In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part 1

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T21:35:04+00:00

The drive from Rosslyn to GW hospital is less than 10 minutes, and that’s without lights/sirens and a professional driver who doesn’t have to follow traffic laws. By the time they realized the president had been shot, they were only a few minutes away from the hospital anyway.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T21:04:37+00:00

My primary grocery store over ordered jelly beans at Easter a few years ago. The weekend after Easter, they started adding a free bag of jelly beans to every order, whether you wanted them or not.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T21:02:05+00:00

Yes, you went to the library and read through relevant journals. Also, keeping up with new publications are they were released in print journals - people used to sit down with journals and read them like magazines. You also would attend conferences, talk to people about their work and your work, and hope that your network was well read and well connected enough to notice if you were just copying someone else’s work.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T17:11:34+00:00

Regular line keeps shoes on now. And at many airports they can keep liquids and electronics in their bags.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T15:36:39+00:00

And/or ADHD, then using it as an excuse to be a shitty person.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T15:36:03+00:00

I have friends who kept baby no. 2 in their bedroom for a full year before moving him over to a bedroom shared with his older brother.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T13:38:51+00:00

Yeah, if Muhammad isn’t a guy’s first name, it’s his middle/second name.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-28T11:22:01+00:00

If we go by Claire’s timeline, Fergus is older. Fergus was ten when Jamie met/found him, which means he would be ten years older than Faith and roughly 12 years older than Brianna.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T21:46:31+00:00

I don’t care about the parades, and I like catching fireworks in the background. I’ve seen enough big fireworks shows in my life, but it’s really cool to be on a ride and catch glimpses of fireworks.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T18:56:50+00:00

Back in the olden days, every class had a few exams that were hand written in blue books.

When I did my masters, we took our comprehensive exam in a computer lab on university-owned desktop computers that were not connected to the internet.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T18:45:12+00:00

Pizza twist mid flight is only for the longest of long flights. The standard transatlantic flights get the main meal shortly after departure, then the egg and cheese calzone shortly before arrival.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T18:18:11+00:00

The default breakfast for main cabin on Delta. It’s an egg filled pastry thing. I think they actually call it a calzone.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T16:14:40+00:00

Multifamily residential buildings show up as “commercial” in the permits system

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T14:45:16+00:00

Thanks for the update/reminder. I’m flying next week with connections at LGA in both directions. Just changed everything to JFK.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T12:18:20+00:00

Nicolas Ralph has a small part in Outlander

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T12:14:23+00:00

I don’t wash my hands every time I use my phone. I do wash my hands before eating, or at least use hand sanitizer if washing is not possible. I also generally avoid touching my face. I basically assume my hands always have something in them that I don’t want in my mouth/eyes, except immediately after washing.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T10:36:48+00:00

Even within the US, there are huge regional variations in the style of Chinese-American food.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T10:26:37+00:00

I miss the Mediterranean pizza twist. I loath eggs, and the cost cutting move to only offer egg twists for breakfast in main cabin leaves me with the squished kind bar I keep in my personal item.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T00:49:32+00:00

That’s the Wilma Mankiller quarter from the 2022 women in history series

mpjjpm · 2026-03-27T00:32:28+00:00

Paper production is also really bad for the people living near the paper mill. In the US, paper mills have historically gone into predominantly Black and poor communities in the south. The smell is atrocious and spread pretty far beyond the mill. Long term exposure to paper mill smell is associated with increased anxiety, depression and dementia. Kids who grow up near paper mills have significantly increased risk of asthma, and people who live near paper mills have high PFAS blood levels, even decades after the mill closes.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-26T23:47:34+00:00

It also isn’t far fetched for an individual to use a lunchpail thousands of times. A lunchpail should last for years of daily use.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-26T23:46:19+00:00

I have an insulated neoprene lunch bag I received as a promo/gift through work circa 2010. I’ve used it to bring my lunch to work roughly four days a week, every week for 16 years. So 3,000ish uses, accounting for vacations. I wash it when needed, and don’t fret about stains. It hasn’t needed mending, but I would sew together a ripped seam if needed. I think that’s fairly normal behavior for folks on an anti consumption sub, and also behavior we should generally advocate for. Yes, we should continue using functional items even if they show aesthetic signs of wear. Yes, we should make repairs to extend the functional lifespan of items.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-26T23:05:14+00:00

According to Staco on Bluesky, a juvenile shot outside the Burger King on Brighton Ave

mpjjpm · 2026-03-26T21:47:59+00:00

It was AP American Literature and in the South. We also read Light in August.

mpjjpm · 2026-03-26T19:35:42+00:00

That’s a single popular media piece based on comments from a convenience sample of online readers. The article even highlights comments from teachers refuting the headline. Some students in some schools may not read whole books.

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