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@bluesguy

audio and video producer at The Verge creator of Aw, Would You Look at the Time NYC

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Laura Merli ate cookies for lunch | School Lunch Program
Laura Merli ate cookies for lunch | School Lunch Program YouTube video by Aw, Would You Look at the Time

heres my new show I’m making with my friend Matt about school lunch called School Lunch Program
youtu.be/VzQjaQA6Qic?...

16.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if anyone is going to the Boston airport and wants to FT me using the White Castle vending machine lmk

13.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
birds eye view of a dark snow Gary, Indiana

birds eye view of a dark snow Gary, Indiana

favorite shot from the michael jackson biopic trailer

06.02.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers

Vox Media workers are facing tough times after recent layoffs, especially in a challenging job market. If you’re able to donate and/or share this campaign to help support our laid-off colleagues, it’d be greatly appreciated. Thanks y’all!! gofund.me/cf03c6e21

03.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater β€” not including a number of out-of-unit employees β€” some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. 

Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. 

There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. 

Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs.

Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. 

The Vox Media Union Committees 
Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO

Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater β€” not including a number of out-of-unit employees β€” some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. The Vox Media Union Committees Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO

Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:

16.01.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 311 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 13
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Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin Netflix original (podcast).

just want to point out that you guys were mean to me when I said we can't call everything a podcast and now you are all mad Netflix is calling this a podcast
www.theverge.com/news/861971/...

16.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?

Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

09.01.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 1018 πŸ” 286 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 41

fun video I directed at CES this year with @jp2e.bsky.social

10.01.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s finally time to retire the word β€˜podcast’ β€œPodcast” is becoming an outdated relic

from what I understand this is free to read today
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

29.12.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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59 of my tweets that got 0 likes in 2025 Every yearΒ sinceΒ 2021,Β I list all of my tweets that received zero likes or retweets whatsoever. In 2025, I have almost twice as many no-hitters as last year. Is the platform continuing to decline or i...

my annual list of tweets that got no engagement this year
www.awylatt.com/post/tweets-...

27.12.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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my waffle keyboard

24.12.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It's important _not_ to give up on podcasts β€” because their concept is radical, and fights back against big tech (and fascist policy makers) being able to control people's voices through their platforms: www.anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...

22.12.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

"Unfortunately, all this also means that a lot of the openness of podcasting is slowly going away and becoming more centralized on platforms like YouTube and Netflix."

Hill I'm willing to die on: podcasts becoming a video-forward medium is / was a huge mistake, and the space is worse off for it

22.12.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

It's my favorite topic to talk about!

22.12.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I rarely see that anymore to be honest!

22.12.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree we should keep RSS alive for podcasts, but I'm mostly just noting here the path of the media industry right now.

22.12.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, it's funny this seems to echo the time when radio shows were being turned into television shows in the 50s

22.12.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that's an amazing reference

22.12.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s finally time to retire the word β€˜podcast’ β€œPodcast” is becoming an outdated relic

Podcasts on Netflix? My thoughts here...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

22.12.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 10
sign on the door that says β€œno santas or other christmas folk”

sign on the door that says β€œno santas or other christmas folk”

this bar marked safe from santa con

13.12.2025 23:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Closer Look - youtube music: β€œbut you kept coming back to this podcast”

A Closer Look - youtube music: β€œbut you kept coming back to this podcast”

sure I guess the podcast I watched the most this year was a recurring segment on Late Night with Seth Meyers

02.12.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

good morning we’re live!

27.11.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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here's a short audio piece about the night before Thanksgiving that I made a few years ago
youtu.be/rYuZEXk6VOo?...

28.11.2024 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I go to this restaurant on the night before Thanksgiving every year

28.11.2024 01:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
thanksgiving live - watch andru make a thanksgiving turkey and other foods live on youtube. thanksgiving all day. featuring: special guests, games, live calls

thanksgiving live - watch andru make a thanksgiving turkey and other foods live on youtube. thanksgiving all day. featuring: special guests, games, live calls

check in on my live cooking show all day tomorrow at youtube.com/@awylatt

26.11.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

used to love troubleshooting with linux users bc their podcast mic didn't work

19.11.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Every podcast awards ceremony is a "honey trap" to catch podcasters en masse, cage them, and hold them in "black sites" where their only meals come from Hello Fresh. This is why I avoid them.

19.11.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

no one takes off their hat to podcast these days

02.11.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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31.10.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
My (Haunted) House - Flo Rida remix
My (Haunted) House - Flo Rida remix YouTube video by Aw, Would You Look at the Time

happy halloween here's my halloween remix of Flo Rida's My House
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIL...

31.10.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0