They renovated the main LIRR section as well. They raised the ceiling by 10 to 15 feet and added large LED skyboxes. All new retail spaces. Clear signage. It looks great, actually.
Wait until some genius PM decides that it is okay to open a "please connect your TV to the internet to update your device" while you are watching a movie...
Or that they simply put a SIM card on the TV that phones home and fetches the ad inventory...
SweeTango's #1 fault, which the site calls out, is that they do not store well. The recent bags I've taken home are notably less crisp and hardy than earlier in the fall.
That said, they'll still be absolutely delicious for another few weeks, highly recommend buying a bag. Trader Joe's usually carries.
SweeTango is a cross between Honeycrisp and Zestar. It would be interesting to know how many highly ranked apples are also crossed with a Honeycrisp on the top of the list.
I’ve gotten SweeTangos twice (in season, from Washington) and found them totally unappealing. No sourness to add interest to the flavor, not very crispy, just intense sweetness with a tiny bit of a mealy feeling.
Even if I just got duds, they fail the consistency test that honeycrisps pass.
The SweeTango I had was cloyingly, almost artificially sweet. Can’t tell if it was an unlucky pick or I just have different preferences—I like an Ambrosia.
I just bought a bag from Trader Joe's and it was absolutely disgusting. Completely mealy and flavorless. My family agrees and will probably never trust my apple picking skills again.
I think it's less about strict hardiness and more about suitability for mass growing in Washington. The Honey crisp has declined because it's getting grown in places it doesn't really do well. The Cosmic Crisp is bred for those very places.
So it may not be as good at peak (or it might, here in WA the peak of the Cosmic Crisp can be pretty high indeed) but it should stay strong over the years.
Shoutout to Philippe Vibien for creating “NYC Subway Stringlines”, one of my favorite (and certainly most used) data visualizations ever. Made possible by the MTA’s GTFS RT feed.
Note: If you’re checking this out around 6 PM EST, look at the E train to get an idea of what a bad night on the subway looks like.
Each line on the graph represents a train with the Y axis as stations and the X axis representing time. You can follow the trip of the train and get an idea for how well the line is running based on the straightness of the line. If you see areas where the line is flat in the Y axis, you know that a train is being held at a station.
Here’s an example where “stringlines” provide information that a countdown clock couldn’t convey: https://i.imgur.com/u5VGqH4.jpeg
Because the “line” is not progressing past 5th Ave/53rd st, we know that that is where the issue is occurring. A countdown timer would simply either say static or start adding time, but you wouldn’t know how far the next train is from you.
I knew he cited a NYCT paper on the page itself, but I've never seen the paper so I didn't know how similar they were. Regardless, making this available to the public is laudable in-of-itself. Thanks for the sources, will check out later!
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