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Vice shuts down a virtual town hall after laid off employees invited to the virtual meeting inundated leadership with thumbs down emojis (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/news/vice-shuts-d

Vice Shuts Down Virtual Meeting After Staffers Flood Call With Thumbs-Down Emoji: ‘Impossible To Ignore the Emojis’
A virtual Vice Media town hall had to be prematurely shut down after staffers flooded the meeting with thumbs-down emojis in protest of mass layoffs.

"Heizen mit Holz wohl gefährlicher als bislang angenommen: Neues Gesetz gefordert
Holzheizungen sind gemütlich, aber sind sie auch sicher? Eine neue Studie zeigt alarmierende Ergebnisse. Die Feinstaubbelastung könnte in Deutschland höher sein, als bisher gedacht."
#StopBurningWood

Heizen mit Holz wohl gefährlicher als bislang angenommen: Neues Gesetz gefordert
Holzheizungen sind gemütlich, aber sind sie auch sicher? Eine neue Studie zeigt alarmierende Ergebnisse. Die Feinstaubbelastung könnte in Deutschland höher sein, als bisher gedacht.

CISA, FBI, and HHS Release an Update to #StopRansomware Advisory on ALPHV Blackcat
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/02/27/cisa-fbi-and-hhs-release-update-stopransomware-advisory-alphv-blackcat

More #layoffs
“Jack Dorsey's Block lays off 'large number' of staffers, adding to wave of tech-industry cuts”
https://www.businessinsider.com/block-layo

Jack Dorsey's Block lays off 'large number' of staffers
Dorsey told staff in a Tuesday memo that a "large number" of Block employees, including those at Cash App and Square, were being laid off.

Justice for Dontay includes accountability at the BC Government level!
“"This demand letter to cease and desist any discussions is profoundly anti-democratic," he told CBC News. "It attempts to stifle public debate about the well-being of Indigenous children in care and it's entirely inappropriate.””
#PortAlberni

Staffers at the Marshall Project plan to form a union; the guild will be part of the NewsGuild of New York and represent about 50 staffers (Kim Bellware/Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/48INyLC

The Marshall Project, Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom, to unionize
The move puts the newsroom among the growing ranks of organized labor in the digital and nonprofit media world.

Justice for Dontay includes accountability at the BC Government level!
“"This demand letter to cease and desist any discussions is profoundly anti-democratic," he told CBC News. "It attempts to stifle public debate about the well-being of Indigenous children in care and it's entirely inappropriate.””
#PortAlberni

Netflix names Dan Lin, the producer of the Lego movies and the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, as head of film, replacing Scott Stuber (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts<…

Netflix hires 'It' producer Dan Lin for top film job, replacing Scott Stuber
Since forming his production company, Rideback, which is located in L.A.'s historic Filipinotown neighborhood, nearly 15 years ago, Lin has produced films including the "Lego" franchise and others that have grossed $6 billion in worldwide box office.

Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 authorize a strike; the union says the vote is partly due to planned layoffs after record profits in 2023 (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/law360-staffers-vote-to-strik…

Law360 staffers vote to strike - Talking Biz News
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 voted to authorize a strike Monday. The union says the strike is due to lack of progress at the bargaining table, unlawful tactics that violate union members’ rights and planned layoffs following record profits in 2023. Law360 Union is part of the NewsGuild of New York, which represents nearly […]

Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 authorize a strike; the union says the vote is partly due to planned layoffs after record profits in 2023 (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/law360-staffers-vote-to-strik…

Law360 staffers vote to strike - Talking Biz News
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 voted to authorize a strike Monday. The union says the strike is due to lack of progress at the bargaining table, unlawful tactics that violate union members’ rights and planned layoffs following record profits in 2023. Law360 Union is part of the NewsGuild of New York, which represents nearly […]