Kellie
@kelliepeterson.com
🏳️🌈 Retired CEO living in Mexico 🇲🇽
Outraged citizen suffering from Main Character Syndrome, domain investor (names.net), Swiftie, avid collector, sommelier, Chicago native, architecture buff, hammock enthusiast, and lifelong learner.
Outraged citizen suffering from Main Character Syndrome, domain investor (names.net), Swiftie, avid collector, sommelier, Chicago native, architecture buff, hammock enthusiast, and lifelong learner.
Just curious... is it required now that every third movie released by Hollywood now features Sydney Sweeney?
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just curious... is it required now that every third movie released by Hollywood now features Sydney Sweeney?
I'd been missing some audiobooks that I cannot find from my library and I refuse to do Amazon, obvi. I'm thrilled with using Libro and even better - it benefits my favorite indie bookshop. You can choose your fav, too! If you #booktok folks want to try it out: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
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June 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'd been missing some audiobooks that I cannot find from my library and I refuse to do Amazon, obvi. I'm thrilled with using Libro and even better - it benefits my favorite indie bookshop. You can choose your fav, too! If you #booktok folks want to try it out: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Today I found the r/cursive subreddit. TIL that being able to read cursive is apparently a dying skill. www.reddit.com/r/Cursive/co...
Can someone help me decipher this?
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June 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Today I found the r/cursive subreddit. TIL that being able to read cursive is apparently a dying skill. www.reddit.com/r/Cursive/co...
I've been thinking quite a lot about why @ma.tt's actions about all this has bothered me so and it all came together this past week. I was writing about it and then the news of FAIR broke - and bam.
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
The Long Con: How Matt Mullenweg Used the WordPress Community to Build His For-Profit Empire
More than two decades ago, WordPress was born as a humble open-source blogging tool. Its co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, quickly became a…
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June 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've been thinking quite a lot about why @ma.tt's actions about all this has bothered me so and it all came together this past week. I was writing about it and then the news of FAIR broke - and bam.
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
Bombshell news out of the
@altctrl.org event alongside #WCEU: FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) introduces a #wordpress package manager in an aim to fully decentralize & futureproof WP by insulating the ecosystem from the anti-competitive whims of
@ma.tt
@altctrl.org event alongside #WCEU: FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) introduces a #wordpress package manager in an aim to fully decentralize & futureproof WP by insulating the ecosystem from the anti-competitive whims of
@ma.tt
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Bombshell news out of the
@altctrl.org event alongside #WCEU: FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) introduces a #wordpress package manager in an aim to fully decentralize & futureproof WP by insulating the ecosystem from the anti-competitive whims of
@ma.tt
@altctrl.org event alongside #WCEU: FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) introduces a #wordpress package manager in an aim to fully decentralize & futureproof WP by insulating the ecosystem from the anti-competitive whims of
@ma.tt
WUT? What world are we living in that Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) has glowed up to the point of being a submissive to Alexander Skarsgard? I LOVE this (one aspect of this hellscape of a) timeline. a24films.com/films/pillion
Pillion
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
WUT? What world are we living in that Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) has glowed up to the point of being a submissive to Alexander Skarsgard? I LOVE this (one aspect of this hellscape of a) timeline. a24films.com/films/pillion
Automattic adopts a new organizational naming model from luxury powerhouse LVMH that seems wildly tone-deaf after blaming “feedback inflation” for recent layoff. Has a faint whiff of re-arranging deck chairs on the titanic to me. medium.com/@kelliepeter...
It’s a Maison thing, you wouldn’t understand.
Automattic was the darling of distributed work long before the pandemic. The company was also innovative in the way they interviewed…
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May 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Automattic adopts a new organizational naming model from luxury powerhouse LVMH that seems wildly tone-deaf after blaming “feedback inflation” for recent layoff. Has a faint whiff of re-arranging deck chairs on the titanic to me. medium.com/@kelliepeter...
Damn it #chloefineman I was not prepared to like you outside of SNL but flippin' hell if #summerof69 wasn't delightful and that's in no small part because of you. I hope you're happy. ;)
May 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Damn it #chloefineman I was not prepared to like you outside of SNL but flippin' hell if #summerof69 wasn't delightful and that's in no small part because of you. I hope you're happy. ;)
With every bit of due respect to Andie MacDowell, I'm continually stunned by the choices and the performances of Margaret Qualley. I'll be spending the next three months waiting fro this release in her back catalog.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6...
HONEY DON'T - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters August 22
YouTube video by Focus Features
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May 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
With every bit of due respect to Andie MacDowell, I'm continually stunned by the choices and the performances of Margaret Qualley. I'll be spending the next three months waiting fro this release in her back catalog.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6...
Wait, wait... do I need to get an iPad again??
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Wait, wait... do I need to get an iPad again??
It's truly astonishing how far @ma.tt will go to paint himself as the victim and claim the moral high ground. Using the death of #PopeFrancis seems a weird flex. www.linkedin.com/posts/kellie...
#wpdrama #wordpressterrorism
#wpdrama #wordpressterrorism
Wondering Matt Mullenweg... If Pope Francis really drew you back to your… | Kellie Peterson
Wondering Matt Mullenweg... If Pope Francis really drew you back to your faith why is it you seem to have learned little, if anything, from his actions or his teachings? https://lnkd.in/e6kjwvtu
You a...
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April 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's truly astonishing how far @ma.tt will go to paint himself as the victim and claim the moral high ground. Using the death of #PopeFrancis seems a weird flex. www.linkedin.com/posts/kellie...
#wpdrama #wordpressterrorism
#wpdrama #wordpressterrorism
"Hunger will make you accept things." - Sonya Renee Taylor
April 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Hunger will make you accept things." - Sonya Renee Taylor
I'm pretty sure I would have bet my life that I'd never be anxiously awaiting a Benedict Cumberbatch or Olivia Coleman film, but fuck if I'm not all in on The Roses. And now I'm off to watch War of the Roses in preparation. #filmsky
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THE ROSES | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures
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April 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I'm pretty sure I would have bet my life that I'd never be anxiously awaiting a Benedict Cumberbatch or Olivia Coleman film, but fuck if I'm not all in on The Roses. And now I'm off to watch War of the Roses in preparation. #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgM...
Worked on my first mosaic project yesterday. Anyone who knows me will not be surprised that I found it quite soothing and that I was also a bit of a perfectionist with placement.
April 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Worked on my first mosaic project yesterday. Anyone who knows me will not be surprised that I found it quite soothing and that I was also a bit of a perfectionist with placement.
TIL That Automattic P2 has a neat new feature! Last year they added nearly invisible watermarks which are unique to each employee. Cool, cool, cool. Other collaboration platforms have it. But... they didn't announce it. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #trustnoone
a cartoon baby is sitting in a chair with the words `` it 's a secret '' written on it .
ALT: a cartoon baby is sitting in a chair with the words `` it 's a secret '' written on it .
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April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TIL That Automattic P2 has a neat new feature! Last year they added nearly invisible watermarks which are unique to each employee. Cool, cool, cool. Other collaboration platforms have it. But... they didn't announce it. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #trustnoone
Worth remembering how many people in senior roles left during the first buyout as well. The brain drain at Automattic / Wordpress.com is real. #wpdrama
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#wpdrama | Kellie Peterson
A master class in how *not* to lead through crisis is continuing at Automattic and it's rough to watch.
After Matt Mullenweg sets off a firestorm by going "scorched earth" on WP Engine...
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April 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Worth remembering how many people in senior roles left during the first buyout as well. The brain drain at Automattic / Wordpress.com is real. #wpdrama
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Screenwriters of Bluesky I have a challenge for you:
Can you please stop mining cancer for material? It would be great to be able to watch some of my favorite performers with my cancer surviving wife without having cancer be the thing all the time. It's exhausting.
Can you please stop mining cancer for material? It would be great to be able to watch some of my favorite performers with my cancer surviving wife without having cancer be the thing all the time. It's exhausting.
April 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Screenwriters of Bluesky I have a challenge for you:
Can you please stop mining cancer for material? It would be great to be able to watch some of my favorite performers with my cancer surviving wife without having cancer be the thing all the time. It's exhausting.
Can you please stop mining cancer for material? It would be great to be able to watch some of my favorite performers with my cancer surviving wife without having cancer be the thing all the time. It's exhausting.
While I'm crying over my stock portfolio I'm at least comforted by the fact that my USD are netting me a good exchange at the moment. 🤢
April 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
While I'm crying over my stock portfolio I'm at least comforted by the fact that my USD are netting me a good exchange at the moment. 🤢
The lies will continue until...?
Just two months ago Matt Mullenweg claimed "there are no layoffs plans at Automattic"
Today during the townhall it was claimed there are no further layoffs planned.
If you're still at Automattic, WordPress.com, Woo, or any related company I would not trust him.
Just two months ago Matt Mullenweg claimed "there are no layoffs plans at Automattic"
Today during the townhall it was claimed there are no further layoffs planned.
If you're still at Automattic, WordPress.com, Woo, or any related company I would not trust him.
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The lies will continue until...?
Just two months ago Matt Mullenweg claimed "there are no layoffs plans at Automattic"
Today during the townhall it was claimed there are no further layoffs planned.
If you're still at Automattic, WordPress.com, Woo, or any related company I would not trust him.
Just two months ago Matt Mullenweg claimed "there are no layoffs plans at Automattic"
Today during the townhall it was claimed there are no further layoffs planned.
If you're still at Automattic, WordPress.com, Woo, or any related company I would not trust him.
Vibe at Automattic post this morning's town hall, where Mullenweg finally resurfaced a week after laying off 16% of his company: Not great. Not confident.
- Psychological safety obliterated
- Job searches initiated
Leaderships excuse of "feedback inflation" is patently false. 🧵 #wpdrama
- Psychological safety obliterated
- Job searches initiated
Leaderships excuse of "feedback inflation" is patently false. 🧵 #wpdrama
a cartoon pig with the words fail written above it
ALT: a cartoon pig with the words fail written above it
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April 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Vibe at Automattic post this morning's town hall, where Mullenweg finally resurfaced a week after laying off 16% of his company: Not great. Not confident.
- Psychological safety obliterated
- Job searches initiated
Leaderships excuse of "feedback inflation" is patently false. 🧵 #wpdrama
- Psychological safety obliterated
- Job searches initiated
Leaderships excuse of "feedback inflation" is patently false. 🧵 #wpdrama
With so many of my fellow Automattic alums wondering how leadership determined who to let go it had me wondering about the likelihood of them doing it based on something other than performance, salary, or future product vision (ha - IYKYK).
What if it was based on sentiment expressed in private? 🧵
What if it was based on sentiment expressed in private? 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
With so many of my fellow Automattic alums wondering how leadership determined who to let go it had me wondering about the likelihood of them doing it based on something other than performance, salary, or future product vision (ha - IYKYK).
What if it was based on sentiment expressed in private? 🧵
What if it was based on sentiment expressed in private? 🧵
I wouldn’t go that far, but we did call it the Matt Mullenweg Survivor Support Group for a while. Once you’re out of Automattic you realize how much manipulation and BS you’ve been thru. Quite healing to learn you’re not alone.
#wpdrama #billionairesbehavingbadly
#wpdrama #billionairesbehavingbadly
April 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I wouldn’t go that far, but we did call it the Matt Mullenweg Survivor Support Group for a while. Once you’re out of Automattic you realize how much manipulation and BS you’ve been thru. Quite healing to learn you’re not alone.
#wpdrama #billionairesbehavingbadly
#wpdrama #billionairesbehavingbadly
Yikes. I truly hope this isn’t the case. If it is true this is a new low for him. I shouldn’t expect different since last time he invited people to leave he was MIA for the rest of the week too. Leaving dozens of people in limbo. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #billionaireproblems
April 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yikes. I truly hope this isn’t the case. If it is true this is a new low for him. I shouldn’t expect different since last time he invited people to leave he was MIA for the rest of the week too. Leaving dozens of people in limbo. #wpdrama #wordpressterrorism #billionaireproblems
Doomscrolling break:
"Hold on to your vaginas"
Also, how did I not know that Elizabeth Olsen has a doppleganger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLH...
"Hold on to your vaginas"
Also, how did I not know that Elizabeth Olsen has a doppleganger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLH...
M3GAN 2.0 Official Trailer
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April 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Doomscrolling break:
"Hold on to your vaginas"
Also, how did I not know that Elizabeth Olsen has a doppleganger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLH...
"Hold on to your vaginas"
Also, how did I not know that Elizabeth Olsen has a doppleganger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLH...