Jason R. Wickersty

I have the British Newspaper Archive and it looks like it's there... can get it when I get home!

Woah! I felt the one last year, but this one didn't make it down to Monmouth County.

The Mighty Quinn's BBQ place off Route 3 in Clifton, NJ used to have a ketchup that had hints of malt vinegar that was quite nice.

Munchybox grease runs through the 6% of Scottish blood in my veins!

a “no smoking” and “no durian” sign

Still mad at the hotel in Bangkok for banning my nighttime routine of durian and a cigarette in bed

I witnessed with my own two eyes an older man at Momofuku in NYC leave and return to the restaurant with a slice of pizza from the place next door. One of the other two patrons he was with (who were having ramen) pleaded with the expediter to let him stay. I can't believe they let him. Stunning.

this has been stuck in my head for days with minimal negative side effects

We were a little terrified of the free roaming squadrons of cows around Wharram Percy when we were there on out honeymoon. They were def sideeyeing us.

It's abbreviated, so it has to be something generally known and not as Gaeilge.

Cornelius

silicon cookie mould with Oreo decorative pattern

you can get silicone oreo moulds online, imagine a little parmesan dill cracker made in these with a salmon cream cheese filling

And a great soundtrack, too!

The H-Mart that came to my area was a gift from Heaven. The Koreans are operating in the 33rd century when it comes to frozen dumplings and snack foods.

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

July 24, 1775: "We have frequently thrown into their [British] lines, on the wings of the wind at night, hand-bills, and propose to send in a few tonight," writes an American soldier serving in the siege outside Boston, describing an early form of leaflet warfare. 1/2

The New Jersey Revolutionary Generation Project

It was stunning the amount of demographic data I was able to pull from just the opening paragraph of American Revolutionary War veteran pensions, which I used to create a database to map their location and migration.

www.revolutionarygenerationnj.org

9/🧵 RETURNING WITH

@bhamhistory.bsky.social, this time as himself, talking about the first systematic quantitative look at the data from the transcribed wills, and how complicated creating databases even for simple bequests can be.

YouTube video by randomVHStat Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima

I think this is it, I think this is the most early 1980s thing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Fr...

“Whether one really loves God can be determined by the love borne toward others.”

Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev

July 20, 1775: Patriots carry out a raid on a British storehouse at Turtle Bay north of New York City, carrying off a wealth of arms and gunpowder. The bold action against the redcoats marks a turning point in a colony whose leaders had previously been loath to antagonize the military. 1/5

One of old Twitter's greatest posts:

Matt Crowley, @MatthewPCrowley

We take it for granted today, but a single Dorito has more extreme nacho flavor than a peasant in the 1400s would get in his whole lifetime.

Part of why I hate AI slop websites is because they’re drowning out the true beauty of the internet: single topic webpages from 2003 created by people with hyperfixations.

It was my 90s middle school dream to move to Seattle to be one of Bill Nye's lab kids.

Two identical anomalocaris, a type of extinct aquatic arthropod-like organism vaguely resembling a shrimp. The one on the top is wearing two mittens on the appendages on its face, the one on the bottom is wearing mittens on each of its multiple lobes/fins along its sides. Caption reads, "If Anomalocaris wore gloves, would it wear them like this... or this?"

Not seasonally appropriate (unless you're from the southern hemisphere ig)

On a black skillet sits a large sausage covered in a thick brown glaze, next to a skewer of steak chunks and 2 over-easy eggs. on top of a bed of veggies

Denny's Mighty Meat Skillet (2016-2016): On a sizzling skillet--A massive breakfast sausage link and grilled steak skewer both served over mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, onions, and seasoned red potatoes, all topped with sweet bourbon glaze and two eggs. Part of the "Extreme Skillets" menu

It's the big NYC/North Jersey Sunday sauce that simmers all day and usually includes several meats as well, like meatballs, sausage, and/or braciole.

Hello, Benjamin Bagby. It's been a long time.

#thebestbeowulf

I can start an instant internet regional food fight within seconds with just two simple words - PORK ROLL.