I unsubscribed after reading Madison’s thread. Anyone who’s gotten stuck in a toxic work environment knows just how crushing it is mentally. Constant low-level anxiety, feelings of dread, and the inability to even decompress off the clock due to intruding thoughts, replayed arguments, feelings of being gaslit, and the knowledge that it’s all going to happen again tomorrow. Combine that with the sexual assault allegations and it’s not surprising at all that she’d self harm.

If even 10% of her story is true we’re looking at systemic failures in the entire management chain both to recognize and triage toxic behavior, and to demonstrate professionalism and lead by example.

Maybe it’s because I’m old and have worked at a number of different sized companies. But, Linus always struck me as very fake and inauthentic.

He gives off the vibe that he’s one of the little guys, an independent journalist, just another employee - while completely ignoring the fact that he (and his wife) own the company and are YouTube millionaires and run a relatively large and influential company.

I can easily see Linus being an abusive, toxic person to work for.

I’ve worked for people like him before and their public and private personas are often complete opposites. In my opinion, this is Linus’ mask slipping and we’re getting to see the real him.