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Nancy Friedman
@fritinancy.bsky.social
Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. “Queen of retail rabbit holes.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/
Everything is terrible, but I have the top score (so far) in today's Slate Pears game.
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
“Whose"-avoidance
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"Criteria" is the plural. "Criterion" is the singular. (From the @nytimes.com "Open Thread" style newsletter, 2/6/26) messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Twenty-eight of which"? Edit: "twenty-eight million of which."
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This makes it sound as though she's wearing nothing other than heels, which is even ickier than it's meant to be. Edit: "Melania in heels watching television; Melania in heels meeting a former hostage . . ."
February 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Tatiana has her revenge or redress, not her comeuppance (which means punishment or just deserts).
@sfchronicle.com #EugeneOnegin
February 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Amphifa, Oakland.
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Again with the Central Casting.
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“The slop stops here.”
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
“Chaos” — my pick* for 2025 word of the year — continues to dominate the news.

* and no one else’s
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
All "in wake of" headlines are bad, but this one is especially bad.
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
None are so blind as those who will not see.
January 21, 2026 at 8:51 PM
New to me: "compère," a fancy (BrE) way of saying "host."
January 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Annals of bowdlerization.

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January 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
An actual billboard for an actual AI company, spotted today in San Francisco. The text reads "Customer Support That Actually Cares."
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
More "chaos," my choice for word of the year for 2025. #woty25
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My final -- and absolute worst -- #tistheseason for this season:
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Diåcritics göne wïld!

(At IT'SUGAR, a name that has always set my teeth on edge.)
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
'Tis the season for holiday scams, warns Discover.

#tistheseason
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I liked “Jay Kelly,” but I did catch a branding goof: When Jim Broadbent is making a sandwich in George Clooney's Los Angeles kitchen he uses Hellmann's mayonnaise, which is sold only east of the Mississippi. The brand is called Best Foods here. | @bcdreyer.social
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
’Tis the season to get it all done faster, says Dell Technologies.

#tistheseason
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Is terminal lengthening showing up in languages other than English (whyyyy) and Spanish (quéee)?

@gretchenmcc.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
'Tis the season to save BIG, says HerRoom, an online lingerie retailer.

#tistheseason
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM