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This was The Washington Post's 's post before he was suspended from Twitter, outlining how Twitter suspended the account of its competitor Mastodon earlier today.
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Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's .
Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
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I was literally walking down the street singing a Beauty and Beast song today and then remembered the 30th anniversary show was on tonight so, that’s good for me
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"The scene looked like a party gone terribly wrong...Five people down. Crime-scene technicians collecting evidence inside were suited up in Hazmat gear."
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Republican opinions of Trump are sagging — but he’s still very popular
The Washington Post's employee union criticized the refusal to take questions during the meeting. “This behavior is unacceptable from any leader, but especially the leader of a news organization whose core values include transparency and accountability."
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Washington Post announces more job cuts next year
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the publisher of the announced that the paper will be laying people off soon, then walked out without taking a single question
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Welcome to ROCKVILLE!!!!! [immediately stopped in rush hour traffic on 355]
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If you know who decided ROCKVILLE was the best name for this four-day music fest unironically please slide into my DMs.
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A newspaper vanished online. Did someone buy it just to bury it? A digital mystery in Charlottesville (latest by me).
H/t to editors and for sticking with this one.
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To my colleagues at the Post and in the industry who aren't in the unions:
Power needs to be checked. And an organized workforce is the best check we have against management.
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NEW: @washingtonpost publisher Fred Ryan refuses to take staff questions after announcing Q1 layoffs in “Town Hall” @postguild
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UPDATE: Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan did not answer a single question. Instead, he announced additional staff cuts — without specifying who, which depts, or how many — and then walked out of his own meeting when confronted with important questions from his staff.
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New: publisher Fred Ryan announces layoffs coming in the first quarter 2023, number unclear. Refuses to answer or take questions in Newsroom Town Hall.
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‼️ Raffensperger calls to end Georgia runoff elections, notes the added stress on county election staff:
“We're also one of the only states that always seems to have a runoff…No one wants to be dealing with politics in the middle of their family holiday.” #gapol
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Three WV reporters fired for criticizing fawning interview of ex-coal CEO by owner of their paper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail - the owner is also a top Democratic state lawmaker - via
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The White House tonight.
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The best thing about setting up Alexa-enabled holiday decorations is hearing your partner say, “Alexa, turn the narwhal off.”
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We are a bird-forward household. Here is Martie trying to blend in with the decor today:
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I haven’t watched this show yet, so this is definitely my favorite take #birds
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I'll tell you who died in White Lotus: me, after having to listen to all those North American hermit thrushes singing in the background of a Sicilian resort. Those birds aren't found anywhere near Europe!
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News organizations keep shrinking and laying people off and they're the organizations, for better or worse, that are charged with keeping us informed.
And they're also now history teachers because they're filling in knowledge gaps so readers can make sense of the present. Grim.
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The is a news organization. Journalists who work here ask powerful people for answers every day.
Tomorrow, we will turn that accountability inward and ask our publisher to speak truth to his employees. Stay tuned.
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Please articulate a clear business plan and editorial vision for WaPo’s future. Is The Post considering selling Arc XP, the cloud-based digital experience platform that helped establish us as a digital powerhouse?
How does WaPo plan to make up for that expected revenue stream?
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The recent layoffs have resulted in cuts focused on the Features department, home to our award-winning and highly read culture and arts journalism. Is this a sign that WaPo is divesting from this coverage area?
Why is Features being targeted?
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Is the company in financial trouble?
With dozens of open jobs in the newsroom, why did WaPo lay off our colleagues in Features and the magazine?
Why weren’t they offered jobs elsewhere in the newsroom, despite their decades of experience and valuable skills?
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Will there be more layoffs? In the event of future cuts, will WaPo make an effort to find positions for those people inside the company as we continue to hire and grow?
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Tomorrow, WaPo hosts a company “town hall.” Employees sent questions in advance, but our publisher Fred Ryan rarely answers the hard ones. None are taken live.
But after brutal layoffs, we want answers about WaPo’s future. Democracy Dies in Darkness, right? Here’s what we asked:
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NEW analysis finds only 45% of nursing home residents and 22% of staff are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines. Wait what? Nursing home residents account for 1/5 of all COVID-19 deaths.
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once the pandemic hit and I stopped wearing tights, I said I was never going to wear tights again and I here I am, today, wearing tights, and it's like my organs have been stuffed into a sausage casing, even worse than I remembered NEVER AGAIN
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For 20 years the U.S. government told the Afghans, “You work with us, we take care of you.” Congress needs to be reminded, he said. “That is why we have to be out here doing this. Whatever it takes.”
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Word puzzle spoilers ahead: Is this the first time the mini has had the same word as Wordle?
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I hear there are also humans at this party?
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