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Thoughtful and funny. I can see why he gets paid to write four jokes every two weeks now. @savetheobs.bsky.social #StewartLee youtu.be/PFLim2CRDyI?...

@fletcherr.bsky.social Times biz desk report on recent developments in Guardian dispute with its NUJ chapel is completely inaccurate. Could you look into it please?

@lukebailey.bsky.social @eleanormia.bsky.social please can you raise with your comment ed.. you are the only two I paper journos easy to find on bsky. Thanks!

Further to last post… what was actually voted on this week

Wow. This article claiming journalists ‘voted through the sale of the Observer’ is completely inaccurate. Simply untrue. The journalists voted for a mitigation package giving better terms. The deal was signed before Christmas against the wishes of G&O journalists.🧵 www.thetimes.com/article/0108...

Spot the difference… (Guardian vs FT)

Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse… 😔

Don't have a regular subscription to The Guardian, but I've just cancelled my monthly direct debit to it which I'd set up to support it. @theguardian.com I will not reinstate it until I hear that the Scott Trust has scrapped its crazy and unnecessary sale of The Observer. @savetheobs.bsky.social

Wow! Obs friend just told me that they are getting reports of furious readers not just cancelling subscriptions but also demanding a refund for their supporter donations - and at least one has received a near-full refund! This is the letter one sent 🤯🔥 🧵

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Oops. This time with correct link pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

Natasha Walter 🙏

URGENT: the strikes have made a breakthrough: "..as MPs table early day motion." Politicians express “serious concerns” about Observer sale This could and should be a significant turning point, and they should be cheering down on the picket line. Gov petition next? www.nuj.org.uk/resource/day...

👀 Memo to the Scott Trust: “We are often told how much our support is appreciated. It would be nice if someone rewarded our support by asking our opinion on the plan to sell off the Observer.” Our readers would like a word. #savetheobserver 🙏🏻 www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

The fourth incensed letter since Monday … pressgazette.co.uk

Fury has not subsided at the Graun, then…⬇️

Oh, and ANOTHER one… it really is impossible to find anyone except Scott Trust / GMG board members and Tortoise media bosses who think this is a good idea 🤔

And another stinging letter, this one from the esteemed foreign correspondents and editors of the Guardian ⬇️⬇️

Thanks for your coverage, @thenewsagents.com

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Guardian & Observer NUJ branch statement on the sale of the Observer to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social. And from Tim Gopsil, LFB Chair. @gonuj.org @savetheobs.bsky.social #savetheobserver ♻️Next strike is 12-13 Dec. www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2412gmg.h...

Proud to sign this letter with so many Guardian and Observer colleagues, from reporters to production editors to some of the UK’s most popular columnists. Will the Scott Trust stop and reflect on the fact it’s lost the confidence of its journalists?

*heavy sarcasm

Just catching up on yesterday’s news about the Tortoise takeover of the Obs being signed. Pravda here has got a very balanced report packed with strike action background and views of journalists… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Sounds like a fun meeting… absolutely incredible that Guardian management signed a deal that 93% of their staff were striking against WHILE they were on strike Proper totalitarian behaviour their from our favourite liberal news org 😂

Everyone who has stood on that picket line today and yesterday has stood for more than just The Observer. They have stood for a free and fair press: something which is being diminished all over the world. I acknowledge, admire and honour each and every person who has been there. Thank you.

New thread of US press coverage - let me know if you spot anymore 🙏

My friends / former colleagues at the Obs point out that the US press is waking up to the Guardian crisis over the ill judged plan to offload the title. Will 🧵 them here… NYT first. The boss!

Mick Lynch! Love it

Love this!

So much coverage from yesterday’s immense first day of strike action. The first Guardian strike in over 50 years! Here’s Sky News (in two parts) ⬇️🧵 See you soon for day two!

Thank you to @channel4news.bsky.social for this report from yesterday’s day of strike action. See you later for day two! www.channel4.com/news/guardia...

Support the 700 + Guardian/Observer journalists on strike. Write the papers owners, Scott Trust, and tell them 'No Sale'. [email protected] #SaveTheObserver

Thank you @bakerpictures.bsky.social for coming to support the strike and taking these great photos of a couple of animated fellas. And thanks @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for being your brilliant self. And thanks to everyone who turned up to show solidarity in the fight to save the Observer. ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽💙💙

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A former executive said: “It’s a mess, someone needs to restore trust between the trust, the editor and the journalists” inews.co.uk/news/guardia...

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Over 100 famous names have offered their public support for our campaign to stop the sale of the Observer Thank you Tilda Swinton 🙏💪🧡

Bloody brilliant! 🐶 #dogsonpicketlines

Would you like a badge? Join us tomorrow at GNM HQ at Kings Place if you can #savetheobserver

It's a big day for us tomorrow and here are a few people who support our cause to save the Observer. Thanks so much to @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @richardcoles.bsky.social and @carolinelucas.bsky.social to name a few. We’ll be sharing news throughout the day so make sure you follow us for updates

Exemplary shitshow summary in Irish Times : ‘Deal or no deal, this is poised to be a crucial week for the group and its journalists. The main lesson so far is that Guardian staff have been loyal to their Observer colleagues, while the company has not.’ www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

A statement from Tortoise said: “We hope the NUJ will listen to the growing number of voices on The Observer looking to see it given a new lease of life”. We've been listening to all the voices on the Observer. We're going on strike ✊ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2476474...

“Attempts to lure new subscribers with.. claims of [independence]+ a transparent ownership model are undermined if staff are… driven to the picket lines by a business-focused board. Many paying readers will be unaware that [the writers] are to disappear behind a paywall” inews.co.uk/news/media/g...

Mutiny at the Guardian… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

And here's one from God's own poet Lemn Sissay: "Absolute bag of shite [the sale, not the NUJ). You are the guardians doing what a Guardian should. Guarding!!!" Lemn is one of a number of poets, singers & royals hoping to join us on Wednesday (OK we made up the bit about royals)

To the 2k of you following this account: thank you for your support. Next week’s a big one, and we’ll need you.

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We'd love to see you to join us on t next Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 4 and 5) , any time of day, outside the Guardian (90 York Way, London N1 9GU) for chats, songs, speeches and, of course that striking essential ... cake.