Harri Weber
@Harriblogs
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she/her 🎀 writer, editor, songwriter 📝 found in @PopSci @TechCrunch @Gizmodo @FastCompany @VentureBeat @TheNextWeb ✨ mail: harri @harri .fm
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I’m joining
@TechCrunch
soon as a senior writer, covering climate tech!
(I’ll also write about venture capital, though not as often as I do now.)
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MacOS Beta testers: Do NOT turn on invert colors and grayscale at the same time while in dark mode!
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Just got laid off from
@TechCrunch
— If you're hiring for a reporter / editor with experience across tech, culture, science and transportation, lmk! email is harri
@harri
.fm
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hi
i am transfemme
i’m sharing this for me
use she/her pronouns with me.
(if you need to grieve the person you knew — me as a cis man, that’s totally fine, but keep me out of it 💗.)
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My email is up n running!
harri.weber
@techcrunch
.com
Send me tips on climate tech, especially: VC, energy gen/storage, blockchain, labor, environmental justice, transportation and cities. 📥 Tell me what you're working on, or what your employer is—and isn't—doing. DM for signal
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I scheduled gender-affirming surgery for March 29 one year ago. I'm still doing it, despite being laid off.
@TechCrunch
is covering my insurance through surgery, but I'll owe about $3k in copays, so I'm swallowing my pride & posting venmo 👩💻
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Dearest friends, here it is, my last Gizmodo blog
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the year is 2371. the place, san francisco. the transit agency? …
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IF YOU DO: Command + Space, type Siri, enter, then ask Siri to "turn off invert colors" which works, incredibly
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If you can, will you join me in donating to the Twin Cities Solidarity Fund?
@TwinCitiesDSA
It provides a direct disbursement of cash without means-testing:
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Funds of funds: Why are they so dang secretive about the funds they fund?
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I'm losing my main writing gig with Fast Company due to budget cuts. I feel like I'm shouting this into the void like everyone else, but: I'm searching for a new reporting / editing gig!
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friends,
some personal news
i'm leaving Gizmodo, a place full of people I love dearly, in mid-February
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~ some personal news ~
I’m joining
@dotla
to write about venture funding and how it’s shaping life in Los Angeles. I’m excited to learn, dive back into a beat and break stories, so pls send tips!💐 h
@harrisonweber
.com or DM for Signal
👉
@rungomez
is our new audience engagement editor, helping
@dotLA
grow its reach on social media & newsletters
👉
@HarrisonWeber
is covering the
#VC
scene as our new senior reporter
👉
@sarahfavot
joins us part-time to cover the tech scene in L.A., among other cool things
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I really hope i didn’t just send out like 17,000 notifications
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Ahhh, i guess that bulk unfave tweets script i just tried had the opposite effect 👀
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i came out out jan 1 2021, but like lots of folks it actually happened slowly. starting with myself over years and years. then a friend, about one thing. my therapist. the group chat. and so on. i needed to move slowly and gently. today im glad i can just say fuck it, im trans
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wanted to elaborate 💓 I’m away this month on medical leave after FFS, a gender-affirming surgery 🏳️⚧️. Everything went well. I’ll be back writing soon. I feel so dang thankful for all of you who made this possible. email is harri
@harri
.fm / eager to reconnect as soon as i’m back
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"racism" is the word you're looking for
An Asian woman was punched in the face in New York City on Tuesday in what is being investigated as a possible coronavirus bias crime.
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my startup will reimagine the natural peanut butter sector by miniaturizing home depot paint mixer technology for the kitchen
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One employee at
@the_wing
told me, “We had our company leaders telling us just two weeks ago that they were going to be taking care of us. This came as a shock to us, obviously a majority female staff, in the middle of a pandemic. It sucks.”
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Trans twitter: Anybody know a pharmacy near central Los Angeles that has estrogen? I've tried three pharmacies so far and they're all out 😨.
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It is time for me to rest and explore some other places, and most importantly, recover from an increasingly urgent sense of burnout that I've been feeling for years. I will miss my wonderful team and our beautiful website.
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Prospective EV buyers: This change anything for you?
The $7,500 EV tax credit can soon be applied at time of purchase, though it's up to dealers to do this.
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A crew strike would shut down Hollywood. Big Tech has everything to do with it.
#IATSEvotes
#IASolidarity
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RIP to my check mark 😮💨 my new twitter handle is 🥁🥁
@Harriblogs
Pls update your address books 💓
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lying about the shooter being trans is about more than misdirection. it is genocidal. they want us wiped off the face of the earth. we aren't going anywhere, but we need to rally behind trans people, particularly trans people of color and trans youth
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Last thing: Burnout is super common and takes many forms and lots of people experience it. It is okay to feel this way. If you ever want to talk about it with someone, my DMs are open ❤️
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On this day I plan to buy nothing from Amazon and will instead go to a park
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I am extremely sad about my friends losing their jobs, thanks to private equity vultures and incompetent executives, who pinned their hopes to fickle platforms instead of serving readers
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Best salary estimates:
When I started writing I made $25-$75/story. Miraculously got a job at The Next Web making 42k/yr.
Made 65k as editorial director at WeWork, 75k-90k at VentureBeat. 100k at Gizmodo.
Took a substantial cut to freelance, averaging around 65k
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I just want to thank
@LeoDiCaprio
for supporting
@gmgunion
@WGAEast
as we get back to negotiating OUR CONTRACT today
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Out on medical leave this month, healing / resting post-surgery. Back very soon 💓
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This pale purple line is L.A., where the median valuation of early-stage startups has soared 116% since 2020 (per
@PitchBook
)
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Some personal news, I just released my very first song on Spotify <3
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Dear Trans Women: If you are struggling to access estradiol valerate / delestrogen (injection), please contact me. DMs open.
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Doing my best to curate a ✨spotify playlist featuring queer songwriters in Los Angeles ✨
Here's what I have so far:
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ICYMI: I road around in this 3-wheeled, doorless "car" to test my love of goofy, tiny vehicles
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My last freelance story is live! 💗
I Miss the Sega Dreamcast My Brother and I Put on Layaway but Never Got (Because He Stole the Money)
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Carbon offsets are “fool’s gold,” renowned climate expert William Collins told me this morning.
UC Berkeley’s William Collins definitely doesn’t have a lot of confidence in the value of carbon credits, in conversation with TechCrunch’s
@HarrisonWeber
at
#TCClimate
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Hi there 👋, I’m available to take on new freelance writing and editing work!
Stories:
Would love a boost / DM me if you have tips, or email below: h
@harrisonweber
.com
tyyyyy!
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@koftheworld
sorry are you talking about why would anyone beta test apple software? then yes i agree
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LA friends, hi! See below ⬇️
Oh, hey, I'm looking for a room to rent in Koreatown. If you have leads, please send them my way! Here is a photo of me with other people. I don't have pets but I'll like yours. I work remotely (sorry!!) + I can cook arepas. My DMs are open. Thanks!
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i’m still looking for work! i’ve written about lots of things, but this Dreamcast story is my favorite even though i only rarely cover video games
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Here we’ll take a look at the small and low(er)-priced EVs that didn’t make it — the flops, the failures to launch, the u-turns and holdouts of North America’s size- and range-obsessed EV market.
for
@TechCrunch
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The crazy story of how my coworkers ATTACKED!!!! my beautiful standing desk is now public for all to see. Now I ask YOU: Am I not completely, objectively in the right? 📢
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no. of times Marcus by Goldman Sachs® has lowered my savings account APY since June:
*Six*
no. of times Chase has cut my credit card APR during that time:
*One*
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Me this a.m.☀️, except each flower represents a thing I'm pretty sure I forgot to do
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I'm looking for a seed-stage L.A. startup that has recently shared its valuation (or is willing to) for a story. DMs are open!
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paddington 3 looks sick
Elizabeth Banks to direct bear-centric thriller COCAINE BEAR for Universal.
The film is based on true events from 1985; a 175-pound bear accidentally consumed over 70 ponds of cocaine that was dropped it from a plane by a smuggler.
The exact details of the film are under wraps.
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Hi! 👋 I'm looking for a quantum-computing expert who can talk about its use in climate / weather modeling. Got any recs? DMs open
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Auto analysts, Tier 1 supplier execs and top leadership at automakers all tell
@TechCrunch
the same thing: The industry is working on software-defined vehicles, but most automakers, particularly those in North America and Europe, just aren’t there yet
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I'm searching for interesting startups focused on mitigating fashion's environmental toll. Esp carbon emissions + other forms of pollution in fast fashion. DMs open if you have recs!
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it’s wild to me how, in just a few months, i’m going from: being allowed to post a photo of myself shirtless on instagram
to: not being allowed to except under certain circumstances, per Facebook/Meta rules. Reminder of how puritanical the corporate internet is
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I'm looking for a researcher who can speak to carbon emissions linked to bitcoin and the like. Got any recs for me?
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Declaring email bankruptcy after getting covid. Sorry! Good news is im mostly back to normal and ready to read emails again.
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"Google’s robotaxi company is not one of the good guys," said
@HugoForCD13
. "It’s just another big tech firm trying to put profit over people.“ For
@TechCrunch
:
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I *will* be at CES in Jan for
@TechCrunch
— DMs open for tips on climate, sustainability and transportation 🌼🌻
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South Carolina approved Arrival for a $500,000 grant and job development credits in 2020. The company must meet certain job and investment commitments by December 3, 2025, or else it'll "be required to repay a pro rata portion of the grant funds disbursed"
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Pre-save my new release "Strut" on Spotify:
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