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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 9d

Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 14d

😢 Sad news: This fella served up a lot of joy and special memories for me and my family. Joe Betz, owner of House of Prime Rib, dies at 86 sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/s...

House of Prime Rib owner Joe Betz dies at 86

The House of Prime Rib owner is lauded for his generosity and commitment to old-school dining in San Francisco.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 22d

Cool stuff. 3dprintingindustry.com/news/intervi...

Interview: Is 3D Printing Battery Components a Reality? Inside Sakuu’s Dry Electrode Printing Technology - 3D Printing Industry

As global electrification gains momentum, the battery industry is under growing pressure to boost production efficiency, minimize environmental impact, and build more resilient supply chains. To addre...

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 22d

Delightful (AND the Cliff Stoll reference sent me down a memory-lane rabbit hole to a quirky old NOVA episode about hacking and the KGB :>) ratfactor.com/cards/fitted...

Ratfactor's Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets - ratfactor

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 23d

❤️ @jenniferwilson.bsky.social "someone had waded through swamps, deciphered Latin, and gained the trust of egomaniacal horticulturalists, all for my passing delight" www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...

Jennifer Wilson on Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever”

The writer worried that the story was “too niche, too odd,” the crime of flower theft “too minor.” To think, I had loved it for precisely those qualities.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 26d

Sharing good eats and spreading joy www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...

Why you may recognize the Bay Area's new 7-foot food influencer

Here's why you're likely to see Festus Ezeli at Bay Area food staples.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 27d

The real scandal here is that a Texas A&M student doesn't understand the definition of the word "legal." Also, probably needs to take a course on the First Amendment and maybe China's Cultural Revolution before posting www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Sep 8

💡Disruptive startup investor pitch: A personal AI “complaint agent” that ceaselessly harasses every company that gives me crappy automated customer service and/or anyone who sends me an unsolicited email/text/call.

Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Sep 3

Free country? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Legal experts say the charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Aug 28

Lots of memorable performances to love in here, but shocked not to see Frances McDormand and/or Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) on the list www.theringer.com/2025/08/25/m...

The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st Century

We’re talking capital-A Acting, baby! From Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘There Will Be Blood’ to Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Departed,’ we’re celebrating the best of the best of the past 25 years. How do your favori...

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Aug 27

meanwhile, in news that should surprise absolutely no one www.cbsnews.com/news/income-...

Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the rest of America's taxpayers, new study finds

The wealthiest 400 people in the U.S. pay a tax rate of 24%, lower than the average rate for all other taxpayers, economists find.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Dude Abides. www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...

Dude, the history behind the word dude is wild

The word "dude" is often associated with the '80s and '90s. But its origin is rooted much, much farther back in American history and it took a long and winding road to reach the coast of California.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Aug 2

:) @drewmagary.bsky.social is a national treasure A life-changing visit to ailing Yosemite National Park www.sfgate.com/california-p...

A life-changing visit to a national park in peril

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary road-tripped to the national parks' ailing crown jewel.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 31

Insidious piece of advice for "what works" in comms for businesses attacked by Trump includes "Do something that looks like appeasement." Shame on you @axios.com for trying to normalize an atrociously unethical environment www.axios.com/2025/07/27/t...

What to do when you're a Trump target: corporate edition

Advice for companies that become the focus of Trump's Truth Social posts

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 31

For all the good intentions and potential to mitigate waste, this will inevitably mean grocery surge pricing in the US www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Welcome to the Grocery Store Where Prices Change 100 Times a Day

Electronic shelf labels are spreading at grocery chains in Europe and the U.S., enabling instant price drops—and raising fears of surge pricing

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 29

Better Headline: MAGA decides breathing is bad for American business

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 29

Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.

EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act

The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 29

"...the idea that the dynamics, business concepts and mores of the tech world were applicable to the news business. They’re mostly not. And here we mean not the 'media' business, to which there is some application, but the news business. Again, not the same thing." tinyurl.com/yznmjm8k

Why Is Jeff Bezos Rakestomping the Post?

I wanted to flag your attention to this piece by Jonathan Last...

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 28

This is how you do life. Bon anniversaire maestro! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/d...

No One Parties Like Jacques Pépin, Even at 90

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 28

An oldie but goodie: I can't decide on a favorite since they all look so delicious mossandfog.com/nation-flags...

Nation Flags Made From That Country's Most Iconic Cuisine | Moss and Fog

These country flags are made up of the foods that are most iconic.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 18

"If you make it trend, you make it true" depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...

The machinery of modern propaganda: Renée DiResta on invisible rulers and bespoke realities

The disinformation researcher explains how small communities of propagandists have transformed the rules of influence and public opinion.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 15

It is certainly delicious, but I never knew the fascinating Trumer Pils backstory. Someone should give Carlos Alvarez's career the Netflix treatment (Beer King!) www.sfgate.com/food/article...

This Berkeley brewery only makes one beer. And it's winning everything.

The only beer packaged and released in its history is also "the most awarded pilsner beer in the world."

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 11

For the record @nytimes.com #Connections, Photoshop is an application produced by a company named Adobe.

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jul 10

Personally, I'd rank Band of Brothers and The Wire in the top 3 and The Leftovers should be in the mix somewhere www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best...

The all killer, no filler HBO ranking: From The Sopranos to Succession

The network has been churning out prestige television since the early ‘90s. We’ve collated the best of the bunch

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jun 19

Tackling emerging contaminants in drinking water losgatan.com/tackling-eme...

Tackling emerging contaminants in drinking water | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California

Emerging contaminants, also known as “contaminants of emerging concern,” are substances in the environment that may be detrimental to wildlife and/or human health. Some emerging contaminants are chemi...

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · Jun 5

Lovely and true. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Opinion | Ken Jennings: Trivia and ‘Jeopardy!’ Could Save Our Republic

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