By bluerasberry on 2016-09-07
I moved to New York from Seattle in April 2012. NYC has a reputation as a city which has everything, but after having visited 100 coffeehouses here over the past few years I am sure that Seattle has the better coffee culture. I miss it. I just visited Seattle again a bit over a week […]
Posted in Seattle, service industry | Tagged coffee, culture
By bluerasberry on 2015-08-04
The Wikimedia community has a problem with harassment. The situation is that a significantly large number of people say that they would participate in Wikimedia community activities, except that they perceive the Wikimedia community to be hostile, unfair, and sometimes that it explicitly targets them for harassment. I recognize that there should be some response […]
Posted in rights, Wikipedia | Tagged culture, harassment
By bluerasberry on 2015-02-13
In the past I have talked about police in India, as has Nandan on his blog. I want to share a story about police in America and Indian people and give some thoughts. A police car in a small city in Alabama videotaped American police attacking an Indian man around 11 February 2015. The story […]
Posted in rights | Tagged culture, police, violence
By bluerasberry on 2011-03-08
I really enjoy having Pradeep around. He accompanies me almost everywhere and tells me about Mumbai and asks me about Varanasi and Seattle. It is my nature to engage in conversation for longer periods of time than most people can tolerate but so far Pradeep seems cool having me pump his brain for the entirety […]
Posted in gay stuff, India | Tagged culture