sean @ssoper@mastodon.technology

being in a similar situation to the author (worked at old Post building, walks by new Midtown building every day) this article sums up my feelings pretty well while also offering some architectural insight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/a-new-building-erases-the-last-physical-traces-of-a-newly-vibrant-newspaper/2018/11/14/fba8eaf0-e6ae-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html

The new standard for the kilogram is currently located in Gaithersburg, MD https://apple.news/AESQ0Aho4QSmxaemYa8RFJw #kibble #nist

Books like The Windup Girl would definitely be better categorized as “Cli-Fi” https://apple.news/AVZtFpYcmNUKGF1KeG-emtw

I love buying Android phones from around the world, today saw the arrival of a new Nokia 7.1 (awesome phone btw) and this beauty, a Vivo V9 from Taiwan 🇹🇼

Voting in 2016 took all of 5 minutes. For 2018 midterms, it took 30 minutes thanks to the crowds.

I want to believe

✅ Game of Thrones themed
✅ Sour
🍺🍺🍺

If you’re as plane crazy as I am you’ll dig this NOVA special on Concorde and the challenges it had to overcome to succeed. It also briefly dives into the short-lived American and Russian SST programs https://www.pbs.org/video/flying-supersonic-y0oteu/

Finally gave my new oven a go having just converted from an electric to a 15k BTU gas stove w/6 burners. It’s an absolute dream to cook with.

This was a brand spanking new 737 MAX only in operation since August https://apple.news/AU_q7DL30RA-YlMDWwARZzQ

i've been upgrading this Sony Xperia Z5 one tiny version at a time for the past 4 hours. hoping to be at nougat sometime next week.

We’ve lost the narrative

"At school today, your child(ren) participated in two emergency safety drills: lockdown and shelter in place. Both drills were conducted efficiently and went very well."

New eps of both chefs table and parts unknown landed on Netflix this week 👨‍🍳📺

Obnoxious but blessedly apolitical

finally, the mooncake emoji i've always wanted is coming https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/apple-brings-more-than-70-new-emoji-to-iphone-with-ios-12-1/ #apple

The new office building/complex at 15 & K where The Post used to be is finally finished

40 years since the crash of PSA flight 182 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/diane-bell/sd-me-bell-20180925-story.html

Bourdain’s final episode of Parts Unknown sounds amazing and also heart wrenching knowing what we know 😢 hope I can catch it https://apple.news/AS2NE7jCCTJKBATqgfcWumA

Shoulda taken these down to the farmers market to sell 🌶 #mocoveggies

Big if true https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-20/emirates-said-to-be-exploring-etihad-deal-to-forge-no-1-airline #emirates #etihad ✈️🇦🇪

I’m calling it done #memoji