Amrita Khalid 🎧

@askhalid.bsky.social

Tech and business journalist. Bylines at The Verge, Engadget, Quartz, and more.

Going to start a support group for people who only live 1-2 blocks away from a red flag/evacuation warning zone. Let’s bond over our half-packed go bags and our obsessive checking of the Watch Duty app.

If LA does NYC-style congestion pricing, I imagine it’ll hit working and middle class commuters who live outside the city (i.e. the Valley) the hardest. Most will just pay the toll. A 30-40 minute drive from Van Nuys to West LA is equal to 2 hrs (and 3 transfers!) on public transit.

you're hosting a business conference and a bunch of dudes show up yelling the N-word do you: (a) kick them out immediately and reassure attendees that you're taking all reasonable measures to keep them safe, or (b) talk about how you want to someday build tools for attendees to protect themselves