Oh my goodnes, saying the cost is “zero” means you don’t have a grip on what this deal actually means for the city’s budget.

I do live here in the city, and just because someone doesn’t have an alternative to “hand the company a hundreds of millions in tax incentives and *hope* they pay it back later” doesn’t mean the Port Covington plan is a good one. That’s just transparently bad faith logic right there.

yep, that’s the party line for the sort of development that’s done fuckall for Baltimore. as the other commenter pointed out, just look at the inner harbor. it’s basically a money pit in the name of economic opportunity.

more bread for the spread

if we follow your very, very dumb reasoning here, then you are in fact also part of the problem. you are commenting on this article, generating traffic for it in the form of impressions that are monetized. if no one reads or comments on a certain kind of content then it follows that less content is created. be the…

hooray, more concretizing of outmoded and very gendered norms, where the showing of skin for men is somehow “less than.” this anti-shorts take (which you can find regurgitated at GQ, Esquire, or wherever else attempts to define masculinity) is a failure of creativity and scope. it’s one thing to say “shorts aren’t for…

I can take a swing at this.

hmm, i didn’t read it that way at first but I see it now. “we don’t have a position” is in fact taking a position!

eh, sports teams are, to one degree or another, extensions of the communities (state, city, region) they’re tied to. no, they’re input isn’t required, but it was clearly sought out. that the Lightning felt the need to issue this nothing burger of a statement is actually in step with your own comment. they’re…

wait, why did this make me feel all of a sudden

Is it just me, or is Melky applauding Freeland right at the end of the last clip? I want to believe that’s the case, because that’d be a good way to start the week.

ugh. I’m queer, and I saw this article yesterday and thought: this guy is a fucking moron who *obviously* knows what he’s doing. he’s an asshole. and he proooooobably should have been suspended and given the chance to actually learn something about people and language and intent and reception. But I don’t think firing…

what was the last poem or book of poetry you read?

My only excuse is ignorance, as I thought a macchiato in America was...I don’t know. Some Starbuckian tragedy.

C’est vraie!

The coffee they make at home is famously bad. But the cafe culture is quite strong. But the italians have them beat on head-to-head espresso making.

I must have missed the part in my comment where I said the coffee and croissant in Paris were better than...what, exactly? But you’re right. All food tastes the same. The only way to differentiate between any type of food is the power of descriptive and suggestive language.

I hear you. I’ve tried really hard to get on board the crepe train. I had one or two nutelle crepes while I was there and they were good, but ultimately the texture just doesn’t quit vibe with me.

I’ve become sort of (read: very) snobby about coffee as I get older, and I won’t drink black coffee unless it’s either super duper great coffee (eg from my chemex at home) or weak beyond repair (keurig at work).

my partner and I just spent a solid week in Paris and holy shitburgers getting a cafe au lait and fresh croissant every day for breakfast (no matter where, be it upscale or touristy) was pure pure pure heaven