So apparently the new defence minister of #Germany
is a Schröder confidante from a German-Russian friendship group.
Shows where Scholz's head is really at.😡
rt @NitnelavGS@twitter.com
https://twitter.com/NitnelavGS/status/1615311863385919488?s=20
@caseynewton @zoeschiffer @alexeheath the second half of this piece is sending shivers up my spine because of all the needless cruelty inflicted on employees.
A manager puking in the office because of how many people they were told to fire, uncertainty, sudden drastic policy changes with threat of getting fired, asking for work and then ignoring it….
@caseynewton @zoeschiffer @alexeheath great article.
This bit is particularly brutal
"Those who remain at the company mostly fall into two camps: people trapped by the need for health care and visas or cold-eyed mercenaries hoping to ascend through a power vacuum."
On the cover of New York magazine this week: the Goons' first 90 days running Twitter. By @zoeschiffer, me and @alexeheath https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji
Today’s piece about Elon Musk’s Twitter by @caseynewton @zoeschiffer @alexeheath is incredible.
The level of dysfunction inside that company is much worse than what I could have imagined… https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji
As a marketer, I found this bit particularly chilling:
@Gartenberg @jsnell 100% this. classless and cowardly. the fact that only 3rd party twitter clients were affected might be deliberate btw. Musk holds grudges he could have personally targeted tweetbot b/c its creator has been critical of Musk and is working on a Mastodon app.
"What’s infuriating is how clueless, classless, and cowardly this move was."
If you don't know @jsnell and his decades-long career covering Apple, now's a good time to get to know him.
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/the-end-of-the-twitter-client-era/
@dekkzz76 @mastodonusercount hope not. Musk tweeted some ugly stuff again yesterday. that's probably why.
@enirenberg @kmpanthagani great article. thank you for posting.
Good morning, here's some schadenfreude arising from Twitter's most right-wing employees cheering Elon Musk's acquisition and then also getting fired.
Sorry not sorry, bootlicking bigots.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-twitter-takeover.html
@kevinrothrock ok yes, but there are certainly strong restrictions on what they can ask.
January 6 committee found that Twitter and other social media companies gave Republicans preferential treatment on social media out of fear of criticism/reprisal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/17/jan6-committee-report-social-media/
@kevinrothrock he is? is Важные истории based in Russia or are they operating from abroad? I would be surprised if a Russia based outlet would be allowed to publish a story like that.
@kevinrothrock he is not wrong about Russian journalists.
I think it is great that #Medium has signaled its support for #Mastodon by launching a new instance. Whether Medium writers should join the new instance remains an open question. There are some potential pitfalls I'd want to consider first.
#SocialMedia #fediverse #MediumWriters
https://medium.com/@atheistrevolution/should-you-join-mediums-new-mastodon-instance-cdab2831f429
@irgarner This is par for the course for Poilievre. He is our version of Trump, only smarter. But using the playbook as Trump. Which includes lying shamelessly.
@niktwick what has been his position on Ukraine, particularly on military aid to Ukraine?
Recently there has been speculation about the capacity of Ukraine & Russia to undertake offensives in 2023. After a couple of recent twitter threads on this topic, I wanted to provide something more substantive. My latest post at Futura Doctrina.
With his messaging, Doug Ford is trying to muddy the definition of privatization because polling probably shows we're suspicious of -- and possibly opposed to --corporations profiting off what used to be public healthcare services.
It can’t be privatization if you can still use OHIP, right?
It's comms sleight of hand.
4/9
“the Tories, who have polled extensively on the issue…”
- Rob Ferguson & Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
Yes, they have and you can see how the results have shaped the government's messaging on healthcare privatization. In fact, the messaging tells us how to hit back in the way that will hurt the government most.
2/8
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