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he/him matt.pearce@latimes.comJoined August 2009

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Twitter is the ad-dependent print newspaper bought out by private equity that now needs to service its debt, and the first order of business is to sell off the real estate, lay off staff, hike subscription costs and hope the core customer base doesn’t notice everything is worse.

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Crooked Media Workers Union

@crooked_union

We’re thrilled that Crooked Media management has swiftly announced their intention to voluntarily recognize us, and hope for a speedy process:

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Crooked Media Staffers Are Latest Podcasters to Join a Union

Progressive politics network employees sign on with Writers Guild of America, East

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Crooked Media Workers Union

@crooked_union

Hey there. We, the staff of Crooked Media, have formed a union. Here’s why.

Screenshots of the union's recognition letter. The full text is available at WGAEast.org.

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A historic castle in southeastern Turkey that dates back to the Roman empire has been partially destroyed by the devastating earthquakes. nbcnews.to/3Yp5k1x 📷 Mehmet Akif Parlak / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Flattened buildings in Hatay, #TurkeyQuake Credit; Anadolu Agency, Erçin Ertürk

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𝚉𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 is on strike. Read @ThePUPNews.

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As much as this sort of thing endlessly amuses me, Post-Gazette ownership should put on the big boy pants, stop breaking the law and start negotiating a settlement with their workers so that everybody can get on with their lives.

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Feb 5

This is a real ad that the Post-Gazette ran. They literally put in the newspaper that they’re mad. Whatever Pittsburgh’s new economy is, it’s going to be worker led and union. Ask @pghsbuxunited @CWAUnion or any other group of workers fighting.

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Two of my favorite faces from ⁦

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⁩ #LunarNewYear party celebrating craft, fellowship and all manner of #journalism #traditions. 🧧🗞️📺📻📡🎙️🧨 #FreedomOfThePress champions ⁦

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*sisyphus on the phone with his parents* yeah i’m actually making a ton of progress with the boulder…no there’s not really like promotions…no yeah I can definitely ask

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I'm not going to lie, this was an incredibly scary image to witness in person and I had to summon all my bravery to take the photo. "White Pomeranian in White Tesla"

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When reporter Jeff German was killed in September, he had a file folder of documents on his desk. The Washington Post partnered with his paper, the Las Vegas Review Journal, to complete his work because no one should be able to ever kill the story. (1/2)

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An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire.

In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake

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CNET having to edit, review and then apologize for error-ridden AI-written stories is like the classic example of spending six hours trying to automate a task in Excel that you could have entered manually in 30 minutes.

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Doubtful. One of the labor-side problems with chatGPT, like with a lot of automation, is that it ends up creating new supervisorial drudgery for human workers — in this case, editing and fact-checking the slapdash work product of a robot that doesn’t fear getting fired for libel. twitter.com/fpmarconi/stat

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BREAKING: Tom Girardi, disgraced former lawyer and L.A. power broker, indicted on fraud charges in L.A. and Chicago. First pass w/

@latimesharriet

Tom Girardi, disgraced L.A. lawyer and 'Real Housewives' spouse, indicted on fraud charges

The once-vaunted L.A. trial attorney was indicted by federal grand juries in two states amid allegations of swindling millions of dollars from injured and wounded clients.

After the Vaccine, Republicans Became Far More Likely to Die with Covid-19 Than Democrats

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This proposed GOOD WIFE Elsbeth Tascioni spinoff news hints at a dramatic canonical shift in the Good Wife Cinematic Universe. variety.com/2023/tv/news/k

A child’s wish to keep their family from getting hurt made me pause while reading wishes on the wishing tree at the Tết Festival, celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year at the OC Fairgrounds. #tet

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Previous reports assumed Republicans *may* have died of Covid at higher rates, by comparing voting patterns to death rates.

@marxjesse

and I are the first I know of to actually match the names of those who died from Covid to their voter registration.

voiceofsandiego.org

A Voice of San Diego analysis of death certificates and public voter files reveals that partisan affiliation was a predictor of one’s likelihood to perish during year two of the pandemic. Those who...

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“ESG can be part of your union avoidance process.” -Principal at Jackson Lewis, one of the oldest and most infamous union-busting law firms Wild story from

@jul1arock

levernews.com

Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters

At a gathering of the National Restaurant Association’s legal arm, lawyers and executives grappled with a worker uprising.

TikTok has banned an account for the Medieval Times union following an IP complaint. This appears related to a lawsuit MT filed against workers for having 'Medieval Times' in their union name. It seems CEO Perico Montaner also complained to Facebook: huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-b

18-year-olds reading the WSJ, unite--you have nothing to lose

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I salute our 18-year-old comrades who are giving their union-busting parents hell at home. levernews.com/fear-and-loath

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The children of management-side labor lawyers, reading what their parents are up to in the mainstream media… troubling, very troubling indeed…

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I salute our 18-year-old comrades who are giving their union-busting parents hell at home. levernews.com/fear-and-loath

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I want to go back to 2006 when I was editor of LAist and tell me working in my living room that someday it would take over KPCC completely

AirTalk with Larry Mantle

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"Los Angeles’ most popular FM public radio station, KPCC, will rename itself LAist 89.3, the station’s management announced Tuesday." story via Matt Pearce (

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Goodbye to KPCC: L.A.’s most popular public radio station is rebranding itself LAist 89.3.

My excellent colleague

@bdelossantos1

is the lead image on some big news in the

. LA’s number one NPR station KPCC 89.3 is changing its name to LAist 89.3.

@LAist

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One time when we were visiting colleges for my sister we were on a tour led by this British girl except then halfway through the tour she dropped her accent and said she was a theater major and that’s how strong the theater program at that college was

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The big tech layoffs aren't about "economic realities" or simply streamlining operations—Silicon Valley is moving to slash rising wages and bring an increasingly empowered workforce to heel. My 1st column for

Column: The real aim of big tech’s layoffs: bringing workers to heel

Wildly profitable tech companies are citing an as-yet notional recession to make deep workforce cuts. They may have another agenda.

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Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis & farm work after

investigations that exposed rampant wage theft & 32 cannabis farmworker deaths never reported to work safety regulators latimes.com/california/sto

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Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into 'Wild West' of California cannabis and farm work

A Times series exposing labor exploitation, corruption and other problems in California's cannabis industry spurs calls for action.

This is a tremendous piece from

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about the undiscussed subject of Ukraine's economy. In the middle of a war, the country is rolling back labor law and cutting taxes, engaging in deregulation and asset fire sales. Even the IMF is critical.

prospect.org

Ukraine’s Neoliberal War Mobilization

Low taxes, privatization, and pared-back labor protections could undermine Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.

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#Solidarity The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers are ON STRIKE. If you want to support with a donation and share this link, we can expand the solidarity. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/do

Donate to Support Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workers

I just donated to support Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers. Will you Join me in backing this historic strike for the health and dignity of all workers and the news all communities deserve?

the worst month of the year starts next week and this is still the best video on the internet

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AHF declined our repeated requests for an interview with their CEO.They refused to answer detailed questions in writing. It's pretty rich of them to say we're not telling their "story fairly" even as we quote their own legal briefs extensively in the story!latimes.com/homeless-housi

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation takes out full-page ad in @latimes in response to report by @liamdillon @boreskes @LATDoug on lawsuit over conditions at an AHF-owned apartment on skid row Story: lat.ms/3WBcnTl

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I keep thinking about how the victims of this shooting were Asian elders just having a nice time on Lunar New Year 💔

For older Asian American immigrants, ballroom dancing was supposed to be a safe haven

Ballroom dancing has been a draw for older immigrants in Southern California, an art form that’s not only popular in their countries of origin but also one that’s embraced, recognized and accessible...

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“When we started seeing photos of victims, we can’t help but feel like these people are our parents and grandparents.”

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Of all the employers to scab for, the Blocks are among the worst. niemanlab.org/2023/01/the-fi

Jeong Park 박종찬 (journa.host/@jeongpark52)

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Jan 25

It's now just about three days after the tragedy in Monterey Park, and two days after the tragedy in Half Moon Bay -- We look at how the Asian American community is grieving -- and the tough questions it's asking, about our elders' pain and isolation:

3 California mass shootings force grieving Asian Americans to ask painful questions

Asian Americans across the country are anguishing over the recent mass shootings, in which older Asian men have allegedly opened fire on other Asians.

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Ballroom dancing was a refuge and a vibrant social scene for older Asian-Americans and immigrants in the San Gabriel Valley. The tragedy in Monterey Park has left a tight-knit dance community devastated. With

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Media Guild of the West

@MediaGuildWest

Jan 24

Congratulations to our allies at

@Rebuild_News

on their launch! Local news needs smart advocates like

@stevenwaldman

@annabrugmann

who will fight for the economic conditions necessary to support our journalism.

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Rebuild Local News

@Rebuild_News

Jan 24

Rebuild Local News is launching as an independent nonprofit organization with more members and supporters, to turbocharge the campaign to strengthen democracy with public policies to support the local press.

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