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Shannon Liao
@Shannon_Liao
Writer, novelist, founder of Sky Liao LLC past lives @washingtonpost @CNN subscribe to my newsletter for bespoke stories ✨ email: [email protected]
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Joined July 2011
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    so excited to be part of this CNN documentary that started airing on Sunday. catch a clip of me below (featuring the old purple hair):
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    Activision Blizzard employees confirmed to me that they're walking out digitally, stopping work today, demanding CEO Bobby Kotick resigns, and that the company gets reviewed by a third party that employees appoint. Some say about 200 employees have agreed to walk out
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    Activision Blizzard employees are taking one more step towards unionization today, calling for workers across the company to sign union authorization cards in support of a union. They launched a GoFundMe page, with a goal of $1 million, to create funds for striking. Story to come
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    BREAKING NEWS: Riot Games settles the 2018 California gender discrimination suit for $100 million. $80 million will go to women employees and contractors at Riot who worked there between 2014 and now.
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    Exclusive: Activision Blizzard shareholders call on CEO Bobby Kotick to resign and the board's two longest-serving directors, Brian Kelly and Robert Morgado, to retire by December 31. The shareholders sent a letter to the board of directors this morning.
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    The Activision Blizzard walkout continues for a fifth day today. This is the company's third walkout it's seen in five months and the first one to last multiple days. Workers demand the company reverse the layoffs of 12 Raven Software QA testers and make contractors full-time.
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    Twitch's statement on @DrDisrespect ban: "As is our process, we take appropriate action when we have evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. These apply to all streamers regardless of status or prominence in the community.”
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    "I'd rather kill myself than join Kick," @TubboLive told me Sunday afternoon during the last day of Twitchcon. More here:
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    Activision Blizzard workers are entering their seventh week of striking. Many are Raven quality assurance testers working on Call of Duty: Warzone, which players complain is full of game-breaking bugs, invisible skins and more. My latest:
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    Replying to @morgan_sung
    this!! i literally had to keep a few much cheaper versions of all of my hair products at home so my ex could use those gratuitously instead
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    BREAKING: Activision Blizzard has been sued for wrongful death by the family of the woman who committed suicide and was named in the California state agency lawsuit from last July.
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    GameStop stock is currently priced higher than Apple, Facebook, Microsoft or Disney stock. Didn't think I'd be typing those words in 2021
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    NEW: Activision Blizzard has not responded to workers' request to recognize their union. The 6PM ET deadline has passed. Now workers plan to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. Our full story here:
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    Raven Software employees just won their union election, with 19 votes yes, 3 votes no. It's a significant vote, as the Game Workers Alliance will be one of the first blockbuster gaming unions in the United States.