meganwest

Research & Insights. Recently discovered narwhals are real. she/her.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Twenty families used about 386.5 billion gallons of Colorado River water last year. How they came to control so much of the West’s most valuable river is a story of geography, good timing, and racist laws and policies that excluded farmers of color. https://t.co/TccTJVq3NH

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

Always read the bylaws

[City Bridge Foundation @CityBridgeFndn]

In accordance with ancient tradition (and the Port of London Thames Byelaws) a bundle of straw is dangled from Millennium Bridge to warn shipping of work under the bridge (we’re not making this up, honest). Robert, from our rope access contractor CAN Ltd, does the honours.

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

Florals for spring. Shocking.

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

EXCLUSIVE: People are using AI chatbots to fill junk websites with AI-generated text that attracts paying advertisers, according to a new report shared with MIT Technology Review.

https://t.co/uzTmVLV0L1

[FOST @GeorgeFoster72]

When it was at its peak! When you could sit in this part 🔥🔥

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

High winds at the perfect time of day created a rare Rainbow Waterfall in Yosemite National Park

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

@ermlabrat Not near me! Definitely a little intense in some areas but I'm safe.

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

Earthquake in the middle of a hurricane ARE YOU KIDDING ME

[Martin Turnbull, author @TurnbullMartin]

Back in the day, if you had a 2am craving for candy apples, cornbread, and, cucumbers, you had at least one option: the Hollywood Ranch Market at 1234 Vine St, Hollywood with those three life-saving words blazing in neon: We Never Close. #LosAngelesHistory

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “The people of Ohio said to Republicans — uh, I think I’ma vote for my vote SHOULD count… this is all about the future of American democracy, y’all… it is THIS close.” 🇺🇸

As always Tennessee’s own @traecrowder has the best takes on everything 🔥

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

I mean it's one hour, how many packages could a UPS worker deliver? 5 packages?

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

This is good but the takeaway can't just be that a bad actor eluded detection, but that our mainstream media and institutions have increasingly chosen to tolerate and platform 'thought leaders' whose whole deal is obviously centered around racial animus

https://t.co/sNELZoAdok

[faris @faris]

“The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics” https://t.co/NrakR5S7aw

[stoobs @thejstoobs]

Apparently this is a hot take but I think Margot Robbie is the beating heart of Barbie? Her eager yet earnest portrayal of an object discovering what makes us human is perhaps the greatest example of the ‘authentic artificiality’ that Greta Gerwig hoped to channel.

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

When stunt people picket against the AMPTP, they out-picket all of us. (performed by Mike Massa)

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

@qwesterby Matt.

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

@gailie Right?????

[Tom and Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo]

I keep reading these hot takes about how the little girls smashing their baby dolls at the beginning of Barbie is some sort of shockingly subversive image but all it tells me is that you never paid attention to how little girls play. They wreck shit when they feel like it

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

@silkyd67 Are you saying there might be insight between black and white?

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

For reasons, I feel the need to remind everyone: DON'T USE VINEGAR AND BLEACH TOGETHER. EVEN IN THE LAUNDRY.

[meganwest @meganwesterby]

I have literally never been prouder to be a Barnard alum than after seeing Barbie. Thank you, Greta.