Dana Bentley
@commonst.bsky.social
Social history loving locavore tech geek. Cooks, sews, knits, crochets, wrangles robots.
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Dana Bentley
@commonst.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Do people do intro posts here? 🤷♀️
I am a #foodhistory nerd who loves cooking.
I #knit, #crochet, and #sew a bit.
I enjoy #kdrama and am learning #Korean.
Professionally I manage a fleet of #robots for #softwaretesting. I am listed on a JIRA ticket as "Robot God". I didn't write it.
Hi. 👋
I am a #foodhistory nerd who loves cooking.
I #knit, #crochet, and #sew a bit.
I enjoy #kdrama and am learning #Korean.
Professionally I manage a fleet of #robots for #softwaretesting. I am listed on a JIRA ticket as "Robot God". I didn't write it.
Hi. 👋
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Michael W. Twitty's cookbook celebrates the South’s complicated heritage : NPR share.google/oxz299PgIBA7...
A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate
In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Michael W. Twitty's cookbook celebrates the South’s complicated heritage : NPR share.google/oxz299PgIBA7...
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“Relax, annexation will be fine.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“Relax, annexation will be fine.”
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"Quiet piggy" is an overt attempt to silence women by giving them a derogatory label. And this was said to a reporter doing her job. It wasn't just directed at the reporter, it was directed at all of us to say, "keep quiet or you will be publicly shamed." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Quiet piggy" is an overt attempt to silence women by giving them a derogatory label. And this was said to a reporter doing her job. It wasn't just directed at the reporter, it was directed at all of us to say, "keep quiet or you will be publicly shamed." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
It isn't the tariffs. Once you figure that out you will go a long way towards figuring out why Canadians are avoiding the US right now.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
U.S. senators say relations with Canada suffering
The tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump have clearly caused economic pain for Canada, but a U.S. senator from Maine says he’s more worried about how Canadians are reacting on a pe...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It isn't the tariffs. Once you figure that out you will go a long way towards figuring out why Canadians are avoiding the US right now.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
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redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
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As a food culture writer, I LOVE this sort of column: shining a light on food cultures often left out of the mainstream spotlight. And (of course trying new-to-me foods)
Here's my column about cuisines that aren’t found elsewhere in the area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#FoodSky #Restaurants
Here's my column about cuisines that aren’t found elsewhere in the area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#FoodSky #Restaurants
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As a food culture writer, I LOVE this sort of column: shining a light on food cultures often left out of the mainstream spotlight. And (of course trying new-to-me foods)
Here's my column about cuisines that aren’t found elsewhere in the area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#FoodSky #Restaurants
Here's my column about cuisines that aren’t found elsewhere in the area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#FoodSky #Restaurants
I am really impressed by people doimg their planning for Christmas. I haven't managed to get anything planned past tonight's dinner for months now, and some days even that's been sketchy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am really impressed by people doimg their planning for Christmas. I haven't managed to get anything planned past tonight's dinner for months now, and some days even that's been sketchy.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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This administration isn't beating those nazi allegations.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This administration isn't beating those nazi allegations.
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Here’s a shocker for you: some very wealthy people are buying all the spoils of the Hudson Bay Company, which is fine I guess because we never got to see them anyway.
#CanadianHistory www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
#CanadianHistory www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
Churchill’s Marrakech sells for $1.3M at Hudson’s Bay artworks auction | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Here’s a shocker for you: some very wealthy people are buying all the spoils of the Hudson Bay Company, which is fine I guess because we never got to see them anyway.
#CanadianHistory www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
#CanadianHistory www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
What an awful way to handle this, even if there is fraud. (I kind of doubt fraud is the problem here.) www.therecord.com/politics/pro...
Ontario suspends skilled trades program over fraud concerns
The provincial government has suspended the skilled trades stream of Ontario's economic immigration program over concerns of "systemic misrepresentation and/or fraud."
www.therecord.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What an awful way to handle this, even if there is fraud. (I kind of doubt fraud is the problem here.) www.therecord.com/politics/pro...
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Do not approach us.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Do not approach us.
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"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
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just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
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FRIENDLY REMINDER: No matter what you do for work, if you have sick time, PTO, vacation time, anything where you can take time off of work & still get paid... use all of it. Every year. Use every second that you are given or that you accrue.
There's no attendance awards when you're an adult, folks.
There's no attendance awards when you're an adult, folks.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
FRIENDLY REMINDER: No matter what you do for work, if you have sick time, PTO, vacation time, anything where you can take time off of work & still get paid... use all of it. Every year. Use every second that you are given or that you accrue.
There's no attendance awards when you're an adult, folks.
There's no attendance awards when you're an adult, folks.
Looking at a 400 error instead of JIRA at work and having long thinky thoughts on how maybe trying to do everything the dirt cheap, easy way for profit may not be the best business plan in the world.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Looking at a 400 error instead of JIRA at work and having long thinky thoughts on how maybe trying to do everything the dirt cheap, easy way for profit may not be the best business plan in the world.
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i don’t want AI-performed anything. i want a work-life balance where i don’t mind having to load and unload the dishwasher.
I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
i don’t want AI-performed anything. i want a work-life balance where i don’t mind having to load and unload the dishwasher.
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | Globalnews.ca
The laws establish rules for students changing their names or pronouns in school, ban transgender girls from taking part in some sports and limit gender-affirming health care.
globalnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
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The province created the program, municipalities followed the program, spent the $$$ and signed contracts and the province yanked the program.
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto may have to lay off about 1,000 people because of Ontario's speed camera ban: mayor | CBC News
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city may have to lay off about a thousand workers now that the Ontario government has effectively banned speed cameras in municipalities across the province.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The province created the program, municipalities followed the program, spent the $$$ and signed contracts and the province yanked the program.
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's mind-blowing waste and mismanagement of our public finances by the Ford government.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hey Toronto: Mask up! Get your vaccines (Covid, Flu, RSV). Big jump in waste water values and that data is 2 weeks old.
Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hey Toronto: Mask up! Get your vaccines (Covid, Flu, RSV). Big jump in waste water values and that data is 2 weeks old.
Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...