“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him.

"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food." Thank you, Anthony Bourdain, for being an inspiration to so many of us.

Thank you Richard Florida for your reflection on #Bourdain as ultimate urbanist. He inspired us too, to find humanity and beauty in the universal culture of sharing food and sharing streets❤️ bit.ly/2HwyfsR

Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace.

Today is Women in Science Day. Which female scientist do you find the most inspiring? #WomenInScience #WomenScienceDay #WomeninSTEM

but if US cities are going to be bigger, they need better public transit! take it from someone who lived in Delhi pre-metro expansion ;) x.com/CityLab/status…

"We need a plan to rebuild our towns and cities that recognizes the needs of communities in a 21st-century America." x.com/NextCityOrg/st…

Friends in India, check out this awesome opportunity! x.com/kmd_drev/statu…

Trump: "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." Pittsburgh: "We won't go back." Pictured: 1940s Pburgh 12:10pm

July 31 is #BlackWomensEqualPay Day: it represents the # of days into 2017 a black woman must work 2 earn same pay a white man made in 2016.

Will cities ever outsmart rats? trib.al/mV4D5Km

"Why haven’t we seen more examples of people-centric smart cities?" nextcity.org/daily/entry/sm… via Next City

#DefendDACA THREAD: Here's the deal: Donald J. Trump is likely to end #DACA on Tuesday, endangering the lives of 800,000 young people.

America hating immigrants is like a body rejecting its own blood.

We #DefendDACA because we believe we can create win-win solutions that embrace #Dreamers with dignity and love, and without discrimination.

A new fund named after #PhilandoCastile aims to carry on his legacy by paying for student lunches huffingtonpost.com/entry/philando…

Dirty hands are not just gross, they’re a stubborn & deadly problem. This holiday, please support the awesome HappyTap & WaterSHED to equip schools in Vietnam with much needed sinks: bit.ly/2AHRgcN Thank you!

Happy Hanukkah, everybody, from the Obama family to yours. Chag Sameach!

Black people: still doing more for America than its ever done for them since 1619.