Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green. By @mckenziefunk.com (Published Sept. 2024)

New Orleanian here… friendly reminder that: • Senator John Kennedy is an Oxford-educated Foghorn Leghorn fraud. • Governor Jeff Landry is a moronic bigot. • They both do EVERYTHING in their powers on a daily basis to break New Orleans. Thanks for all the love everyone has sent. Be good 💔

My dear friend, a Palestinian man, runs the Center for Racial Justice at a local HBCU here in New Orleans (I sit on his board) and he is so beloved and has fostered so much love and community. He loves those kids. Keep that fucking Islamaphobic bullshit outta here. We are not that way here.

“The last Black man to drink on this network got fired” - Roy Wood Jr on #CNNNYE

So, a dude with an ISIS flag is immediately considered to be a member of ISIS, but when Elon Musk adopts multiple right-wing white nationalist symbols overnight for his name/avatar, there is media handwringing and bothsidesing over what these symbols mean.

we here at Semafor are excited to bring you our latest feature: a big stupid pile of stupid assholes going blah blah blah blurrrr

you are not "rocking a bucket hat. no one "rocks" a bucket hat. you are "smooth jazzing" the bucket hat at best

The weirdest part of any Christmas song is when Paul McCartney goes ‘The choir of children sing their song, they practised ALL YEAR long’ and then it turns out it’s just them saying ‘ding dong’ a few times

A fascinating aspect of the text of this lawsuit is that we get a really inside baseball look at how PR firms paid by powerful men work with media to shape popular narratives. Methinks we are really starting to pull back the curtain on there Hollywood blender.

Wear. A. Mask.

Hey @RandPaul — maybe not a great idea to install a guy as speaker who can’t get security clearances in part because of his ties to a murderous dictator who openly wants America’s economy to crash and the country to fall apart? 🤷🏻 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

They want to keep homosexuality and all things ~queer illegal bc it makes easy blackmail. And this govt has been run on blackmail schemes from the beginning

From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, here's how state and local governments used billions in opioid settlement funds in 2022 and 2023. Explore this database to find our how officials are using the payouts where you live.

Posted on X two days ago by defense contractor Palantir, the video below is interesting in the context of the recent widespread reports and recordings of drone sightings (the ones that aren’t easily dismissed as planes or identifiable celestial bodies):

I know there are a lot of fundraisers around right now, but Nicole Jackson is a treasure to the birding world - an excellent educator and all around good person - and she could use some help. I had the pleasure of meeting her last year in Columbus. Help her here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

This needs to be EVERYWHERE - LOUD AND CLEAR!! #ChuckandJim #ThePoor

There are NO credible studies showing that vaccines cause Autism. None.

💙 this 🦋

why aren’t there ever any conspiracies that trick people into giving toys to disadvantaged kids or hot meals and black socks to their houseless neighbors

Sad but true.

UPDATE: “Alexander Smirnov pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and Hunter… Smirnov told the FBI the Bidens each accepted $5 million from Ukrainian energy company Burisma, but knew it was false…” www.cbsnews.com/news/alexand...

"More people died from homelessness than homicide in Nashville this year.” A friend shared this photo from yesterday's memorial at Riverfront Park.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." -- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

Ummmmm

www.instagram.com/p/DDpnzt4R-t... Maybe its the brainrot, but it seems like Taylor studied this party! Many ties to Magritte also

Lol, seems like a dark song choice for the occasion...

The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed” peaks at #20 today in 1981. “That song is really unique in its structure and .. melodically, it’s such a fun song,” said Belinda Carlisle. “And of course, when you get the reaction of the audience to the song when you do it live, it makes it even better.”

Just re-reading Wicked, and it makes me wonder just how many tomes taylor has read it. Bc 👀

Steinbeck: What did you think of my draft of 𝘖𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯? Publisher: It needs more characters. Steinbeck: I'll see what I can do.

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

Swarms of dozens of large, sometimes car-sized drones have traversed eight New Jersey counties on a nightly basis for nearly a month now ― and political leaders there are calling for a state of emergency

Im still holding out hope for a bleachella bob comeback ⚡️

Dear Reader fans: consider Midnights' final track, and TTPD's The Manuscript. Swift's use of Dear Reader is to address both 'publically' and 'privately'. she's asking who are you to her when you listen to her music? Mick Wilson's "Dear reader: of private and public writing"

Same

From the article: "People will complain I am 'making Biden look bad'. I am not 'making' anything: these are bad actions, and I am noting that they happened."

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I hope u guys realize that this mashup is word for word explaining the entire eras era/performancertlor/midnights time that’s been happening. I can literally go into DETAIL, she closed this chapter so beautifully and laid it out perfectly. Hold on to the memories and may they break our fall.

Ask white people to do a bit of introspection and they decide to burn the world down instead

Here’s a great overview of the phenomenal Nikki Giovanni. Truly a legend. 💔

From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:

Two 26-Year-Olds: One Killed a Homeless Man, Another is Suspected of Killing a Healthcare CEO Daniel Penny is free after killing a man victim to the system. What of Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of killing a man symbolic of it?

Dammit!!

This seems accurate ⚰️

OH WAIT IS THIS THE FUNERAL?

I didnt think I would be surprised by her tonite but SAME OUTFITS AGAIN is a surprise to me. It must mean something beyond filming?? Any guesses??

Me and my bb last July at eras in seattle💅💜