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Dan Q

Apparently Automattic are laying off around one in six of their workforce. And I'm one of the unlucky ones.

Anybody remote hiring for a UK-based full-stack web developer (in a world that doesn't seem to believe that full-stack developers exist anymore) with 25+ years professional experience, specialising in PHP, Ruby, JS, HTML, CSS, devops, and about 50% of CMSes you've ever heard of (and probably some you haven't)... with a flair for security, accessibility, standards-compliance, performance, and DexEx?

CV at: danq.me/cv/index.html

#note #work #automattic #job #memorable #employment

Via: 🔗 danq.me/2025/04/02/redundant/

danq.meDan Q | CV
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Henrik Schönemann

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob die Tragweite dessen verstanden wird.
Durch Glück wurde der Inhalt von dei.gov/waste.gov #DOGE sichtbar, der sollte noch gar öffentlich sein:

- 'Beweise' für wasteful spending
- was alles Ziel ist (z.B. Förderung von LGBT weltweit; Indigenes Wissen)
- Regierungsseiten bei einer privaten Firma gehosted #automattic #wordpress

fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/1139986

Zum selber schauen:
archive.org/details/changedete

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FeDiHumHenrik Schönemann (@lavaeolus@fedihum.org)Attached: 4 images This needs to be shared widely: #WhitehouseWash My change-detection just caught something big: dei.gov got registered around one week ago - for some days it was empty. Than a long list appeared, which quickly got password-protected; see screenshots. It lists short bullet-points about 'wasteful' governmental spending, looks like a list to justify their actions (and what may be to come) Hosted by #Automattic (of #Wordpress-fame) #DEI #US #USA
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Henrik Schönemann

This needs to be shared widely:

#WhitehouseWash
My change-detection just caught something big:
dei.gov got registered around one week ago - for some days it was empty.
Than a long list appeared, which quickly got password-protected; see screenshots.

It lists short bullet-points about 'wasteful' governmental spending, looks like a list to justify their actions (and what may be to come)

See for yourself:
archive.org/details/changedete

Hosted by #Automattic (of #Wordpress-fame)

A long list of new deleted sentences, too many for this alttext. Some examples: * $78,000 to Palestinian activist group whose chairman was photographed attending an anniversary event celebrating the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Palestine terrorist group * $1 Million for foreign DEI programs, including ‘indigenous language technology’ in Guatemala, per non-public funding docs reviewed by WFB * $5 million for effort to treat eating disorders by “affirming” LGBTQIA+ patients’ sexual orientation and gender claims * Up to $3 million to defund the police advocacy group to pursue “climate justice” for convicts * $500,000 for research on “indigenous knowledge” – “a pseudoscience that posits native Indians possess unique insights into the workings of the universe” * Funded performances of play “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” in which God is bisexual and communists are good, in North Macedonia * Disbursed $15,000 to “queer” Muslim writers in India * Shelled out tens of thousands to create army of 2,500 LGBTQI+ allies
* Up to $10 million worth of USAID-funded meals went to al Qaeda-linked terrorist group the Nusra Front * $500,000 to group that “empowers women” in attempt to solve sectarian violence in Israel just ten days before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks * $4.67 million to EcoHealth Alliance – one of the key NGOs funding bat virus research at Wuhan Institute of Virology — in late 2021. Later refused to answer key questions about the funding. * $7.9 million to a project that would teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid “binary-gendered language” * $1.3 million to Arab and Jewish photographers * $1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities” * $2 million to promote “LGBT equality through entrepreneurship…in developing Latin American countries.” * Education Week: “Biden Administration Cites 1619 Project as Inspiration in History Grant Proposal” * VA took at least a dozen actions aimed at bolstering DEI during the Biden-Harris administration while the number of homeless veterans increased and the amount of claims in the VA’s backlog grew from ~211,000 to ~378,000 * NASA has allocated roughly $10 million to grants advancing DEI and “environmental justice” since 2020 * Following President Trump’s executive order on DEI at federal agencies, the ATF “quietly changing the job title of its former diversity officer… to ‘senior executive’ with the ATF.
* The Department of Labor requested additional funding in 2023 for “The Chief Evaluation Office for a new rigorous interagency evaluation of actions aimed at improving Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility across the federal workforce,” more than $6.5 million “to restore employee benefits programs that will advance equity by specifically addressing how opportunities can be expanded for underserved communities and vulnerable populations,” and $5 million “to evaluate actions aimed at improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within the federal workforce.” * Fox Business: “FOX Business’ ‘Trouble in the Skies,’ a six month investigation of the FAA’s new hiring practices, uncovered changes that may put the nation’s flying public at risk as well as allegations that the newest air traffic control recruits had access to answers on a key test that helped them gain jobs with the FAA…Also uncovered was an FAA effort to promote diversity that discarded 3000 qualified college graduates with degrees in air traffic control despite their following FAA procedure and obtaining FAA accredited degrees.” --- the only new content: This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password:
host dei.gov dei.gov has address 192.0.66.36 whois 192.0.66.26 NetRange: 192.0.64.0 - 192.0.127.255 CIDR: 192.0.64.0/18 NetName: AUTOMATTIC NetHandle: NET-192-0-64-0-1 Parent: NET192 (NET-192-0-0-0-0) NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: AS2635 Organization: Automattic, Inc (AUTOM-93) RegDate: 2012-11-20 Updated: 2024-05-21 Comment: Geofeed https://as2635.network/geofeed.csv Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/192.0.64.0 OrgName: Automattic, Inc OrgId: AUTOM-93 Address: 60 29th Street #343 City: San Francisco StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94110 Country: US RegDate: 2011-10-05
#DEI#US#USA
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fedipact :FediPact:

Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes

"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today."

techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumb

don't let transphobe matt mullenweg and his corpo buddies in! sign The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact and pledge to defederate them from your instance today!!!!!

fedipact2.online

TechCrunch · Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunchSince 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse -- the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub
#FediPact#tumblr#automattic
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MOULE #RedInstead

Since #Tumblr (owned by #MattMullenweg's #Automattic) renewed plans to join the #Fediverse, I suggest blocking them (as I have) for the same reason as #Threads: queerphobia and corporate tracking.

Just like the anti-Meta #FediPact (FediPact.online), there's now an anti-Automattic #FediPact2: FediPact2.online

Like I did with Meta, I wrote #iptables commands your #FediAdmin can use to drop all traffic to and from Automattic's IP addresses: pastebin.com/e5UKJCKU (source: AS2635)

Screenshot from https://wip.tumblr.com/post/773574776721702912/about-a-year-ago-wordpress-ceo-matt-mullenweg, where mohdasif asks: "About a year ago, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg mentioned that Tumblr would support the Fediverse, but there haven’t been any updates on this since then. "While the Fediverse is an interesting idea, I believe Tumblr should consider supporting AT Protocol instead. With Bluesky being the fastest-growing social media platform and the only one currently using AT Protocol, implementing this on Tumblr would not only provide strong competition but also make it easier for users to move between platforms. "This could help prevent monopolies and promote decentralized social networking. Are there any plans for Tumblr to adopt AT Protocol, or could this be considered in the future?" wip.tumblr.com replies: "Hi, @mohdasif! "Good news! While it is still on the list, the Tumblr to WordPress migration will definitely unlock ActivityPub for Tumblr! In fact, one big reason for the migration itself is to get us into the Fediverse. When that’s done, we’re in. "The migration is still a work in progress, as we’ve previously detailed here, but we can say for sure that it will include support for WordPress’s existing ActivityPub plugins. We hope this comes as good news. "Thanks for your question, and we hope it won’t be too long. Keep the questions coming!"
Screenshot of my Mastodon server's audit logs (an admin-only interface) showing that on January 27, 2025, at 9:01 PM AWST, I blocked tumblr.com from federating with my self-hosted Mastodon instance.
Screenshot from https://PasteBin.com/e5UKJCKU showing the list of all IP address ranges Automattic owns, as commands to drop all inbound and outbound traffic from them in iptables (a Linux firewall).
Screenshot showing the Mastodon user preferences menu with the following text explaining steps to mute Tumblr, with arrows pointing to each step. It reads: "How Mastodon users can mute federated Tumblr posts (NOTE: This will only hide posts from Tumblr from appearing in your timeline, only admins can block servers from federating entirely. See https://fedi.tips/blocking-and-muting-servers-on-mastodon/ for more information.) "1. Go to Preferences > Import and export > Import. 2. Click the "Import type" dropdown menu and select "Domain blocking list" 3. Create a CSV (Comma-Separated Variables) file named "blocked _domains.cv" with the following: domain,severity,public_comment,reject_media,reject_reports,obfuscate tumblr.com,suspend,,True,False,False 4. Click "Choose file" and choose "blocked_domains.csv". 5. Click "Merge". Do NOT click "Overwrite"; this will delete your previous domain blocks! 6. Click "Upload"."
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fedipact :FediPact:

The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact

today i'm very happy to announce the creation of a new initiative! The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact. similar to the first fedipact this is a thingy i've created to encourage peeps to defed a coming big corpo instance. this time, tumblr! resist corporate invasion of the fediverse and sign today!

fedipact2.online

fedipact2.onlineThe Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord 🚗🔨💥
#FediPact#tumblr#automattic
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James Huff :prami_pride_pan:

"A year after initial tests began, the blogging site #Tumblr, now owned by WordPress.com parent #Automattic, is launching its Communities feature out of beta. Communities offer semi-private spaces on Tumblr where people can network around topics of interest, similar to Reddit’s forums known as subreddits or X’s Communities."

techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/tumb

TechCrunch · Tumblr launches its interest-focused Communities out of beta | TechCrunchA year after initial tests began, the web blogging site Tumblr, now owned by Wordpress.com parent Automattic, is launching its Communities feature out of
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Matthias Pfefferle

We just released version 4.1.0 of the #ActivityPub Plugin for #WordPress wordpress.org/plugins/activity

Some handpicked features:

* Custom Preview for “Fediverse” (needs WordPress 6.7)
* Support `comment_previously_approved` setting
* Add title to content if post is a `Note` (cc @davew )
* Fallback to blog-user if specific user is disabled (cc @cdevroe )

Happy federated blogging!

The version on WordPress.com will also be updated soon!

WordPress.orgActivityPubThe ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the ActivityStreams 2.0 data format.
#automattic#wordpressdotcom
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Bego Mario Garde

If you're not yet tired of following the dispute between Automattic and WP Engine and the impact on the WordPress community, you should read this brilliantly written post.

The post is very detailed, but describes the background and picks apart a post previously published on A8c's blog piece by piece.

In my view, it's a must-read.

joshcollinsworth.com/blog/resp

by @collinsworth

#WordPressDrama
#wpengine
#Automattic

Josh CollinsworthA response to "Defending Open Source: Protecting the Future of WordPress"I feel it's important to issue a critical reading of Automattic's post, as it doesn't seem to offer any serious or objective examination of the issues at hand. Rather, the post unfortunately reads as something more akin to a puff piece, or corporate propaganda.
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cyberia╱eu × mr.luk4

Paid Memberships Pro: Leaving WordPress.org: What It Means for PMPro Users ↴
paidmembershipspro.com/leaving

“#WordPress.org is Matt #Mullenweg’s personal website (source: the #Automattic account on X.com). Matt is also the owner of our largest competitor, #WooCommerce. The conflict of interest was always there, but in the weeks following WordCamp US 2024, Matt crossed several lines that make it crystal clear that he has no intentions of running WordPress.org as an #open and #fair #platform.”

Paid Memberships Pro · Leaving WordPress.org: What It Means for PMPro UsersThis post details our decision to self-host the Paid Memberships Pro plugin and close the .org repository listing on October 17, 2024.
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