@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-09 21:56:02
Slack message: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says CFO Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to put him on paid leave and Davies was voted to be interim CEO (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-09-10 07:51:04
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-09-09 22:01:06
Slack message: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says CFO Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to put him on paid leave and Davies was voted to be interim CEO (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-…
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-09-10 11:52:04
Matt was a long time hero of mine. It's been wild to watch his brain cook and totally fall from a place of being worth any respect over the last few years.
I think I have 2 - 3 people remaining from the early web I still look too and I wish them luck.
And I wish myself luck in seeing people make mistakes and still finding value in their good ideas.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-10 21:12:31
Rival pro-Israel group to spend millions to target AIPAC-backed candidates
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has cemented itself as one of the most powerful forces in politics,
-- pouring tens of millions of dollars into primaries this year.
As November approaches, a liberal alternative to AIPAC in pro-Israel advocacy is ratcheting up its efforts to counter that influence.
The "J Street" super PAC said Thursday that it is making its largest inves…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-09-09 21:26:28
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence' https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/
@zachleat@zachleat.com2026-09-09 21:32:02
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-10 22:51:57
Groups Associated With
India’s Far-Right
Receive Millions Through
US Donor-Advised Funds
US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
– or initiatives the Hindu nationalist group has endorsed
– received millions of dollars over recent years through grants that allow donors to remain anonymous, a Bellingcat analysis has found.
The right-wing and Hindu nationa…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-08-10 23:31:41
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-10 02:02:02
Millions of people with private Medicare coverage are being forced to change their insurance for 2027
and will pay higher prices for prescriptions and medical care,
prompting some experts to warn that more older Americans will face greater financial hardship.
Major insurers, like UnitedHealth, Centene and state Blue Cross plans, have shuttered plans that they viewed as unprofitable in certain markets,
leaving some people with fewer choices of policies, and even more l…
