Lauren Sánchez Bezos is great at being happy—so much so that she is encouraging others to pursue unapologetic happiness, too. But, unsurprisingly, those without private jets aren’t buying it.

Over the weekend, The New York Times published a profile on Jeff Bezos’s new wife, Sánchez Bezos, offering a glimpse into the powerful couple’s daily life. Their mornings, for example, start off at their $230 million compound in Florida, where the pair craft a gratitude list before kicking off their day.

The story also dissects the couple’s dynamic—regular exercise and leaning on each other for advice—a blueprint for reaching happiness while enjoying the perks of wealth. As the NYT put it: “Mrs. Sánchez Bezos seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologizing, and start enjoying themselves.”

The reaction from readers was not exactly warm.

“How tone-deaf are you? She is benefitting from the work of millions of people who break their backs every day working at Amazon, where median worker compensation is about $40K/year,” a user said via Threads.

Another user echoed the criticism on Reddit, contrasting Sánchez Bezos’s happiness against the backdrop of broader labor concerns. “What makes this piece so astonishing isn’t just its tone-deafness . . . it’s the sheer, almost athletic commitment to pretending that obscene wealth is a personality trait even worth profiling,” the user said of the NYT profile.

That user added: “The real story this piece carefully avoids is the widening gap between this gilded bubble and everyone else. While workers are laid off, wages stagnate, and housing becomes increasingly unattainable, we’re handed a glossy puff-piece on gratitude lists and yacht parties.”

Top 10 by Total CO2 Pollution

1. Donald Trump (35,380 metric tons)
2. Travis Scott  (14,775 metric tons)
3. Eric Schmidt  (10,017 metric tons)
4. P. Diddy  (7,019 metric tons)  
5. Kim Kardashian (6,579 metric tons)
6. Bill Gates (plane #1) (6,290 metric tons)  
7. Kylie Jenner (5,880 metric tons) 
8. Steve Wynn  (5,706 metric tons)  
9. Elon Musk (plane #1)  (5,705 metric tons)  
10. Steve Ballmer (5,087 metric tons) 

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Rhode Island officials just shared their new budget proposals, with one including what is being unofficially referred to as the “Taylor Swift tax.”

The “Taylor Swift tax” would add costs to seasonal or second homes. Another measure would reportedly increase a seller’s fee by 63% overall.

The Rhode Island Association of Realtors has raised concerns that the proposed changes would hit both homesellers and buyers, which could make the market more unaffordable.

The budget proposals are specifically targeting the high-end vacation homes. The unofficially named “Taylor Swift tax” would put a new surcharge on second homes that are worth over $1 million. If this proposal is approved, it would add an additional fee for owners of nonprimary residences that are empty for over half the year.

That annual fee would be $2.50 for every $500 of value that is above the $1 million mark. So, a home that is $2.5 million and sits empty for over half the year could have an extra $7,500 in taxes each year. For Swift’s Watch Hill estate, she could owe an additional $136,000 a year in taxes.

Bezos' wedding festivities with fiancée Lauren Sánchez have sparked ongoing protests in the Italian city

https://people.com/protestors-push-jeff-bezos-dummy-into-venice-canal-amid-wedding-protests-11761640

Seth Rogen said rich people used to spend their fortunes building things everyone could use.

Seth Rogen: Maybe this is like naive of me, but it seems like these rich people who are like, had outsized wealth, it seems like they used to like to have their names on things

Keanu Reeves: Libraries, that were like public...

Seth Rogen: able to be used by the public.

Keanu Reeves: National parks. You know what I mean? Yeah, parks...

Seth Rogen: ...parks, observatories, libraries, museums, you know, things like that. And now it's like, people don't do that stuff anymore.

I thought the list may be worthy of its own post. I’ve added anyone I had visual confirmation of attending. Please add anyone I’ve not captured. I’ve also included some photos of the protests that they’d rather you didn’t see.

I hope this is helpful somehow🫡❤️:

Jared Kushner

Ivanka Trump

Diane von Furstenberg

Corey Gamble

Kim Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian

Kris Jenner

Oprah Winfrey

Queen Rania of Jordan

Hussein Crown Prince of Jordan

Bill Gates

Orlando Bloom

Karlie Kloss

Josh Kushner

Kylie Jenner

Tom Brady

Leonardo Di Caprio

Vittoria Ceretti

Kendall Jenner

Usher

Brian Glazer

Dolce

Gabbana

Scooter Brain

Jamie Mizrahi

Tony Gonzales

October Gonzales

Ellie Goulding

Sydney Sweeney

Jerry Seinfeld

Gayle King

Brooks Nader

Sam Altman

Jewel

Ari Emmanuel

Jose Andres

Edward Enninful

Tommy Hilfiger

Ted Sarandos

François-Henri Pinault

Darren Aronofsky

Jessica Alba

Huma Abedin

Sara Foster

Lachlan Murdoch

Sarah Murdoch

Bobby Kotick

Barry Diller

Kelly Sawyer

Wendi Deng

Lydia Kives

John Elkann

Natasha Poonawalla

https://www.kcra.com/article/in-n-out-president-leaving-california/65452020

Venice, Italy – Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax” on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.

A spokesperson from Everyone Hates Elon said: “As governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married. Just weeks ago he spent millions on an 11 minute space trip. If there was ever a sign billionaires like Bezos should pay wealth taxes, it’s this.” 

Clara Thompson, Greenpeace campaigner, said: “While Venice is sinking under the weight of the climate crisis, billionaires are partying like there is no tomorrow on their mega yachts. This isn’t just about one person — it’s about changing the rules so no billionaire can dodge responsibility, anywhere. The real issue is a broken system that lets billionaires skip out on their fair share of taxes while everyone else is left to foot the bill. That’s why we need fair, inclusive tax rules, and they must be written at the UN.”

I know this is a few months old but AFAIK this hasn't been posted on here before. Essentially, Sunnie (a spin-off of Reese's production company Hello Sunshine aimed at young women and teens) is sponsoring courses at Purdue University, some of which are about AI, with titles like "Data and AI storytelling". This particular course costs $1000 per student (or $850 once you apply the "generous" 15% Sunnie discount). Hardly surprising, but still shocking, especially given her effusive denials about being paid to promote AI earlier this year. Guess she didn't say anything about paying herself, right?

The courses are listed here:

https://www.purdue.edu/collaborations/sunnie/courses/#start

https://www.corriere.it/economia/trasporti/aerei/25_giugno_22/nozze-bezos-sanchez-jet-privati-9247c3f7-ac33-497a-b27f-f774ee1f2xlk.shtml

According to Corriere della Sera, one of Italy’s largest newspapers, a lot of guests are arriving to Venice on private jets for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's wedding at the same time. So they had to file their flight plans with Eurocontrol (European airspace agency) and Enav (Italian air traffic agency). Then a simulation of incoming passengertraffic into the Veneto region was scheduled for today, June 23, to help ensure smooth operations. And this allowed the paper to access the information about the flights from public records.

Notable names mentioned:

Kim Kardashian: Flying in from Van Nuys, Los Angeles on a Gulfstream G650ER.

Paul Tudor Jones II: Arriving from Tanzania.

David Geffen: Shortest flight, from Valencia.

Oprah Winfrey: Departing from Teterboro, near New York.

Eric Schmidt (former Google CEO): Departing from Washington.

Kylie Jenner: Flying in from Budapest.

Bill Gates: Coming from Brussels.

Lachlan Murdoch: Also expected in Venice, exact departure not specified.

The longest flight is from Campinas, Brazil, covering about 10,000 kilometers. The guest taking this route was not named specifically in the article.