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• Post #4458544

  Jimmy Wales breaks with WMF leadership on Littler Mendelson "union avoidance" firm: > I was not aware when I said that no union busting law firms had been hired that Littler Mendelson had been hired. When I found out, I immediately emailed the WMF to say that I think it was a mistake and to recommend firing them immediately. -- Jimbo Wales 00:41, 9 August 2026 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#c-Jimbo_Wales-20260809004100-Femke-20260802182900

• Post #4400635

  And so it begins :) NLRB vote for unionizing Wikimedia Foundation's US staff is in the works: * ballots to be mailed to staff on August 11 * must be returned for counting before September 3 * there will be opportunity for observers and to dispute eligibility at the count https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d458432a7a5

• Post #4361657

  > For an organization built around transparency and community participation, the dispute has become about more than union recognition. It has become a test of whether Wikimedia's internal practices match the values it promotes to the world. https://www.ibtimes.sg/wikimedia-foundation-declines-voluntary-union-recognition-labor-dispute-grows-91377

• Post #4231003

  > Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) has released the following statement after announcing today that it will file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the Wikimedia Foundation declined the union's request for voluntary recognition: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/wiki-workers-united-uscwa-will-file-nlrb-election-after-wikimedia-foundation-declines

• Post #4231002

  hack the planet

• Post #4166043

  > On Monday, just days after the massive Wikimania Conference concluded in Paris, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would not voluntarily recognize the union and said the union would have to conduct a vote as overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. https://www.404media.co/wikimedia-waits-until-after-its-massive-conference-to-say-it-wont-voluntarily-recognize-union/

• Post #4107291

  *yawning waking up* welp that was a fine fine #Wikimania y'all :babyglobe_party: Time to go home today! :babyglobe_sad: Big WikiLove :wikilove: hugs to all the old friends and new friends I talked to, and to anybody I missed! I'll see many of you again soon at Wikiconference North America in Edmonton, or at the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference in Ljubljana, or at the Wikimedia Hackathon in Tirana, or next year at Wikimania in Santiago, etc! #Wikimania2026

• Post #4070841

  > Workers at the Wikimedia Foundation — the San Francisco-based foundation that hosts Wikipedia — demanded voluntary recognition of their union, Wiki Workers United U.S., on Monday. > > The staff who run the platform say they want a stronger voice in their workplace, better job protections and an end to common practices that make life “precarious for everyday workers,” according to Jeremy Bernick, one of the union organizers. > ... https://www.kqed.org/news/12092335/staff-of-san-f...

• Post #4011856

  Having a great time at #Wikimania #Wikimania2026 so far! Got a community wishlist item knocked out yesterday, had some great conversations today. Next up is a serious session about board election reform, which is going to be interesting... ✊ Lots of interest and support for Wiki Workers United among editors and other contributors so far! We got this!

• Post #3972678

  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hacks4pancakes/116953788163036206 See also Erin Reed's adult & youth trans safety maps: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-national-legal-risk-assessment-bb2

• Post #3961360

  > Wiki Workers United U.S. Branch Demands Voluntary Recognition from Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-20-us-demands-voluntary-recognition/ https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/wiki-workers-united-us-branch-demands-voluntary-recognition-wikimedia-foundation #Wikimania #Wikimania2026

• Post #3894734

  https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-17-uk-wikimedia-foundation-unionising-progress-update/

• Post #3493231

  When you work to what you can measure, you'll do what's easy to measure.

• Post #3334158

• Post #2161008

  CORS. Why does it always have to be CORS.

• Post #2161005

  thanks to the power of vyvanse i got stuff done today \o/ * quick reply re timedmediahandler tweaks other folks are working on * morning team meetings, catching up on status * got a couple of colleagues' small, fully-working patches through CR * reverted a colleague's merged patch :( which wasn't quite baked and caused regressions. * identified a key broken bit in the reverted patch, not 100% sure the best path to fix but it's CORS-related and *ugh* * quick-fix p...

• Post #2077415

  Tired: "Sorry, that API is kinda ugly to use for historical reasons." Wired: "Do not cite the deep magic to me; I was there when it was written."

• Post #1873520

  Going all-in on AI seems to have *trashed* Microsoft's reliability and reputation, especially with GitHub, previously their crown jewel / star acquisition. This is becoming increasingly embarrassing for Microsoft execs, grovelling and apologizing as high-profile users leave GitHub... Don't let it happen at your company: STAY AWAY FROM LLM TOOLING AND CODING and keep your customers happy! https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/github-is-failing-me-every-single-day-and-it-is-p...

• Post #1535828

  ✊

• Post #931198

  Made my registration request for Wikimania Paris :)

• Post #931197

  I'm so glad Wikipedia editors are on the ball, keeping AI slop peddlers like this out of our public resource. I'm proud of all you editors fighting the good fight for humanity! <3 https://www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-was-banned-from-creating-wikipedia-articles-then-wrote-angry-blogs-about-being-banned/ [free-signup-wall]

• Post #931196

  RE: https://a2mi.social/@misconceptions/116321250468841404 The Thanos snap was utterly unnecessary; the impediment to feeding everyone isn't insufficient resources, but lack of political will to distribute them to those most in need.

• Post #508272

  Unions are like condoms -- if someone tries to tell you you don't need one, you *definitely* need one.