PEPPERONI CHEESESTEAK, FRIED ONIONS, MAYO ON A TOASTED ROLL!! FRIES WITH CHEESE WIZZ!!!!!SKIPPING LEVELS 2 AND 3 TODAY!!! RIGHT TO LEVEL 4!!! LET'S EAT!!!
When I lived in Brussels, dinner parties with my francophone friends (French French and French Belgian) were rich with these sort of conversations. Gastronomy or cinema or music as much as politics were the catalyst for furious contestation—the mark of true friendship, for why would you care about what someone thought who wasn’t your friend?
Upon my return to (English) Canada, I was reminded how this *joy in disagreement* simply doesn’t exist anywhere near as much in the anglophone world: argument is to be avoided at all costs, malheureusement.
The bassist played with Prince. The drummer played with D'Angelo. The guitarist is one of the best young blues players alive.
Together they're Atomic Habitz, and here they are covering "Be Thankful for What You Got" at Newport Jazz, 2026.
This is amazing.
The White House waived Jones Act requirements in mid-March, and it's generated billions in economic activity and revealed tons of natural trade routes that were impossible while the Act was in effect.
We really need to permanently remove this stupid law!