in which Olde Platty bids his (one or two) fans adieu. tks to the kitchen community for their forbearance for all of these years and decades, and thanks to you all for reading .....

There’s something liberating about being forced to give up any illusion that a system is working. It makes the total articulation of something new seem reasonable, because it is.

we will adopt your baby

FINAL ELECTION RESULTS! We did it!! We are moving on to the General Election in November. So many thanks to the 21,053 people who voted for ALL OF US! Results to be certified by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk later today. #generalelection #voteleft #notmeus #allhandsondeck

Today, The New York Timesguild is releasing a report on persistent racial disparities in performance evaluations at @nytimes. For nearly 2 years, management has chosen to downplay the problem instead of addressing it. nyguild.org/2022-nyt-perfo…

Loved reading Miles W. Griffis reporting on controversy with the iconic gay bar The Black Cat in LA getting a new neighbor. Check it out! them.us/story/black-ca…

come join my team, we need a new project manager. this is a v great group of people and we’re working on solving some of the most fun problems in publishing. nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/job/…

We love what we do. We believe in the mission of the The New York Times. Executives have suggested this walkout was orchestrated by outsiders, but we are the union. Here's why more than 1,100 NYTimesGuild members are ready to walk in their own words:

The Other New York Times Workers On Strike thecity.nyc/2022/12/8/2350…

White lotus so good at exposin toxic white gays. Next seasons gon take place at the Abbey.

So, as they say, ~personal~ news: I am leaving Texas next month, to join the Los Angeles Times. I'll be covering the LA Sheriff's Dept, jail & related shenanigans. LA folks: Now is the time to leak me stuff!! No one will suspect you yet!!

it feels like poppers have become too mainstream

Today, we wrote to the Board of Directors of The New York Times asking them to push management to reach an agreement on a contract that treats employees with fairness and respect, in line with the values by which the company claims to operate.

ice merchants was robbed.

They're shutting down the Laemmle NoHo for luxury apartments. LA is in an insane housing crisis and no one living in that area will be able to afford to live in those apartments. For the love of god just let us have a nice movie theatre!

“The Ultimatum: Queer Love,” which wrapped up Wednesday on Netflix, broke ground by focusing exclusively on queer and nonbinary couples. nyti.ms/42qYj1N

It's gonna be a big day!

i knew this hurricane would bring an earthquake

aaaaand the natural disaster turducken is complete