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business editor // priors @ slate, the philadelphia inquirer, business insider, yahoo finance, billboard // hello [at] hashtagkatie [dot] com // hashtagkatie.com
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katie krzaczek @hashtagkatie.com · Mar 11
I was laid off from Slate yesterday, just about a month before I would've had one year at the company.

After a career boomeranging around the industry, I felt lucky to end up at Slate. I'm not sure what comes next yet, but I'm extremely grateful for my guild colleagues and their solidarity today.
slateunion.bsky.social Slate Union @slateunion.bsky.social · Mar 11
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
The Slate Union logo—the Slate S featuring upward fist and surrounded by pink and white stripes—is seen above a statement: We, the Slate Union, are united in our belief that management’s decision yesterday to lay off three editorial employees—along with three of our coworkers in other departments—was misguided, foolish, and cruel. The cuts are not these employees’ failures; they are the result of the failure of this company to follow its obligations to its workers. When you can’t find a way to make the most out of smart, talented journalists, that’s a failure of management—and Slate staffers are right to believe it’s incumbent upon management to find ways to solve that problem that don’t involve job losses. Otherwise, what are we investing in journalism for? What are we asking Slate Plus members to invest in us for? There are particular aspects of these layoffs that we in the union find particularly outrageous. Eliminating three editors with their hands on politics and business will put an unbearable strain on others in the department, at the precise moment when coverage of these two subjects is crucial to the magazine’s success. One of the laid-off editors had union-negotiated parental leave approaching—as did another union member who was laid off just months ago. Another one of the laid-off employees was about to go on a honeymoon, and yet another was about to meet the qualifications for their pension benefit. The affected worker will be paid out for their parental leave, but the timing of these departures appears to be designed to make other union members think twice before utilizing the leave they have the contractual right to take. Not to mention, that one of the laid-off editors was hired not even a year ago—after a protracted search—calls management’s strategy into question, to put it lightly. Slate has had two consecutive years of profitability. The fact that management views employees as chits to be discarded at any hint of trouble, instead of valuable people whose work makes our shop successful and profitable, is an enormous mistake. We insist that, in the upcoming contract negotiations, Slate commits to policies that treat layoffs not as a hair-trigger response to adversity but as an absolute last resort, one that will not be undertaken without consulting with the union and the employees in question. Simply paying out extra severance to a laid-off employee should no longer be a substitute for warnings about the state of our business and, more importantly, real attempts to save our staffers’ jobs. Anything short of this will demonstrate that Slate values the jobs of its executives more than its rank-and-file workers, and that good journalism by good journalists is no longer the north star of the magazine.
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ready and willing to write about the taylor swift news for anyone who wants to hire me 😇
May 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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i can count my opps on one hand and one of them is constantly showing up on my fyp which is a real “hardest battles/strongest soldiers” situation
May 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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god forbid the man we elected to work for the people of Pennsylvania actually….works for the people
May 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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daviddoniger.bsky.social
“It has brand recognition and consumer trust that only Santa Claus can compete with,” Christine Egan, head of CLASP, an international nonprofit dedicated to energy-efficient appliances, told the Washington Post.
digiphile.bsky.social Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · May 14
Eliminating a famous program that cost just $32 million but delivers an estimated $40 billion in annual savings on utility bills just as our nation faces increasing costs & soaring demands has to be one of the dumbest public policy choices on a very competitive list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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if you are an american millennial lapsed Catholic still grappling with your connection to the church after growing up during the height of the sexual abuse scandal, STAY IN LINE
May 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”

— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General
The president said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.
www.wsj.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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amybrown.xyz
pretty fucked up they made a three-year-old post on linkedin
Elmo from Sesame Street says: Hi LinkedIn, Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad. Elmo loved his time at Sesame Street. Elmo is going to miss his friends Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Abby, Grover, Count and so many more. They made Elmo’s day so much better. Elmo is looking for his next opportunity. Elmo is good at so many things. Like hugs. Elmo LOVES giving hugs. Elmo can also recognize the letter E, spell his name, feel empathy, sing “Elmo’s Song” and ask how you are doing. Elmo is open to full-time or freelance roles. If you hear of any opportunities, or want a hug, let’s connect. And if you want to help Elmo and his friends, please urge your local congress person to save Public Media. While Elmo is sad, Elmo is excited for what’s next. And one more thing: Elmo loves you.
May 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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kim k in boris cosplay
May 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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went to a 2009-themed 32nd birthday (sweet 16 x 2) and went all out with skinny jeans, my clip-in hair extensions from prom, an old band tee, my zune (!! lol) and i gotta say it was so much fun i highly rec channeling your nostalgia for a night
May 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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pastpunditry.bsky.social
Trampled to death by a horse called Pivot to Video
barryp.bsky.social Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · Apr 29
A colt named Journalism is the betting favorite in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. If metaphor carries the day, that poor horse is gonna break down and get boltgunned right to hell in front of millions.
April 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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perfect weather for sitting in the hammock and reading my ARC of @greenwell.bsky.social’s book that will surely not make me more angry at the state of the world 🙃
Photographed from above, a woman with tattoos on her arms and legs lays in a green and blue striped hammock holding a copy of the book Bad Company by Megan Greenwell. A fluffy white dog lies next to the hammock
April 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
does any thing normal ever happen any more
is every thing just fuckin insane
i am just asking
jjindc.bsky.social JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · Apr 28
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 👀
April 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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larrytenney.bsky.social
At his invitation, a group of transgender women formed an honor guard and greeted the coffin of Pope Francis when it arrived for internment at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica today

uk.news.yahoo.com/transgender-...
Transgender mourners to greet Pope’s coffin
Transgender women will greet the Pope’s coffin at the church where he will be buried.
uk.news.yahoo.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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LOL
stephenjcaruso.bsky.social Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · Apr 24
News: House Minority Leader Jesse Topper (R., Bedford) says SEPTA should, at minimum, privatize its bus service as the agency faces a $213 million budget deficit. He argues this would protect against other services cuts while "relieving taxpayers" from subsidizing the agency.
April 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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benefitted from DEI today (used my library login to read an article i kept hitting the paywall on)
April 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
April 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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jamellebouie.net
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
total clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/4c4b...
April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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akelalacy.bsky.social
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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jaywillis.net
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Respondents emphasize that Abrego Garcia was improperly removed to El Sal- vador because, although he could be removed anywhere else in the world under a 2019 order of removal, that order granted statutory withholding of removal to El Sal- vador alone. But, while the United States concedes that removal to El Salvador was an administrative error, see App., infra, 60a, that does not license district courts to seize control over foreign relations, treat the Executive Branch as a subordinate dip- lomat, and demand that the United States let a member of a foreign terrorist organ- ization into America tonight. For starters, because MS-13 members such as Abrego Garcia have since been designated members of a foreign terrorist organization, they are no longer eligible for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B). Fur- ther, the United States has ensured that aliens removed to CECOT in El Salvador will not be tortured, and it would not have removed any alien to El Salvador for such detention if doing so would violate its obligations under the Convention Against Tor- ture. Moreover, respondents treat the relief here as “routine,” Resp. C.A. Stay Opp. 1, but that relief goes far beyond merely facilitating an alien’s return, which is what courts have ordered in other cases. This order—and its demand to accomplish sensitive foreign negotiations post-haste, and effectuate Abrego Garcia’s return to- night—is unprecedented and indefensible.
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
As someone whose life was saved by cancer research (and may depend on more in the future), I am biased here. But biased on the side of not-cancer. So.
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Trump take switch 2 kotaku.com/switch-2-pre...
Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs
New tariffs threaten massive price hikes on gaming hardware and other consumer goods
kotaku.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM