Noelle Mateer

On Wednesday at 11 a.m., we’ll bring your message directly to the PG & the bosses who take money to harm Pittsburgh. Maybe we’ll see them in court, maybe not. Regardless, we’ll deliver a reminder of what community solidarity looks like. Can you join us? actionnetwork.org/events/before-…

some reviews of the McDonald’s in Altoona that have since been deleted

@eefandrews @TheAtlantic not enough Atlantic articles cite the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance imo

for @TheAtlantic, i make the argument that we should be funding our urban public pools -- which have declined over the last half-century -- as climate infrastructure. (this includes what i am pretty sure is the highland park pool's atlantic debut.) theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@tyler_tyler_tyl @OSUtheJOURNAL @ohiostatepress congratulations!!

@CoreyAtad @inthefade @pacingmusic Saw Twisters last night + I've been using the term "90s-style blockbuster" to describe it but I'm not entirely sure what I even mean by that. The mediocre pizza idea is a much better/more accurate framework. Obviously I'm honored to somehow also be included here!

new Friday newsletter, with some talk about Twisters and Big Mac Cinema, plus shoutouts to the Indian action movie Kill, @n_mateer's new article at the Baffler, and @inthefade for turning me on to @pacingmusic justatad.xyz/p/reading-watc…

I wrote about Duolingo's Mexican restaurant, tech industry hubris and the zeitgeisty prestige drama with the hot chef, for @thebafflermag thebaffler.com/latest/the-tec…

“When the paperwork’s done, I hitch a ride to Klak in the bed of a Chevy pickup so rusty I can see the dirt road passing through the holes between my feet.” Read from Jake Maynard’s debut novel, Slime Line. lithub.com/slime-line/

Looking for a good summer read? See the new novels, nonfiction, cookbooks, and classics that G&G editors and contributors are getting into: ow.ly/gIaT50S8tzj

Author coincidentally my husband

Extremely cool Pittsburgh event alert: SLIME LINE is a gorgeous novel about grief, labor and environmental capitalism. Though that makes it sound really serious – it’s also a rip snorter full of hijinks. Launch party will be a banger replete with salmon-themed door prizes. Come!

I wrote about killer whale trainers having an identity crisis for @GuardianUS theguardian.com/environment/20…

Twitter is almost completely bad except for the part where people don't mind if you share a 3,000-word story. That's part's cool

logging back on after some months away because I have a story coming out tomorrow, and for all of Twitter's faults, have you ever tried posting a link to an article on Instagram

Cities aren’t alone in branding themselves for tourists and evoking nostalgia for the present with tacky bars. Jake Maynard explores how rural Pennsylvania repackages heritage. thebaffler.com/latest/the-bur…

despite this heartbreaking loss I can confirm that pittsburgh is having an absolute banger of a soccer season if anyone would like to join me in my summer 2023 goal of Getting Really Into The Riverhounds

@LL510Blake @industrydive @AAHOA Thank you for taking the time!

Thank you, @n_mateer @industrydive, for interviewing me about the controversial #hotel #franchising bill that just passed in the New Jersey General Assembly: lnkd.in/eKnu2KjB @AAHOA

@tanishajanae @SpotlightPA They are so lucky to have you! Congrats 🎉

some professional news: next week I'll be starting my new position as a newsletter writer/reporter @SpotlightPA! 🗞 I'm super excited to join a talented team and continue to grow as a journalist. I'll still be in Pittsburgh just reporting on a wider beat. 🫡

NEW: Stadium ushers, ticket takers, and ticket sellers at PNC Park have announced they're now on strike and plan to picket outside the Pirates' next home game. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/new…

The PUP is pleased to share the news that five Pittsburgh Union Progress stories are finalists in this year's Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill awards, and some of our colleagues are finalists for journalism made before the news strike: unionprogress.com/2023/04/10/uni…

For @restofworld, a story about how users on Xiaohongshu made Düsseldorf an unlikely destination for Chinese food in Europe, and how the quirks of a recommendation algorithm offered a glimpse of diasporic freedom. With @yancongphoto + @carwyn: restofworld.org/2023/xiaohongs…