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Since September 2026 Florecita Panaderia has relocated to the corner of 23rd street and Bartlett street, in the location that used to host Shuggies (and Velvet Cantina before that). Their made-from-scratch pan dulce/conchas are delicious!
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📕🕳️ Terry Pratchett's Dodger gives a critical view of conditions in Victorian-era London as a whole, while showing that there are good people to be found even in the most dire of places and circumstances. I really liked it! ★★★★☆
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Regardless of the topic in the post, LinkedIn seems to have this headache-inducing bouncing of content more than any other site I visit.
#uifail
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Being beautiful is not the same as being good.
Being respected is not the same as being worthy.
Lords and Ladies wraps ideas like those in hilarious comedy, elves, witches, and one very memorable suit of armor.
Rating: ★★★★☆
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I'm working with multiple agents on a project, the constant presence of this button is "somewhat" anxiety inducing. 😅
(this is the Conductor app's version, but I expect that most tools have something similar)
"We've reserved your LinkedIn handle on our new site that you've never heard of before we sent you this email" would've been another way to phrase this. :-/
📓 Hyperpolitics explores how we got to the current state of politics: everything feels intensely political, yet very little changes.
It was fascinating to read his analysis, but I wish it had been written in more accessible language.
3/5 ⭐
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I have huge respect for C++ programmers. To be able to get actual work done while constantly fighting this much accidental complexity is unbelievable.
Published in 1998, Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents was set in a near-future post-apocalyptic world. By now its story begins just a few years into the future and is eerily recognizable.
A hard book to read, for all the right reasons.
★★★★☆
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Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve in San Francisco has a dense forest area, with eucalyptus trees (up to 200 feet tall), and lots of underbrush (lots of ferns, blackberries, and ivy) rolling over the hills.
It's a great area for intermediate-level hiking on a hot day.
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All this greenery around Mount Sutro captures the fog, which makes the park a pretty constant damp spot right in the middle of San Francisco.
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2/2
📕💣 Based on Vonnegut's experience as a POW during the bombing of Dresden, Slaughterhouse-Five mixes war memoir, science fiction, and dark comedy in one very unusual book.
I found it an interesting read.
Rating: ★★★★☆
Full review: puf.io/books/slaughterhouse-…
📖🪐 I enjoyed the Veronica Mars TV show, movie, and audiobooks this year, so Neptune Noir seemed like a no-brainer.
However, the essays in this book are not written by the Veronica Mars creator, and I found them mostly uninteresting. ⭐⭐☆☆☆
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When I hiked in Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve recently, I noticed these "dollhouse" structures on a few tree trunks. A very cute distraction on an intermediate hike in one of the many beautiful parks in San Francisco.
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📙 The Amber Spyglass seems to be the most divisive book in Pullman’s oft-praised trilogy. Given how explicitly it deals with religion, I get how it may be hard to stomach for certain folks.
For me, though, it was a fascinating exploration of these ideas
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📕🕳️ While Terry Pratchett is best known for his Discworld series, he also wrote a decent number of books outside of the Discworld universe. Dodger came out in 2012, after The Long Earth and before Raising Steam.
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1/3
*Dodger* is set in mid-1800s London. He starts off as a tosher, scavenging the sewers for a living. He rescues a young woman from a beating and develops into a detective, a folk hero, and finally a spy for Queen Victoria. Charles Dickens and Sweeney Todd also appear. More 👇
2/3
I really liked *Dodger*. While the protagonist is a bit over-capable and the central plot is not very strong, the book shows off many of the best traits Pratchett's writing is known for. Social critique at its finest.
Rating: ★★★★☆
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3/3
