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.
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...
www.propublica.org
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...
www.404media.co
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
floor796.com
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."
www.sfgate.com
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.
sfstandard.com
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...
3dprintingindustry.com
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
ratfactor.com
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.
www.newyorker.com
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.
www.sfgate.com
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’
www.nytimes.com
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
www.theguardian.com
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...
www.theringer.com
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.
www.cbsnews.com
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.
www.npr.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Dude Abides. www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
:) @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.
www.sfgate.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
:) @drewmagary.bsky.social is a national treasure A life-changing visit to ailing Yosemite National Park www.sfgate.com/california-p...
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
www.axios.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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...
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
www.wsj.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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...
Better Headline: MAGA decides breathing is bad for American business
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Better Headline: MAGA decides breathing is bad for American business
"...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...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"...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
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
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is how you do life. Bon anniversaire maestro! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/d...