Killer whales are doomed and that makes me sad.

This is the first of three MUST READS this week. Brian Acton is a sellout (his words, not mine). Reading this account of his various regrets, I couldn’t help flashing back to the movie Wall Street, specifically the scene where Bud Fox pleads with Gordon Gecko, “Why do you have to wreck this company?” to which Gecko replies simply, “Because it’s wreckable.”

Facebook destroys everything it touches.

This is MUST READ #2. Just like WhatsApp, Facebook is in the process of destroying Instagram. Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger walked out this week, having had their fill of Zuckerberg’s relentless push to gather private user data and display an ad every other post. They didn’t go quietly.

This is MUST READ #3. This one made me smile. Written by the one and only DHH, it made me nostalgic for the early days of the Internet. The days before the autistic robber barons took over, when everybody created stuff just because it was cool. I wonder if we’ll ever recapture that ethos. I hope so.

Then there’s this. Not only did 50 million users get breached yesterday, but a Taiwanese hacker was going to livestream his hack of Zuckerberg’s private account. He has since reconsidered.

Now here’s a story of guys who did it right. What happens when you give 3 benevolent geniuses (I include Aaron Swartz because Reddit wouldn’t exist without him) twelve grand and some office space? Magic, that’s what. I don’t want to live in a world where Reddit doesn’t exist.

Tesla had a rough week, what with the SEC filing a fraud suit against Elon Musk and trying to get him thrown out as CEO. Be that as it may, this is super cool if you’ve ever wondered what an autonomous vehicle “sees” when it’s driving through a city.

The latest Chrome update has a lot of users unhappy. You may have noticed that you’re being asked to sign in to your browser now (if you use Chrome), and there are a bevy of privacy concerns around this update. If you’re ready to give up Gmail, here are some great alternatives. As for replacing Chrome, the newest version of Firefox is lightning fast and uses far fewer resources.

The sixth mass extinction continues unabated.

Well done, humanity.

It seems everyone is eating Keto these days. Turns out you can even do it at McDonalds. Sorta.

As catchy a slogan as I think “Have it Uruguay” is, I don’t think AI is taking over the marketing department at Burger King anytime soon.