Reminder: The only people that #antifa is a threat to are fascists.

Just curious... is it required now that every third movie released by Hollywood now features Sydney Sweeney?

I'd been missing some audiobooks that I cannot find from my library and I refuse to do Amazon, obvi. I'm thrilled with using Libro and even better - it benefits my favorite indie bookshop. You can choose your fav, too! If you #booktok folks want to try it out: libro.fm/referral?rf_...

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Today I found the r/cursive subreddit. TIL that being able to read cursive is apparently a dying skill. www.reddit.com/r/Cursive/co...

I've been thinking quite a lot about why @ma.tt's actions about all this has bothered me so and it all came together this past week. I was writing about it and then the news of FAIR broke - and bam. medium.com/@kelliepeter... #wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com

The Long Con: How Matt Mullenweg Used the WordPress Community to Build His For-Profit Empire

More than two decades ago, WordPress was born as a humble open-source blogging tool. Its co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, quickly became a…

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Bombshell news out of the @altctrl.org event alongside #WCEU: FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) introduces a #wordpress package manager in an aim to fully decentralize & futureproof WP by insulating the ecosystem from the anti-competitive whims of @ma.tt

WUT? What world are we living in that Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) has glowed up to the point of being a submissive to Alexander Skarsgard? I LOVE this (one aspect of this hellscape of a) timeline. a24films.com/films/pillion

Pillion

A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

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Automattic adopts a new organizational naming model from luxury powerhouse LVMH that seems wildly tone-deaf after blaming “feedback inflation” for recent layoff. Has a faint whiff of re-arranging deck chairs on the titanic to me. medium.com/@kelliepeter...

It’s a Maison thing, you wouldn’t understand.

Automattic was the darling of distributed work long before the pandemic. The company was also innovative in the way they interviewed…

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Damn it #chloefineman I was not prepared to like you outside of SNL but flippin' hell if #summerof69 wasn't delightful and that's in no small part because of you. I hope you're happy. ;)

With every bit of due respect to Andie MacDowell, I'm continually stunned by the choices and the performances of Margaret Qualley. I'll be spending the next three months waiting fro this release in her back catalog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6...

HONEY DON'T - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters August 22

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Wait, wait... do I need to get an iPad again??

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It's truly astonishing how far @ma.tt will go to paint himself as the victim and claim the moral high ground. Using the death of #PopeFrancis seems a weird flex. www.linkedin.com/posts/kellie... #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism

Wondering Matt Mullenweg... If Pope Francis really drew you back to your… | Kellie Peterson

Wondering Matt Mullenweg... If Pope Francis really drew you back to your faith why is it you seem to have learned little, if anything, from his actions or his teachings? https://lnkd.in/e6kjwvtu You a...

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"Hunger will make you accept things." - Sonya Renee Taylor

I'm pretty sure I would have bet my life that I'd never be anxiously awaiting a Benedict Cumberbatch or Olivia Coleman film, but fuck if I'm not all in on The Roses. And now I'm off to watch War of the Roses in preparation. #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgM...

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Worked on my first mosaic project yesterday. Anyone who knows me will not be surprised that I found it quite soothing and that I was also a bit of a perfectionist with placement.

TIL That Automattic P2 has a neat new feature! Last year they added nearly invisible watermarks which are unique to each employee. Cool, cool, cool. Other collaboration platforms have it. But... they didn't announce it. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #trustnoone

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Worth remembering how many people in senior roles left during the first buyout as well. The brain drain at Automattic / Wordpress.com is real. #wpdrama www.linkedin.com/posts/kellie...

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A master class in how *not* to lead through crisis is continuing at Automattic and it's rough to watch. After Matt Mullenweg sets off a firestorm by going "scorched earth" on WP Engine...

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Screenwriters of Bluesky I have a challenge for you: Can you please stop mining cancer for material? It would be great to be able to watch some of my favorite performers with my cancer surviving wife without having cancer be the thing all the time. It's exhausting.

While I'm crying over my stock portfolio I'm at least comforted by the fact that my USD are netting me a good exchange at the moment. 🤢

The lies will continue until...? Just two months ago Matt Mullenweg claimed "there are no layoffs plans at Automattic" Today during the townhall it was claimed there are no further layoffs planned. If you're still at Automattic, WordPress.com, Woo, or any related company I would not trust him.

Vibe at Automattic post this morning's town hall, where Mullenweg finally resurfaced a week after laying off 16% of his company: Not great. Not confident. - Psychological safety obliterated - Job searches initiated Leaderships excuse of "feedback inflation" is patently false. 🧵 #wpdrama

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With so many of my fellow Automattic alums wondering how leadership determined who to let go it had me wondering about the likelihood of them doing it based on something other than performance, salary, or future product vision (ha - IYKYK). What if it was based on sentiment expressed in private? 🧵

I wouldn’t go that far, but we did call it the Matt Mullenweg Survivor Support Group for a while. Once you’re out of Automattic you realize how much manipulation and BS you’ve been thru. Quite healing to learn you’re not alone. #wpdrama #billionairesbehavingbadly

Yikes. I truly hope this isn’t the case. If it is true this is a new low for him. I shouldn’t expect different since last time he invited people to leave he was MIA for the rest of the week too. Leaving dozens of people in limbo. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #billionaireproblems

Doomscrolling break: "Hold on to your vaginas" Also, how did I not know that Elizabeth Olsen has a doppleganger? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLH...

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While Mullenweg is busy trying to spin that these ~280 lost jobs today because of performance... I can tell you that's absolutely true. **His performance** The number of brilliant, hard working, and talented people who were kicked to the curb today is staggering. Mullenweg is incompetent.

WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff | TechCrunch | Kellie Peterson

Today Matt Mullenweg laid off 16% of his workforce from Automattic. That's about 280 people. In addition to two rounds of "alignment" offers which resulted in…

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Mullenweg is the worst "leader" I've ever worked for. Coward. After sticking through the tumult of the past six months these folks are getting pathetic severance, pledged "resources" are empty, and as has become de rigueur in tech - the found out from an email. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism

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WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Watched/listened to the first two episodes of Amy Poehler's new podcast Good Hang and all I want in the world is good friends who can make me cry with laughter. Everyone should have that. Thank you Amy! youtu.be/lXpsfq4wx70?...

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I love the Streisand effect. It's the 👩‍🍳💋 of karma. Not a big memoir fan but learning that Zuck/Meta is using dubious legal tactics to keep the author from promoting her book I wanted to read it. The months long wait at my library encouraged me to buy it. #oligarchs #billionaires #carelesspeople

Meta Tries to Bury a Tell-All Book

Mark Zuckerberg might be in his post-fact-checking-era. But that hasn’t stopped Meta from going after the author of Careless People.

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I can't be the first Swiftie to see the new Samara Weaving film Borderline, right? Written/directed by her husband Jimmy Warden and co-starring Ray Nicholson who delivers a joyfully unhinged performance. A tight 94 minutes of chaotic fun w/ numerous Taylor Swift references. Intended or otherwise. 🧵