The Weekly Spill (In Shorts)
Welcome to The Weekly Spill—Silicon Bay Partners’ regularly scheduled download of thoughts, takes, and the occasional side-eye at the world as it actually is (not just as it’s pitched in a deck). Each week, we sift through the noise across current events, politics, startups, and financial markets to bring you what matters—and what’s just pretending to.
We aim to keep things light, even when the topics aren’t. That means a bit of satire where it’s earned, a bit of skepticism where it’s called for, and a commitment to staying grounded in facts even when opinions sneak in through the side door. We won’t always be non-judgmental—but we will always try to be clear-eyed.
Think of this as your informed, occasionally irreverent briefing for the week ahead. Read it for insight, stay for perspective, and feel free to disagree—that’s o.k. too. Fair warning: Sometimes we spill more than once a week!
Delivery Workers Driving Home $104M More In Tips
Food delivery workers raked in an additional $104 million in tips after NYC started enforcing a law to crack down on “deceptive” tipping practices from delivery apps, Mayor Mamdani has said.
Design Firms Beware: There Can Never Be Enough Gold
Models of DC’s Dulles airport were shuttled in and out of the White House because the President demanded firms competing for contract bring 3D miniatures of their designs for his perusal, allowing him to ‘better picture’ their vision and make his own suggestions.
Dr. Anthony Gives Republican Congressmen A Dose Of Their Own Medicine
Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth more than 100 times after his lawyer was booted from contentious Senate hearing and refused to answer questions about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic during the hearing that he described as a years-long partisan crusade intended to smear him.
Trump Crashes Into Reality
The president is learning that limits to his power—and, soon, his relevancy—do exist.
Trump has mused about being the most powerful man in history. He has started wars and remade his nation’s economic and strategic relationships with the world. He has demanded, and largely received, total obedience from his party. He has dominated the national discourse like no president has before, and he’s tried to recast his nation’s capital—and even its history—to his liking. He’s everywhere. He has said he believes that there are “no limits” to his power.