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ira @ira.bsky.social · 15h

A lot of airport lounges aren’t really a luxury experience. It’s normal chairs and you’re crammed in there. The food and drinks are mid, but they’re free! (But some lounges let you pay for access.) It’s a funny conundrum. Sometimes it’s better to just go to the regular airport bar.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve started checking that option on my Google flights searches. It’s a huge improvement!

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 16h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_de_A...

25 de Abril Bridge - Wikipedia

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

Uhhhh, Colombia? That’s the wrong bridge.

Screenshot of the SF Port’s Instagram story sharing @colombiaembassyus’s post promoting their big sailboat’s appearance at San Francisco Fleet Week. In the background is the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, which bears a strong resemblance to the Golden Gate Bridge but is in fact on a different continent.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I think most places in California use that pronunciation but the SF neighborhood decided to be different.

ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

The original name is Portolá. The neighborhood in San Francisco goes by The PORD-uh-luh, which is somehow closer to the original Catalan than the port-OL-a pronunciation.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you spared him from “San Rafael”

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

We can’t even agree how to pronounce Portola. (That one kinda makes sense though cause it’s a Catalan name.)

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 1d

Half the place names in California are Spanish words that have been anglicized badly. Just pick one.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 4d

I dislike horror movies. Recently watched Jaws for the first time on a plane, and it’s old enough that it’s moved solidly from horror to camp. Fun movie!

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 5d

Might be a metaphor in there. Let’s not think about it too deeply.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 5d

Cal football’s prospects seem pretty bleak if they can’t even beat the worst people in the world.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 5d

Their respective trajectories since he and Brady parted ways really shows who the talent was in that relationship.

ira @ira.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a red shirt says do n't you put that evil on me ricky bobby !

Alt: a man in a red shirt says do n't you put that evil on me ricky bobby !

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 6d

Nellie Bowles as well

ira @ira.bsky.social · 7d

The new @sfmta.bsky.social bus wait time screens are excellent! 😍

A bus shelter with a screen showing the next 28 buses to Fisherman’s Wharf are in 4 and 14 minutes

The same screen showing the map of where we are, where the route goes, and where the buses are right now.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 7d

@theonion.com’s Jeffrey Epstein doc was very fun. Saw it at the Balboa Theater in SF tonight. They’re running an encore at 4:30 on Saturday!

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 7d

Spotted this on the Dublin, Ireland, light rail a couple weeks ago

A train with a cutout labeled “ISOLATING COCK BOX”

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 7d

@rollovereasy.org good morning! Question: why aren’t breakfast soups more of a thing?

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 8d

Feels like we’re well past the point that a functional Congress, if we had one, would step in with a reasonable set of regulations for college sports.

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 8d

I always assumed the Big 12 would end up being the one who invited the vampire into the house, but the Big Ten always likes to be the trendsetter...

ira @ira.bsky.social · 9d

Possibly the least qualified person on earth to give advice about winning a government shutdown fight.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

In Opinion

“Democrats are poised to shut down the government in order to look like they’re willing to 'do something' — anything — to thwart President Trump," Newt Gingrich writes. “That might be what their base wants, but it’s not how you go about trying to win back the House majority.”

Opinion | Newt Gingrich: How to Win a Shutdown Fight

It’s hard to come out a victor without a clear objective and a clear message.

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 9d

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social Please sign SB 79 so we can have housing and ride the train. 🙏

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 10d

Wait why do the Broncos think they need a new stadium?

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ira @ira.bsky.social · 10d

I spotted some Spanish moss in Piedmont Park on my last trip to Atlanta and it really weirded me out.

ira @ira.bsky.social · 10d

Augusta, Georgia's main street made me sad.

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 10d

What’s the worst city you’ve visited?

I’ll never go back to Myrtle Beach SC if somebody paid me