@ToniTileva profile picture
Toni Tileva @ToniTileva

CulturalAnthro PhD, Bulgarian immigrant, FOOD/Feminism/Word Nerd/Humor. Expert cruciverbalista. No crumb left behind. Views own.

Joined March 2014
  • Tweets 13,517
  • Following 417
  • Followers 462
1,150 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
Toni Tileva@ToniTileva
May 2
Beyond honored to be awarded the Outstanding Faculty Mentor 2026 award by @AU_SIS.
2
6
160
LOVE beans on toast.
VegNews
@VegNews
23h
British food gets a bad rap, but hey, the Brits invented beans on toast, so we have to give credit where it's due. vegnews.com/beans-on-toast-r…
12
Toni Tileva retweeted
Branko Milanovic
@BrankoMilan
Jun 14
Dinner at 4:30?
Simon Kuestenmacher
@simongerman600
Jun 13
The usual time of eating dinner in Europe. I remember traveling to Spain as a young kid and my German 6pm meal had to wait until 10pm. It was weird. Source: buff.ly/36goiS4
10
5
100
31,115
They are #cooking with that alliteration. Nothing to be crotchety about here :) #wordplay
1
1
23
#crossword Cone holders: retinas. Ghost story? attic. One who might say "You wish!": genie. Quality establishments? inns. Do business? salon.
7
Graduation speaker: talking about integrity, and how picking up the dog poop even when nobody is looking is essential to a healthy society. I: "Is this like Foucault's panopticon...except like...way more basic!"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopt… #nerdiness

Panopticon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org
13
#crossword It comes handy when the chips are downed: bag clip. It might have many sides: menu. Something you might keep tabs on? acid trip.
11
#crossword Evidence that may not be fully reliable: anecdata. Mud slingers? baristas. Soap that could use a friend? lonesome Dove.
12
lithub.com/a-bookstore-boom-… #books

A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline

I was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was longer than usual. This has been happening regularly enough that I’ve stopped being s…

lithub.com
1
7
Toni Tileva retweeted
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle
Jun 12
A D.C.-based attorney spent three years fighting a $100 ticket he got from a speed camera in the city. He eventually won in D.C.'s highest court on a novel legal technicality, and thousands of other drivers could end up benefitting from it: notus.org/metro/dc-lawyer-sp…

This Lawyer Spent Years Fighting His $100 D.C. Speeding Ticket

Matt Ricciardi got the citation tossed out by the D.C. Court of Appeals. His victory could benefit other drivers.

notus.org
31
135
758
496,197
#cooking OK--we have date paste. Make us some prune paste, too!
10
instagram.com/reel/DYnUFGEs0… There is no such thing as too much bread!! So says the carb czarina Toni :)

Feran | Medicine | Physique & Longevity (@fsfsique) • Instagram reel

instagram.com
3
The District’s twin housing investment crises via @ggwash ggwash.org/view/103581/the-d…

The District’s twin housing investment crises

Why has housing construction ground to a halt in DC? Market-rate and affordable development are both crashing — but not for the same reasons.

ggwash.org
7
FIFA banning vuvuzelas AND reusable water bottles!? So screw the environment and also having fun!
1
68
Toni Tileva retweeted
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
Jun 11
Welcome to the New York rental market, where the median asking rent hit $3,616 in the first quarter this year. To manage on a starting salary, some young professionals are turning to convents. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4ezUDUG
0:57
47
234
1,061
228,823
#crossword Secret letters? NDA. Word in an opening line? Sesame.
10
Toni Tileva retweeted
Overheard District@OverheardWDC
Jun 10
At Room 808: Comedian: "Wait, all three of you play the trumpet? Are you in a band? What's the name of your band?" Trumpeter: "The National Symphony Orchestra."
1
11
237
11,347
"Supporters see tests such as the SAT as objective measures of academic preparation, allowing comparison among students no matter how varied their actual schooling." 100%
10
Toni Tileva retweeted
Wall Street Journal Opinion
@WSJopinion
Jun 7
The University of California needs the SAT back. Even the overwhelmingly liberal Berkeley faculty are fed up with the admission of unprepared students, write Svetlana Jitomirskaya and Zvezdelina Stankova on.wsj.com/4e2n1O1

Opinion | The University of California Needs the SAT Back

Even the overwhelmingly liberal Berkeley faculty are fed up with the admission of unprepared students.

wsj.com
3
6
1,509
Not @NPR in their newsletter today writing "peddle power," instead of "pedal power" in a story about bicycling and the World Cup.
13
11
Load more