Unfortunately he just passed away, was stabbed in Union Station, where he slept at least as of the time of the Youtube video. RIP Anthony. https://www.popville.com/2020/01/and-it-is-a-stark-reminder-of-how-much-homeless-youth-struggle-just-to-get-off-their-feet/

Where are these amazing bao and ramen locations? I may just stop on my next trip to visit my parents, as Harrisburg is halfway (stopped at Appalachian Brewing over the weekend)

I mean they don’t have meat, but Harrisburg is close enough to Amish country: http://www.dutchmanonline.com/amish-fry-pie-sampler/ 

Thanks for the insta clarification, hadn’t seen that. But yeah, saying someone is pulled out of bed at 6am by 6 armed police officers evokes them physically grabbing him at gunpoint, not him answering the door at 6am. Again, terrible with potentially horrible consequences had she not been on the list Seattle had, but…

1. This is horrific and more places like Seattle need to figure out policies to prevent this and also catch the white supremacists that do this.

... we may have done this at one point.  And you know it was purely out of environmental concerns, not laziness.

Speaking of underrated beer, I finally tried one of the Budweiser Discovery Reserves, and it was remarkably decent. I bought a bunch for an Apollo 11 50th anniversary party I had and didn’t bother to try one until this weekend; they’re using a 60s recipe. If Budweiser always tasted like that, I might actually drink it …

On the only Frontier flight I ever have taken, there was a woman across the aisle one row up from me who brought two “service” dogs on the plane. They rearranged seating to give the one extra seat on the plane to her. The dogs were 100% not service dogs, and were antsy and barking during the flight. The one she had…

He’s killing all committees, including one that safeguards nuclear material. It’s far worse than killing panels working on new tech https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-science-specialreport/special-report-inside-a-trump-era-purge-of-military-scientists-at-a-legendary-think-tank-idUSKCN1UP15P

PA is even worse. I’ve been to numerous places that won’t take a US passport, even though a foreign one is fine, including within the Philly Airport which is a logical place where you might not have your US driver’s license on you but could have a US passport. And I couldn’t even get my favorite bar to make an…

I’d like to add Kona Brewing Company and Red Hook for consideration as the lowest price per bottle acceptable beer.  Oh, and Leffe now that it is mass-distributed by InBev!

As someone who is seemingly allergic to certain types of hops, I wish at least ingredients were universally listed (I sneeze terribly after a pint of largely IPAs. It’s a problem because I love IPAs, and it’s only about 20% of the ones I try that do this).

I’ve heard about vegan travelers who have only gotten a piece of fruit for a meal on long-haul international flights.  While I can survive a vegan meal, I’m not sure I can survive on only fruit for 10 hours.

I’m a kidless woman (and probably planning on keeping it that way), but I’ve been to and hosted all sorts of parties where children were welcome that involved lots of alcohol, to the extent that among my friends it’s generally assumed kids are allowed unless otherwise specified. I would rather it be inclusive and have…

It’s inappropriate at any event associated with a conference (which this was), and a married 50 year-old hitting on a college student is gross. It’s also part of a likely pattern of behavior.

This rumor has been around for a while in the astronomy community. Was at a conference with him at one point and he seemed to like the attention of undergrad women far too much. Former UT prof also told me the person who accused him of rape he viewed as credible. Glad the investigation is happening

I went to the Holocaust museum a few weeks ago, specifically to see their rotating exhibit on “American and the Holocaust”. They made it very clear in the exhibit that the US didn’t feel the need to take Jewish refugees, and sent many back to their deaths. 2/3 of Americans thought the Jews were at least partially…

Or just eat at an Indian or Thai restaurant, where this holds for a large fraction of the food (or nearly all of it if you go to a vegetarian restaurant)

I’m the opposite! At 5'5" I found the TRTL really uncomfortable because it felt too big. Also Amazon seems shady AF because they don’t seem to be allowing reviews for anything purchased on Prime Day (when I got mine) because of “unusual reviewing activity”, which seems like code for “we know this site is plagued by…

I’m the opposite! At 5'5" I found the TRTL really uncomfortable because it felt too big. Also Amazon seems shady AF…

I did this on Emirates once, LAX-Dubai (then on to Delhi on an error fare for $350 RT), which was 16 hours.  It actually was not bad at all, because Emirates, even coach, is fantastic.  You can go grab snacks any time you want, the cabin is comfortable, the regular meals are good...  But I would never do such a flight…