To H1B or not to H1B? How to insult the rest of America

1.Time to H1B a better personBy Mike Solana, editor-in-chiefWith the American commentariat totally feral on the topic of data centers, which for many have become a stand-in for rich tech callousness, YC partner Ankit Gupta thought it clever to compare President Trump’s recent levy on H1B, the nation’s divisive foreign talent funnel, to “DEI,” the racist institutional scheme to punish highly-qualified white Americans in hiring and admissions.

What followed was, predictably, a viral social media race war that is now fueling (surprise!) further calls for a data center moratorium.My dear idiot friends in tech, it’s pretty simple: You live in a country, not an economic zone, and if you want the support of your countrymen as you build, you need to build something for them as well — high-tech training hubs in every corner of America, for example, which funnel young Americans into the industry.

But on the ground floor? I’d probably stop insulting the people with your fate in their hands.2.Buck stops hereby Riley Nork, writer A famous definition of “insanity” is doing the same thing and expecting different results, while another understanding of the concept comes from lived experience where, upon confronting a homeless man screaming and defecating in the street, one marvels: “Wow, that guy was insane!” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie confronted both definitions this week, announcing in a sweeping overhaul that the city will redo all of its contracts for homelessness service providers, seeing as how funneling these providers truckloads of money every year has not, in fact, solved homelessness.

There’s just one problem: The service providers don’t like this.Joseph Smooke, a policy organizer for SF nonprofits, called Lurie’s proposal a “surprise” because the city’s current providers are “experts” at addressing homelessness.

Funny… usually eXpErTs don’t receive $1 billion to solve a problem only for it to get worse! Guess it’...