Welcome back to the week’s news, dissected, digested, and then sent up. This is like if the Free Press Slack leaked but it’s only my messages, so all-caps announcements to the whole company asking where the bathroom key is, plus DMs of conspiracy theories that I send to interns.
But first, a shameless sell: Bari and The Free Press are headed to San Francisco on May 15 for a debate on the future of AI. Tickets are almost sold out.
The darkest part is that I do find this comforting. Like when Barney explained pets dying. Having a bunny involved tickled a little soothing spot behind the ears. Perhaps the Easter Bunny is underused. Imagine, for example, how much softer the blow would have been if the bunny were behind President Bush during his Oval Office address to the nation after 9/11. Or if Obama had talked about chemical weapons being a red line in Syria, but there were a bunny doing a little jig behind him. They should bring him out more, year-round even.
