I've been a fan of Bennett ever since FOUNDRYSIDE, and have very much enjoyed the Ana & Din books so far. For people who like 'speculative fiction' as the old Change of Hobbit bookstore used to call it.

robert j bennett, ceo, results omega@robertjbennett.bsky.social · yesterday

hey! that’s today!!

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

From a $3 million Peralta Hacienda restoration to a $10 million Dunsmuir mansion repair, our Culture Makers panel breaks down the price of preservation.

What it costs to save a piece of Oakland's history

From a $3 million Peralta Hacienda restoration to a $10 million Dunsmuir mansion repair, our Culture Makers panel breaks down the price of preservation.

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my favorite religious theory is that "biblically accurate angels" is just someone tripping balls who encountered a peacock for the first time

Dogs of all sizes are competing in the waves at the 10th annual World Dog Surfing Championships, some riding alongside their human partners. The free event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Linda Mar Beach. 🎥: Joy Jeong / S.F. Chronicle

In the heart of the California coast’s redwood forests is a new unique recreation area owned and run by a local tribe.

New hiking trail to old-growth redwoods about to open on North Coast

In the heart of the California coast’s redwood forests is a new unique recreation area owned and run by a local tribe.

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Personally, I think that sometimes historians overestimate how long it took to make some ancient objects. This on the other hand would’ve taken ages, justifying the no doubt exorbitant cost. 

completely agree, the infinite flexibility of phrasal verbs is the greatest thing about this language

latina belt sprachbund🇲🇽🇵🇸☀️@languagespeaker.bsky.social · 5d ago

People kinda dismiss English as kinda being “whatever” on the prettiness scale but for me this is what makes English so beautiful

Sadly, a disheartening percentage of parents see high school athletics as a ticket to college admittance and scholarships. The deep brokenness of higher education in this country has many externalities and this is one of them.

J@jkmiami89.bsky.social · 6d ago

there literally are no good-faith concerns about trans girls participating in high school sports. it is children playing games with their friends, its about confidence and relationship-building. let kids play with their friends.

If the Oates be Hall, sailor's good call If the Oates be Joyce Carol, sailors in peril

Nancy 7/28/26

Last month I started working on a series based on those great library 'READ' posters, using promotional stills as a starting point. Here's the first in the series

How I feel about these online age verification laws

Over 20 years ago, I attended a community event in Berkeley about placing RFIDs in library books to make it easier to manage them (check out, check back in, etc.) and any time "RFID" was said, a woman would shout, "SATELLITE TRACKING!"

Darrell Owens@idothethinking.bsky.social · last wk.

And very characteristically of Berkeley City Council, we're ending with a comment on how cell towers are a threat to public safety

Berkeley 2049

Hugo von der Thüsen@hugovdthusen.com · 2w ago

Towers as far as the eye can see

Celebrated French stage and film performer Mistinguett poses (C) with her Moulin Rouge crew for a photo by James Abbe, mid-1920’s. At the time she was the highest paid female entertainer in the world.

I can't compete with this. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...

Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?

Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.

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Apple is also the best suited for “small AI”, device-bound and truly personal, a far more sustainable approach to these technologies.

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · last wk.

I can't tell you how correct Ed Zitron is about Apple being well positioned to eat. The more chaotic and agentic and scammy it gets out there, the better their gated community looks. Every other tech company capexing their way to the center of the earth, sunk in debt. Apple on a mountain of cash.

@stevejones20.bsky.social did an edit of Miles for a film study technique session of Sports Business Classroom a week or so ago that had me and another instructor falling out of our chairs like the two dudes at the end of the Hawks bench in that one Larry Bird Game

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last wk.

Olivia Miles goes between the legs on a drop pass to Kayla McBride for 3

I’m torn about Chinese EVs, not for protectionist reasons, but because I think they’d be hella popular, and while I hate combustion engines, I hate car-centricity even more.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

Biden effectively banned Chinese EVs and now Trump is banning Chinese humanoid robots. Teslas secret weapon has turned out to be the U.S. government banning their competitors. A ban on Chinese open weight AI models feels inevitable in this climate.

Stef Dolson pregame. #WNBA (via Seattle Storm)

Frances Drake and Peter Lorre for Mad Love (1935). Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull. Choose your Tuesday mood.

An extreme, long-duration California heat wave is expected to begin this week, bringing the state its hottest weather in at least two years, with no clear sign of when it might end.

California’s first major summer heat wave will have two peaks. Here’s a timeline

An extreme, long-duration California heat wave is expected to begin this week, bringing the state its hottest weather in at least two years, with no clear sign of when it might end.

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I'm a huge Emily Wilson fan She taught me ancient Greek. I've assigned her translations to my students. I interviewed her about translating the Odyssey a few weeks ago for my YouTube I'm not a fan of this review. And for what, I think, are good reasons (SPOILERS) /1

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

to be Wyna Liu is to look at the world as a series of four-word statements

one participant called the other a "Trotskyite trollop"

I think it's worth noting that EVERYONE is burning out, at all levels, in all jobs in tech. I work in UX/Design, where the situation may even be worse (at least, according to research sponsored by Lenny's Newsletter) www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-tech-w...

How tech workers are feeling in 2026: a workforce splitting in two

Results from our second annual tech worker sentiment survey

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Gergely Orosz@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · last wk.

Interesting trend: CTO/ Head of Eng / VPE folks at startups and mid-sized companies are... leaving / burning out. Hiring for these roles is HARD, but even after filling the role, they will often leave a few months later and take a career break And they have v good reasons

10,000 fewer on-street car parking spaces. That's the pledge from Amsterdam's new coalition government over the next four years. While many cities still argue whether change is possible, Amsterdam is reclaiming its public realm one tree, bench, bike rack, terrace, playground, and garden at a time.