gotta say i get so much value from Maria. Subscribe, and also get the bird divination cards. :)
Maria Popova@mariapopova.bsky.social · 3d agoAnnie Dillard on how to bear your mortality – superb read www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/30/a...
Frank X. Shaw
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hobby bread baker, cyclist, snowboarder, runner, speculative fiction fan (send book recommendations!). Also: lead communications at Microsoft, USMC veteran, Oregon Duck fan. Personal stuff at https:/www.fxshaw.com
Maria Popova@mariapopova.bsky.social · 3d ago
I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.
asking honestly, why does anyone care about what James Carville says.
A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.
taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d agoriley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos
i am convinced that @nytimes.com cooking section inserts mistakes and mildly confusing directions in order to drive engagement in their comments, :) i will just say, that seemed like a lotta leeks going into the oven. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7843...
Roast Chicken With Caramelized Zucchini And Leeks
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Here is my controversial take after seeing "The Odyssey." It was fun! Great acting! Didn't feel long! (could have used with about four fewer trailers). Accidentally got seats in one of those immersive theaters that shake and blow wind, not sure about that part. :) Life is short, have fun.
Inspiration for this post comes from @alixeharrow.bsky.social and "The Everlasting" and @rangedtouch.bsky.social for their Shelved by Genre ep 4 of The Two Towers. www.linkedin.com/pulse/tgif-5...
TGIF #562
Each week I send an email to my team at Microsoft, titled "TGIF." Here is the one I sent July 17.
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made my first pesto batch of the season and if you thought pine nuts got spendy last year stand by.
"But the beauty of primary elections is that they reveal the preferences not of consultants or talking heads but of actual voters... And this year, those highly engaged voters aren’t as interested in heterodoxy as they are in total disruption." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Something Is Happening in the Democratic Base
Voters are over moderates and incumbents.
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Giggled repeatedly while reading this. Dan Brooks did a great job here. What I Learned About Masculinity at Thai Kickboxing School www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/m...
What I Learned About Masculinity at Thai Kickboxing School
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Strava: Historic effort! Garmin: You are overreaching. Decrease training load to get back on track. le sigh
i've just now been informed that it is Tuesday, i have managed to make it almost all through the day convinced it was Wednesday i dont' know how I adjust from this.
Notes after the road. :) www.linkedin.com/posts/fxshaw...
It's been quite the last few weeks of travel, Milan, Berlin, London for meetings with media, customers, creators, then SF for Build, Scottsdale for a comms industry event, then back to SF for Hard...
It's been quite the last few weeks of travel, Milan, Berlin, London for meetings with media, customers, creators, then SF for Build, Scottsdale for a comms industry event, then back to SF for Hard For...
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When the team with 3 guys who went to Villanova on it pulls off a miracle
Listening to Dylan series of dreams: I was thinking of a series of dreams Where nothing comes up to the top Everything stays down where it's wounded And comes to a permanent stop Wasn't thinking of anything specific Like in a dream when someone wakes up and screams Nothing truly very scientific
baking with rye flour should come w/ the warning that you'll be spend lots of time getting dough off your hands, and every surface, tool or bowl that it touched.
No wifi kindle battery low rebooting In flight entertainment system since not working could be a long 10 hours
Apparently I am on the very first direct Alaska flight from Heathrow to Seattle. Should be fun!
overheard in the airport bar: "I'd like two glasses of sauvignon blanc." "are you traveling with someone? Are they over 21?" Long pause. "She's 92."
Just discovered my 10.5 hour flight will not have wifi; good thing I've got latest books from @marthawells.com and @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social, as well as a few episodes of Daredevil season 2. I may make it!
From me 😊: Yes, but: More visibility is a blessing and a curse. Like Odin trading an eye for wisdom, seeing more comes with a cost: the burden of sorting a signal from noise. In a fragmented environment, judgment matters as much as access. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Communicators
Eleanor Hawkins unpacks the topics and trends driving Communications.
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I love many things about the writing of @nnedi.bsky.social but the thing I love the most is the absolute sense of place I get while reading her work. It is not my history or future she writes about, but she makes room for me to participate, to be amazed, to learn. ❤️ What a gift.
A cool-ish May sunday night in seattle so I'm slowly caramelizing big batch of onion to go with the greens i got at the farmer's market, Monday won't be any more fun but Sunday will end with smiles.
I've bought at least five books in the past year, just from seeing them here.
Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 3mo agoAuthor, bookseller, and publisher friends: Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
So here is the creepy part. THE YEAST COLLECTED AT XBOX HQ MAKES XBOX LOGO BREAD. I have no idea how this happened. It’s a miracle and so creepy. Ancient aliens and shit. Ok good night. Try some baking. Play some games. I love you, I’ve got your back. 👊💚
