Christopher George

Southerner, media enthusiast, mediocre guitarist, runner, YIMBY, professional misfit. Tweets are mine.

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

@KateAMcMullen Just saw that. It really sucks that she doesn’t seem to consider at all why her daughter might’ve taken the extreme step of cooking her own meals instead of just cooking with her

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

@KateAMcMullen That poor kid cooks her own meals because her mom cares more about control than about connecting with her daughter and encouraging her love of cooking. Mom’s nonsensical avoidance of “spices” for health reasons aside, that’s really sad to me

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Pro tip: Listen to ≠ Agree with

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

@ohkiv We kept this one clean but I’ve got another one in the works that will bring that smoke to our friends down 85

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Super excited to share this week’s podcast with City Manager Chris Story about next steps for this enormously transformative development in Downtown Spartanburg!

[City of Spartanburg @SpartanburgCity]

A lot of work is still yet to be done before the stands are filled for the first pitch of a minor league baseball game in Spartanburg since 1994. Today on the podcast, we're talking with City Manager Chris Story about those next steps! https://t.co/vzdpPgmhwh

[Touching @wearetouching]

For a guy concerned with climate change, I’ve been fairly anti-EV

This week has drilled it home

My regular argument is that mode shift is needed, and EV’s just continue to allow bad development and land use patterns to continue.

But after a few days w one in LA, there’s more

[City of Spartanburg @SpartanburgCity]

Phrases like "game changer" often get tossed around too casually, but with a new minor league ballpark coming as part of what is by far the largest private development in Downtown Spartanburg history, it's hard to come up with a more apt use of the term https://t.co/6KDbPkDQPE

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Some of us grow up, and some of us will always be the kid stomping on someone else’s sand castle in order to feel better about not building our own

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

“Irony is a symptom of late-capitalist nihilism, and cringe is the antidote to that”

I don’t know what that sentence actually means, but apparently it’s cool to care about stuff again https://t.co/ot25J3OXxF

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Willie Nelson v. Charles III. Willie wins, they abolish the monarchy. Chuck wins, we join the commonwealth. Y’all in?

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Saw a “small batch” soy sauce at a grocery store yesterday, said “Ooo” out loud to no one at all, and then hated myself for that for a while

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Also that context bit is why actual reporters (and I’m lucky to know some good ones) are valuable and why we should have more of them and pay them a lot more

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

Periodic reminder that the act of sharing information without providing context is not “reporting”

[Madi Hilly @MadiHilly]

“As a young person in my 20s expecting a child this year, I feel very comfortable with the way we manage nuclear waste, with making more of it and with passing this responsibility onto our kids.”

My latest, in @nytimes: https://t.co/IFtRCsm6kJ

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

@GennaContino Ads printed on the tables = good barbecue

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

MLB games are now 30 minutes quicker than last year.

That translates to a loss of $280,000 to $1.1 million in lost beer sales throughout the season, depending on the stadium.

So several teams (Brewers, Twins, Diamondbacks, and Rangers) have already extended their beer sales deadline from the 7th to the 8th inning.

And all the other teams will likely do it too.

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

“Photograph” is an absolute banger. It’s a power pop masterpiece cosplaying in spandex and teased hair. It’s a Matthew Sweet song without any dirt on its clothes. It’s a Cheap Trick song in orbit around Jupiter. https://t.co/i3htO7Ct6N

[Christopher George @ChrisDGeorge]

@kathryncasteel @CRogland I’ve heard but cannot confirm that the bear plans to run for council. We have no official comment on that possibility