Thread by @BaldingsWorld

I'm sitting in an airport with random observations and thoughts. Here we go:
1. Having driven across the US and having hit some major cities during that time, Manhattan is far and away the worst of the bunch I've seen. So many empty store fronts seeking tenants 1/n

2. "Infrastructure" problem in the US is generally confined to a couple of places

3. I'm so happy to be in airports again, they are calming and cathartic

4. I ordered bibimbap. The Asian man gave me a fork. As I took chopsticks I wanted to yell racism. I didn't. I'm normal 2/n

5. I find it unnaturally infuriating when Asian restaurants in the US serve the wrong type of rice for whatever food they are serving. I shouldn't get that cheesed

6.7. Media and social media wildly overstate problems. I witness people of all colors and creeds work together 3/n

7. China doves and apologists are a wildly unserious group. They are basically saying they're is no piece of evidence or fact that will cause them to change their mind. These are not serious people or thinkers

8. Mask regs are only for pure theatrical purposes

4/n

9. China watchers that worry me more than doves or apologists are self processed "hawks" who are unwilling to take hard steps or impose costs. Actions must differentiate from apologists

10. White people really are crazy

11. I love meeting people from Asia. It's like home 5/n

12. TV news shows in all forms are garbage. They are very low information transmitters

13. Journalists are going to be automated out of existence.

14. US isn't close to realizing what it is in for with China

15. I need coffee and a good night's sleep