In apparent preparation for another ritual flogging of tech executives before Congress, lawmakers have revealed their key metric of interest: each social media company’s total number of “trust and safety” employees. If this number goes up, these companies care. If it goes down, these companies are trying to kill you. Washington’s focus on body count over other metrics like, say, actual crimes committed is only natural. This is how the government tackles every challenge, after all — not with a coherent addressing of some given problem, let alone a strategy for solving it, but with more money, more bodies, and a hope it simply solves itself. But then the “trust and safety” elements of Congress also don’t care about crime. Their goal is political censorship, and their belief is that with enough employees at these companies who also want political censorship tech’s culture will turn back in favor of authoritarianism. This, of course, is totally true. Let’s keep those numbers down, people.

As doors and bolts from Boeing 737s fall from the sky, we're left questioning the downfall of a once-great American company. The answer has been hiding in plain sight: a recently resurfaced profile of Jim McNerney, CEO from 2005-15, shows he proudly rid the company of "phenomenally talented assholes” who were too focused on the planes' integrity rather than the stock price. Interesting. Where did these assholes go? Are they looking for work? Can we clone them, possibly, or open schools where they can train another generation of like-minded talent? Because clearly our lesson is this: America’s assholes are keeping us alive. We need more of them.

In an attempt to interview gang boss Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, the de facto leader of conflict-ridden Haiti, Atlanta-based Youtuber Addison Pierre Maalouf has been kidnapped by a different, non-Barbecue-led gang called 400 Mawazo. Maalouf, who goes by "YourFellowArab" online, is being held for a $600,000 ransom. If all it takes is $600K and a Lebanese fella with a sorority girl's first name to bring back 2010's "Chilling with ISIS fighters in the back of a Toyota Tacoma"-style content, I'm all in. Vice may be dead, but Addison should not be. Free him!

US Census data shows that from 2021 through 2022, around 27,000 Americans moved to Puerto Rico. One big reason? No cap gains tax, and a list of other major exemptions that make it a top destination for business owners and investors. (Another reason: temperatures are “rarely below 69°F or above 91°F” and there’s 300 miles of coastline to enjoy.) So if you’re a citizen looking to manage your tax burden, talk to the team at Christie’s International Real Estate Puerto Rico about finding a luxury home there. You won’t be able to vote in presidential elections anymore, but your libertarian candidate was never going to win anyways.

Reach out to the team here.

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