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First iteration of Conflict Kitchen serving Iranian (Persian) cusine.

Pittsburgh's Conflict Kitchen 2010-2017 was the brainchild of a CMU professor - a takeout spot serving the native cuisine of one of several countries the US was in conflict with. The menu changed about every 18 months and was always designed with the help of nationals of the different countries.

V Street in Philadelphia. Its menu was a selection of vegan street foods from around the world. They really tried to stick to authentic flavors and spices. It was a sister restaurant to Vedge (which I personally found too avant garde). It closed in 2020. 💔

Jimmy Kimmel spotted leaving the studio after his show was pulled off the air indefinitely.

Protesters are gathering on Hollywood Boulevard, demanding its return.

…it’s that Merv Griffin made more money from composing the theme song of Jeopardy than from actually hosting the show since it gets played a lot at sports/ other events. “But let’s all be honest. It’s obviously just I’m a Little Teapot.”

I watched a live taping of Jeopardy a few weeks ago. @kenjennings.bsky.social enjoys taking questions from the crowd during breaks to keep the energy going.
So I asked him what’s his favorite piece of Jeopardy trivia. He said (after thinking a few beats— big day for me)…

Only when Trump is president do I feel like my law degree is fucking useless.

It’s like they’re throwing gold bars away

You all in Los Angeles need to go raid this

every day I log on and people try their best to get me to lose my faith in humanity. but I am resilient and have a bad memory

One announcement Bass will be making today is Shine LA, a series of volunteer events focused on "cleaning, greening, and preparing our city for the world stage."

This is being announced as dramatic budget cuts are forcing the city to make major reductions to the same services

Scenes from the LA Budget meeting today. I arrived at 12:15, 40 minutes before the meeting and wasn’t let in until about 2:45. Most people who had come to make a comment left.

I use SCOTUSblog a lot but, oh well, guess that era is over. It’s fine. I also used Twitter a lot before the fascists took over.

Times change. The way I look at it, every time the white-wing takes over a new media space, it just makes what I do more rare and thus more valuable.

[OP-ED] I went to Harvard undergrad, got a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, and ghostwrote Clarence Thomas’s decisions while he took his afternoon nap. and I am here to inform you that the Constitution says that a President cannot serve 3 terms.

One of the wealthiest Romans ever, Marcus Licinius Crassus, made some of his money by owning a private firefighting service (there were no public ones). You're house would be burning and he'd show up and offer to put out the fire if you sold him you house for cut rates.

“If a statement raises their interest then I have to let it be….”

if I was a securities regulations law professor I would have the best, dorkiest rendition of material girl

monday evening… the last time I felt calm

The Los Angeles Fire Department is doing something they’ve never done before — they’re asking anyone with firefighting experience to assist in fighting the #Palisades Fire and reach out to 213-576-8962.

We represent a bunch of residents at a mobile home community in Pacific Palisades. Astounding views and right now all of the clients, many elderly, in danger. Checking in.

TIL that the single most impactful thing you can do in your daily life to conserve gorilla habitats is to recycle your smartphone. because rare earth metal mines are the main source of habitat destruction

Another key thing: Gabbard has *no* South Asian ancestry. Nobody in her family does! They’re all just members of this cult & fetishize their version of Hinduism. She regularly blurs this line and lets people misinterpret her first name to imply that she’s a member of our communities, but she is not.

@lacity.bsky.social this section of the LA River bike path between Griffith Park and Atwater has not had the lamp posts on for ages. A kid died here a few weeks ago. When will something be done about it? @streetsforward.org @streetsblogla.bsky.social @entitledcycling.bsky.social

My securities law class in law school was specifically dedicated to covering all the different ways Elon has basically committed securities fraud in very public and disruptive ways. I walked away absolutely stunned the Tesla shareholders/board allow him anywhere near the Co.

It was the sound of many women laughing, which is always a disquieting noise to men.

- Terry Pratchett, Jingo

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Close up 🥲 it looks even prettier in person with the shine of the gold paint

Flanders from The Simpsons saying “I’d like to hear from Sideshow Mel!”

When someone wants my opinion

“Are you sure you wouldn’t like the set? King and Queen?”
“Nah. Just the Queen.”

miniature painting from udaipur 💜💚

I also used the word “deigned” because she was an amazing ambassador for economists. I came to the disappointing realization that very very few had the unyielding faith in humanity that she had