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Facebook will also focus its early remote efforts on letting people work from areas close to Facebook’s existing offices — places like Portland, San Diego, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The company also expects to set up new clusters of employees in Atlanta, Dallas and Denver. — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook will start by ramping up remote hiring for advanced engineering positions — new grads and entry level roles won’t be eligible for remote hiring, Zuckerberg says. — PolitiTweet.org

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One small note but an indication of where things are headed: Zuckeberg views video chat and augmented and virtual reality as important tools for helping workers stay connected. Facebook’s own VR tools may give it an advantage in this respect. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg: “Of the people who said they might want to work full-time remotely, about 45 percent of them said they were pretty confident they would move to another place." — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg citing internal surveys showing that 60 percent would like the flexibility to work remotely, but there are also big swaths of employees that he said want to “get back to the office as soon as possible." — PolitiTweet.org

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He was clear that this 50% number is a guess, not a target, but that the company is certainly going to ramp up remote hiring and he wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where things ended up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg is pitching this both as a matter of employee satisfaction as well as a workforce diversity and economic opportunity issue. https://t.co/Vt2TszG1Fl — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg says that within the next 10 years, he expects that as much as 50% of the company could be working fully remotely. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mark Zuckerberg is doing a livestream about Facebook’s remote work plans. He says 95% of the company is currently remote and that even as they allow people back to the office, he expects only 25% to be back at their desks initially. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonsarlin: The CEO of Zoom is an immigrant, blocked from the US 8 times. He became a billionaire selling Zoom to businesses and never e… — PolitiTweet.org

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Spotify says it’s letting employees work remotely through the end of the year if they choose, as the company takes a phased, city-by-city approach to reopening offices around the world. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abbydphillip: This tweet has now been resent to say "applications" were sent to all voters. But it's still not true that this was done… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zpincusroth: Powerful opening to @TracyJan's story about Asian American medical workers who face racism as they try to save lives https… — PolitiTweet.org

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Nobody told me Daft Punk was coming to town — PolitiTweet.org

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@scribandotcom This seems like it supports direct connection via USB-C: https://t.co/2SXByir9IE @JohnLeibovitz — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnLeibovitz Regular podcasting USB mics won’t cut it because I won’t be close enough to the computer. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnLeibovitz TV hits from my laptop. — PolitiTweet.org

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@scribandotcom And some people report it doesn’t always work: https://t.co/ENESDUWcYw — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnLeibovitz The problem isn’t spending $10 on an adapter that might or might not work. The problem is dropping $50 on a lav mic and *then* an adapter that, if it doesn’t work, creates questions about whether you could have solved it with a different mic. — PolitiTweet.org

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@scribandotcom You basically gotta MacGyver it with daisychained adapters in a janky-ass setup. https://t.co/jEEFFc6REO — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnLeibovitz A lot of the reviews I’ve read on various mics have reported issues here and there of these sorts of workarounds mysteriously not working. Wanted to see if there’s a direct way before I take a chance. — PolitiTweet.org

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AKA “Today in Why The Hell Did Apple Have to Eliminate 3.5mm Jacks From Every Damn Thing" — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m also open to considering shotgun mics, with minimal fiddling with adapters and such. Been spending much of the afternoon going down a research rabbit hole on this but no clear choice has emerged. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hivemind: I need your help. What’s the best lavalier mic that will send audio directly to a 2018 MacBook Pro via USB-C? — PolitiTweet.org

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On Saturday, the president of the United States vowed to use the levers of government to target his perceived political enemies in the private sector. — PolitiTweet.org

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At least I have this little nugget to keep me company https://t.co/HpCwtb2lJO — PolitiTweet.org

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Have reached the stage of feature-writing where you keep accidentally finding yourself on “just one more reporting call” over and over and over — PolitiTweet.org

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A silver lining to #WFH: Everyone seems to have gotten on board with 30-minute meetings. — PolitiTweet.org

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A Chinese state media official suggested China could investigate Apple and Cisco, or stop buying planes from Boeing, after the Commerce Department unveiled a new rule today targeting Huawei: https://t.co/NpihUuRIQZ — PolitiTweet.org

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One area where we journalists could do better is explaining: Why wear a mask? It’s not just to prevent yourself from getting sick. It’s not just to prevent others from getting sick. It’s to keep the entire health care system functional for anyone who might need it. — PolitiTweet.org