Earth, Wind and Tired

Those that came before me carried me in their hopes and dreams.

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

I am my brother and sister's keeper.

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

I have been deep diving into all the sub genres of house music and it has been a joy. I call house music my happy place music. It really does put you in a good mood.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Nestle just lost 413,793 KitKat bars. Someone stole them off a truck heading from their factory in central Italy to Poland, about 1,300 km away. Roughly $1 million in chocolate. The truck, the bars, all of it, just gone.

A European Parliament study puts cargo theft costs across Europe at €8.2 billion a year. That works out to about €2.5 million worth of goods disappearing from trucks and warehouses every 24 hours.

The industry group TAPA tracked 157,421 cargo thefts across 129 countries between 2022 and 2024. Only 6% of those included how much was actually taken, and that 6% alone added up to €2.7 billion. The real number is way bigger.

Germany gets hit the hardest. DHL's own data shows that a truckload is stolen every 20 minutes there, costing roughly €2.2 billion a year. The fastest-growing method is "phantom carriers," where criminal groups register fake trucking companies with forged documents, show up at warehouses with legit-looking paperwork, load the cargo, and drive off. No weapons, no break-ins. Just forged IDs and a clipboard. The German Insurance Association logged 88 phantom carrier cases in the first seven months of 2025, matching the total for the previous year.

Food is the most-stolen category in Europe, accounting for 10-20% of all cargo thefts. Chocolate is a top target because it doesn't spoil, everyone wants it, and it sells fast on unofficial markets. 20 tonnes of Nutella and Kinder Eggs were stolen in Germany in 2017. A crime ring that moved 287 tonnes of Swiss chocolate worth $8 million over the course of 2014. 20 tonnes of Milka were taken from an Austrian factory in 2019 using forged pickup papers.

Timing makes this one sting. Cocoa went from about $2,400 per ton three years ago to over $12,600 in late 2024. Prices have dropped to around $5,000-$6,000 in early 2026, but that's still double the historical average. In Poland, where these bars were headed, chocolate retail prices jumped 32.6% last year according to EU data. The product is worth stealing right now more than at almost any point in the past decade.

Nestlé says each bar has a scannable code that routes back to the company. Decent tracking. But when €2.5 million in cargo disappears from European supply chains every single day, 413,793 KitKat bars are a rounding error.

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

Why they got hosts for this?? 😭😭😭 #verzuz

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

In another timeline Bow Wow's song Like You could've been Prince and the Revolution song.

[Travis (Undercover) @travisfrombk97]

Perfect opportunity to highlight Miles’s mother, Timiney Figueroa, who is a talented singer in her own right and sang with Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir. #Oscars

[COLORS @colorsxstudios]

The streets are calling.

New Orleans artist Flagboy Giz channels the spirit of Mardi Gras Indian tradition with a powerful performance of ‘We Outside’.

Watch the full show: https://t.co/eBdzImK9uf

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the Oscars.

See the full winners list: https://t.co/2LO8EZqZIM

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

Most recently: Rapsody and Jill Scott WALKED on Moonchild new album. Song: Not Sorry

[Rob Milton @therobmilton]

- name a song where the feature carried the song on their back.

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

This new music Friday is everything! So far I've been listening and taking in Moonchild and Willow's albums, they are so good! Tickling my brain in a great way!

[Eddie S. Glaude Jr. @esglaude]

“I Am Somebody” is a poem written by Rev. William Holmes Borders, Sr. He was the Senior Pastor at Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta. Reverend Jesse Jackson recited the poem often.

I Am
Somebody
I Am
Somebody
I May Be Poor
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Young
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be On Welfare
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Small
But I Am
Somebody
I May Make A Mistake
But I Am
Somebody
My Clothes Are Different
My Face Is Different
My Hair Is Different
But I Am
Somebody
I Am Black
Brown
White
I Speak A Different Language
But I Must Be Respected
Protected
Never Rejected
I Am
God's Child
I Am somebody.

[the demon on his kneecaps @j_donatella]

Reverend Jesse Jackson to all but grandpa to me. This feels so surreal, my heart aches. Thankful to have known you in this life time. Grateful that i can still see your face when i look in the mirror. 🕊️🤍

[Helena @saintkikismith]

women in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)

[culture @notgwendalupe]

Bad Bunny's Full Super Bowl Halftime show #SuperBowl

[🇭🇹Jerry Jwet File @Haitiancaribbe]

Bad bunny said Jamaica and Haiti the way that it should be pronounced which is the Taino way !!! Xaymaca and Ayiitii this isn��t what most people are used to but it’s the correct way

[FLEEKNIK @Judnikki]

man said jamaica…haiti…guyana and that’s when i knew he was not a fool.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

John P. Kee takes over the NPR Tiny Desk tomorrow:

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

Seeing Clipse live last year was so 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

Lmaaoooo Cherrrrr!!!! Well technically Luther did posthumously win too! Lol

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

AYEEEEE!!!

[Earth, Wind and Tired @actofriesisting]

I heard them total praise chords at the end!