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.
"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...
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
techcrunch.com
"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.
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...
The US that World Cup fans didn't expect to love
From roadside convenience stores to lonely landscapes, travellers are discovering little-known slices of Americana away from the host cities.
bbc.com
www.404media.co/bodycam-foot...
Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting
We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He's sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.
404media.co
Yes, it is true! Ikeda's pies are the best and everyone knows it. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
This Bay Area-to-Tahoe road trip stop was just named America’s best pie shop
A longtime I-80 stop for Bay Area travelers headed to Lake Tahoe was recently voted the best in the country for its pies.
sfchronicle.com
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?...
Printing Batteries, how AM is changing Battery Manufacturing and Performance
YouTube video by EOS 3D Printing
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: @drewmagary.bsky.social is a national treasure
dangentile007.bsky.social@dangentile007.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you're a journalist, odds are that Google has turned your job upside down over the past 6 months. It's only gonna get worse, @drewmagary.bsky.social's latest www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search | TechCrunch
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.
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"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...
David Attenborough and the Voice That Revealed a Planet
He turned a whisper into one of the most powerful voices in history. At 100, it carries both wonder and warning.
theringer.com
The screens got cheap. The shared experiences got expensive. www.derekthompson.org/p/why-cost-d...
Why 'Cost Disease' Is the Secret Force Behind America's Toxic Solitude
The screens got cheap. The shared experiences got expensive.
derekthompson.org
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...
How Jonathan Groff Became Broadway’s Leading Man
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Government tells broadcasters to air propaganda to celebrate freedom
FCC Asks Broadcasters to Run “Patriotic, Pro-America Content” In America 250 Push
FCC chairman Brendan Carr's Pledge America campaign suggests that TV and radio stations air PSAs or begin their days with the Pledge of Allegiance .
hollywoodreporter.com
anyone else think that the existence of PreCheck is some true BS anyway? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...
T.S.A. Says PreCheck Will Remain Operational at Airports
nytimes.com
Oh sorry, he's already running the FDA www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine, which could raise concerns about the agency’s posture toward vaccines and drug approvals more generally.
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Deirdre@pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 6mo agoAt this point, I think we'd be better off with Georgio Tsoukalos running HHS www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
🤔 Slaves to the machine? techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/t...
The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most | TechCrunch
Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees' to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.
techcrunch.com
At this point, I think we'd be better off with Georgio Tsoukalos running HHS www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
🥰 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
Ireland’s National Culinary Treasure, Darina Allen
This week, we spend an energetic hour with Ireland’s Darina Allen, founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and author of multiple bestselling cookbooks, including her classic, The Forgotten Skills of...
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