John Biers

Cover business news for AFP in New York, with some politics, tennis and culture. Former Times-Picayune and WSJ/DJ. [email protected]

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

The devastating Air India crash seems certain to embroil Boeing in further rounds of negative headlines at a time when it has shown progress under new leadership.

https://t.co/0dQ91qKhcO by @JohnBiers1

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Prior to the fatal mid-air collision in Washington, the US air traffic control system was regarded as an understaffed operation beset with old and sometimes obsolete equipment.

That incident is sure to keep those concerns on the radar.

https://t.co/FA1GOV7dTz by @JohnBiers1

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

What is really the trouble here is not the extremism but rather how this extremism is normalized in society, often in the media but last but not least in the voters. This used to be toxic politics and suddenly it's not."
#Election2024 #Fascist
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[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

EVs aren't direclty on the ballot, but they are a big part of the debate in Michigan. #Election2024
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[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Who are the undecided voters? Some of them are younger union members. https://t.co/corZFWzgzR

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Big day in Boeing news IAM voting on whether to end strike.
https://t.co/U8A2UTsChE

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Contract talks resume Monday between the machinist union and Boeing. Here's a recent piece on what is driving the strike. #BoeingStrike https://t.co/i95B3oQpwn

[mariana @pastapilled]

huge day

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

This is what the world needs...

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Back on the strike beat the last few days... #Boeing #Labor #iam751 https://t.co/Xtket2xgQB

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Top union officials have endorsed Joe Biden. But will the rank-and-file vote that way? https://t.co/GfLWkXSOTg

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

Pittsburgh grapples with a proposed takeover of US Steel by Nippon of Japan. Steel "is still part of our identity, but we're disconnected from that identity." https://t.co/G1eL97wIR7

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Rafa Nadal is met with a sea of fans as he leaves Rome for the final time.

Thousands of people applauding him and singing to him as he takes one last walk along the bridge.

Beautiful scenes. 🥹
(via @GeorgeSpalluto)

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Witnesses at a US Senate hearing on Boeing drew a disturbing picture of an aviation giant that blows off safety questions and sidelines critics as it chases faster production and bigger profits.
https://t.co/YQGmZtcxHQ

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

@doberah @AFP @rdcParisAFP Good luck with the next thing! Hopefully we will meet in person one day!

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This is an excellent @AP story about what X has become: A platform chock full of "right-wing pseudonymous influencers who act as alternative information sources" and fill up timelines with false and twisted info https://t.co/YihJ6b0jnt

[John Biers @JohnBiers1]

"My goal has always been for a broader audience to see this important work. So many whites and some Blacks have stereotypes about what they think Black artists paint about." https://t.co/q6YAtukMAb

[Nicolas Revise @NicolasRevise]

#AFPNewYork @JohnBiers1 @DDesobeau @angelaweissfoto A New York, l'art moderne afro-américain sort de la marginalité https://t.co/DS5aM4mlZy

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Citing last-minute progress in talks, the head of the US auto workers' union said Friday the labor group would maintain its current strike -- but not expand it to other plants this week.

https://t.co/gMELJtTvbs by @JohnBiers1