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Jonathan Khoo

@jonk.org
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 02/10/2026
i saw a recent video thumbnail on my youtube feed for "Why NOBODY Remembers Northwest Airlines!" and i just want to say *i* do. took my first "i'm an adult and can travel without my parents" trip with them back in 2000. (the trip that explains why i will always call the O2 "the millennium dome")
me standing in front of The Millennium Dome for The Millennium Experience
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 01/10/2026
i just want to express my concern that two people i met last week (in their 20s/30s) -- ENGLISH PEOPLE, FROM ENGLAND LIVING IN ENGLAND -- had never heard of Keeping Up Appearances.
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Hyacinth Bucket's Shocked Horror
Alt: Hyacinth Bucket's Shocked Horror
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 19/09/2026
Trying my first British Chinese (“a Chinese”) and…it’s amazing?!
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 18/09/2026
One of my favorite local restaurants got an AI slop sign and ugh, gross.
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Lisa Kudrow: Stop The Madness!
Alt: Lisa Kudrow: Stop The Madness!
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 17/09/2026
am i the only one who loves these super random Strange New Worlds episodes? like this soap opera one (so far) Is GREAT -- i love it!!
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 15/09/2026
while back i got a kodak charmera but never used it until this past trip. i guess it was pretty fun? not sure how i feel about ThE AeSTheTiC but it was a nice substitute for a film camera as a second thing to play with. mclassplanet.tumblr.com (yes i am repurposing a tumblr url i've had for ages)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 14/09/2026
i know it's silly but it bothers me that i need to upload recipts for our quickbooks subscription into quickbooks
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 13/09/2026
DYING listening to these two flight attendants talking (they are clearly besties). Just a small excerpt: Him: “do you remember that nice guy who gave us cookies? That Asian guy?” Her: “yeah?” Him: “well, I…uhh…thanked him for his loyalty and now he’s living in my DMs” Ok Blanche!
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Blanche Devereaux's Sassy & Flirty Look
ALT: Blanche Devereaux's Sassy & Flirty Look
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 12/09/2026
If you’ve ever wondered what Tallinn’s Linnahall looks like inside… (Happened to be in town while an exhibition was taking place in it.) More photos at www.instagram.com/p/DdMSEfziit...
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 12/09/2026
Was curious, so researched and indeed Swedish “torg”, Estonian “turg”, and Serbian “trg” are related. And, as it turns out, Turku, Finland and Trieste, Italy? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconst...
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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъrgъ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 09/09/2026
Even for this basic b, this is a step too far!!!
Sign in a coffee shop for Red Bull Infusion Pumpkin Spice (€4,90)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 05/09/2026
Easy peasy first time EES. Maybe 15 min in line, didn’t use kiosk
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 04/09/2026
I’m beginning to think maybe I don’t need 4 live activities for 1 flight
Google 
Flighty
United
Apple Wallet
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 01/09/2026
omg my mom just voice called me (not facetime not whatsapp) and i thought the worst* but all she wanted to know was how to change her apple id password 😭😭😭 *my heart is still racing
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 29/08/2026
Saw a poster for a musician/band called “Woe Nelly” and IDK who they are but I hope they are a gay singer-songwriter 😂
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 28/08/2026
just saw an ad that said "starring synthetic performers" 😶
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 26/08/2026
me: oh maybe i'll go a day early to london before i have to be there for work. *does some interneting, checks hotel prices* me: never mind
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 23/08/2026
Two things I’m unironically grateful to YouTube for: 1) reliving the glory days of MTV whenever I want 2) letting me see the world in ways I never would (because I know myself): 3-week canyoneering trip through the Grand Canyon or climbing to a peak in the Alps.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 23/08/2026
i'm not saying i'm the most knowledgeable person about travel destinations on the planet but you think i would have heard about Magaluf and Benidorm before this past year (thanks to stuff that I see via The Algorithm)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 22/08/2026
This puppet episode of SNW is even more unhinged than expected.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 22/08/2026
i saw a payphone in someone's yard and so TIL about Futel. how nifty! "Futel is a public arts organization in Portland, Oregon dedicated to preserving and maintaining public telephone hardware and offering free phone and basic information services." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futel
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 20/08/2026
NOPE
picture of a small hotel room showing a queen bed right next to a glass wall with a (glass) door, with the bathtub/shower right on the other side.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 17/08/2026
this whole thing is so wild -- because i've interviewed several of these very sketch folks (and knew something was up) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhd...
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The North Korean Operatives Hiding Inside U.S. Companies | WSJ Documentary
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 17/08/2026
Finally saw a man on a giant (off-road? idk it looked more rugged?) unicycle trucking down the road.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 15/08/2026
Streaming a French movie and the only language available is the English dub 😫 Not only that but the (English) subtitles say “[speaking French]” when it’s clearly Arabic 😫 😫
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 14/08/2026
shipped something cheapest ground ("Ground Advantage") via USPS and there's no way this could actually have been (all) ground, right? Arrived at USPS Facility PORTLAND, OR 97215 August 12, 2026 10:58 PM ⏬ Arrived at USPS Facility DULLES VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 14, 2026 12:51 AM
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 14/08/2026
Made my own spaghetti sauce which is delicious but it’s like the goddamn Shining in here now. #redrum
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 13/08/2026
was just reminded of one of my favorite scenes in TNG: GUINAN: Careful. Putting me on a pedestal so high, you may not be able to reach me. RIKER: Then I'll learn how to fly. You are the heart in my day and the soul in my night. WESLEY: I don't think this is my style. GUINAN: Shut up, kid.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 12/08/2026
Public service announcement: if you are checking bags, please note the baggage cutoff time. At our airport, smaller airlines will not even keep the ticket counter open past the cutoff.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 10/08/2026
catching up on Strange New Worlds after realizing i stopped towards the end of S2. man i forgot about The Hair 😍
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 07/08/2026
maybe it's because i'm 100% the target demographic but how much am i enjoying Masters of the Universe (only 30 min in, but still)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 06/08/2026
i just realized my voicemail greeting betrays my age. "i'm sorry, i can't come to the phone right now" when my phone actually never leaves my side
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 31/07/2026
At the gate still but on my second starlink-enabled flight. Without looking at the status bar, guess which is plane satellite and which is 5G ultra wideband.
64 mbps - starlink2.0 mbps - Visible 5G UW
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 31/07/2026
Finally checking out the new Alaska lounge at my home airport.
Food + lounge view (yes including pancakes)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 31/07/2026
I like knowing people at the airport. Waved at and chatted with 3 people on my way out. Nice way to feel at home after being on the road.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 30/07/2026
i'm not really in business conversations often, but when did people start saying "net new" instead of just new? i feel like this really picked up this year.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 28/07/2026
My version of the shopping cart theory is how people put their carry-ons in the overhead bin.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 28/07/2026
Oh. (At IAH)
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 28/07/2026
typing up a linkedin post on a plane and i'm feeling like carrie bradshaw
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 27/07/2026
Accompanying Alexander to another rousing Russian pub quiz night. Every time I glance at the calendar I keep thinking it says “One! One! One! One!” but then remember it’s sports-themed “ole ole ole ole” because World Cup. Anyways good luck to his not-sporty gay team 😂
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 25/07/2026
We are becoming a 2-car household today—Alexander is getting a barely-used Solterra. Concomitantly I guess we are becoming fully Portland by having a Subie* lol (For those keeping track, there was a lesbian couple also buying a car next to us at the Subaru dealership) * I realize it’s a Toyota
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 25/07/2026
Pressing the garage door close button and running out and hurdling the sensor like it’s 1993. Still got it 💅
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 19/07/2026
yikes! have a friend on this flight from bucharest to berlin but i guess it would have arrived past curfew so they diverted to wroclaw. now a 3.5 hour bus ride at 11:45 PM.
screenshot of flightradar24 showing flight path of W43109 showing it U-turn to stay in poland as it neared the german border.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 15/07/2026
The flight I’m working has “anywhere from 3 to 73 missing bags” 😳 you can’t narrow it down any more?
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 15/07/2026
I don’t normally get intrusive thoughts but lately I’ve been wondering how I would/should react if someone “Ching-Chong”-ed me in public 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 12/07/2026
Apple Maps is high. Sir(i), Seattle is 150 miles away.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 11/07/2026
Every time I get a matcha latte I’m reminded of how much I don’t enjoy matcha lattes.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 10/07/2026
TIL the japanese word for power outlet sounds like "consent" (コンセント / konsento) and comes from "concentric plug" which is an old timey power outlet shape i guess. japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11...
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 09/07/2026
fedex shipment (smartpost, so i figure basically lowest priority) shows Departed FedEx location MIDDLETOWN, CT the morning of 7/3 was supposed to get here Tuesday. nothing until today: "Shipment exception Weather delay" with no further updates. not holding out hopes of getting this pair of shorts.
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Jonathan Khoo @jonk.org · 08/07/2026
womp! new BUR opens 10/13. we're flying in for my high school reunion 10/9-11. ktla.com/news/local-n...
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New $1.3 billion terminal at Hollywood Burbank Airport is almost complete
A major upgrade to a popular Southern California airport is almost ready for takeoff. In just a few months, the Hollywood Burbank Airport will reveal its new $1.3 billion, 355,000-square-foot termi…
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