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This is why you shouldn't grocery-shop when you're hungry. Or buy a social media network when you're a narcissist. The case for why Elon Musk’s management style won’t work at Twitter wsj.com/articles/why-e… via @WSJ

@austin_rief The core of traditional media outlets has always relied on diverse offerings: recipes, sport scores, reviews, crosswords, comics. NYT is as known for Style and Modern Love (sometimes inspiring films) as its investigative news. Local news cutbacks ignored this basic principle.

The New York Times is a gaming company, that markets itself as a news company.

Proud that @Microsoft supports #ONA22 student newsroom and MJ Bears legacy

First mandatory palm tree sighting in downtown LA (taken Tuesday) near the #ONA22 hotel

Bought iced tea at the airport (OAK now has more local proprietors, which is splendid.) I asked for cleaning liquid for a sticky table. The mildly astonished barista dampened paper towels. Maybe the #pandemic is over. (Still got a booster to prep for #ONA22) #conferencetravel

Further travails/travels in the professional conference acclimation project: I charged three laptops in advance … then left the charger behind. Cheers to staggered travel with teammates with spares. #ONA22 onward.

Easing back into #conference travel and finding that airport lighting exposes stains on the company hoody that WFH lighting does not… and machine washing apparently ignores. #ONA22 onward

@LatinaSleuths at the New Authors Breakfast talking Mango, Mambo and Murder, Best American Mysteries, Midnight Hour and more @leftcoastcrime #WritingCommunity #mystery

@leftcoastcrime day 2 in Albuquerque

@KCBSAMFMTraffic May want to look into what’s happening in Oakland — Oakland Chinatown area all the lights are out, not even blinking red

#KCBSTraffic UPDATE!!! All lanes are open again and traffic is recovering.

It’s been 35 years since Daisy Heath vanished from her family’s home in rural Washington. Find out how a small newspaper is raising awareness about this and other unsolved disappearances of Indigenous women.

@derek_m_norman Another J-school classmate. Clearly even with people whose lives he only briefly crossed, he evinced a charismatic, deceptively laid-back attitude that belied his journalism passion. We are all the sadder for this aching loss.

It's been a very tough week and a hard punch to the gut for many of us, learning that a close colleague, mentor and friend had died. Timothy Williams was my team leader over the past year, covering the impact of the coronavirus in prisons across the country

Exploring the literary imagination in a @SecondLife interview: That's so meta. @AbbyVandiver & I will be avatars on Mystery Hour with @conpsweeney noon PT Monday Dec. 6 to talk MIDNIGHT HOUR from @crookedlanebks @CrimeWoC #writinglife #Metaverse #books verahcchan.com/at-a-metaverse…

Looking forward to a MIDNIGHT HOUR virtual reading at @GreenAppleBooks today 6pm PT. Six of 20 crime anthology writers will be there (+ myself, in my fiction debut). Register greenapplebooks.com/event/virtual-… @WanbliWeiden @blacktop1950 @JenJChow @tracypc6161 @AbbyVandiver

@CrimeWoC @JenJChow @tracypc6161 @EAAymar @FrankieYBailey @faye_snowden @SOnithewriter @blacktop1950 @richie_narvaez @LatinaSleuths @GigiPandian @WanbliWeiden @AbbyVandiver Thanks @CrimeWoC, honored to contribute

Happy Release Day! MIDNIGHT HOUR contributors @JenJChow @tracypc6161 @EAAymar @FrankieYBailey @faye_snowden @SOnithewriter @blacktop1950 @richie_narvaez @LatinaSleuths @GigiPandian @WanbliWeiden & so many other excellent writers! Edited by @AbbyVandiver. crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?bo…

An amazing organization who made this possible. Thanks @kellyekell Walter Mosley @GigiPandian. Congrats @AbbyVandiver and @crookedlanebks for making this possible for all of us

Proud to be part of a #mystery anthology both compelling and #diverse. It’s my #fictiondebut: If you see #midnighthour on shelves (most likely B&N), would you share pics? Thank you! #WritingCommunity #writinglife #writerslift @crookedlanebks @WomenofBinders

@LatinaSleuths “Men had been murdered for less.” #firstlines #midnighthouranthology #mystery #WritingCommunity #writerslift #corporatenoir #RepresentationMatters