welcome to mississippi

@briebriejoy Paper straws, man

I can’t believe so many of you are just casually using AI.

Today is a good reminder of how Elon Musk absolutely destroyed Twitter’s utility as an information tool.

@jack @blocks Trash

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

@tatereeves AI slop response

I understand individuals who would rather not have any industrial project in their backyard. We all choose where to live, whether it’s urban, suburban, agrarian, or industrial. I do not understand the impulse to prevent our country from advancing technologically—except as civilizational suicide. This instinct seems to infect the far left across lots of domains: immigration, crime fighting, and the national debt to name a few. You can tell they’re just sort of yearning to submit our society to outside forces: mobs, international councils, or communist China. Maybe they’re exhausted and just want a few years of taxpayer-funded rest before they shuffle off. I don’t want to go gently. I love this country, and want her to rise. That’s why Mississippi has become the home of the world’s most impressive supercomputers. We are committed to America and American power. We know that being the hub of the world’s most awesome technology will inevitably bring prosperity and authority to our state. There is nobody better than Mississippians to wield it. I am tempted to sit back and let other states fritter away the generational chance to build. To laugh at their short-sightedness. But the best path for all of us would be to see America dominate, because our foes are not like us. They don’t believe in order, except brutal order under their heels. They don’t believe in prosperity, except for that gained through fraud and plunder. They don’t think or act in a way I can respect as an American. So, let’s see Americans (and Mississippians) dominate this space—no matter how many leftists want us to roll over and die instead.

Much-deserved recognition of @MorePerfectUS, which consistently produces serious investigative reporting and spotlights working class perspectives that too often don’t reach the halls of power. An enormous public service, especially as traditional journalistic outlets get gutted and big money prioritizes punditry over real reporting.

We've compiled a jobs sheet for journalists who've been laid off at the Washington Post. If you are hiring, please DM us and we will add the opening to our list. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@yashar As long as we keep our head to the sky

Fox News reports that Senator Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized with flu-like symptoms.

Breaking News: Scott Adams, whose comic strip “Dilbert” was a sensation until he made racist comments on his podcast, has died at 68. nyti.ms/49lBuDy

BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.

@DiscussingFilm @No_Tyred_Tweets Time to run for president

Today is Samuel L. Jackson’s 77th birthday!

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104. kqed.org/news/12068214/…

Read: huffpost.com/entry/at-least…

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

🍦 Happy National Ice Cream Day! Today, let's scoop up joy, sprinkle on some love, and indulge in our favorite flavors! 🍨 Share your go-to cone in the comments and tag a friend to join the frosty fun! #NationalIceCreamDay #JacksonMississippi

Fucking Motherfuckers man

JACKSON, MS. Tell me if this sounds familiar. This young cat was cookin' on this one. And spelled out perfectly the narrative about Jackson. We have been socially engineered y'all. Its is indeed the "Black City Playbook".

@RodneyHallforMS Having a properly sized suit matters too

Horn Lake deserves a mayor who listens, leads w/integrity, and puts families first. Danny’s focus on safety, strong infrastructure & growth makes him the right choice. Proud to stand w/him to build a Horn Lake where every resident can thrive. #LeadershipMatters #HornLake

@rlnave We got enough cr....

Bring em to Jackson

@cjpearson @JasmineForUS @SexyyRed314_

Met Jasmine Crockett last night in LA! @JasmineForUS

A sitting member of the United States Senate says she and many of her colleagues are afraid of speaking out against the actions of the President and his administration because of retaliation. Does this sound like a functioning democracy to you?