~Spoiler alert. Stop if you are still working on today’s NYT spelling bee~

So everything’s still awful but it’s bloody glorious that ⁦ @nytimes⁩ puzzlemakers accept FRACK as a word but not the gas industry’s FRAC

Climate activists added the K circa 2009 yeah we did that
It took about five years
Industry flacks used to bully us about the K and even threatened reporters.
“One attorney emailed me with the subject line “Misspelling of Fracing,” and suggested I call oil heavyweights Halliburton, Weatherford and Schlumberger. “They will tell you the correct spelling of FRACING.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/ohio-energy-inc/2014/05/will-this-settle-it-merriam-webster-picks-fracking.html">https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/...
Will this settle it? Merriam-Webster picks ‘fracking’ over ‘fracing’

Dear oil and gas industry – I like to think we have a mutual understanding of how the other works.

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/ohio-energy-inc/2014/05/will-this-settle-it-merriam-webster-picks-fracking.html
Ok so I’m just gonna be happy about this for the rest of the night bc the New York sky is full of the ashes of California trees and 40 percent of my fellow Americans apparently don’t believe in reality.
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