The Justice Department blocked a merger between Spirit and JetBlue on grounds it was anticompetitive, the new standard for large businesses that don’t harm consumers but nonetheless annoy the government on account of they are large businesses. In response, Spirit has been forced to lay off 260 pilots and delay the delivery of new jets to its fleet. Sounds safe! Have the lives of Americans been improved by the government’s attack on America’s airlines? Of course not. But American welfare has not been the purpose of such policy for years. The point, of course, is just to hurt business. Dark Brandon #2024: nailed it again.

Yesterday, a LinkedIn-style tweet — in which someone shares a self-flattering anecdote in choppy half sentences, separated by line breaks, and concludes with a trite lesson — made the rounds on X. In this particular example, a Good Guy bought his team a $2,000 dinner, which was expensive but “important” because it showed his team he “cares.” Vacuous cotton candy, but an interesting question followed: Why is X turning into LinkedIn? Naturally, the answer is incentives. Twitter’s algorithm now preferences lengthy posts, which means tweets that take a higher-than-average amount of time to read by tricking you into sticking around until the final line have ascended. Expect more LinkedIn lessons (also stolen / recycled videos, and other forms of loser engagement farming) for as long as that’s the kind of content Twitter’s God King is rewarding.

Because every tech company now needs to be TikTok, Uber Eats is adding short-form video content to its platform. Meant to show customers “the little things like … texture, and the details of what a portion size looks like, or what’s in a dish,” the new feature is being tested in New York, San Francisco and Toronto ahead of a world-wide launch. Unfortunately, while a feature like this could really be helpful if it had even a chance of producing more realistic content, it looks like restaurant owners will control the feed, which means it will almost certainly be useless. That video of a European in a chef’s hat sprinkling a basil garnish on a clay bowl filled with lobster bisque? In your dreams. OMAR (4.3 stars) is still arriving in 46 minutes with a cardboard cup tipped sideways in a plastic bag.

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