Taxi drivers around the world are unhappy with Uber, but in France, that unhappiness has been taken to a new level with a massive strike, traffic jams, destroyed vehicles, blocked airport access, fires in the streets, and what has to be the headline of the day: French Taxi Drivers Rampage Against Uber — Burning Tires, Flipping Cars, And Inconveniencing Courtney Love.

+ The Verge on Courtney Love’s Paris getaway (and probably the end of any hopes she may have had of one day being named ambassador).