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natalieweiner.bsky.social
Dallas-based freelance writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: dontrocktheinbox.substack.com natalie.l.weiner at gmail
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(one of the most surprisingly great covers💜)

ANYWAY I became the latest person to ask "Why don't the Texas Rangers have a Pride NIght?" It would probably not surprise you that it comes from ownership. I looked at why, and talked to some fans and a long time advocate how it makes them feel. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

how about they're both bad but one sustains life

again cannot believe we have gone from mia hamm vs mj “i can do anything better than you” to “wahhh women are special flowers who require kid gloves to play sports in case they break a nail or their uterus falls out” in less than 30 years. feels insanely stupid.

i just love roger miller so much

This kind of politics is just SO ugly. Tarrant County Republican Chair mocks the wholesome family photos on the Texas House floor at the end of the legislature's session by calling for the deportation of Texas State Representative Gene Wu's family (they are all US citizens).

because on the newsletter we get to write what we want to, i went longish on dwight yoakam's "purple rain" and the power of a great, unlikely cover www.dontrocktheinbox.com/p/issue-102-...

how have i never thought about de'aaron fox vs. aaron fox ethnomusicologist before this moment lmao

dallas texas

Today: - @katiebarnes.bsky.social on trans women in sports, - @cancerletter.com's Paul Goldberg on 100 years of oncology, - Exploring the state of cancer research, w/ @aaas.org's Sudip Parikh, @jhu-bdps.bsky.social's Otis Brawley & @julierovner.bsky.social Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

ding dong the witch is dead

you gotta be kidding me

OpenSecrets reports today that Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas), who represents a Dallas-area House district, recently violated the STOCK Act by failing to properly report two Bitcoin transactions that were collectively worth as much as $500,000. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/06...

First big election of June is coming up: It's in San Antonio, this Saturday, for mayor. It pits Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, who served in the Biden admin, versus Republican Rolando Pablos, who has Greg Abbott's support. One of 40 elections on our big board for June: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

there just aren't even words really. so awful

At long last, my new standup special Positive Reinforcement is coming out on 6/27 on Blonde Medicine's YouTube page! I'm so excited for everyone to get to see these jokes! Click "Remind Me" for a notification when it's live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...

everybody wish the very best person i know, my wonderful husband @jonnyauping.bsky.social (here pictured at the women's basketball hall of fame, probably posting) a happy birthday. the funniest, smartest, most generous and kind guy you know who makes every single day better ❤️🎉