FastTalkingD

More talk—plus action. Vera Chan's a pop-cult technologist wading into data, tech & random acts. #binders

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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 https://t.co/tPwzZwUoQ6 via @WSJ

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@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.

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

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#ona22selfie

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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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@leftcoastcrime day 2 in Albuquerque

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

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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.

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@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.

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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

https://t.co/2fqirhoslF

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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 https://t.co/5lt07w9Glc
@WanbliWeiden @blacktop1950 @JenJChow @tracypc6161 @AbbyVandiver

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

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

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Happy Release Day to MIDNIGHT HOUR, a short story collection of crime fiction from 20 acclaimed authors of color, edited by @AbbyVandiver! https://t.co/5XOXFNWMpn

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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

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"Full of varied voices, this volume is must reading for mystery aficionados." @PublishersWkly starred review ⭐️

MIDNIGHT HOUR, edited by @AbbyVandiver is on sale November 9, 2021

https://t.co/Wx2AcoSgi6

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