Don't forget that Bezos made it quite clear the direction of the paper if you're debating telling your story to the WaPo. Check out @marisakabas.bsky.social or the folks at @wired.com and @rollingstone.com if you want to be sure your story will be told and you won't end up on a list - ThreadSky

coachfinstock.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

Don't forget that Bezos made it quite clear the direction of the paper if you're debating telling your story to the WaPo. Check out @marisakabas.bsky.social or the folks at @wired.com and @rollingstone.com if you want to be sure your story will be told and you won't end up on a list

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The Washington Post wants to hear from federal employees who were recently fired after receiving a glowing performance review. Tell us your story through this form.

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tlatshaw.bsky.social•15 hours ago

@propublica.org too?

fivebfive.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Propublica first! 😉

coachfinstock.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Yes yes yes! Sorry just fired off the first ones I thought of

tlatshaw.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Having too many to think of at one time is an unexpected blessing right now.

lindsayli.bsky.social•15 hours ago

We all really need to start thinking worst-case scenarios here. I’m sure some will read “end up on a list” as overreaction, but that will absolutely happen here—even if the reporter does their best to protect sources. The landscape has changed

wotfanatic.bsky.social•12 hours ago

davelevitan.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I am also available!

dougwar40k.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"Yeah, I was working for the WaPo Opinions Agency. My opinions were the best, everybody agreed. Oligarchs and whatnot were always trying to turn out the lights, but I was like, not on my watch, that's how democracy dies."

dougwar40k.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"And every year, my manager was like, democracy's still around, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE LIGHT, great job!"

Anyway, then this thumb-man who wears cowboy hats in inappropriate contexts came in and said that he didn't care about my opinions..."

dougwar40k.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"...because they weren't about how sexy Ayn Rand is, and that I was a parasite who'd never even invented any new alloys. So he fired me so that he could buy a new tight shiny shirt to impress the prostitute he married.

Anyway, if you can't get my hired back..."

dougwar40k.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"...can you at least get me reimbursed for some of the lighting that I paid for out of pocket? That stingy fauxboy said I could expense it, but then when I went into the system to do that 'the cloud was down'. It used to happen a lot."

lynnettecs.bsky.social•15 hours ago

As if…

gavinrp.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Counterpoint, tell your story everywhere and then we can see who can and will still publish it or when that changes.

ex-xer.bsky.social•15 hours ago

@washingtonpost.com will have the government look into your "claim".

letsgohawksgpg.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Wired need to be on BlueSky

bluesterb.bsky.social•15 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bluesterb.bsky.social/post/3lj3sicsqu22k

danbongard.bsky.social•14 hours ago

He spoke of individual liberty and free markets. Actual support of those things would involve fierce opposition to the Trump admin. But MAGA types also (falsely) claim to be defenders of those things.

So I have to disagree that the direction of the paper is clear, apart from being "Bezos-directed".

wbfmorningstar.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Might check Democracy Docket now.

electromotive645.bsky.social•8 hours ago

New rule: "Don't talk to the cops, and don't talk to the Post." Bezos and Lewis will sell you in a hot second.

ladylinds.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Wired and 404 have been doing some of the best reporting lately. Rolling Stone too. Propublica and The Guardian are also on my trusted news list.

emrsin.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Stop posting links to WaPo. Don't drive traffic to them. Post a screenshot, if you must.

noahhunter.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I think a lot of people thought when Bezos hired guys from the Murdoch tree, “Oh God, why does he think these people will make it more profitable? How has he been duped?”

Now, with many more datapoints, we know a political shift was always the goal.

thesepretzels.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Fuck the WaPo.

jrgiguere.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Yes. Talk to WaPo and end up in a denunciation list.

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