I stood on the shoulders of giants to write this post and solved zero mysteries. But it was fun. I seriously laughed at some of the shit Martha said and did.

I love this sort of response. Like sure, but why and how were hot dogs produced in such numbers that cooking them outside became quick and easy? Why them rather than any number of things that can be cooked outside quick and easily? Imagine having not a lick of curiosity!

Supreme Court my ass

I hope today is a stark reminder why "I will follow the law" was an absolutely horrible way to respond to a question about trans rights.

There’s a reason you think of Ina Garten and Martha Stewart when you think of this cake.

a great thing about @jayasaxena.com is she has this condition where a question like "why do we eat hot sausage when hot weather" results in her researching, at a minimum, 135 years into the past

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In opting otherwise, the majority extends great sympathy to those it favors: the young cisgender girls and women who play sports. I share that sympathy." WHY? This is what i mean when I say liberals have been radicalized into transphobia. It's a non-issue that Republicans turned into an issue.

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

hey when we say that liberals and democrats are worse than useless on trans rights this is the kind of shit we are talking about :) by the way :) what is the fucking point of conceding on title IX like this. what is the fucking point.

...and this right here is precisely what trans folks have been saying: these sports bans *have never been about sports* – they're a backdoor way to stripping trans rights more generally... bsky.app/profile/elie...

Happy pride from all the horseshoe crabs fucking

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Great now I want a hot dog

What an interesting time to try to look up Indian restaurants and hospitality groups that start with "maha"

Why do Americans insist on slamming greasy sausages on the sweatiest days of the year? It took a few accidents and a lot more marketing decisions.

"This was sausage, heavy and salty and leaking fatty juices, completely at home with mashed potatoes and a glass of mulled wine. It seemed ridiculous that this is something I’m told to reach for in the summer — you mean when I have boob sweat??" www.weareravenous.com/hot-dogs-jul...

Like if you are reading this while eating a hot dog.

very fun piece (so many things we u.s.ians think we love/are "tradition" are just marketing campaigns!) and i was just saying this to my partner about ice cream. mmm . . . heavy cream and sometimes eggs

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Me 🤝 Mel Brooks Holding it down for Cel-Ray

“I know and recognize the history of this place and I just want to do whatever I can to give back to it" - Ty Wright, owner of Spectro

Happy pride 💜

This is nice!!!! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

A good question! I've had restaurant chain clients and rules about how they presented food in advertising were pretty damn strict!

I haven't even read this yet but I'm in love with the headline! Go subscribe to @weareravenous.com for some awesome independent food media!!

A data-driven analysis of how the New York Times's treatment of transgender subjects shifted "from rights-based framing toward more skeptical, conflict-driven coverage" since 2014, centering trans-rights opponents over trans people themselves. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

ICYMI, from last week!

“I know and recognize the history of this place and I just want to do whatever I can to give back to it" - Ty Wright, owner of Spectro

this is his gofundme btw. would encourage everyone else who can to chuck this fella a couple quid www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist...

How a guidebook for parents dealing with picky kids helped me define my own taste.

They were registered democrats voting for other democrats!! How do you think this works????

Spectro is the only food stand at The People’s Beach in Jacob Riis Park. Here’s how they plan on feeding everyone on Pride weekend.

For the Ravenous Sunday newsletter, I wrote about Spectro, the only food stand on the gay beach in Queens, and how they plan on feeding everyone on Pride weekend www.weareravenous.com/feeding-the-...

hard to fathom 700 victories in 45 states in half a decade. a testament to these workers' determination and skill and a massive indictment of the labor establishment's own organizing practices.

For the Ravenous Sunday newsletter, I wrote about Spectro, the only food stand on the gay beach in Queens, and how they plan on feeding everyone on Pride weekend www.weareravenous.com/feeding-the-...

BREAKING — Judge in Coe vs. Blanche provisionally certifies plaintiffs as a class and grants temporary restraining order against DOJ accessing private medical records of trans youth treated at NYU Langone

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I highly suggest naming your cat Frog for all the correspondence

A new wave of pricey popcorn buckets is pushing the boundaries of functionality, with fans paying hundreds for these novelty kernel containers shaped like a “Devil Wears Prada” handbag, Galactus’s head, or whatever that Spider-Man’s web one was supposed to be.

Both candidates said “The Knicks”

that sound you hear is every too-comfortable incumbent screaming, crying, throwing up

lol did they now

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Do the kernels taste better from a big, shapely piece of plastic?

wowww perfect time to pick up one of these girlies bookshop.org/beta-search?...