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Melissa Nightingale

@shappy.bsky.social
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I’d like to thank all my terrible bosses for helping me get where I am today. worldsbestnewsletter.com

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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dressed to get past pattern-matching filters is an incredible compliment for two folks who spent a lot of their early careers in security work. Thank you!
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 24/06/2026
Most bosses develop an intuition for when something’s brewing. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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The next step - Johnathan & Melissa
Most bosses develop an intuition for when something’s brewing.
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Pete @barleywhiner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Feeling this quote as a fairly new manager. “Management is nearly unique as a discipline in that most people doing it were trained to do something else, promoted because of that other skillset, and given little to no guidance on how to do their current job”
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 27/05/2026
As a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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Have you ever had a bad boss? - Johnathan & Melissa
As a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Raw Signal Group, 1414 Danforth Ave., stands as one of the oldest bank buildings in Toronto, constructed in 1919, displaying a Neo Gothic and Art Deco architectural style. beachmetro.com/2026/05/20/r...
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R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club among local sites taking part in Doors Open Toronto – Beach Metro Community News
The R.C. Water Treatment Plant on Queen Street East at the foot of Victoria Park Avenue is among the East Toronto buildings that the public can visit
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Team @rawsignal.ca is in @theglobeandmail.com talking dead rats in frying pans and transformation www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
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New love for an old bank
‘You can’t move into a building like this and not take care of it’
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 13/05/2026
This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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The decision that ruined business travel forever - Johnathan & Melissa
This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
hey thank you
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 15/04/2026
This is a "what matters is what matters" newsletter. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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The last thing you need humans for - Johnathan & Melissa
This is a "what matters is what matters" newsletter.
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Brandon Rohrer @brandonrohrer.com · 10/04/2026
It's not just you--job hunting today really is a beast. As @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social put it, the front door is fucked. The secret? Focus on connecting with actual human people. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 09/04/2026
There's a massive difference between what a lot of workplaces THINK they're asking of their people re: using AI... And what's actually happening. @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social talked about that difference with @theatlantic.com recently:
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
LET'S GO BUILD THAT
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Shocking, I know. But the loudest conflict going on at work right now is not between prod and eng.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I would like a t-shirt that says "Sane & Pithy"
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
well that's very nice <3
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Join or Die, Jess. The man could not be clearer on this point.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hey, this is really nice and thank you. <3 Also, everyone listen to Laura. Go sign up. worldsbestnewsletter.com
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The World's Best Newsletter
Raw Signal Group's free, biweekly newsletter about management, leadership, and ridding the world of Sunday Scaries. For good.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The cutest! Love this so much. Merry and happy to the whole fam. 🫶🏻
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Hey, this is really kind and yes, newsletter has been free since the very start (and always will be)!
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
(And yes I caught the Wattpad mention)
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Ooof thank you for the tag. Gorgeous piece. And also this line lmao. True facts. True facts. 🫶🏻 “We have a lot of cookies and anger”
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This sounds like a very good Mike, indeed.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Gotta say. It really depends on which Mike.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
please do!!!
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
<3 we're gonna need to catch up for real someday soon. can't just be out here liking and sharing each others posts all the time. tho that's nice, too.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
hey! that's really lovely! thank you!
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Also while I’m on here tomorrow’s newsletter was a hard one it write but I’m so so proud of where @johnathan.bsky.social and I ended up. If you’re not subscribed, go do that now. I can’t be relied on to post them all here. Not while I’m waiting for the hot sauce delivery. Worldsbestnewsletter.com
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The World's Best Newsletter
Raw Signal Group's free, biweekly newsletter about management, leadership, and ridding the world of Sunday Scaries. For good.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Just found one of the last places in Canada that stocks Old Bay hot sauce and bought out their entire stock. Except one bottle. If you need to know where to find it, dm me.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Little known fact. This is how @johnathan.bsky.social and I write our newsletter every two weeks.
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Johnathan Nightingale @johnathan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Listen. Listen. @shappy.bsky.social and I are making new stickers and they're going to be very good. That is all.
Overhead photo of the Raw Signal Group HQ sticker bowl, with several of our favourites laid out on a coffee table, including the RACI knuckle tattoos, "Super fucking clear", Really just like this, and Swearing is caring.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Today.
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 01/10/2025
Pictured: @shappy.bsky.social trying to get out of the way of the photo. Also pictured: @johnathan.bsky.social well, uh, doing the exact opposite. Also also pictured: new window art at the bank (our HQ is a restored bank if you’re new here hi 👋)
A poster that says “where are the people pleasers” behind a window, with Melissa in the backgroundA poster that says “where are the people pleasers” behind a window with Johnathan making a face in the background
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Today’s.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Training the bosses as fast as we can but haven’t yet figured out how to do management training at Scotiabank arena. Would be cool tho. Get like 20,000 managers giving better feedback in a day. Someday. Someday. (And thank you)
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
hey this is so nice. thank you!
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Appreciate you helping to get the word out. So many amazing folks going to work in jobs they hate for bosses they can’t stand. I refuse to believe this is as good as it gets. We can do better. We can collectively sail right over this low bar. ⛵️
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This is so very lovely and thank you 🫶🏻
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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 06/08/2025
The difference between the theater of work and actual work. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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None of this is real and it doesn't matter - Raw Signal Group
The difference between the theater of work and actual work.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
hello and thank you!
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Yeah, I've had a strong return to reading long fiction in the evenings. Very relaxing to slowly read words that were carefully and lovingly crafted.
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Rob Taber @robtaber.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"It's fair to ask why one should have to compel people to use a tool if it's so obviously incredible." @rawsignal.ca on the AI boomlet and the hazards to their own workers many tech CEOs are ignoring.
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How did they not know?
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Thanks, Rob! I was rocking my Taber 🍓 tee just yesterday!
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Megan @meganreally.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
reading this week's @rawsignal.ca email on the bus, almost missed my stop
Today, over in CEO-club, all the cool kids are forcing their employees to use AI. They write bombastic internal emails, and then post those publicly for their CEO friends to admire and riff on. They tie AI usage to performance evaluation and compensation. They tie it to promotions and headcount requests. These CEOs, many of whom have woefully incomplete policies on hate speech and harassment, are clear-as-day that failing to use this or that LLM is an immediately fireable offence.

It's fair to ask why one should have to compel people to use a tool if it's so obviously incredible, but the CEOs are prepared for that question. Of course the tools are incredible, and many of their team members are already using them. But the pace of adoption needs to be faster. CEO social circles are often full of AI investors who assure them that even more powerful AI is just around the corner. And if their teams need some tough love in order to get with the program and see the vision, so be it.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
not at all sorry and thank you
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
<3
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"Sorta like Napster, just post-DMCA." IYKYK www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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How did they not know? - Raw Signal Group
We're still in the early days, this is still mostly anecdotes, but the anecdotes are multiplying fast. And they're haunting.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
we do aim to offend you <3
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Do you really hate the work that much? www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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Bring your slop to work day - Raw Signal Group
It's definitely giving some low-key asbestos vibes.
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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Oh man. This is super well timed. It wasn't what @johnathan.bsky.social and I were talking about as we wrote tomorrow's newsletter, but we literally unstaged the thing to add a link to @dansinker.com's piece. <3 🎩
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