Natalie Weiner

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Roger Clyne on 30 Years of the Refreshments' 'Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy': 'The Lighting of the Fuse' Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers drop new album 'Hell to Breakfast,' and look back at the Refreshments' breakout album 'Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy.'

In the 30 years since the Refreshments' Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, "Banditos" and the King of the Hill theme made Roger Clyne briefly famous, he's never stopped writing and never left the Arizona borderlands. We talked for @rollingstone.com ahead of his latest LP

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

nothing real estate agents love more than addressing you as part
of their "team"

Lost Recipes | Defector In 1991, Spin magazine took the Compton rap collective N.W.A out to eat for a profile at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. The white author presents gangsta rap as a cynical enterprise, no different ...

I wrote about old rap magazines, the fight for the future of hip hop’s past, and the impact the digital age has had on history, for @defector.com
defector.com/lost-recipes

i've had so little sleep for so long at the point the seahawks winning the super bowl feels extra surreal lol

every time my team does a stupid move in the offseason i think i will simply say actually this move is like signing sam darnold

I enjoy Jonny's writing and think you should read it

built the rides at disneyland. the park’s first mexican foreman

jesus

Unopened can of beer on sidewalk

If anyone wants a full can of Rainier it’s at the corner of 26th Ave NE and NE 55th St.

both of my grandparents are scientists. you've never met anyone less impressed by my bylines lol

he spends months working on educational powerpoints for other chemists? lol idk

he knocked this one out of the park that is for sure

environmental chemist lol. he's also not fully retired at like 97

i am sure i'm not the first but i called it "lightly vocal fried" last week and was proud

i just love reaching some of the same critical aesthetic conclusions independently bc it helps me feel like i'm not crazy lol

ok just started reading but already great minds vis a vis moroney/lilith fair lol

Megan Moroney Is an “Emo Cowgirl” With Big Ambition The country singer-songwriter on her pink and tiger-print era, the singer she idolizes, and her much-discussed friendship with Morgan Wallen.

a bucket list interview from me!!! Megan Moroney on why she still wants to be as honest as possible in her songs www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...

i'm pretending to captain the moroney train when we all know i'm a johnny-come-lately

another convert

🙏🙏🙏

No one better to capture this fairly historic moment in country history!

this is a sequel to @marissarmoss.bsky.social's piece on the topic and broadly the book she literally wrote on it bsky.app/profile/mari...

Has anyone used the term “clutched their pearl snaps“ before because I just did and it might be perfect

YouTube video by MeganMoroneyVEVO Megan Moroney - Wish I Didn't (Official Video)

this song, as i wrote yesterday, has been in my head for like 3 weeks now www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbN...

hard for me to fathom that "wish i didn't" won't be pushed to radio eventually but am shocked it hasn't been yet!

many thanks to the inimitable @augetoffmygold.bsky.social for the edit

Ella Langley and Megan Moroney’s Milestone Chart-Toppers Are Forcing Nashville to Break a Decades-Old Rule Megan Moroney's and Ella Langley's simultaneous success is breaking traditional country rules about only woman thriving in the mainstream at a time.

wrote a little about Langley/Moroney and What It All Means in my latest for @billboard.com ! www.billboard.com/music/countr...

“When the world expects something that you can’t deliver and you just hide in plain sight because it feels like inertia is all that’s left, then you’re barely existing.”