerland, we were able to liquidate metal positions in a trusted network with very little friction. The same thing is not true for the vast, vast majority of gold and silver investors unless you are in an ETF or working with a large institution with good delivery refinery connections. Everyone else has to take a huge loss versus spot, if you can find someone to take it.

@ActusDei Yup, the fact that this is happening against a weak dollar..lmao

If this happens in a year of de-dollarization I shudder to think what might happen when the dollar strengthens. If you haven't got a global allocation yet, you will get left behind.

LFG

@vigiciann 🤣🤣 To be fair, gotta hate money to voluntarily convert USD to INR

🚨 LMFAO! President Trump just mocked French President Emmanuel Macron for wearing sunglasses indoors at the WEF, the whole room BURST into laughter "Macron, I watched him with those beautiful sunglasses. What the HELL happened?!" 🤣🤣

@Natan_benish @ahitposter He can not speculate on $coin

@ahitposter I think Cobie knows how to hedge.

$coin is down 35% since buying echo, making cobie’s $375m payday worth only $244m adding the $170m tax liability for 2025 leaves him with a measly $74m if the stock goes down another 55% from here, hes actually lost money from the sale think twice before selling your business

@_TheTathya @grok What % of Indian populous files taxes every year?

Modi Govt May Introduce Joint Taxation for Married Couples in Budget 2026... 🔥 > This would mark a historic shift in India’s tax system. > Today, India taxes individuals... not families. > Marriage gives no tax advantage. > Husband and wife file separately. > Separate PANs, slabs, deductions, exemptions. > If one spouse doesn’t earn, their basic exemption goes unused. > Families end up paying more tax than necessary. 📌 What joint taxation could fix: > Combined income taxed together. > More efficient slab utilization. > Basic exemption limit likely to be raised. > Better use of deductions... home loan, medical insurance, allowances. > Even dual-income couples may retain separate standard deductions. 📌 Here's the global precedent: > USA and Germany already follow family-based taxation. > They treat the household as a single economic unit. 👉 Big relief incoming: > Surcharge currently kicks in above ₹50 lakh. > Under joint filing, this threshold may rise to ₹75 lakh or more. > That means massive relief for upper-middle-class and high-income families. > Biggest beneficiaries... single-income households. > Middle class gets breathing space. > System becomes fairer, not harsher. 👉 Budget 2026–27 to be presented on Feb 1... If approved, this would be one of the biggest tax reforms in decades. > This isn’t just tax relief... This is a structural reset. > From individual-based taxation to family-based fairness. 📌 Follow @_TheTathya for more such updates.

@EricLDaugh This mfer belongs in Belgaum prison

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Indian Rep. Shri Thanedar just got PUMMELED on national TV in front of millions! He can barely speak English. HANNITY: Did you stand for little girls r*ped and m*rdered by illegals at Trump's address? SHRI: I did not stand- HANNITY: You SAT ON YOUR A*S! A 12 year old R*PED and M*RDERED, you couldn't stand for them because you were playing politics. Is that right?! SHRI: I would not stand for this president. HANNITY: For the families who lost little girls to illegal immigrants YOU WANT to remain in the country? SHRI: Look, this president- HANNITY: Have you ever picked up a phone? THOUSANDS of Americans have been m*rdered, r*ped. Have you called any families? SHRI: Yeah, look! HANNITY: Name one family SHRI: Look, every immigrant, every- HANNITY: Have you ever picked up the phone and called a victim's family? SHRI: Look, I talk to my constituents all the time. HANNITY: Have you done it ONE TIME? SHRI: Look, I talk to my constituents all the time. They've been terrorized by ICE! HANNITY: The answer is a NO.

Buying Copper in 2026 is like Buying Bitcoin in 2009 Few understand this

@MurrayHillGuy1 Its ok to recreationally date these types but yea, never marry one

Never date or marry: 1. Nurses 2. Single mothers 3. Teachers 4. Party girls 5. Girls with tattoos 6. Liberals 7. Horse girls 8. Lawyers 9. Feminists 10. Girls from Dubai