Allan James Vestal
@ajv.bsky.social
Journalism, code & politics. Food idiot acolyte and ALX ward system anti-apologist.
(Crunchin' those numbers — and probably something with bacon on it too.)
He/Him.
(Crunchin' those numbers — and probably something with bacon on it too.)
He/Him.
I get it! (Obviously pupusas aren’t hard to come by in restaurants outside of OT either.)
But I’m a sucker for coffee shops that go beyond just pastries (see also: the croffles with various toppings down the street at ESP, the options at Turkish Coffee Lady).
La Pluma may be my favorite, though.
But I’m a sucker for coffee shops that go beyond just pastries (see also: the croffles with various toppings down the street at ESP, the options at Turkish Coffee Lady).
La Pluma may be my favorite, though.
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I get it! (Obviously pupusas aren’t hard to come by in restaurants outside of OT either.)
But I’m a sucker for coffee shops that go beyond just pastries (see also: the croffles with various toppings down the street at ESP, the options at Turkish Coffee Lady).
La Pluma may be my favorite, though.
But I’m a sucker for coffee shops that go beyond just pastries (see also: the croffles with various toppings down the street at ESP, the options at Turkish Coffee Lady).
La Pluma may be my favorite, though.
Get a fro-chata (or a dirty horchata) and either the cheese empanada or some various pupusas! One of my favorite remote-work places if I’m headed in to Old Town.
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Get a fro-chata (or a dirty horchata) and either the cheese empanada or some various pupusas! One of my favorite remote-work places if I’m headed in to Old Town.
Jesus, I’d missed that. MD drivers continue to be a gift that keeps giving for us.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Jesus, I’d missed that. MD drivers continue to be a gift that keeps giving for us.
That’s awful big talk coming from _you_ today, considering.
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
That’s awful big talk coming from _you_ today, considering.
I thought city regulations required a week’s public notice! 🤔🥃🍁
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I thought city regulations required a week’s public notice! 🤔🥃🍁
Last dishonorable (to me):
• I want to be introduced into the best preparations for oysters. Right now I’m definitely not a fan — and I’ve had some at very good places (notably, Maine).
• I want to be introduced into the best preparations for oysters. Right now I’m definitely not a fan — and I’ve had some at very good places (notably, Maine).
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Last dishonorable (to me):
• I want to be introduced into the best preparations for oysters. Right now I’m definitely not a fan — and I’ve had some at very good places (notably, Maine).
• I want to be introduced into the best preparations for oysters. Right now I’m definitely not a fan — and I’ve had some at very good places (notably, Maine).
• I don’t love beets, so I don’t think they’re worth it — except if I’m getting a cup of Borscht at Ruta (Ukrainian place) in D.C., which is exceptional. (Soup again? Go figure.)
• Escargots need to be sourced + prepared well.
• Escargots need to be sourced + prepared well.
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
• I don’t love beets, so I don’t think they’re worth it — except if I’m getting a cup of Borscht at Ruta (Ukrainian place) in D.C., which is exceptional. (Soup again? Go figure.)
• Escargots need to be sourced + prepared well.
• Escargots need to be sourced + prepared well.
Dishonorable (and demerits to my adventurous-ness):
• Canned tuna has to work through a lot of gag-reflex memories to emerge from the cellar. I think it can get there.
• I shouldn’t do asparagus, {reasons}, but I still love the taste — and will gladly make exceptions. Especially if soup is in play!
• Canned tuna has to work through a lot of gag-reflex memories to emerge from the cellar. I think it can get there.
• I shouldn’t do asparagus, {reasons}, but I still love the taste — and will gladly make exceptions. Especially if soup is in play!
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Dishonorable (and demerits to my adventurous-ness):
• Canned tuna has to work through a lot of gag-reflex memories to emerge from the cellar. I think it can get there.
• I shouldn’t do asparagus, {reasons}, but I still love the taste — and will gladly make exceptions. Especially if soup is in play!
• Canned tuna has to work through a lot of gag-reflex memories to emerge from the cellar. I think it can get there.
• I shouldn’t do asparagus, {reasons}, but I still love the taste — and will gladly make exceptions. Especially if soup is in play!
• I have an aversion to offal, so liver is out.
• I also don’t have a taste for lima beans. Excluding them.
• Tinned fish always felt foreign to my existence as a Catholic-diaspora American mutt. So I can’t even _fathom_ how a sardine (or anchovy) would taste — and I don’t want to try. No thank you.
• I also don’t have a taste for lima beans. Excluding them.
• Tinned fish always felt foreign to my existence as a Catholic-diaspora American mutt. So I can’t even _fathom_ how a sardine (or anchovy) would taste — and I don’t want to try. No thank you.
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
• I have an aversion to offal, so liver is out.
• I also don’t have a taste for lima beans. Excluding them.
• Tinned fish always felt foreign to my existence as a Catholic-diaspora American mutt. So I can’t even _fathom_ how a sardine (or anchovy) would taste — and I don’t want to try. No thank you.
• I also don’t have a taste for lima beans. Excluding them.
• Tinned fish always felt foreign to my existence as a Catholic-diaspora American mutt. So I can’t even _fathom_ how a sardine (or anchovy) would taste — and I don’t want to try. No thank you.
1 point for every item you _won’t_ eat?
OK, three absolutely. Eight without qualifications [i.e., Dishonorable-to-me mentions].
OK, three absolutely. Eight without qualifications [i.e., Dishonorable-to-me mentions].
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
1 point for every item you _won’t_ eat?
OK, three absolutely. Eight without qualifications [i.e., Dishonorable-to-me mentions].
OK, three absolutely. Eight without qualifications [i.e., Dishonorable-to-me mentions].
Thank you for this thread; you’re absolutely right. Any figures published by a journalism org need to be accurate — and, above all, verifiable.
(Side note: I wonder if that 74% stat originally hails from some special-interest advocacy group. Seems oddly specific to come out of thin air like that.)
(Side note: I wonder if that 74% stat originally hails from some special-interest advocacy group. Seems oddly specific to come out of thin air like that.)
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Thank you for this thread; you’re absolutely right. Any figures published by a journalism org need to be accurate — and, above all, verifiable.
(Side note: I wonder if that 74% stat originally hails from some special-interest advocacy group. Seems oddly specific to come out of thin air like that.)
(Side note: I wonder if that 74% stat originally hails from some special-interest advocacy group. Seems oddly specific to come out of thin air like that.)
MUG GANG RISE UUUUUUP
October 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
MUG GANG RISE UUUUUUP
IMO this also applies to southeast Ohio — feels like the starting point for Midwest is a lot closer to Cincinnati than to Huntington, WV.
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
IMO this also applies to southeast Ohio — feels like the starting point for Midwest is a lot closer to Cincinnati than to Huntington, WV.
"I'd accept something in the peanut butter or bacon or kibble families."
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"I'd accept something in the peanut butter or bacon or kibble families."
"When was the last time you waffled something for me, slappy?"
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"When was the last time you waffled something for me, slappy?"
But also! I LOVE Rust tools and use them wherever I can, I should say.
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
But also! I LOVE Rust tools and use them wherever I can, I should say.
(At this point, I’m unsure what TOML files lock us down to — and I’m afraid to ask.)
September 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
(At this point, I’m unsure what TOML files lock us down to — and I’m afraid to ask.)
Oh! Maybe “a single, universally adapted Python dependency manager”?
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oh! Maybe “a single, universally adapted Python dependency manager”?
Python-Requests (slash, all of Python) has entered the chat…
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Python-Requests (slash, all of Python) has entered the chat…