Francesca
@fpberger.bsky.social
Trying to learn a little more every day
It’s persimmon season in California. I love the color of them on the trees, with the shading from green to delicate orange as they ripen. I like these fuyu-style persimmons sliced very thin, either in a salad or with a little cheese.
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It’s persimmon season in California. I love the color of them on the trees, with the shading from green to delicate orange as they ripen. I like these fuyu-style persimmons sliced very thin, either in a salad or with a little cheese.
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These are not detainments—they are kidnappings.
These are not deportations—they are human trafficking.
These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps.
Language matters.
This is fascism.
These are not deportations—they are human trafficking.
These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps.
Language matters.
This is fascism.
April 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
These are not detainments—they are kidnappings.
These are not deportations—they are human trafficking.
These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps.
Language matters.
This is fascism.
These are not deportations—they are human trafficking.
These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps.
Language matters.
This is fascism.
AMA's Youtube channel is giving updates on medical issues across the country since CDC has stopped: www.youtube.com/AmerMedicalA...
American Medical Association (AMA)
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Our mission is to promote ...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AMA's Youtube channel is giving updates on medical issues across the country since CDC has stopped: www.youtube.com/AmerMedicalA...
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More and more, I'm having a hard time hearing "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" as anything but their nicknames.
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
More and more, I'm having a hard time hearing "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" as anything but their nicknames.
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"Before The Americas, curated by Cheryl D. Edwards and four years in the making, was slated to open on March 21 and set to include 40 works exploring migration, colonial challenges, and interconnectivity in the African diaspora in the Americas."
To even consider the Black experience is now illegal, according to the diktats of the Trump administration.
hyperallergic.com/992061/show-...
hyperallergic.com/992061/show-...
Show on Artists of African Descent Loses Funding Amid Trump DEI Crackdown
The exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, would have featured works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists.
hyperallergic.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"Before The Americas, curated by Cheryl D. Edwards and four years in the making, was slated to open on March 21 and set to include 40 works exploring migration, colonial challenges, and interconnectivity in the African diaspora in the Americas."
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Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?
My latest newsletter post here:
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My latest newsletter post here:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?
By Samuel Bagenstos NYU Law professor Noah Rosenblum posted on Bluesky yesterday that “[t]here has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short)...
buttondown.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?
My latest newsletter post here:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
My latest newsletter post here:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
I'm always looking for something to read, and today stumbled across David Bowie's list of 100 books that influenced him. www.bowiebookclub.com/david-bowies...
Bowie's 100
www.bowiebookclub.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:32 PM
I'm always looking for something to read, and today stumbled across David Bowie's list of 100 books that influenced him. www.bowiebookclub.com/david-bowies...
A friend mentioned the other night that apples planted by Johnny Appleseed were primarily used for cider, not eating, as they’d been planted from seed and would not be reliably sweet.
December 3, 2024 at 10:25 PM
A friend mentioned the other night that apples planted by Johnny Appleseed were primarily used for cider, not eating, as they’d been planted from seed and would not be reliably sweet.
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I helped someone set up Apple’s “AirPods Pro 2” as hearing aids today. This is a pretty cool feature although it took some iteration to get it set up.
November 28, 2024 at 6:10 AM
I helped someone set up Apple’s “AirPods Pro 2” as hearing aids today. This is a pretty cool feature although it took some iteration to get it set up.
Emily Dickinson had a recipe for “black cake”, a dense fruitcake that sounds pretty good although I’m not sure about making her 20lb version:
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emi...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emi...
The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe
It reveals an unexpected side to the poet's personality and the brutality that brought a Caribbean dish to New England.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Emily Dickinson had a recipe for “black cake”, a dense fruitcake that sounds pretty good although I’m not sure about making her 20lb version:
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emi...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emi...
A British Imperial tablespoon is 20% bigger than an American tablespoon, and a British cup is 20% smaller than an American cup measure. How did I not know they were all different (Australia’s different yet again) and how many recipes have I screwed up because of this?
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 AM
A British Imperial tablespoon is 20% bigger than an American tablespoon, and a British cup is 20% smaller than an American cup measure. How did I not know they were all different (Australia’s different yet again) and how many recipes have I screwed up because of this?
“Yams” in the grocery store are usually orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, whereas true yams are an entirely different plant family. My family always used the orange sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, so I will make them some time this week, ignoring the white-fleshed sweet potatoes in my pantry.
November 24, 2024 at 7:26 AM
“Yams” in the grocery store are usually orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, whereas true yams are an entirely different plant family. My family always used the orange sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, so I will make them some time this week, ignoring the white-fleshed sweet potatoes in my pantry.
I had a new Chinese dish today that I liked. Eggs scrambled with leaf of the Toona Sinesis tree. The leaf has a somewhat funky and persistent steak-and-onion flavor.
November 22, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I had a new Chinese dish today that I liked. Eggs scrambled with leaf of the Toona Sinesis tree. The leaf has a somewhat funky and persistent steak-and-onion flavor.
Today I participated in a literal Chinese fire drill.
November 21, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Today I participated in a literal Chinese fire drill.