Two weeks after Pope Francis “extended his apology” for lamenting the abundance of “f*ggotry” in Vatican City, he has once again lamented the abundance of “f*ggotry” in Vatican City. Naturally, this garnered praise from America’s dirtbag right, while they had noticeably less to say about the Pope’s demand America open its borders to unlimited immigration from the Muslim Third World. This is probably due to America’s longstanding confusion over what the hell Catholics actually believe: incense and spooky exorcisms on one hand, on the other burn the witch. Yes to booze, no to casual sex. Yes to welfare, no to queens. Americans still don’t go to church, so fundamentally none of this matters. But idk, it’s kind of nice to see an elderly “advocate for the poor,” literally dripping in gold, unbothered by the rigid expectations of our petty culture war. Grandpa’s happily cruising in his own lane, and I think that’s great.

Starting this week, likes on X will be made private so users can like posts “without getting attacked.” On its face this is a subtle change, but over time it should radically change how the platform functions, for three reasons: First, X is moving from a feed based on follows, to a feed more strongly influenced by engagement, and once a ‘like’ ceases to be a public statement, it becomes more useful to the algorithm. Second, this will be a massive boost for politically problematic content, which will now receive far more likes from the ‘people with jobs' contingent of society. And third? Call me crazy, but Elon might be quietly turning X into the world's leading amateur porn site. From what I can tell, everyone wins: the tinfoil hat boys, the e-girls, and the Christian senators from Texas who occasionally get caught liking their posts. In other words, world peace. Thank you, Elon.

The Alameda City Council recently voted to suspend an experiment in cloud brightening — a climate intervention that involves spraying sea salt particles at clouds so they will reflect more sun rays back into space — because, in the Mayor’s words, “[we] don’t have a huge desire to be on the cutting edge.” Given the ‘cutting edge’ in question is just… spraying saltwater at the sky, it bears asking what’s *actually* behind the decision. My guess? Look closely at the well-financed network of ‘climate justice’ nonprofits operating in the area, which are usually staffed by politically active decels skeptical of any solution to climate change not involving anti-natalism, deindustrialization, and hemp-based harem pants. In another place and time, we might enjoy their unhinged monologues about “climate imperialism” as part of a traveling circus show. But with ocean temperature hitting all time highs? Expose, defund, and sideline the clowns.

Free money era is over, and with it the tech circle jerk era. This means roles that slow down startups such as “HR” and “Community” are luxuries that companies are increasingly doing without (Pirate Wires will never have an HR department). Founder-led companies are cool again, and Warp is a payroll provider made for such a vibe shift. Warp bundles payroll, compliance, and benefits into a single dashboard, and automates the annoying registrations that come with hiring in new states or offshore, so payroll can be done by the founder, for longer. Unlike platforms that try to get you to do performance reviews on your employees, for example, Warp is designed to get in, get it done, and get out. And as long as interest rates are above zero, that’s what you should be doing.

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