Dana El-Kurd
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4,891 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 30 May
Dana El-Kurd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so when you fire these people, you are saying, we don't really give a shit about the volunteer community.
And it's also noted in Jake's article that most of those engineers were union organizers.
Now, there is currently a solidarity petition for Wikipedia editors.
So if you are an editor of Wikipedia, I think it would be great if you signed that solidarity petition.
This is the first time that editors have had to do an organized solidarity action with paid foundation staff.
And yeah, it's a whole thing.
The salaried staff there are not on one side about this.
This is extremely controversial.
It has a lot to do with the fact that a number of the old guard, including, you know, the folks who are like a number of like some of the oldest people at Wikipedia, have a kind of libertarian bit to them, you might say.
And in January 20th of 2026, Bernadette Vian was recruited as CEO of Wikipedia.
the foundation, and her prior career included work at J.P.
Morgan and Lehman Brothers, as well as a spokesperson role for the NSC, the National Security Council.
She was on the Obama Foundation.
She was the U.S.
ambassador to Chile.
Oh, great.
So this is someone who...
comes from a background in which fucking with union attempts are very, like, normal and accepted.
The union's demands are not extreme.
They would not have any meaningful impact whatsoever on the pile of cash that Wikipedia has.
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