NOT GONNA HAPPEN: Mark Zuckerberg should hire Microsoft’s Brad Smith as CEO, says former Facebook security chief.

Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos said on Tuesday that Mark Zuckerberg should hire a new CEO and turn his focus to building products.

“There’s a legit argument that he has too much power,” said Stamos, who left the company in 2018, at the Collision Conference in Toronto. “He needs to give up some of that power. If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO for the company.”

Stamos even offered a specific suggestion: Microsoft President Brad Smith.

FLASHBACK: Why the Zuckerberg-Facebook Cyborg Will Continue Crushing Skulls for Years to Come.

NO. NEXT QUESTION? Is euthanizing pets to be buried with dead owners OK?

WILL THE MEDIA EVER PAY A PRICE FOR ITS IRRESPONSIBILITY? “Anyone remember Samantha Smith? Don’t run away to look her up on Google; I’ll come back to her in a moment and explain why her name occurs to me just now.”

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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES GRADUATE PROPORTIONATELY MORE MINORITY STEM MAJORS THAN MAINSTREAM UNIVERSITIES: That’s why the National Science Foundation and other STEM funders are generous with them. (And here, of course, is why they do so well in STEM.)

DAN WALTERS: Blue-state California now harassing journalists.

Let’s assume, hypothetically, that an independent journalist working in Washington somehow obtained a confidential FBI report on the death of a prominent Trump administration official that described its lurid circumstances, including the presence of a woman not his wife and the use of illegal drugs that caused, or at least contributed to, his demise.

Let’s also assume that the Justice Department responded to the disclosure by raiding the journalist’s home and confiscating computers and other tools of his trade, hoping to learn who leaked the report.

Democratic politicians and civil libertarians would erupt in outrage at a heavy-handed government act intended to discourage journalists from delving into areas that officialdom considered off-limits.

So where is that outrage about the San Francisco Police Department’s May 10 assault on journalist Bryan Carmody, who had obtained a police report about the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi under exactly those unbecoming circumstances?

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WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY: “2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Thursday unveiled 27 new policy proposals grouped under 3 categories: ‘Freedom,’ ‘Security’ and ‘Democracy,’” all of which are designed to expand the government and reduce freedom, security, and democracy.

HE SEEMS NICE: Barack Obama, Envious of Michelle’s Memoir Success, Throws Her Under the Bus.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Who Gets Extra Time on the SAT? The Affluent.

IN VINO… KNOWLEDGE?  What your wine preference reveals about your personality.

SO… WE STOLE IT?  Puzzle over origin of Earth’s water SOLVED – it came from ‘dead planet that smashed into us’ 4billion years ago, scientists claim.

NETS A LOT OF GRAFT:  The ‘affordable housing’ con game.

WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND YOU GET MORE OF WHAT YOU PAY FOR???  Typhus and Sky-High Trash Plague Los Angeles.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Emails Show Colo. Official Asking Planned Parenthood to Help Craft Press Release.

AND IF THEY KEEP TRYING TO SHUT US DOWN, IT’S NOT GOING TO END WELL:  Leaving is the Hardest Thing.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE OPPRESSION MINES:  Cold office temperatures are hurting women’s productivity, study says.

THIS IS A GLOBAL FIGHT:  A Tale of Two Coups.

I SHARE IT:  Bafflement.

FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION WILL BE WORTH AS MUCH AS THE FREE EDUCATION WE ALREADY HAVE:  Free College Tuition: You Get What You Pay For.

SCHADENFREUDE!  Trump signs declassification memo.

SPEAKING OF WANTING TO KILL BABIES:  NY Times: Leading the Abortion Charge.

OH, DEAR LORD:  Lauren Underwood Accuses DHS Of Intentionally Killing Migrant Children.

“CONGRATULATIONS ON A LIFE WELL-LIVED:” 13-Time Felon Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Testicles While Carrying Drugs in His Anus – As You Do.

Washington state man is really giving Florida man a run for his money.

OPEN THREAD: Make it your own.

IT’S SATIRE, BUT IS IT REALLY? Hunt’s Apologizes For Assuming Manwich’s Sex.