the 'O!' during the whistling lol go birds!!!

Last week Vox laid off three of our unit members, shuttering an entire Dodo team, and has now announced a partnership with OpenAI. We demand notice + transparency into the business decisions Vox makes and how those decisions will impact the work that its union workforce creates⬇️

A statement from the Vox Media Union, Thrillist Union and The Dodo Union on the partnership between Vox Media and OpenAI.

Mad Max: My name is Max. My world is fire and blood.

Me: gotcha. well basically I’m Maeve.

Oh what a day, what a lovely day (to have a new in Timothy McSweeney)

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born too late to watch the moon landing, born too early for intergalactic travel, born just in time to be a guest on Jet Lag: The Game
Ep 1 now on YouTube: youtu.be/rNxi1-UgV2I?si…

I've had to deliver a few eulogies in the past few years. In the moment, all I've wished is that I didn't have to give them. But they've also been some of the most rewarding, cathartic writing experiences of my life. I talk about it in Timothy McSweeney today.

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I wrote for Timothy McSweeney about one of my online obsessions: completely deranged ads for phone games

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After acquiring Thrillist and the Dodo, Vox has been denying our desire to operate under one union contract, despite merging operations across the company. There is no reason to do this aside from wanting to pay some colleagues less for the same work variety.com/2024/biz/news/…

Solidarity is more important than ever in these scary (to say the least!!!) times working in digital media. We at The Dodo Union, Thrillist Union and Vox Media Union work for the SAME employer — One Union One Contract makes sense!!!
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“Not only does Vox Media’s intransigence disrespect the wishes of your workers, it is also inefficient, forcing Vox, bargaining unit members, & the Guild to bargain & administer 3 separate contracts, wasting time, energy, & resources” wrote the WGAE council in a letter to mgmt.

“They’ve denied their employees the dignity of a single contract for WGAE represented staff. Not only is this indicative of their lack of respect, it also complicates day-to-day operations for many teams,” said the Vox United Committee. #1u variety.com/2024/biz/news/…

LA: today is your LAST CHANCE to get a ticket before prices go up tomorrow. Don’t say I didn’t warn u!!! eventbrite.com/e/pigeon-prese…

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LA: Ticket prices go up Friday btw….and you can get a discount with code “pigeoncheap” btw…..so basically if u want to come and u want to spend the least $$ u should buy a ticket very soon with that discount code….❤️
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LA FRIENDS: GO TO THIS!!!! It’s part of the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival (in the way that we are all part of a larger whole, our souls intertwined, a small part of the vast brotherhood of man)

my beautiful girlfriend maeve accidentally planned a comedy show in LA the same week as Netflix’s LA comedy festival..

pls go both bc it has a genuinely great lineup but also to prove she is more popular than kevin hart (who is literally performing 3 miles away at the same time)

Can cancer be funny? Rima Parikh bravely says yes!!!!!!!!