Joan E. Solsman

Amen

SCOOP: Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service. Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions, by @hannah_natanson @FedGirlWaPo @lizzadwoskin @faizsays :

@natalieandrews Hey we’re strangers in life, but not strangers in grief — I lost my brother like this too. Was working at WSJ at the time as well. DMs open, wishing you solace in your grief and joy in your memories.

Not the story I expected to file on Election Day. My brothers obituary. Please, please, if you need help, or know of someone who does, the suicide hotline is 988. All I can think to do in grief is to share this number as much as possible. russonmortuary.com/obituaries/ken…

@jank0 Congrats!

BIG NEWS! After winning an online election, our @CNET union is officially recognized! According to our unofficial count, it was a landslide victory, with over 89% of our bargaining unit voting YES. Congrats to all the workers for leaving the woodpile higher than we found it!

I left CNET in March after nearly 10 years, and one of my few regrets is it meant missing out on this moment! Congrats to all my colleagues, for your hard work and your dedication to what makes CNET great

@RogerWCheng @CNET Also: from many years of first-hand experience, having @RogerWCheng as your editor is pretty great

These represent just a sliver of the amazing stories @CNET writes on a regular basis, and I'm constantly amazed and impressed by the talent, passion, integrity and skill of the writers and editors on this staff.

With the noise of big tech events like this week's #SamsungUnpacked or the next #iPhone launch, it's easy to miss that @CNET produces a tremendous amount of deeply reported, important stories. Here are a few:

@BrandyZadrozny That’s so Virgo, am I doing this right?

I don’t know why but I ask people their sign all the time. I also don’t know anything about astrology so when they tell me I just say oh wow.

@OGreporter Oh no! Wishing you a successful surgery, smooth recovery and cancer-free days ahead, the sooner the better.

Some news about my health.

@JBFlint If you don’t love me at my Yahoo you don’t deserve me at my

I've been told that I'll get accepted by Post quicker if I use my WSJ email. Nope. I am more than my WSJ email. If you want me, you have to take my Yahoo email!

@karaswisher Praise be unto the Wayback Machine It doesn't solve link-rot but it's one way journalists can preserve their work when some billionaire's minions make it go poof web.archive.org/web/2013060314…

@ShiraOvide @mhbergen PSA: Average minute audience is ummmm not very comparable to a tally of YouTube views....

Cocomelon has 6 times the viewership of the Super Bowl in a week. from @mhbergen bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

@RichLightShed @wbd @PrimeVideo @hbomax This instance seems like a win for consumers. Prime Video subs can binge the LOTR movies on the same service where the new prequel series will premiere next week. No figuring out where to find them, or shelling out for multiple services to catch-up binge.

One picture shows the difference between the Zaslav and Kilar eras at $WBD @wbd #LordOfTheRings movies are now on @PrimeVideo as well as @hbomax The push toward exclusive streaming content is over as Warner refocuses on its history as a content arms dealer

ASL is remarkable. Getting an Eddie nomination is great, but even better is that it was for this story: cnet.com/tech/services-…

@venomousbeetle Thanks! But it’s actually not so simple — Encanto was in theaters just 30 days before D+. Shang-Chi, 70 days. And of course this is the first Pixar movie to get a wide theatrical rease in 2+ years. The 45-day window is complicated.

@joan_e You can even ask Siri, 46 days ago (it comes out tomorrow) is June 17th.

@joan_e Disney has a 45-day release clause similar to HBO max’s, it’s unrelated to other factors. cnet.com/tech/home-ente…

In the Metaverse, Your Heart Can Be as True as the Boobs Are Fake cnet.com/tech/computing…

'Stranger Things' Will Be Netflix's Biggest Hit Yet. How? Netflix Changed its Rules cnet.co/3NFQz58

@BrandyZadrozny National Child Traumatic Stress Network: nctsn.org/resources/talk… National Education Assoc.: nea.org/advocating-for… US Dept of Education: files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED488…

@BrandyZadrozny National Assoc.of School Psychologists: nasponline.org/resources-and-… Anti-Defamation League: adl.org/resources/tool… American School Counselor Assoc.: schoolcounselor.org/Publications-R…

Any good resources that you’ve personally found helpful for talking with young children about school shootings?