Just kidding, this letter-writing campaign probably won't accomplish very much. But it'll make FWD.us feel like it's more than a cynical lobbying machine.

It's always been fun to be a decadent asshole, but it's never been so easy. It's also apparently good business to help scale haute tech self-indulgence, as evidenced by a buzzy new food startup that's literally called Caviar.

New York City Council wants to join the fight against illegal Airbnbs, prompted by data from the hotel lobby. Earlier "a trio of well-connected San Franciscans" backed a ballot that might reward neighbors for reporting law-breaking hosts. You know how tech millionaires don't realize they're not the underdogs anymore. . .

At the annual F8 developer conference yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg convinced a room full of people who should know better to receive "MOVE FAST WITH STABLE INFRA" like it was tech gospel. What did Facebook do next? Party with Diplo, the DJ, music producer, and possible Katy Perry paramour.

There are certain things one expects from hailing a ride through Uber. The wonder of watching a little car icon move towards you on your smartphone screen, some idle chit chat, paying without pulling out a credit card. Watching a plain clothes officer rip open the door to arrest your driver is not one of them.

Mark Zuckerberg is holding a very fancy private event today to celebrate his company. But it's not much of a celebration—he kicked it off by going onstage and acting like an optimistic dad. It was the performance of a dull man who's become the leader of a dull company, and is fine with being boring.

So far coverage of Facebook's plan to squeeze the organic reach of Pages has focused on its impact on "brands" that spam us with ads and promotions. But nonprofits, activists, and advocacy groups with much fewer resources (and no ad budgets) are also being hugely affected. It's starting to look like Facebook is willing to strangle public discourse on the platform in an attempt to wring out a few extra dollars for its new shareholders.

A new report from Page Six says Google's happily married executive chairman Eric Schmidt is staring at attractive young women—this time, in person. But couldn't he have at least used a face computer to stay on-brand?

For me, the turning point in watching HBO's Silicon Valley can be traced back to the Burger King subplot in the third episode.

An anonymous individual claiming to be a former Google employee posted detailed allegations about the search giant on Pastebin today. The self-stylized whistleblower claimed that Google managers directly ordered employees to steal money from publishers through AdSense, its ad placement service, and that the scheme has been active for years.

The internet service we use to follow celebrities and call people racist just broke some bad news to Wall Street: Twitter is still unprofitable, and not enough people are even willing to try it out.

Over the weekend, RadiumOne's board of directors voted to "terminate the employment" of CEO and Chairman Gurbaksh Chahal related to his guilty plea for domestic violence. But an internal memo clarifying the situation shows that Chahal is still on the board of the online advertising network, even though he's no longer chairman.

Disney was in talks to buy Buzzfeed, but negotiations failed when the site asked for "upwards of $1 billion," says Fortune. That could mean Buzzfeed's valuation grew 67 percent since September, when we heard the company thought it was worth $600 million. The 1 Downside to High Valuations: it's hard to find a buyer.

Today's economic despair euphemism: "startup relocation." An anonymous New York tech outfit is suddenly no longer in need of its furniture, which is always a bad sign. So, who is it? And can anyone help me carry some of those bargain chairs?

Twitter still doesn't make money, which is a problem when you're a publicly traded company. Part of the social network's financial ascendance could be the pitch it's making to TV networks: we will bring you (and your advertisers) valuable eyeballs. What if that's just not true?

GitHub posted a more transparent look into their investigation over harassment claims. Results show that ex-CEO Tom Preston-Werner "acted inappropriately, including confrontational conduct, disregard of workplace complaints" as well as "insensitivity to the impact" of his wife's continued presence in the office, and "failure to enforce an agreement" to keep her out.

The next time you hop in an UberX—one of the transit startup's fancy gypsy cabs run by unlicensed drivers—you'll notice a new "Safe Ride Fee" added to your fare. It's only a dollar, but since when do we have to pay extra to not get raped?

The anarchist collective known as the Counterforce has turned its sights from Google to Uber. On Saturday night, a group of tech industry protestors blocked cars with the Uber logo on the street in Seattle, documenting the incident on a Wordpress blog, just like they did with Kevin Rose.