Workers The Washington Post have been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 months.

But the company is refusing to pay us what we’re worth or bargain in good faith.

So on Dec. 7, we’re walking off the job for 24 hours.

The backstory of the recent string of coups in Africa is Russian disinformation. This never-told spy vs. spy tale- w/wild deets like getting people to play avatars in the real world - reveals how it happens. Been working on this for two years! 

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Incredible story by Elizabeth Dwoskin, revealing just how extensive Russia's disinformation efforts in the Sahel have been over the years, and how they've contributed to multiple coups in the region
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'the overall policy from the founders was to ignore them' - wild excerpt on Vine's treatment of creators and how it contributed to its demise from TaylorLorenz.Substack.com's new book! washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

New York and San Francisco represent ✊

The The Washington Post refused to discuss contract language that complies with laws in these cities: Banning pay history Qs & mandating pay transparency on job postings.

Refusing to do means practices that perpetuate inequity persist. (9/x)

We’ve been bargaining for a new contract for 9 months, but the company still hasn’t offered a serious proposal to improve wages and pay equity at The Washington Post

Tomorrow, hundreds of @postguild members are lunching out to demand The Post pay us what we’re worth

Here’s why:

this is gonna be so good. everyone talk to Faiz!

“Surveillance doesn’t prevent crime, even police crime.'

Vital story from Drew Harwell, who is still effectively banned from Twitter by Musk, on the cameras that didn't stop police from killing Tyre Nichols

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Today the Washington Post laid off a group of incredible journalists who were doing vital work. I get companies need to change but I don't understand firing people outright when we are hiring rapidly and owned by one of the world's wealthiest men. My colleagues deserved better

NEW: Facebook has spent the last several years bashing China. Now it needs it factories to make hardware.
Via Me & Christian Shepherd
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NEW: The legal weed industry used to be full of promise. Now, for many, it’s crumbling.

“We are witnessing massive insolvency, especially on the West Coast.”

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NEW: The The Washington Post analyzed 100s of Chinese social media posts, verifying footage that offers a glimpse of the toll a huge coronavirus wave is wreaking — and undercutting Beijing’s claims. w/ Christian Shepherd, Stefanie Le, Vic Chiang + Pei.

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Tesla stock is down another 1.5% this morning, even though Musk promised he wouldn't sell any stock in 2023 'under any circumstances.' The market simply doesn't believe him

On Twitter spaces right now, Musk says he doesn't hate trans people but thinks pronouns are used as a 'shield that allows people to be assholes.' A questioner asked him to speak on how that might affect trans kids and the moderators cut off the conversation

Just to be clear: a huge number of people will actively cheer for the most powerful individuals on the planet to censor those who inform the public about what the powerful do.

The suspensions of more than half a dozen journalists Thursday evening came without warning or explanation from Twitter. Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post, CNN, and New York Times, had written about a dispute involving Elon Musk. wapo.st/3uV9jGk

I shit you not, my first tweet, back in November 2009, was 'drop everything you're doing and go see Avatar.' Such poetry that our final tweets here are happening as Avatar 2 enters the world

don't bother nitpicking or writing about 'Twitter's new policies,' the new policy is, Musk does what he wants, when he wants