Freelance editor/writer. Author, "Food Lovers' Guide to Queens." Publisher, @bridgetownbites. West coast native. Food, PDX + more.
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Mexican comfort food restaurant Ole Frijole closed May 4. They cited "labor shortages, increasing high cost of food and labor, and the increasing costs of leasing this building" as reasons for closing. The property is currently Under Contract. bridgetownbites.com/2024/06/… #portland
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My @delta flight got canceled from JFK. The customer service line was huge, so I google a Delta JFK phone number. The number was 1888-571-4869 Thinking I reached Delta, I started telling them about getting me on a new flight.
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I experienced the LA G Line and I have been forever changed. 🧵
The G Line is a BRT Line through the San Fernando Valley in an old interurban right of way.
What makes it special is that it doesn't have painted bust lanes, it uses a busway. Basically, a dedicated bus only road. – at St Louis, MO
ALT A view of the bus way and the protected stations, split between both halves of the intersection.
ALT A satellite photo of Chandler Boulevard in LA, with the orange line bus way running in the median
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(deep sigh) All six wildfires in the Pacific Cascade Region this weekend were caused by fireworks.
ALT Wildland firefighter Michael Scott expresses disbelief that someone would be reckless with their fireworks. "When I specifically asked you not to?" he says, reflecting on how he asked SO NICELY, too.
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If, however, I told you that *these* photos are also from Oman, you might perhaps express some surprise. Enter the Khareef.
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"The report said that Temu and Shein alone are likely responsible for almost 600,000 packages shipped to the United States daily under the de minimis rule."
1/3 packages entering 🇺🇸 may be avoiding scrutiny for Uyghur forced labor.
@AnaSwanson @fu_claire
nytimes.com/2023/06/22/busin…
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Underground train stations have some of the most surprising and beautiful architecture in the world. Here's a few of the best:
1. Alisher Navoiy Station, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1977)
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Who is the most high-agency person you've never heard of?
Rudolf Vrba.
He escaped Auschwitz by soaking himself in gasoline -- to give a memo to Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Pope.
Meet the man who saved 200,000 lives from the Nazis:
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#OnThisDay thirty years ago, in 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web software to the public.
Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes from all over the globe who were working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly.
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/computin…
#CERNImpact #CERNandSociety
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On April 24, Tucker Carlson was asked to remove himself from his place of work. That request came from his network. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his childhood friend, Don Lemon.
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You can complain about the closet space, or that the bathrooms are tiny and inaccessible to houseguests, but this is the best photo staging I’ve ever seen for a house. redf.in/rw8p9B
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Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵
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Mood is festive today in 🇬🇪Georgia's capital Tbilisi, as its main thoroughfare is packed once again. People are celebrating the ruling party's dropping of 'foreign agent' bill, which would have marginalized critical voices &was seen as going against Georgia's European aspirations
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The sound that once sent a shiver down the Roman legionary's spine! The bellow of a reconstructed carnyx - a war trumpet used by Iron Age Celts, Gauls, and Germans to incite troops to battle and instil terror in the enemy.
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What are all these scribbles on your keyboard?
A brief history of punctuation marks:
