Taylor Heeden Larkins

She/her •🇱🇧 • Reporter at @qnotescarolinas, Formerly @JohnstonianNews and @ChathamNR • JRL 💘 • opinions are my own• part of the gen z revolution

[Taylor Heeden Larkins @HeedenTaylor]

My dad passed away on May 20. It was very unexpected, and I’ve spent the last week or so trying to gather my thoughts just to cope with the fact he’s no longer on this earth.

I love you, Dad. I miss you, and I wish I could hug you just one more time

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Joe Biden attending the Eagles game today.

[Will Doran @will_doran]

Here’s the tricky math for NC’s Congressional delegation: Republican counties tend to be more dependent on Medicaid expansion than Democratic counties.

If Republicans vote to end Medicaid expansion, their own constituents will be the most affected. #ncpol

[NFR Podcast @nfr_podcast]

Tyler, The Creator went to Esmeralda’s graduation ceremony 🎓🔥

“ESMERALDA!” — Tyler in the crowd

[🅺 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 @politikayl]

To die on an Easter Monday is so poetic, but this one hurts differently. A truly progressive Pope—one who did not hesitate to ask the hard questions and speak on difficult issues. One who did not mince his words, when everyone else was silent. Rest in power, Pope Francis.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

"It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help... If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."

- Pope Francis

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

Pope Francis used his last public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Even as he was hospitalised, he maintained his commitment to check in on a daily basis with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City.

Rest in peace.

[militant @alasiye7e]

A thread of Pope Francis being truly progressive and truly Christlike. Rest in Paradise 🕊️🧵

[Pop Base @PopBase]

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directs prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Teaser for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’

Out November 20, 2026.

[Taylor Heeden Larkins @HeedenTaylor]

Thank the lord bc this song is everything

[Pop Base @PopBase]

‘luther’ by Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA officially hits #1 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100.

It becomes Kendrick’s sixth and SZA’s third #1 hit.

[riem dante, rnd, md 🍏 @justdants]

conclave jokes aside, i'll prob cry if this guy goes. in this world surging towards rightward extremism, he moved our oldest institutions towards progress and inclusivity

[BRANDON @Brandon_Banner]

And that’s what Cowboy Carter was all about.

[Caitlin Legacki @caitleg]

Nothing more romantic than spelling out 32 to comply with AP Style

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Kendrick Lamar replaces himself at #1 on US Spotify with “luther” dethroning “Not Like Us.”

[sir @SirCecred]

SZA REPOSTED THIS ON INSTAGRAM I LOVE HER

[Cara Zelaya @carazelaya]

Samuel L Jackson was an usher at MLK's funeral and a literal Black Panther and that seems important to point out to people who fully missed the point.

[Nas @nasescobar316]

The Negro National Anthem came out in 1900 before most Immigrants came to America. You cannot erase American History because it doesn’t suit your narrative.

[Taylor Heeden Larkins @HeedenTaylor]

I just need them to do an entire album together already

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

“luther” by Kendrick Lamar & SZA returns to its #3 peak on the Hot 100.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Jon Batiste, who is performing the Star Spangled Banner right now, served on the Kennedy Center Board until he was removed by President Trump this past week.