Martin Beck

Alas, the time has come to leave this place. It was fun and valuable until it was neither. You can follow my occasional musings on Threads @ mybeckpages.

@JamesQueallyLAT hey James, enjoying your Bren piece. Is this a typo? “… and liquor swilling in a decanter.” Should be swirling, I think.

@jselingo Great piece on higher ed in New York mag! This quote read wrong to me: “Counselors call these the ‘College Day’ schools,” said ... Shouldn't that be 'Game Day' schools?

@gofundme I reported a fraudulent page through your support link. When can I expect action to be taken?

@hearinladotcom @keribla @busblog @omgponiez @LAist haha. I did see that. my DMs are open (though I have mostly abandoned this place)

@MartinBeck @keribla @busblog @omgponiez @LAist Did you read Dr Patrick wants comments back in the LAT? He should pay you to consult him about that.

Come for the article, stay for the comments latimes.com/california/sto…

a year later, and everything is coming up blue

Alas, the time has come to leave this place. It was fun and valuable until it was neither. You can follow my occasional musings on Threads @ mybeckpages.

@hearinladotcom @keribla @busblog @omgponiez @LAist ... for the effort and consequent lack of technical and human resources. There were too many bad actors then (2007-2014, imagine trying it now) to do comment moderation right without a real strategic plan.

@hearinladotcom @keribla @busblog @omgponiez @LAist it's true we put our hearts and minds into the righteous task of cultivating healthy conversations about the news. alas we never cracked the code. it likely was an impossible quest given the newspaper industry's distain ...

@gsterling Covering high school water polo games :-) (latimes.com/archives/la-xp…)

Remarkably, Google is 25 years old. What were you doing when Google was founded? I was just ending my legal career.

🦁 Gooooo Lions!!! Let's support our Soka women's and men's soccer teams tonight during their first match of the season!

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Diana Marcum, an empathic and extraordinary person, friend and colleague is no longer with us, but her words will live on. I will cherish the year we spent on drought stories in California’s Cen Valley for @latimes Rest east, Diana.

Diana Marcum, blithe spirit and generous soul, has left us too soon. The @latimes Pulitzer Prize winner was beloved here at the paper and in the Central Valley, which she covered with such passion. @PulitzerPrizes latimes.com/california/sto…

SUA hosted the OC Bike Camp for people with disabilities to learn to ride a bike, partnering with the Down Syndrome Association of OC. Three DSAOC staff and 100 volunteers taught 40 people, ages 8 to 34, to ride a bike this year! This is the 13th year SUA has hosted the event.

@Emmadw right. gave me an option to switch today. my mistake to take it, I guess.

@MartinBeck And you have the new one ...

Tweetdeck in the time of Elon....

Raise a glass to another great @busblog production. Talking wine, activism and journalism with @ACatWithNews

Stop everything and put this on shuffle

@palewire 🔥