Rani Molla
@ranimolla
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Senior tech correspondent at @Sherwood_news. I write stuff and make charts. @voxdotcom @business @WSJ alumna. Signal: ranimolla.01
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Joined December 2008
Hung out in Elon Musk’s company town. Its playground is always broken. The school is accepting just a fraction of the students it was supposed to bc they didn’t build a big enough well. And you can buy any canned beverage imaginable but can’t recycle them
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My dog looks like he’s about to share a really bad political opinion
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Searches for “how to send a resignation email” rose 3,450% on Google in the past 3 months.
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Imagine ordering spicy food then trying to return it because it’s spicy? Arrestable offense.
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Google Search in 2004 vs Google AI Overview in 2024
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Why we need more people of color working in newsrooms in one article:
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My oldest man opinion is that headphones with cords are better.
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More Americans approve of labor unions than at any point since 1965
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Today I was laid off from a job I really loved at Vox while on maternity leave 🙃. They let go of a lot of amazing writers. I'm gonna take a beat to hang with my baby, but keep me in your thoughts for tech/data journalism jobs next year.
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Coronavirus making earnings calls into the weirdest reboot of MTV Cribs. Here is Netflix’s CEO reporting from what appears to be a child’s bedroom:
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Starbucks union says that only *3* of the 220 Starbucks stores that have voted to unionize have had their first bargaining sessions "due to Starbucks’ union-busting and delay tacts." @Starbucks @SBWorkersUnited.
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“If I go into the office and there are people but none of them are on my team, I don’t gain anything besides a commute." — Mathew, payroll company, NJ
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Pretty sure the only people my age who make phone calls are journalists.
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Runs two companies, eats no food, needs an intervention. Billionaire Jack Dorsey's 11 wellness hacks:
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If you’re an AirPod owner, how many pairs have you owned? I suspect AirPods are actually a subscription business.
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More than 69 million people early voted — about half the total turnout of 2016. Nice!
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Having grown up very poor I’m always startled by how many things are free only once you have money.
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Facebook's reorganized product team is led by more guys named Chris than women:
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Amazon just had its third quarter of record profit!*. *This is what that looks like compared to revenue
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I’d argue the most effective politicians on Twitter are @realDonaldTrump and @Ocasio2018 for completely different reasons. Trump uses dog whistles and obfuscation while Ocasio-Cortez gives a clear and clear-headed look at what’s happening day to day in our government. Both work.
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“What makes this so frustrating is that my wife will send me a photo of her and my 10-month-old son going out for a walk. If I had a break at home, I’d go on a walk with them.” — Wells Fargo financial services employee in Iowa
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I know it’s early but I’d like to nominate the dog in @rickygervais’ #AfterLife for best supporting actress.
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Bloomberg asking Adam Neumann on why Andreessen Horowitz invested $350M in his new startup after everything at WeWork: “That’s a question for Andreessen Horowitz”.
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“If employees refuse to come in, it means the system isn’t working” — @I_Am_NickBloom . I talked to a bunch of people who've had to return to the office about what it's been like — and how it could be better. 🧵.
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Remember that time when Amazon built AWS for itself?.
SCOOP: Amazon just launched Amazon Care, virtual medical clinics for its own employees. That includes pharmacy, virtual visits, and in-home care.
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Has a huge audience on Twitter but won’t shut about being cancelled
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I think Trump might be losing his thunder. Amazon's stock is up 2 percent this morning after this tweet:
The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon’s “chief lobbyist,” has another (of many) phony headlines, “Trump Defiant As China Adds Trade Penalties.” WRONG! Should read, “Trump Defiant as U.S. Adds Trade Penalties, Will End Barriers And Massive I.P. Theft.” Typically bad reporting!.
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My sister's friend just got a job using a cover letter written by ChatGPT and I kinda think that's great because cover letters are dumb.
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My friends who are watching my dog made the mistake of vacuuming
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Hello world! Baby Rio and I are on maternity leave. See you in October. Please send love but not email <3
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Level 3 was fine for our 2 year old, who ate it all without sending it back. Though, to be fair, he didn't pay.
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They got rid of all the friction to sign up for stuff but, by god, you will never be able to cancel
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Twitter lost 9 MILLION users last quarter — way more than ever
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I'm working on a diversity pandering BINGO board. Please contribute!
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Updated with new numbers. The US now has approximately 3,500 confirmed coronavirus cases — and a trajectory that's marching in lockstep with Italy @dylanlscott
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Amazon created a fake Japanese streetwear brand it sold on Shopify to get intel on competitors. Wild investigation from @WSJ
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I'll probably update/edit/replace but here it is, folks: the Diversity Pandering BINGO Board. Thanks to everyone who made these excellent suggestions. Edits welcome!
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“I see ads for these teamwork apps — pictures of people sitting at a conference table and they have all sorts of things on the wall & they’re really collaborating. And I’m like, that’s not what we’re doing.” — Melissa, a government policy analyst in DC
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Three sentences into WeWork's "our story" section of its IPO filings and I have no idea what it does: "Our mission is to elevate the world’s consciousness".
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Because of their strict moral compass and good looks?
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I want to write a Tweet-sized opinion column called “Tiny Hills to Die On”.
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I don’t want to Twitter with Instagram friends. These are very different groups for me.
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Signal became one of the top 10 most downloaded social apps on iOS yesterday for the first time, according to data from App Annie. The last time Signal downloads ranked nearly as high was on the day of Trump’s inauguration.
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Crime is going down but we’re worrying about it more. How fear-based social media like Nextdoor, Citizen, and now Amazon’s Neighbors are making us afraid.
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In most therapist voice: Jack, this is just the *illusion* of control.
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for some reason I imagined storming the capitol would be more difficult than just like showing up with flags.
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I have not had a useful Facebook notification in about 2 years.
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Have been trying to put my finger on streaming service names for some time and I think I’ve got it
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I got catcalled on my run during coronavirus and while 7 months pregnant. Read the goddamn room, bro.
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Communication seems like a good thing until you have too much of it. It’s so easy to communicate with job software like Slack, Teams and Google Hangouts and Meet that we’re posting more messages than any one person can read.
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Debate night drinking game:.1. Drink because this is the state of American politics.
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Not sure where this originated and don’t normally trade in memes but lol
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A friend likened our wholesale use of social media to how people welcomed processed foods as the future in the 50s, and that feels right.
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So far @SBWorkersUnited has filed 125 unfair labor practice cases against @Starbucks. Following investigations, the National Labor Relations Board has issued *complaints* in 45 of those cases.
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I’m no doctor but. this is not enough calories to live an active life.
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I have half a mind to catalogue tech leaders’ batshit diet and exercise habits but I’m afraid of spreading the crazy.
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Here's the final diversity pandering BINGO board. Thanks for all these great suggestions!
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“People have adapted to remote work, and truthfully, the firm has done a tremendous job at adapting in the pandemic. But I think it’s more the returning to work that they’re struggling on.” — Andres, Boston law firm
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Slack says 76% of knowledge workers want flexibility in where they work. Executives are nearly 3x more likely than non-executive employees to want to return to the office full-time. Woof.
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If Twitter can’t stop abuse of its CEO’s account, imagine how good it is at stopping abuse of regular people
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@WSJ Equivalent of Trump’s signature: promising $50K but then only ponying up “a blue Walmart bag containing between $12,000 and $13,000 in cash and, randomly, a boxing glove that Mr. Cohen said had been worn by a Brazilian mixed-martial arts fighter”.
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There's new tension brewing in the world of remote work between bosses and regular employees: Who gets to work from home
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You had me at leaving the White House
Leaving the White House for the Great State of North Carolina. Big progress being made on many fronts!.
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Tim Cook on what he would do if he were Mark Zuckerberg: "I wouldn't be in this situation".
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I’m sitting in front of a tiktok influencer, something I know because he said he’s a tiktok influencer. Help.
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Crazy how all these tech companies are doing the right thing —*looks at watch*—way too late.
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On Friday the Starbucks union had its biggest win yet: Its flagship NYC roastery voted to unionize. Here's a 🧵 from my piece on why the @SBWorkersUnited has been so successful and what union movement could learn from it:
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LinkedIn data shows the transition in jobs from journalism and public relations to content and social media.
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I did it. I finally updated the media landscape chart. Send me praise. Direct your corrections/complaints to @pkafka
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WTF does this even mean? “You have this very focused point of mind in terms of this drive.” Someone get this man a sandwich.
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The hypocrisy is making workers angry and they're fighting back in the few ways they can: not showing up to the office or looking for work someplace else.
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Watch your back, WeWork, my neighborhood Indian place is coming for you
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The NLRB found that the Starbucks union *did not* threaten and coerce employees. On the other hand, the NLRB has issued 16 official complaints against Starbucks that include 70 charges and over 500 allegations of misconduct.
The NLRB dismissed Starbucks’ FALSE charges against union leaders in Phoenix, AZ. Starbucks claimed that union reps physically intimidated and berated customers & fellow workers. The NLRB investigated these charges and found no evidence to support Starbucks claims.
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@casualafro I lol’d twice:. “She just got sick of us calling her out for sounding kind of racist, so she started with this ‘moderate’ shit.”. And . “Like, just call yourself a Libertarian. It’s the same thing,” Reed added.
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WhatsApp is fighting fake news by limiting its virality. Facebook and Twitter might want to consider the same thing. Here's how it works: @KurtWagner8
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