Peri
@tarragonvinegar.bsky.social
Jersey City copy editor, gardener, home cook, and orange cat appreciator.
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I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
'The Wire' Star James Ransone Dead at 46 After Apparent Suicide
James Ransone -- an actor best known for his role in the hit show "The Wire" -- has died ... and the medical examiner is pointing to suicide as the cause.
www.tmz.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
Cat is bored, unimpressed with the representation of his species in Lord of the Rings.
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Cat is bored, unimpressed with the representation of his species in Lord of the Rings.
This weekend's going to be a big first for me: watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Never read the books, never saw the movies before. I'll be going through the extended versions with a friend.
December 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This weekend's going to be a big first for me: watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Never read the books, never saw the movies before. I'll be going through the extended versions with a friend.
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Controversial highway project canceled by Murphy www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
Murphy scraps controversial Turnpike widening through Hudson County
The most opposed part of the controversial $10.6 billion NJ Turnpike extension widening project will be dropped, Gov. Murphy announced.
www.nj.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Controversial highway project canceled by Murphy www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
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For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen.
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong
D.C. midair crash was the result of a complete collapse of the protections designed to keep aviation safe — and the institutions that design and maintain them
theaircurrent.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen.
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
More airlines here should consider cute livery like this.
While Spirit fights for its survival, it has found some time (and money) to deck out A320neo N628NK in a holiday sweater livery.
Nice.
Nice.
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
More airlines here should consider cute livery like this.
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HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
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I am absolutely gutted to hear that Dr. William (Bill) Burr of the
@nsarchive.bsky.social passed away yesterday. Bill was so kind, so generous, and so important to the field of nuclear history. And he was just a great guy on top of everything else. It is a huge loss.
@nsarchive.bsky.social passed away yesterday. Bill was so kind, so generous, and so important to the field of nuclear history. And he was just a great guy on top of everything else. It is a huge loss.
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I am absolutely gutted to hear that Dr. William (Bill) Burr of the
@nsarchive.bsky.social passed away yesterday. Bill was so kind, so generous, and so important to the field of nuclear history. And he was just a great guy on top of everything else. It is a huge loss.
@nsarchive.bsky.social passed away yesterday. Bill was so kind, so generous, and so important to the field of nuclear history. And he was just a great guy on top of everything else. It is a huge loss.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
Marveling at the cutting edge in seating technology at the renovated Hoboken Terminal.
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Marveling at the cutting edge in seating technology at the renovated Hoboken Terminal.
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It's official: City Council passed legislation Thursday to restore the abandoned Greyhound terminal on Filbert Street as Philadelphia’s new intercity bus station.
Philly’s Greyhound station gets city’s OK to be resurrected
www.inquirer.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's official: City Council passed legislation Thursday to restore the abandoned Greyhound terminal on Filbert Street as Philadelphia’s new intercity bus station.
I hope our newly elected councilmembers are ready to be @'d in the local Facebook groups over every single thing that happens in the neighborhood.
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I hope our newly elected councilmembers are ready to be @'d in the local Facebook groups over every single thing that happens in the neighborhood.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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Breaking News: Kathryn Garcia, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is expected to be named the next executive director of the Port Authority.
Kathryn Garcia Expected to Be Named New Head of the Port Authority
Ms. Garcia, who ran for mayor of New York in 2021 after serving as the city’s sanitation commissioner, would succeed Rick Cotton, who is retiring.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Breaking News: Kathryn Garcia, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is expected to be named the next executive director of the Port Authority.
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What's old is new again.
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What's old is new again.
appreciate what you have going, lincoln park
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
appreciate what you have going, lincoln park
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the nigerian spot in jersey city heights has finally opened. i have an interest
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
the nigerian spot in jersey city heights has finally opened. i have an interest
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An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
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All right, Jersey City public transportation folks! #njtransit
🚊 Please fill the Light Rail survey out! www.research.net/r/LTRailF25?...
🚌 The Bus survey www.research.net/r/BusF25?id=...
🚊 Please fill the Light Rail survey out! www.research.net/r/LTRailF25?...
🚌 The Bus survey www.research.net/r/BusF25?id=...
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
All right, Jersey City public transportation folks! #njtransit
🚊 Please fill the Light Rail survey out! www.research.net/r/LTRailF25?...
🚌 The Bus survey www.research.net/r/BusF25?id=...
🚊 Please fill the Light Rail survey out! www.research.net/r/LTRailF25?...
🚌 The Bus survey www.research.net/r/BusF25?id=...
it's over. my mailbox is finally free.
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
it's over. my mailbox is finally free.
once more i have failed the kalustyan's challenge. (the challenge here is to enter kalustyan's with a shopping list and only buy the things on the list.)
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
once more i have failed the kalustyan's challenge. (the challenge here is to enter kalustyan's with a shopping list and only buy the things on the list.)
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ny state taxes be like:
-how much money did you make?
-did you live in yonkers?
-are you aware of yonkers?
-have you been near yonkers recently?
-did your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate ever live in yonkers?
-how much money did you make?
-did you live in yonkers?
-are you aware of yonkers?
-have you been near yonkers recently?
-did your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate ever live in yonkers?
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ny state taxes be like:
-how much money did you make?
-did you live in yonkers?
-are you aware of yonkers?
-have you been near yonkers recently?
-did your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate ever live in yonkers?
-how much money did you make?
-did you live in yonkers?
-are you aware of yonkers?
-have you been near yonkers recently?
-did your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate ever live in yonkers?