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Brandon Mudd
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Award-losing writer. Grandad. Vet. Quoted by The Atlantic. Kinda. 8th-grade spelling bee champ. #DINFOS grad. He/Him/Jackass. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #BLM
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Wow. That is disturbingly accurate for today. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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This is the way

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My granddaughter has thoughts on that...

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I have family in Woodstock. Love the ATL area & Athena. The rest...

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A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message: WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY WE DID WHAT WE COULD *REMEMBER US* (Source: Doctors Without Borders)

A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message:

WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY

WE DID WHAT WE COULD

*REMEMBER US*

(Source: Doctors Without Borders)
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Jezebel was a good website. Our statement:

GMG Union Statement on Today’s Layoffs

Today, with no warning, G/O Media laid off 23 people across multiple outlets, including; Deadspin, Gizmodo, io9, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, The Onion, The Onion Art Department, and Quartz. These layoffs are cruel and entirely preventable. Jezebel, which has been a pillar of fearless journalism and important cultural commentary since 2007, was shut down entirely. G/O Media management failed to undertake the range of cost-cutting options it had—like furloughs, voluntary reduced hours, staff buyouts, and executive pay cuts—before laying off employees. Some of these layoffs come immediately after sites have made other hires for the same pay rate, raising questions about whether the layoffs had any forethought or were merely done at the whims of a capricious CEO.
It is particularly egregious that G/O Media chose to lay off journalists whose skills and beats are so valuable to the current political and cultural moment. By laying off writers and investigative reporters who focus on bodily autonomy, technology, climate change, and culture, the company has left itself unprepared to deal with the biggest stories of our modern world—stories that require a deft, knowledgeable hand in reporting. These cuts affect not only our network, but every reader who relied on this expert coverage to understand their own changing rights and place within the world.
The layoffs, and specifically the closure of Jezebel, also underscore fundamental flaws in the ad-supported media model, where concerns about “brand safety” limit supporting content about the biggest, most important stories of the day—stories that generate enormous traffic because people read and share them. Rather than rethink this model, G/O management has decided to shutter the brand entirely because of its strategic and commercial ineptitude. Jezebel was a good website, and the journalists who worked there were exemplary, brilliant, and deserved better than to have their site shuttered with no warning. Each of the journalists affected were experts in their beat, and have worked for years to develop their voice and skills. They did not deserve to be arbitrarily laid off due to “restructuring” when options remained available to G/O Media. 

Some of the journalists affected include:
From Gizmodo, 
Mack DeGeurin @mackdegeurin; mack.degeurin@gmail.com
Nikki Main @nlmain1; nikkimain15@gmail.com 
Angely Mercado amercado92@gmail.com 

From io9, 
Linda Codega @lincodega; lhcodega@gmail.com 

From Jalopnik,
Kyle Hyatt @kylejhyatt; info@kylehyatt.com 

From Jezebel,
Kady Ruth Ashcraft @kady_ruth; kadyruth@gmail.com 
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung; kyliec515@gmail.com
Caitlin Cruz @CaitlinRCruz; caitlinrcruz@protonmail.com 
Audra Heinrichs @audraheinrichs; audraheinrichs16@gmail.com 
Rich Juzwiak @richjuz; richjuz@gmail.com
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas; susanrinkunaswrites@gmail.com 
Lauren Tousignant @L_tousignant; Lauren.tousignant@gmail.com 

From Kotaku,
Ashley Bardhan @ashleybardhan; ashleybardhan@gmail.com 
Isaiah Colbert @shineyezehuhh; eyezehuhh@gmail.com
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This & 113 were some of the earliest X-Men issues I read. Still an incredible arc.

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Ok but hear me out: what if our two choices for President WEREN’T both older than the desegregation of Major League Baseball

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Brandon Mudd
@bwmudd.bsky.social
Award-losing writer. Grandad. Vet. Quoted by The Atlantic. Kinda. 8th-grade spelling bee champ. #DINFOS grad. He/Him/Jackass. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #BLM
39 followers289 following73 posts