Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
@kendrawrites.com
Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. If the NYT has no haters I'm dead.
Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
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I want to be clear about something: I'm an expert in like two things. Hating mayo and climate change.
Everything else I skeet is just bitches be saying shit on the internet.
Everything else I skeet is just bitches be saying shit on the internet.
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My new policy of complimenting everyone’s nails—because it’s a thing they actively choose to do & feel good about and I think that deserves a nod—is going outstandingly well people are always excited to talk about their nails. Also that one teller at the credit union always has the most amazing set.
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
My new policy of complimenting everyone’s nails—because it’s a thing they actively choose to do & feel good about and I think that deserves a nod—is going outstandingly well people are always excited to talk about their nails. Also that one teller at the credit union always has the most amazing set.
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I was not aware of this until now but if you check Congress.gov, you can see that Rep. Thanedar’s impeachment articles have consistently been in the top ten most viewed bills for months now.
www.congress.gov
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I was not aware of this until now but if you check Congress.gov, you can see that Rep. Thanedar’s impeachment articles have consistently been in the top ten most viewed bills for months now.
I cannot boycott the things you want me to boycott because I already do not consume them 😭
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I cannot boycott the things you want me to boycott because I already do not consume them 😭
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the doctors are saying they have never seen someone take so many tests
December 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
the doctors are saying they have never seen someone take so many tests
I genuinely think none of this gets solved until we stop electing people who think in terms of "acceptable loss" and not in terms of "people"
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I genuinely think none of this gets solved until we stop electing people who think in terms of "acceptable loss" and not in terms of "people"
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up late writing about black lung again. it’s hard to believe I’ve been reporting on this epidemic for *four years* now and it’s still so hard to get people to care
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
up late writing about black lung again. it’s hard to believe I’ve been reporting on this epidemic for *four years* now and it’s still so hard to get people to care
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“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store
In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.
www.wwltv.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Unless things have changed, one way that Denmark isn't the US is they don't give the chicken pox vaccine
1/ Fall vax rates are slipping, flu is taking off, and when it comes to vaccination schedules (or anything, really) the U.S. isn't Denmark. Plus, a gut-punch report on how ICE policies are shaping health behaviors and hurting kids’ health. Here’s your quick #publichealth briefing for the week!
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Unless things have changed, one way that Denmark isn't the US is they don't give the chicken pox vaccine
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Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs.
www.marketplace.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social this doesn’t qualify as weirdtok but it’s too delightful not to share. Pure joy at one of life’s most wonderful experiences.
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social this doesn’t qualify as weirdtok but it’s too delightful not to share. Pure joy at one of life’s most wonderful experiences.
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Anyways, the bigger story is that CHA poisoned kids with lead in their housing, spent $1.1 million defending itself against a resulting lawsuit, and has yet to resolve the issue of lead in its units.
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Anyways, the bigger story is that CHA poisoned kids with lead in their housing, spent $1.1 million defending itself against a resulting lawsuit, and has yet to resolve the issue of lead in its units.
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It's starting:
"the pace of dropped coverage is [double that] of last year, driven by premium spikes associated with the potential expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits." In the first month of open enrollment, 10,000 in MA dropped health coverage.
www.nepm.org/regional-new...
"the pace of dropped coverage is [double that] of last year, driven by premium spikes associated with the potential expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits." In the first month of open enrollment, 10,000 in MA dropped health coverage.
www.nepm.org/regional-new...
Massachusetts seeing more people drop health insurance
During a press conference Tuesday, the chief of the Massachusetts Health Connector cited rising premiums tied to expiring federal subsidies as a reason for people dropping their health care coverage.
www.nepm.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It's starting:
"the pace of dropped coverage is [double that] of last year, driven by premium spikes associated with the potential expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits." In the first month of open enrollment, 10,000 in MA dropped health coverage.
www.nepm.org/regional-new...
"the pace of dropped coverage is [double that] of last year, driven by premium spikes associated with the potential expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits." In the first month of open enrollment, 10,000 in MA dropped health coverage.
www.nepm.org/regional-new...
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NEW: Former FDNY Commissioner slammed a Queens judge for pitting the Fire Department against the safe streets movement when she ruled last week that the Department of Transportation must halt a life-saving protected bike lane project in Astoria. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/e...
Ex-FDNY Boss: Queens Judge 'Wrongly' Pit FDNY vs. DOT in Bike Lane Ruling - Streetsblog New York City
The former head of the FDNY slammed a Queens judge for pitting the Fire Department against the safe streets movement in a ruling that erased a bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NEW: Former FDNY Commissioner slammed a Queens judge for pitting the Fire Department against the safe streets movement when she ruled last week that the Department of Transportation must halt a life-saving protected bike lane project in Astoria. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/e...
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If you are running, hit me up for a logo. I’ve done like 60 candidate logos and I love giving a good deal to good candidates.
Even/especially if you won’t have the resources for a proper logo until after you launch.
Even/especially if you won’t have the resources for a proper logo until after you launch.
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If you are running, hit me up for a logo. I’ve done like 60 candidate logos and I love giving a good deal to good candidates.
Even/especially if you won’t have the resources for a proper logo until after you launch.
Even/especially if you won’t have the resources for a proper logo until after you launch.
Freedpm of speech...
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Freedpm of speech...
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ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
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This is an EPA spokesperson's response to a question from E&E News about why the agency deleted references to human-driven climate change.
These people are just nuts.
These people are just nuts.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is an EPA spokesperson's response to a question from E&E News about why the agency deleted references to human-driven climate change.
These people are just nuts.
These people are just nuts.
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Going to admit - I have asked a creator where they got a top from
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Going to admit - I have asked a creator where they got a top from
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LAST THING: This is a development in a GOP state where Republicans like Diaz-Balart, Salazar, Gimenez, and DeSantis have tried to paint DEMs as communists/(which, ofc, is a lie
There’s is a cost to rising prices + pushing Cubans/Venezuelans/a Haitians in front of the deportation bus
There’s is a cost to rising prices + pushing Cubans/Venezuelans/a Haitians in front of the deportation bus
There is going to be a TON of punditry and about what this means for the FL Dems — so here’s my FL Man analysis
1. Republicans at the state/local level are in disarray
2. Higgins (MIA) follows a similar upset by Deegan (JAX)
3. The BS election conspiracy has no room to stand in GOP dominant state
1. Republicans at the state/local level are in disarray
2. Higgins (MIA) follows a similar upset by Deegan (JAX)
3. The BS election conspiracy has no room to stand in GOP dominant state
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
LAST THING: This is a development in a GOP state where Republicans like Diaz-Balart, Salazar, Gimenez, and DeSantis have tried to paint DEMs as communists/(which, ofc, is a lie
There’s is a cost to rising prices + pushing Cubans/Venezuelans/a Haitians in front of the deportation bus
There’s is a cost to rising prices + pushing Cubans/Venezuelans/a Haitians in front of the deportation bus
I'm willing to offer up my handwriting as a sample
my take on fonts is that using either Times New Roman or Calibri as the official font for government documents is insane. you should have a government font that the government commissions and thus places in the public domain. it's like if every government memo was stamped with a Microsoft watermark.
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I'm willing to offer up my handwriting as a sample
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This feels right.
The off-brand soda of streaming services.
The off-brand soda of streaming services.
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This feels right.
The off-brand soda of streaming services.
The off-brand soda of streaming services.
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The timeline today is just full of gold-standard weird dudes with good takes.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The timeline today is just full of gold-standard weird dudes with good takes.