herid @herid@qoto.org

@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….

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:

"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/

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

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/

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

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.

https://mickryan.substack.com/p/the-campaigns-to-come

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.

#OnPoli #OnHealth

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.

#OnPoli #OnHealth

2/8