Deirdre
@pingyourbrain.bsky.social
Content Director at Sterling Communications. Dr. Dobb's alumna. Past Sr. Editor at Java Magazine. Reads a lot, is a Pisces, and digs cool things.
Life Unplugged. www.wsj.com/style/design...
Everyone Wants a Room Where They Can Escape Their Screens
Weary of ‘smart’ everything, Americans are craving stylish ‘analog rooms’ free of digital distractions—and designers are making them a growing trend
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January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Life Unplugged. www.wsj.com/style/design...
20 minutes well spent www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...
George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You
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January 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
20 minutes well spent www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...
🥰 if you like food and need a little joy in your day, listen to this delightful Splendid Table podcast episode with Francis Lam interviewing Irish raconteur and culinary legend Darina Allen 👩🍳https://www.splendidtable.org/episode/2025/01/10/irelands-national-culinary-treasure-darina-allen
Ireland’s National Culinary Treasure, Darina Allen
This week, we spend an energetic hour with Ireland’s Darina Allen, founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and author of multiple bestselling cookbooks, including her classic, The Forgotten Skills of...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
🥰 if you like food and need a little joy in your day, listen to this delightful Splendid Table podcast episode with Francis Lam interviewing Irish raconteur and culinary legend Darina Allen 👩🍳https://www.splendidtable.org/episode/2025/01/10/irelands-national-culinary-treasure-darina-allen
This classic is tops in my 2025 holiday playlist youtu.be/Ssd3U_zicAI?...
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
YouTube video by ElvisCostelloVEVO
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December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This classic is tops in my 2025 holiday playlist youtu.be/Ssd3U_zicAI?...
Real American holiday cheer 😂 The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog - defector.com/the-2025-hat...
The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there. Piper...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Real American holiday cheer 😂 The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog - defector.com/the-2025-hat...
Another day, another interesting publication probably destined for the AI-powered content marketing trash heap. www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
Exclusive: Staff cuts and strategy squabbles split Atlas Obscura leadership
The relationship between the company’s founders and some of its investors appears to have soured.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Another day, another interesting publication probably destined for the AI-powered content marketing trash heap. www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
Gee, perhaps the city of Portland should file a billion dollar lawsuit against Fox News www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gee, perhaps the city of Portland should file a billion dollar lawsuit against Fox News www.propublica.org/article/port...
Mysteries of the algorithm: I subscribe to the @404media.co newsletter. This morning it was sent to spam in my gmail inbox for some unknown reason 🤔 www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Mysteries of the algorithm: I subscribe to the @404media.co newsletter. This morning it was sent to spam in my gmail inbox for some unknown reason 🤔 www.404media.co/google-has-c...
this could eat hours of my life 😆 floor796.com?mc_cid=cdbde...
Floor796
A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups
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November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
this could eat hours of my life 😆 floor796.com?mc_cid=cdbde...
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
😂 I think we can all agree that Australians supply the best quotes: “They realized that I’m legitimately just a drunk Aussie guy going to see his family at Area 51 who happens to have custody of the world's oldest burger” www.sfgate.com/food/article...
'Eerily intact': A disturbing fast food relic is continuing to haunt McDonald's
"It's no longer food."
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October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
😂 I think we can all agree that Australians supply the best quotes: “They realized that I’m legitimately just a drunk Aussie guy going to see his family at Area 51 who happens to have custody of the world's oldest burger” www.sfgate.com/food/article...
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
😢 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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September 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
😢 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...
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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September 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cool stuff. 3dprintingindustry.com/news/intervi...
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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September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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...
❤️ @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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September 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
❤️ @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...
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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September 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sharing good eats and spreading joy www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
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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September 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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...
💡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.
September 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
💡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.
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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September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Free country? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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August 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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...
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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August 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
meanwhile, in news that should surprise absolutely no one www.cbsnews.com/news/income-...
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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August 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Dude Abides. www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...