Adrian Ma

Co-Host of @NPR’s @TheIndicator from @PlanetMoney • covering the economy and other business-ish

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

@LoufactsIGB 🛑 PLZ HOLD OFF YOUR DONATIONS 🛑 I am Kiah’s boyfriend and have spoken directly w/ Kiah’s family. This particular GoFundMe was started without their consent. Kiah’s sibling, Aisha, is working on ending this fundraiser and plans to start a new one that the family will control.

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

I was kinda hoping that the way FRED charts are created resembles a seen out of Minority Report. https://t.co/uS3jSzdgpV

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

Ya know when you're on a plane and it just keeps circling the airport instead of landing? Feels like an apt metaphor for the economy this week. Talked on the show with @juliaonjobs and @M_C_Klein on what to make of it. https://t.co/nMM7tLh1QR

[Ilya Marritz @ilyamarritz]

1/
it's an awful day at WNYC, my work home for 20 yrs
lots of talent cut
esp at WNYC Studios, which is (was) the place to develop new podcasts and talent

[James Kim @TooManyJames_s]

Finally You Feeling This? is out

It's a fiction podcast about connecting with one another. My incredible team and I hope you enjoy it.

Also, I'm launching a company. It's called @overtonesfm. Just trying to make good shit.

>>https://t.co/J4SqjUAeFX<<

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

Great story that adds complexity to the overall narrative that the labor market is tight.

[talmon joseph smith @talmonsmith]

New: for pt 2 in my inequality series for @nytimes, i dug into a deeply painful paradox: if we've truly had 2 jobs for every 1 unemployed person, how is it that ~60% of all those leaving prison are unemployed (*seeking and not finding work*) a year later?
https://t.co/t1gIfasPzL

[talmon joseph smith @talmonsmith]

New: for pt 2 in my inequality series for @nytimes, i dug into a deeply painful paradox: if we've truly had 2 jobs for every 1 unemployed person, how is it that ~60% of all those leaving prison are unemployed (*seeking and not finding work*) a year later?
https://t.co/t1gIfasPzL

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

How will SCOTUS's decision today affect students, schools, the economy? For clues, you can look at California's 25-old-ban on affirmative action. https://t.co/nEmDqNefpA

[Asma Khalid @asmamk]

This is alarming on so many levels.

So much respect for the brave @laurenchooljian

https://t.co/0Z5kuvhmOW

[max green @MaxRaphaelGreen]

A group of incredibly talented Gimlet staffers were laid off today - producers, reporters, editors, engineers, and more. If you have any work for them or need help making a podcast or audio project, please reach out and let me connect you with the right person!

[Alyssa Jeong Perry @alyssajperry]

🎙️(tap tap is this thing on?)

it's true. today is my last day at @NPR as a full-time employee. i was affected by the layoffs. i was cut from @NPRCodeSwitch, since Jan I've been on @planetmoney team in an acting prod. role.

now: a thread of the stuff at NPR i am proud of 🧵

[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

Thanks for taking the time to write this. You likely meant to say “irrelevant,” but “irreverent” comes across as a compliment. Have a great weekend.

[Tim Mak @timkmak]

Good morning to readers.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Please RT this thread. It’s an important one.

Some news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically cut the org's workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

[Alyssa Kann @AlyssaKann]

After months of declining follower counts, some state-affiliated media outlets on Twitter started to gain more followers, all around the same date. Here's the sudden shift of an account from Russia's RT, beginning a period of follower growth March 28 and onwards:

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

@AbukarAdan17 WELL DONE I'M HERE FOR IT!!!

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

My neighbor pumping Marvin Gaye on the stereo while doing yard work is giving me life today.

[Adrian Ma @ManyAdrians]

Let's Get It On ... in court. A case involving one of the most famous Marvin Gaye jams of all time goes to trial today.

@TheIndicator, we break down how these musical disputes get decided and why the outcome should matter to music lovers everywhere. https://t.co/hDGmWnPNXP

[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

John Lansing, NPR CEO, at the ⁦@MorningEdition⁩ meeting.

NPR says it will de-emphasize Twitter. Aside from the misleading label, NPR says Twitter isn’t used by most Americans; drives little traffic to NPR; and “no longer has the public service relevance that it once had.”