Kara and Scott discuss Microsoft layoffs, cryptocurrency’s surprising recovery, and Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. Plus, someone bought a Twitter bird statue for $100k, and it wasn’t Kara. Friend of Pivot Zoë Schiffer (@zoeschiffer) joins to discuss all of her recent Twitter reporting, including the work that went in to this week’s major New York Magazine story, which you can read here.Send us your questions! Call 855-51-PIVOT or go to nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today is Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC. It’s one of the biggest events of the year for Apple, one of the most important companies in the world. In fact, Apple is the most valuable company in the world, and it posted $18 billion in net profits in its first quarter — the most quarterly profit of any public company in history.So, as we go into another huge Apple event, I wanted to have Verge labor reporter Zoe Schiffer on to talk about something else that’s happening inside Apple: a brewing push by its retail employees to unionize, store by store, because they’re unhappy with their pay and working conditions. Zoe is really well-sourced; she has an inside look at this fight. So, she helps us explain how this all works and what it might mean.Links:Fired #AppleToo organizer files labor charge against the companyApple’s frontline employees are struggling to surviveApple hires anti-union lawyers in escalating union fightThis is what Apple retail employees in Atlanta are fighting forFirst US Apple Store union election set for June 2nd in AtlantaApple accused of union busting in new labor board filingTranscript:https://www.theverge.com/e/22917648Credits:Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright.The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoe Schiffer, Managing Editor of Platformer and author of "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter," joins Damon Beres, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, to discuss the user migration from X to Bluesky. They explore Bluesky's appeal as a community-driven platform, contrasting it with the ad-driven approach of X. The conversation highlights user frustrations with misinformation, the benefits of smaller user bases for genuine interactions, and the quest for better online engagement. As users seek alternatives, Bluesky emerges as a refreshing change.

Former executive editor of The Washington Post, Marty Baron, and managing editor of Platformer, Zoe Schiffer, discuss the evolution of Twitter under Donald Trump's influence, the impact of Twitter on journalism, the ban and transition of power on Twitter, and Elon Musk's influence on the platform's cultural relevancy and creators.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks about Lincoln's leadership journey, Hussein Ibish discusses Middle East chess games since October 7, Zoe Schiffer explores Elon Musk and Twitter, and The Economist covers China's electric-vehicle dominance