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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 2h

The Michelin Guide’s lauding of lackluster restaurants has become so prevalent that experienced diners - bewildered to see stellar performers lose stars or get excluded altogether - have begun to turn elsewhere [Christopher Cameron @robbreport.com ] robbreport.com/food-drink/d...

Why Diners—and Chefs—Are Turning Away From the Michelin Guide

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 1d

An intro to principles, practices & resources supporting Native American pedagogies from the @uofdenver.bsky.social Office of Teaching & Learning #IndigenousPeoplesDay
inclusive-teaching.du.edu/native-ameri...

Native American Pedagogies | Denver

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 2d

Names are gifts. Expressions of individuality & creativity by people who considered them deeply. Names are how history remembers you, which is why @tylerparker.bsky.social ranked the best @NBA player names of the past 25 years [ @theringer.com.web.brid.gy ]
www.theringer.com/2025/10/06/n...

Ranking the 117 Best NBA Names of the Quarter Century

What’s in a name? Everything. Featuring Dwayne Bacon, Stromile Swift, and so many more, these are the NBA player handles that stand the test of time.

www.theringer.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Belichick & the unaccountable band of cronies & flunkies that followed him to North Carolina have reached the midway point of the season as one of the biggest laughingstocks recent history [ @danwolken.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ]
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Bill Belichick's failings at North Carolina underline one thing: He thinks he's bigger than the job

Bill Belichick has failed on almost every account at UNC and they have reached the midway point of the season as one of the biggest laughingstocks in the sport. How long will the school put up with hi...

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 4d

The key to a successful corn maze: It must be engaging but not so tricky that people quit [@roxanne_hoorn @atlasobscura.com ]
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cor...

Inside the Weird World of Corn Mazes

The a-maize-ing history of getting lost among the stalks.

www.atlasobscura.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 5d

Cats both keep their distance & actively engage with us. Books tell us that we domesticated the cat. But who is to say that cats did not colonise our rodent-infested dwellings on their own terms? ~ David Wood [ @aeon.co ] aeon.co/essays/the-u...

The uncanny familiar: can we ever really know a cat? | Aeon Essays

Felines walk the line between familiar and strange. We stroke them and they purr, then in a trice they pounce

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 6d

YouTube stars now reach as many people as legacy media, are using increasingly sophisticated approaches & are poaching some of the top players to grow even bigger [Alex Weprin @thr.com ]
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Creators Are Building Their Own Supersized Studio System As Hollywood Cuts Back

YouTube stars now reach as much people as legacy media — and they’re poaching some of the top players to grow even bigger.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 7d

The trend among the world' s ultra-rich is to have a butler. What type of person would willingly give over his life to serving the outrageously moneyed? [David Katz @gqmagazine.bsky.social Sean McCabe] www.gq.com/story/rich-b...

What It's Like to Be a Billionaire's Butler

The manservant is back in demand. David Katz goes to butler school and reports from the trenches

www.gq.com

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 8d

Responsibility begins with leaders, not those they lead. When you expect responsibility from others, become accountable to others. After you become accountable, expect mutual obligation [ Dan Rockwell / Leadershipfreak] leadershipfreak.blog/2025/03/31/t...

The Accountability Myth - Leadership Freak

Successful leaders believe in accountability. When I say, “Leaders hold people accountable,” who comes to mind? Employees, right? Authority without accountability is abuse. Authentic leaders think of ...

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 9d

While the beer mile — four beers, four laps around a 440 yard track, one mile total — may seem like a gimmick, it's actually a highly strategic, fiercely competitive event [Elizabeth Laseter @seriouseats.bsky.social ]
www.seriouseats.com/beer-mile-ex...

I'm a 3-Time Beer Mile World Champion. Here's What Most People Get Wrong About the Sport

Think the beer mile is just a party trick? A 3-time world champ explains why it’s a strategic, fiercely competitive race.

www.seriouseats.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 10d

A reflection on family and the mystique & culture of southern football — particularly @olemissfb.bsky.social — by @stuartpstevens.bsky.social
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/any-given-...

Any Given Saturday

After Stuart Stevens advised Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, he returned to his native South to spend one last season watching Ole Miss football with his father.

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 11d

From October 1949, an essay of introduction & appreciation for “a wonderful savor of fresh bread, melted cheese, and herbs. This is a pizza, Italian for pie” Ora Dodd [ @theatlantic.com ]
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Pizza

“In a world of ready-made food, packaged to be tossed together by amateurs, pizza stands apart—one dish, at least, which calls for time and skill.”

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 12d

Denmark is consistently among the top-five countries in the world for work-life balance. Why? [Dave Silverberg | BBC] www.bbc.com/news/article...

What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?

The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 13d

TikTok embezzlers, outlaw leaders and a five year Scottish Canals dispute: welcome to the wild west of magnet fishing in Glasgow’s waterways [ @robbiejourno.bsky.social @glasgowbell.bsky.social ]
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/magnet-fishi...

Magnet fishing is supposed to be a wholesome hobby. Why all the beef?

TikTok embezzlers, outlaw leaders and a five year Scottish Canals dispute: welcome to the wild west of Glasgow’s waterways

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 14d

116 years ago William Crapo Durant founded General Motors. While GM would become a huge success, its founder died a penniless bowling alley operator reliant on friends to cover his debts [ @emarquis.bsky.social / @jalopnik.bsky.social ]
tech.yahoo.com/business/art...

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 15d

Constant interruptions don’t just disrupt our workday - they keep us from living our best life and accomplishing our greatest purposes. To avoid letting distractions control our lives we must minimize them & reclaim focus [Joshua Becker] www.becomingminimalist.com/8-ways-to-st...

8 Ways to Stop Getting Distracted

The distractions in this world are not going away. These eight tips will help you (and me) avoid them better.

www.becomingminimalist.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 16d

In west Texas, the Fort Hancock Mustangs were 6-man football state champions in the ‘80s & ‘90s, but now they're struggling to break the wrong kind of streak having not won since October 2021 [Jordan Ramp @texasmonthly.bsky.social ]
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

A Tiny Texas High School Football Team Hasn't Won a Game in Years. They Aren't Giving Up.

The Fort Hancock Mustangs were once state champions, but now they're struggling to break the wrong kind of streak.

www.texasmonthly.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 17d

“Now it’s time for [Dabo] Swinney to stop the whining and self-pity and start figuring out how he’s going adapt in every area of the program, from offensive philosophy to NIL to recruiting” ~ @danwolken.bsky.social [ yahoosports.bsky.social ]
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After Clemson's latest stunning loss, Dabo Swinney's bold talk is ringing more hollow than ever

Rather than insisting fans should be grateful about Clemson's past success, Swinney should spend more time figuring out why his program has fallen so far from that standard.

sports.yahoo.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 18d

For centuries, people have been making ketchup out of all kinds of fruits, vegetables & fungi. All this creativity stemmed from people trying to recreate a fish sauce from Asia [ @aewbank.bsky.social @atlasobscura.com ]
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wha...

The Surprising Origins and Alternatives to Tomato Ketchup

Ketchup is more of a category than a singular sauce.

www.atlasobscura.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 19d

Pinball is experiencing a dramatic resurgence. Over the past 50 years Steve Young has built the world's greatest collection of rare parts & schematics that keep this detail-obsessed hobby humming [Tim Stevens @arstechnica.com ]
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

Meet the man keeping hope, and 70-year-old pinball machines, alive

Steve Young’s passion built a business that keeps historic tables running.

arstechnica.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 20d

Large corporations are shopping for underground bunkers that can
survive a nuclear blast to protect their data centers and C-suite employees as geopolitical tensions rise [Rachyl Jones @semafor.com ]
www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs)

Several large companies are building underground housing for their data centers and executives.

www.semafor.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 21d

In decades as a crime reporter, Michael Wilson covered many, many scams. He thought he should be able to quickly spot a scam in but went along with one for 16 minutes. Why did this scam seem to work so much better than others? [ @nytimes.com ]
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 22d

“Conflict is a pivotal part of a successful team. There’s no absence of conflict in successful teams. You know what there is an absence of? There’s an absence of the conflict lingering. That’s the difference” Kara Lawson via The Daily Coach www.thedaily.coach/p/conflict-i...

Conflict Isn’t the Problem. Lingering Is.

The best teams aren’t free of conflict. They’re free of lingering conflict.

www.thedaily.coach

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 23d

“While this dumpster fire of an offense is the primary point of concern for the Chiefs right now, their defensive performance has also been troubling” @stevenruiz.bsky.social [ @theringer.com.web.brid.gy ] www.theringer.com/2025/09/18/n...

The Slow, Boring Erosion of the Kansas City Chiefs Dynasty

The Chiefs have fallen into an 0-2 hole, and worse, they’re no fun to watch. Is there a way out beyond asking more and more of Patrick Mahomes?

www.theringer.com

Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 24d

Paul Skenes’ unparalleled display of run prevention now spans two seasons bolstered by cerebral self-evaluation, a bond with his catcher & an expanded repertoire of pitches
[ @jordanshusterman.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

How Paul Skenes' cerebral approach to pitching is helping him elevate even further in a Cy Young season

The Pirates' ace, still just 23, thrives at the intersection of his profound physical ability and intense curiosity regarding his craft.

sports.yahoo.com