This week, in their ongoing effort to end the war in Gaza, a mob of masked, batshit crazy employees locked themselves in the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. Ostensibly, their goal was to end some kind of genocidal contract with Israel (not a real thing). But while the stunt attracted considerable attention, the org responsible for the protest only numbered its ranks in the “dozens,” most of whom were quickly arrested, and soon they’ll all be fired. Clearly these people knew they didn’t have the power to actually coerce management, and never had the intention of success. In this way, while their recent temper tantrum is certainly among the craziest I’ve seen (a high bar), the desperation seems to indicate they have less power than ever before. Is Google still a relatively unhinged place to work? I mean, of course. But it’s a little less insane this morning.

Yesterday, Tesla released its proxy filing for a June 13 meeting where shareholders will vote on reinstating Elon’s $56 billion comp package, which was infamously voided by a Delaware court in January for being "excessive" and "opaque." Given retail shareholders tend to pledge unwavering loyalty to Elon, and four of the 10 largest institutional investors in Tesla have expressed their support for the 2018 comp plan, it’s likely to be ratified. Then, it’s on to the next big shareholder vote: moving Tesla’s corporate home from Delaware to Texas. Turns out when the courts in one state describe your company’s board as “supine servants of an overweening master” (which is their right!) there are 49 others that might not hate the concept of success quite so much.

In a surprise to absolutely nobody, a new report from Congress’s Select Committee on the CCP reports the Chinese government is behind America’s fentanyl crisis. Not only does the CCP own some of the companies making the drug, it has given grants and tax rebates to others, effectively subsidizing the export of fentanyl to the U.S. Additionally, the report notes approximately 97% of the country’s fent comes from China. Can’t we make anything in this country anymore?! Jokes aside, junkies aren’t the only ones hooked on cheap Chinese crap. America’s economic reliance on China is part of the problem here. Thoroughly inspecting every shipment of goods from China would be a gargantuan, near-impossible task, and our economic reliance on a hostile enemy means that certain actions we might otherwise take (like sanctions) should be avoided for economic reasons. But this country needs its economic independence back, and we can all do our part. If you need a fix, buy American! 

npr’s ceo has has a near perfect record of ideological opposition to silicon valley, even arguing at oxford in 2018 that the rise of tech ‘empires’ are a net negative for society

you can’t live on the internet, and if you could it would be bad; illusion of the ‘global perspective,’ ‘exit’ as the path to failure, and paul graham delves into war with nigeria

last month, solana did a deep dive into how google’s unhinged dei culture caused the gemini disaster

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