Kunal Mehta

2025-08-29 • programming ubuntu ansible yaml securedrop

The author discusses a piece of YAML code developed for SecureDrop's migration to Ubuntu Noble, highlighting the semiautomated upgrade process that allows administrators to control the timing of upgrades. The text details the chal...

2026-03-14 • social justice sonia sotomayor ai legal skills cuny law

Justice Sotomayor emphasized the importance of writing, public speaking, and AI skills for law students while advocating for diversity and social justice in the legal profession.

2026-01-15 • censorship freedom of speech knowledge wikipedia first amendment

Wikipedia's 25th anniversary underscores its vital role in free speech and knowledge, contrasting its protections in the U.S. with global censorship challenges.

2025-11-21 • democratic party buffalo south asia 2024 presidential election zohran mamdani

The blog post discusses the recent political landscape surrounding Zohran Mamdani's campaign, highlighting three key takeaways that have not been widely covered. It emphasizes the efforts to prevent a repeat of the 2021 Buffalo ma...

2025-10-01 • new york city transparency eric adams politico democratic accountability

The blog post analyzes the availability of public schedules for New York City officials, particularly focusing on Mayor Eric Adams. It compiles data from Politico's 'New York Playbook' to assess how often Adams and other politicia...

2026-02-22 • blizzard new york food review boba shop black tea

Arteassan, a new boba shop in NYC, offers decent drinks but falls short on tea strength, earning a 6/10 rating from the author during a blizzard visit.

2025-12-18 • personal experience education large language models legal studies

Reflecting on the challenges and learning experiences of the first semester in law school, the author shares insights and study materials while looking forward to future classes.

2025-07-04 • new york city journalism sports microblogging wikipedia freedom debian pointers stickers mediawiki rust programming boba quest boba shop spartan daily

Kunal Mehta announces his decision to attend law school at CUNY School of Law, focusing on public interest law while continuing his work at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He expresses excitement about this long-desired goal ...

2025-12-31 • halo food review boba shop long island black tea

ChaHalo in Long Island City offers limited boba options and a frustrating ordering experience, resulting in a disappointing review score of 4/10.

2025-06-22 • brad lander zohran mamdani new york city mayoral election

The text expresses support for Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor's race, highlighting his platform centered around making NYC more affordable and his plans for housing, childcare, and community safety. The author also expr...

2025-05-24 • networking podman container ipv6

The text explains how to create IPv4-only and IPv6-only containers with podman, highlighting the misleading --ipv6 option and the correct commands to use. The author shares their experience and the challenges they faced while figu...

2025-05-08 • web development rss specification data analysis archiving hell gate fyi

The author discusses the new 'FYI' section of Hell Gate's website, which provides short updates on current events. They created an archive of these updates and an RSS feed, and also added a people filter. The author explains the p...

2025-05-07 • ice cream food review boba shop black tea

The author reviews Surreal Creamery as part of Boba Quest 2025, a boba shop that also serves ice cream. They tried a signature floatea and rated the boba 2/4 and the tea & ice cream 4/4. The shop is located in the West Village and...

2025-04-30 • easter coconut water boba quest boba shop i'm milky

The author reviews I'Milky, a boba shop in Long Island City, and discusses their Easter promotion from last year, which included magic eggs. They did not repeat the promotion this year, but are currently offering a coconut water s...

2025-04-23 • shiny tea food review boba shop black tea

The author reviews Shiny Tea, a boba shop on the Upper West Side, with two friends. They rate the boba and tea, and the shop's ambiance and customer service. The author gives it an 8/10, while one friend gives it a 5/10 and the ot...

2025-04-16 • small and medium enterprises shiny tea closure manhattan neighborhoods boba shop

Shiny Tea, a popular boba shop on the Upper West Side, is closing at the end of the month. The author shares their personal connection to the shop and encourages others to visit before it closes.

2025-04-10 • review boba shop black tea

The author reviews Erye Tea Shop in Long Island City, Queens as part of Boba Quest 2025. The shop shares its location with a hair salon, making it a relatively loud place to sit and sip tea. The author ordered a roasted oolong mil...

2025-04-08 • ios and ipados development rss specification mysql rss feed reader pdf reader atom miniflux raindrops flux news

The author recently switched their RSS/Atom feed reader away from Tiny Tiny RSS and its companion Android app due to server upgrades and app removal from F-Droid. They tried out FreshRSS and Miniflux, and evaluated multiple apps o...

2025-03-19 • green tea n-queens problem boba shop xing fu tang flushing boba milk

The author reviews Xing Fu Tang, a boba shop in Flushing, Queens, as part of Boba Quest 2025. The shop is known for its brown sugar boba milk and is located near the Flushing-Main Street LIRR station. The author and his girlfriend...

2025-03-16 • security journalism securedrop rights

Kunal Mehta demo’d the SecureDrop Workstation at RightsCon 2025, explaining the project to provide better tools for journalists to handle submissions safely. The workstation is built on Qubes OS and leverages security-through-isol...

2025-03-12 • public transit philadelphia boba shop black tea

The author is reviewing a boba shop called Tea-Do in Philadelphia as part of Boba Quest 2025. They took public transit to get there and enjoyed the contemporary tea house. The boba was above average, and the tea was excellent. The...

2025-03-10 • journalism news fivethirtyeight disney nate silver

The text discusses the closure of FiveThirtyEight, a popular data journalism website, and the impact it had on the author. It highlights the significant contributions of FiveThirtyEight to data journalism, including its coverage o...

2025-03-08 • website content security policy html zola suite boba quest

The author has set up a new website for Boba Quest 2025 and has two months of reviews. They wanted a similar layout to Everything is Everything with a big map of all the reviews and explanations of the project. They used Zola, a s...

2025-03-05 • review brooklyn heights promenade boba shop

The text is a review of a new boba shop called Bobavise in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The shop is located inside a laundromat and offers a buy-one-get-one free deal. The review includes ratings for the boba, tea, and overall experie...