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  • This article about the inner workings of the company formerly known as WeWork (now We Co) is like the ultimate Silicon Valley/Succession crossover. It includes how after firing hundreds of staff, the CEO held a somber all-hands meeting explaining why it was a necessary move, and then handed out trays of tequila while DMC from Run-DMC burst into the room and performed "It's Tricky."
  • Lorne Michaels reportedly was "actively looking to cast a comedian for its new season who would appeal to more conservative viewers," which is how they ended up hiring Shane Gillis without properly vetting him.
  • John Bolton, Trump’s fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump’s foreign policy at a private lunch: “He ripped Trump, without using his name, several times,” said one attendee.
  • The Outline corrects the record for Elon Musk: "NO, 'PEDO GUY' IS NOT A HARMLESS SOUTH AFRICAN SLANG TERM."
  • The Sandy Hook Promise nonprofit organization released a brutal "Back to School Essentials" PSA that is very graphic and sadly necessary.
  • Do you like to go to bars alone?
  • A young boy attempted to shield Greta Thunberg from reporters on Capitol Hill and it was so sweet.
  • Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul talked a bit about the upcoming Breaking Bad spinoff film, which is coming to select theaters in addition to Netflix.
  • These are the Sam Darnold memes you need.
  • A video shows a Hasidic man being chased down and beaten by a group of four men in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
  • A driver who plowed into Trump Plaza last night in New Rochelle told investigators he “blacked out.”
  • The Navy confirmed that UFO videos posted by Blink 182's Tom DeLonge are real "unidentified aerial phenomena” and should not have been released.
  • Everything about this vaping illness remains confusing and hard to pin down.
  • And finally, you've got a friend in me: