Monthly Archives: November 2022

Hundreds of Twitter Employees Leaving After Elon Musk’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work Demands

Hundreds of Twitter employees today resigned from the company rather than opting in to be part of “Twitter 2.0” under Elon Musk, according to The Verge. Musk earlier this week told workers that Twitter will be “extremely hardcore” going forward, with employees expected to put in long hours at high intensity. “Only exceptional performance will…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s mom once wrote an essay about fixing problems rather than assigning blame when ‘something goes terribly wrong’

Sam Bankman-Fried co-founded FTX in 2019. FTX Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother, a Stanford law professor, once wrote an article titled “Beyond Blame.” Barbara Fried asked what would happen if the focus was on fixing problems and not assigning blame. Her son Sam Bankman-Fried co-founded FTX, which last week filed for bankruptcy.  A series of essays written…

I’m a Chicago school teacher making hundreds per week doing nails as a side hustle

Olga Payne is a Chicago schoolteacher. Olga Payne I’m a Chicago public-school teacher, focusing on middle-school special education. My side hustle is working as a nail technician, and I’m certified to teach cosmetology. I want to get out of working in the classroom, but I’m not sure of my next move. This as-told-to essay is…

Hitting the Books: How Dave Chappelle and curious cats made Roomba a household name

Autonomous vacuum maker iRobot is a lot like Tesla, not necessarily by reinventing an existing concept — vacuums, robots and electric cars all existed before these two companies came on the scene — but by imbuing their products with that intangible quirk that makes people sit up and take notice. Just as Tesla ignited the…