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SCOOP: Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service. Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions, by @hannah_natanson @FedGirlWaPo @lizzadwoskin @faizsays :
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BIG NEWS! After winning an online election, our @CNET union is officially recognized!
According to our unofficial count, it was a landslide victory, with over 89% of our bargaining unit voting YES.
Congrats to all the workers for leaving the woodpile higher than we found it!
I left CNET in March after nearly 10 years, and one of my few regrets is it meant missing out on this moment!
Congrats to all my colleagues, for your hard work and your dedication to what makes CNET great
CNET writers, editors, video producers and content creators have unionized with @WGAEast! CNET has a proud history of tech news, reviews and in-depth reporting. We’re fighting to keep that trusted legacy while securing industry-standard protections and assurances.
ASL is remarkable.
Getting an Eddie nomination is great, but even better is that it was for this story:
cnet.com/tech/services-and-s…
In the Metaverse, Your Heart Can Be as True as the Boobs Are Fake
cnet.com/tech/computing/feat…
'Stranger Things' Will Be Netflix's Biggest Hit Yet. How? Netflix Changed its Rules cnet.co/3NFQz58
Joan E. Solsman retweeted
Worth a read: @joan_e "visited" the International Space System in a massive in-person virtual reality installation called The Infinite. Donning a headset, she stepped into an open space bigger than a basketball court & explored a life-sized ISS replica. cnet.com/science/space/featu…
Pausing Twitter hiatus to brag how my Twitter hiatus was one step ahead of the New York Times
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet has issued a Twitter "reset" for the newsroom, urging reporters to "meaningfully reduce" their twitter time and reminding them that tweets and subtweets attacking or undermining their colleagues are not allowed businessinsider.com/new-york…
Pausing Twitter hibernation:
My husband is an artist and wanted to help Ukraine humanitarian aid. So he reached out to @veselkanyc! This painting is the result, and he's donating all proceeds from prints to a vetted org sending crucial medical supplies
etsy.me/3JfTdg6
Razom for Ukraine was Nick's resource finding an org for his print proceeds
If you purchase a print, he's donating to Support Hospitals in Ukraine, which is shipping much-needed medical supplies in partnership with Project C.U.R.E.
uahospitals.org/
charitynavigator.org/ein/841…
And if you'd like to learn more about Nick's thoughts behind this project, visit (and follow!) him on Insta
instagram.com/p/CbIcN4jOdCV/…
Joan E. Solsman retweeted
Exclusive: After nearly a year, Spotify’s Car Thing auto audio system is finally available to the public. @joan_e takes a look at who this is for and what this means for Spotify’s hardware ambitions. Tip @Techmeme cnet.com/tech/services-and-s…
Spotify's Car Thing Is Finally for Sale. Time for It to Face the Music cnet.co/3p64Eiv
Peeking my head out of Twitter hibernation to roll my eyes at whatever the hell a "customerverse" is supposed to be