John deBary

@jnd3001
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Drinks guy - johndebary.com
Websitehttp://www.johndeBary.com

Downside to Mastodon:
No one I know in real life can figure out how to use it.

Upside to Mastodon:
No one I know in real life can figure out how to use it.

Fox News spent more time attacking trans people and drag queens than it did covering the second January 6 hearing https://www.mediamatters.org/january-6-insurrection/fox-spent-more-time-attacking-trans-people-and-drag-queens-it-did-covering
Fox spent more time attacking trans people and drag queens than it did covering the second January 6 hearing

Media Matters for America
Had a really wild time writing about crypto and the restaurant industry. Very grateful to @molly0xfff and @ncweaver for helping me disentangle the thicket of acronyms lol #web3 #crypto #restaurants https://plateonline.com/chefs-and-restaurants/wtf-web3-and-how-technology-relates-restaurants
WTF with Web3 and How the Technology Relates to Restaurants

It’s safe to say many people pursue careers in food and beverage as a way to avoid engaging with esoteric tech concepts such as “append-only ledgers” and “hash chains,” and so that the only gas fees they have to worry about are the ones keeping the kitchen running. Well, it’s 2022: we’re nearing the end of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. War and climate change are causing food shortages, and inflation is driving up the cost of doing business. 

Plate

I wrote about the right way to open a bottle of sparkling wine https://www.bonappetit.com/story/how-to-open-champagne

#wine #drinks #bubbles

How to Open Champagne and Prosecco

Loudly popping open bottles of bubbly doesn't just waste an expensive drink—it’s also dangerous. Here’s a better, safer method used by professional bartenders.

Bon Appétit
I recently read Stolen Focus and it changed my life https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/well/mind/focus-johann-hari.html
Johann Hari on How to Reclaim Your Focus

In his new book, Johann Hari investigates how our brains have been broken by technology — and what we can do to fight back.

#StarTrek #StarTrekFirstContact
Star Trek: First Contact premiered 26 years ago today.
Resistance Twitter Is Mutating Into ‘Stay’ Twitter

Now that Elon Musk is welcoming Donald Trump back to Twitter, some liberals feel they can’t leave the platform behind.

The Atlantic
Look how cute my cat is #catsofmastodon
"At first glance, the two stories might seem like matter and antimatter, or at least two opposite realities. But they are the same story: The system that treats human beings as disposable commodities upholds and reproduces itself by sprinkling some fairy dust and hoping that we will forget the injustice that paid for it." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/musk-trump-bezos-bankman-fried-billionaires.html
Opinion | Musk, Bezos, Bankman-Fried, Trump: It Was a Bad Week for Billionaires

Musk, Bezos, Bankman-Fried, Trump — some of our most prominent billionaires laid waste to their carefully cultivated image as benevolent saviors.