Neil Sedaka has passed away at 86. Here is one of his appearances on television on Japan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCby...

Team Sardine 🌮

Also in this weekend's guide, a Guatemalan cafe serving cardamom lattes and giving lessons in speaking K'iche in Boyle Heights. The full guide: lataco.com/weekend-eats... By Hadley Tomicki

AI & lawyers are a disaster waiting to happen.

"Racing to stick a sitting president’s name on buildings is not about honoring his service. It is about forcefully reminding people of his power." The @sun-sentinel.com Editorial Board has some thoughts about the new Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach County. 🎁🔗

Juggalo Weekend has become a highlight event for fans of Insane Clown Posse and will happen this weekend at Factory Town.

Intrigued by the lead, this was an interesting & fun read. www.salon.com/2026/02/18/l...

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Desserts stand out at Michelin-starred Chez Noir in Carmel: citrus blueberry tart aromatic with elderberry & elderflower. Layered mille-feuille pastry of strawberry, tart rhubarb, lemon verbena & crème legère. Savory to cocktails, it's "whole package:" virginiamiller.substack.com/p/weekend-in...

Quantum Temple offers sound healing sessions, movement classes, and even free community meditation. 🔗 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/wellness-space-focused-on-sound-healing-opens-in-miami-40520552/

Still good law - for now ⚖️

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

“Once More, With Feeling” (S6/E7 Buffy The Vampire Slayer that aired 11/06/01) @carlosfrias305.bsky.social (Fratesi’s Pizza, Demon Pig Boy 🔥).

Support local 🍽️ (keep in mind, the bill doesn’t need to be huge & the decor doesn’t need to be posh to be memorable) @miaminewtimes.com

📱 (look up).

Amid wartime stress and a nationwide mental health crunch, some Ukrainians are turning to an unlikely coping mechanism: the amanita mushroom.

🐝ing accurate.

The @sun-sentinel.com and @orlandosentinel.com are undertaking a sweeping, join investigation of Florida’s property insurance market, and whether recent attempts at reforms have been effective — or fallen short.

Donald Trump says he wants tariffs to replace income taxes, BUT HE'S COLLECTING BOTH TAXES, AND IT'S KILLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. And Trump declared all of these taxes without Congress. And says he'll do it all over again. #TrumpAffordabilityMeltdown

A sweeping Senate bill seeking to rid Florida’s cities and counties of spending on “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs could impact local events ranging from Pride parades to St. Patrick’s Day and other festivals celebrating a host of cultures, officials fear.

My human brain says this is bad. But let’s ask ChatGPT

The boutique shop features curated house, techno, and disco records and weekly drops for Miami’s vinyl community.

Ok, I approve of Willie’s 🍗

Be VERY cautious with 🔥 & vigilant while traveling. This is a serious issue.

High mortality rate from standing too close to open 🪟

"Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a residential building owned by Columbia University early Thursday morning and detained a student..." "...Columbia officials believed that the federal agents had misrepresented themselves to gain access to the building..." 🎁🔗

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In the shell of an abandoned 99CENTS Only Store, L.A. artists stack hypnotic sculptures and portraits as a call to nostalgia. The full story: lataco.com/99-cents-sto... By Odessa Hairapetian

Jeffing 🏃🏽‍♂️

Blanching💯

See also private jets.

Shoutout to @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social for a post, sometime in the last few years, in which she explained that the key to homemade fries is to blanch the potato sticks in water. At least this is my memory of her post that I was too lazy to look up, but it worked a treat! Real potatoes for the win.

I worked really hard a few years ago to nail oven-baked French fries, and there are a few tricks in here gleaned from other folks' hard-earned wisdom! Thanks, @cmf406.bsky.social for posting about the vague memory of this recipe! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/from-the-k...

It's not poutine but it's close enough My latest for @wweek.com

INVESTIGATION: Florida insurers are using industry-friendly state laws to hide how they set premiums, handle claims, and shield profits from state regulators.

Ok, this one stumped me. However, the ad’s pretty spiffy.

Can we now go after 47’s drug lord buddies?

oil painting of an Xbox 360 red ring of death done by caydeplanet

The fix is in 🗳️

This is a kohlrabi Caesar salad, laced with furikake, Vietnamese black pepper and Parmesan “snow"... one of a few Vietnamese joys at a 35-year-old classic reborn in downtown SF, Crustacean: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/korean-dri...

Excellent piece by @hamzajahanzeb.co.uk applicable to many industries! #RamadanMubarak

All it needed was more cowbell.

Terrific @vittles.bsky.social series on UK Chinatowns - here, a smart article on how Chinese students in the UK have transformed them www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-new-ch... - for a delicious spin on UKHE, for a change

Toxic

...I can confidently say that influencers are the least of my worries as a waitress. In fact, I’d rank them and their camera crews at the bottom of my list of the rudest types of customers I’ve come across. It’s a list which I’ll now be sharing with you...." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The “Freedom” State 🔥

I wrote this 7 years ago and it’s stupid and embarrassing that it’s proved so evergreen www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

"Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier acknowledged that the promised federal reimbursement of $608 million for immigration detention at facilities like Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades may never come..." MSN link gets around the Herald paywall: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

They weren’t alone, don’t worry 🤍🪶

Can anyone say “Franz Ferdinand”? 🇨🇺