Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
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Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. If the NYT has no haters I'm dead.
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The fries have beef extract so I actually went and got fries from a local joint instead.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The fries have beef extract so I actually went and got fries from a local joint instead.
They have to because the fries have beef stuff in them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
They have to because the fries have beef stuff in them.
Meanwhile a local place does a pretty solid corn fritter, that I would eat over these in a heartbeat.
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Meanwhile a local place does a pretty solid corn fritter, that I would eat over these in a heartbeat.
This is my first chicken nugget in like 20 years so I'm good not repeating this.
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is my first chicken nugget in like 20 years so I'm good not repeating this.
Also: because we have a worm brained person in charge of our health department.
When I say, "the oil is bad" I'm not making *health* claims.
I'm not arguing in favor of beef tallow, not least because I do not eat cow. None of my home frying has this taste and I fry in the dreaded seed oils
When I say, "the oil is bad" I'm not making *health* claims.
I'm not arguing in favor of beef tallow, not least because I do not eat cow. None of my home frying has this taste and I fry in the dreaded seed oils
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Also: because we have a worm brained person in charge of our health department.
When I say, "the oil is bad" I'm not making *health* claims.
I'm not arguing in favor of beef tallow, not least because I do not eat cow. None of my home frying has this taste and I fry in the dreaded seed oils
When I say, "the oil is bad" I'm not making *health* claims.
I'm not arguing in favor of beef tallow, not least because I do not eat cow. None of my home frying has this taste and I fry in the dreaded seed oils
Interestingly - the friend chicken chains: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeyes, even Raising Cains don't have that issue.
I can't speak to chick-fil-a because I've never had their bigot chicken.
And I say this as someone who thinks Raising Cains is mid for other reasons.
I can't speak to chick-fil-a because I've never had their bigot chicken.
And I say this as someone who thinks Raising Cains is mid for other reasons.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Interestingly - the friend chicken chains: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeyes, even Raising Cains don't have that issue.
I can't speak to chick-fil-a because I've never had their bigot chicken.
And I say this as someone who thinks Raising Cains is mid for other reasons.
I can't speak to chick-fil-a because I've never had their bigot chicken.
And I say this as someone who thinks Raising Cains is mid for other reasons.
This is my best guess as to what the problem is. I encountered a similar issue when I went to Sonic once on a reporting trip out of desperation because it was the only thing open.
There's like an acrid after taste that my best guess is cause of the oil.
There's like an acrid after taste that my best guess is cause of the oil.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is my best guess as to what the problem is. I encountered a similar issue when I went to Sonic once on a reporting trip out of desperation because it was the only thing open.
There's like an acrid after taste that my best guess is cause of the oil.
There's like an acrid after taste that my best guess is cause of the oil.
And even on a platform like Bluesky which is not directly monetizable I think the influence of behaviors on monetizable platforms seeps in.
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
And even on a platform like Bluesky which is not directly monetizable I think the influence of behaviors on monetizable platforms seeps in.
All of which makes it REALLY hard to ask GENUINE questions that aren't a jumping off point to your expertise and/or designed to rage bait.
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
All of which makes it REALLY hard to ask GENUINE questions that aren't a jumping off point to your expertise and/or designed to rage bait.
I only played for a year!
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I only played for a year!
I feel like my lows (torture wise) weren't quite as low because I came from the flute and also I hate the of an off pitch clarinet. It's like nails on chalkboard to me. I could like pretty quickly tell when it was out of tune. And I'm not like that with other instruments
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I feel like my lows (torture wise) weren't quite as low because I came from the flute and also I hate the of an off pitch clarinet. It's like nails on chalkboard to me. I could like pretty quickly tell when it was out of tune. And I'm not like that with other instruments
If it's not clear, I'm not really sure how string instruments work.
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If it's not clear, I'm not really sure how string instruments work.
There's a sweet spot where you learn how to make the clarinet sound good but also how to make it deliberately sound bad to torture others.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
There's a sweet spot where you learn how to make the clarinet sound good but also how to make it deliberately sound bad to torture others.
I'm not sure if you mean the like lows in terms of sound, or lows in terms of torture.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm not sure if you mean the like lows in terms of sound, or lows in terms of torture.
If you're like, "why did you pick the ukulele?"
If you strum the strings of an in-tune ukulele it sounds pleasant even if you don't know what the fuck you are doing.
When I was first learning to play the clarinet, my parents banished me to the basement.
If you strum the strings of an in-tune ukulele it sounds pleasant even if you don't know what the fuck you are doing.
When I was first learning to play the clarinet, my parents banished me to the basement.
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
If you're like, "why did you pick the ukulele?"
If you strum the strings of an in-tune ukulele it sounds pleasant even if you don't know what the fuck you are doing.
When I was first learning to play the clarinet, my parents banished me to the basement.
If you strum the strings of an in-tune ukulele it sounds pleasant even if you don't know what the fuck you are doing.
When I was first learning to play the clarinet, my parents banished me to the basement.
Thank you!
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Thank you!
I have issues with authority
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I have issues with authority
TL;DR please don't judge NYC by its national media.
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
TL;DR please don't judge NYC by its national media.
They aren't tied to place in any real way beyond what they can extract from said place.
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
They aren't tied to place in any real way beyond what they can extract from said place.
Anyway this is why I'm a big fan of World Systems Theory.
When talking about "east coast media" what we're really talking about is a financially and socially mobile class of people who live in the city but are not OF the city and they can easily decamp elsewhere if conditions are more favorable
When talking about "east coast media" what we're really talking about is a financially and socially mobile class of people who live in the city but are not OF the city and they can easily decamp elsewhere if conditions are more favorable
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Anyway this is why I'm a big fan of World Systems Theory.
When talking about "east coast media" what we're really talking about is a financially and socially mobile class of people who live in the city but are not OF the city and they can easily decamp elsewhere if conditions are more favorable
When talking about "east coast media" what we're really talking about is a financially and socially mobile class of people who live in the city but are not OF the city and they can easily decamp elsewhere if conditions are more favorable