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Nancy Friedman
@fritinancy.bsky.social
Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. “Queen of retail rabbit holes.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/
Then I spotted this ad a few minutes later.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wrong-way apostrophe from Perricone.
#tistheseason
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Uh-oh, someone disabled spellcheck.

@thewrap.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Ad for @mullvad.bsky.social in the 19th Street Oakland BART station. The point: Your data remains private with us. 1/2
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
And here’s Gather, a restaurant in Berkeley, confused in a different way.
#tistheseason
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'd held out hope that this @sfstandard.com hed was a pun, but no, it's just another misspelling of "peek." sfstandard.com/2025/11/11/m...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm not going to show her face or reveal her name*, but oh, honey, you really need to get acquainted with a tailor. This jacket looks *terrible.* Where's our @dieworkwear.bsky.social for women's clothing?

*She's a public official in San Francisco.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Excellent reporting. Copyediting would have made it better.

@nytimes magazine 11/9/25

1. *is being
2. *one less
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Here's Southwest Airlines all confused about where the apostrophe should go.
#tistheseason
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From Garnet Hill.
#tistheseason
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Welcome back to ’Tis the Season season! This one’s from Amtrak. #tistheseason
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Weird ad buy — page A7 of the Sunday @sfchronicle.com. Is anyone in the target audience likely to see it?
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just look at this gorgeous thing, will you.

First new Collegiate edition in more than 20 years.

Thanks, @merriam-webster.com!
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Stop hiring humans? Don't stop hiring humans? Make up your minds!

(Photos by me in San Francisco, October 25, 2025)
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is a passage in a truly boggling (to me) story by @danielkolitz.bsky.social for @harpers.bsky.social about the new (to me) sense of “goon,” but all I can think about is: the past tense of “to sled” is “sledded,” dammit.
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Medium continues to make everything harder.
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New naming trend? No more apostrophe'd "chik'n" and "turk'y": now fake meat is "inspired."

(At Berkeley Bowl Marketplace. The cylinder at the bottom is "salami inspired.")
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I guess we've moved down the alphabet from AI to BI.
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You don’t “cow to” someone. The @politico.com writer may have wanted “kowtow.”
October 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Waddle (verb): to walk with short steps and a swaying motion.

Wattle (noun, anatomy): a fleshy caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck.
October 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Your tax dollars (not) at work.
October 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Enshittification” on the October cover of @harpers.bsky.social.
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Who do I have to sue to get GRUNION accepted by #NYTspellingbee?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunion
September 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM