Deirdre

another nominee for best article of the year www.grubstreet.com/article/choc...

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/b...

Just a note to the world--never buy a SpaFinder gift card and never try to chat with an Xfinity customer service bot.

I think we can all agree that Minnesota wins for craziest Fair Food of 2026 (and I'd probably eat all of it 😆) www.mnstatefair.org/new/food

😱https://www.bcbs.com/about-us/association-news/bcbsa-analysis-ai-coding-tools-affects-healthcare-costs

we can still have nice things www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/10/b...

For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

"the anti-AI movement isn’t about rejecting technology altogether so much as it is about advocating for more control, agency, and freedom in how people use technology" techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/l...

"Call us optimists, call us dreamers. Just as we've always done, we're betting on people." —The voiceover from a new advert from Meta, which exhorts us to be more optimistic about AI.

🤔 www.wired.com/story/how-hu...

Even though the talking heads and the interwebs keep telling us everything is awful and everyone is hateful, stories like this remind me that people are awesome and I love them www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

www.404media.co/bodycam-foot...

Yes, it is true! Ikeda's pies are the best and everyone knows it. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

This gave me fits of gigggles www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/a...

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/w...

really cool discussion on how batteries are made and new ways to make them better in this podcast (hint: with additive manufacturing equipment, they can actually be printed -- just like laser-printing documents!) youtu.be/Oo5y4QE5D5Q?...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: @drewmagary.bsky.social is a national treasure

fascinating 🤔 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/d...

"At his best, Attenborough reminds us that there are natural wonders beyond our comprehension and that, despite our collective self-absorption, we are not the center of the universe." www.theringer.com/2026/05/04/t...

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

The screens got cheap. The shared experiences got expensive. www.derekthompson.org/p/why-cost-d...

www.wired.com/story/border...

@gruber.foo Silly reader, the web is for bots daringfireball.net/2026/03/your...

If Oscar acceptance speeches were honest 😈

I'll forever love this dude for his scene-stealing, bad-boyfriend King George. Watching Hamilton with the family on Disney was a profound and wonderful gift during the pandemic www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/t...

Government tells broadcasters to air propaganda to celebrate freedom

anyone else think that the existence of PreCheck is some true BS anyway? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

pure California gold😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVmC...

Oh sorry, he's already running the FDA www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

🤔 Slaves to the machine? techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/t...

At this point, I think we'd be better off with Georgio Tsoukalos running HHS www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

Life Unplugged. www.wsj.com/style/design...

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

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...

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...

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...

:) www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/30/s...

🤔 www.politico.com/newsletters/...

😂 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...

😆 silly 🤖 -- Google's AI thinks my #Athleta email promotions are written Greek 🇬🇷

❤️ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

😢 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...