That was my understanding too, that pansexual was more a term created by people who found “bisexual” to be reinforcing gender binary structures, which totally makes sense and I can see why those who identify as pansexual would bristle at being referred to as “bisexual”. I also see why the Big Mouth explanation was…

There is no way they would have engaged her as a client without a massive retainer, but I’m sure that has been wiped out by now. That said, I don’t really understand it either. It’s not like this case is proceeding in an unexpectedly costly manner compared to similar cases, so they should have had a sense of what the…

But she only had a tiny amount of that “net worth” in cash form. She probably took a hefty salary as CEO and I think she received a few no-interest loans from Theranos, but the vast majority of her net worth was on paper and you can’t just sell privately held equity on the open market. When Theranos collapsed most of…

She probably was able to extract some cash out of the company in the form of no-interest loans/hefty salary (not clear what that was, but it probably can be found in SEC filings), probably not enough to maintain a top legal team from a firm where even associates 1 or 2 years out of law school who don’t have a clue…

Yeah the people at the top always find a way to make sure they get taken care of even if their net worth is almost exclusively based in illiquid equity holdings, while their employees taking a pay cut in exchange for the promise of equity have to pray that nothing goes wrong until the IPO. See what’s going down at…

This was one of my all-time faves too and I’m happy to say its been reopened as Shanghai Dumpling! https://www.yelp.com/biz/shanghai-dumpling-new-york

Exactly. I agree with pretty much every point in the article about the demand for black forgiveness and the grotesqueness of the spectacle in the reactions to it, but at the same time what Jean did was his business and he shouldn’t be criticized for making his own choice to forgive. Both things can be true at once.

Hunter is just a problem, there’s a lot of misbehavior in his past like drugs, cheating on his wife, dating his brother’s widow, etc. (its all in a New Yorker story which seems fairly legit. Also, while the charges of corruption leveled at Biden regarding Hunter and the Ukraine oil company are utter bullshit, its not…

I have to agree. Bernie has pretty much maintained the same level of support he’s had since the beginning (not much movement either way), which suggests that most Democratic primary voters have likely made up their mind on him. Biden’s been slowly losing support as voters get more familiar with the other candidates,…

I could be wrong, but I think its a bigger issue with Bernie supporters (aka more of them have Biden as a second choice than Warren’s), although a lot of Warren supporters reluctantly embrace her policies and like her more because she seems so competent.

They don’t give athletic or merit based scholarships, but they are among the most generous colleges in the country in terms of need based aid. At Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford, for example if your family makes less than $65k you are typically not expected to contribute anything towards the cost of attendance and…

I wouldn’t necessarily say its because the Ivies don’t think lower-income schools are “prestigious” enough, its a combination of top schools’ admissions offices laziness at outreach and looking between the lines in an application. Ivy admissions officers simply do not put in the work to make it clear to top applicants…

Exactly. I’m not really a baker (indeed the only times I have engaged with choux is for gougeres, and it went...ok, certainly not worth the elbow grease required to bring a choux together) but even I know the basics as to how to make a choux pastry. As I mentioned above, I can forgive a baker for screwing up a choux…

I have to agree. I’m sorry, but when multiple bakers can’t remember/admit to only making choux pastry once or twice before, that’s a problem. I can always forgive bakers who know how to make things but struggle because of the pressure of the tent or some boneheaded one-off catastrophic mistake, but straight up…

Is it Sian Clifford who plays Fleabag’s sister on Fleabag? 

Yeah, I mean I can’t remember a single season of GBBS where they haven’t had to make a choux, and I can’t remember a single person admitting they had never made one/forgot how to make one before, even if they ended up struggling with their choux.

I’m sorry, but even if you don’t know what a beignet is, you should still know how to make a choux pastry if you are going on this show. It’s a fairly basic and fundamental skill. I would get it if a lot of bakers struggled with the deep fried aspect, but the worst ones struggled because they couldn’t make a proper…

Those trucks are driven by professionals who (mostly) know how to drive them safely and as not to be a menace to other drivers. Can’t say the same about many of those who drive giant trucks.

I don’t mind people who buy trucks (even if they have no need for them) what I do mind are people who drive giant trucks (like beyond F150 sized) that have no idea how to drive or handle such a big car (regardless if they need them for work or not). I live in a new apartment building that’s part of a new mixed-use…

I just recently moved to Philly from NYC (in fact my apartment is across the street from this new mall) and this captured everything I have grown to love about Philly since moving here. Definitely going to visit Emmy’s head and torso this weekend!