Jim Apple

@jimapple.bsky.social

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Chicago. He/him.

Kara Swisher: Silicon Valley? The employees run the show. They really do. They like to get their lunches; they like to get their cars, their dry cleaning. They like to speak up. And by the way, they started it. Google starting with having the employees talk back every Friday? What did you think was going to happen? Ezra Klein: Facebook having a Friday meeting where Mark Zuckerberg answers employee questions. KS: "I hear you." EK: And they all create the internal chat software . . . KS: Right - everybody has a point of view. EK: . . . like Slack and Teams where it allows employees to be speaking in a way that they can organize that kind of speech even without unions. KS: They gave power to their employees. And I had a discussion - I don't think it was Mark - where I was like - now they're talking back. I'm like, "what did you think they were going to do?" You indulge children for long enough and give them sugar all day long, they're going to become terrible people.
INSS Swords of Iron Survey Results, Chart 21. Do you think that Israel should obey international laws and maintain ethical values in war? Should: 47% total, 42.5% of Jewish sector, 64% of Arab sector; Should not: 39.5% of total, 47% of Jewish sector, 10% of Arab sector; No opinion: 13.5% of total, 10.5% of Jewish sector, 26% of Arab sector.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that he was “proud” he prevented the establishment of a Palestinian state and took credit for “putting the brakes” on the Oslo peace process, during a press conference at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Plaque in Hebrew and English. The English reads "The Lehi used the basement and attic of this synagogue as a secret arms cache. It was discovered by the British during the 'great curfew' imposed in July 1946, and the weapons were confiscated."