You Cannes-not Be Serious

“So let’s just take stock: a $500 million megayacht, burning diesel and lined with possibly illicit teak, floating into the Riviera so its passenger can be honored for protecting the environment. We are through the looking glass.” The Bezos Cannes-tastrophe: Starring Jeff Bezos as himself, Lauren Sánchez as an environmentalist, and Cannes as the end-stage symptom of elite delusion. Good stuff from Louis Pisano on the craziness at Cannes: “Even good intentions buckle under the weight of bad optics. You can’t ride in on a carbon-belching sea fortress and accept an award for climate advocacy. That’s like setting a forest fire and accepting a plaque for your marshmallow-roasting technique.”

+ The Verge: “How long after a sovereign ruler of a repressive state murders one of your columnists should you make a deal with him? The answer, it turns out, is a little over six years.” Jeff Bezos makes his most ghoulish deal yet.