1/ For years, I thought I was driving innovation — helping shape early versions of Google Maps, Search, and YouTube. Then an MIT professor asked me: “Can you name a time you designed a truly new behavior?” Not a better version. Something genuinely novel. I couldn’t. 🧵

A decade ago, I counted allergen safe products at a local grocery store. Now I am getting to know what's growing in my garden, my friends gardens, and on local farms.

“Possibility tends to get hijacked by linear causation and goals” Combining - Nora Bateson

On adventures, getting unstuck, following intuition and having a strong why: open.spotify.com/episode/2LpZHs…

🌎✨ Sacramento is proud to host Terra Madre Americas — a celebration of sustainable food, culture, and community! Taste, learn, and connect with changemakers shaping the future of food. 🍇🥖🌿 September 26-28, 2025 📍 Downtown Sacramento | Don’t miss it! sacramentotop10.com/terra-madre-am…

Latest for Los Angeles Times Making traditional acorn porridge with Wilton Rancheria , the leading sponsor of Terra Madre Americas, a major international “slow food” gathering this weekend in Sacramento. They hope to showcase their heritage of food practices and caring for the land

With Sacramento hosting the upcoming Terra Madre Americas event this weekend, highlighting the region’s farm to fork culture and industry, we want to recognize and thank those who get the food from the farm to the fork. Muchas gracias. 🙏🏼 🍴 🍓🥬🥒🥗🍽️

Kicking off Terra Madre with Calif Food and Ag Wade Crowfoot California Natural Resources Agency Karen Ross @mulvaneysbl 👉 bit.ly/jjsandterramad… #VisitSacramento #TerraMadreAmericas #SlowFoodUSA

It is rare to have 2 hurricanes in proximity off the East Coast of the U.S. to even entertain a "Fujiwhara effect" interaction. Often we have storms reacting to cut-off lows or non-tropical trough features, but not another hurricane. 1955 Connie + Diane 2005 Wilma + Alpha

Perhaps the most exciting new way that we are structuring the Design School for Regenerating Earth is through our place-based hubs -- where our members can host their own local community organizing efforts in geographically significant ways. We have put a lot of effort into

A classic winter-like "tule fog" pattern will persist for at least a few more days in CA's Central Valley (w/spillover into SF Bay), but warm, dry, and mostly sunny conditions persist above and south of the fog layer! But how about some deeper tule fog context? [Thread] #CAwx

In memory of a former Alameda community educator, Lan Nguyen, honoring her legacy, life and commitment to making a difference ucanr.edu/blog/anr-emplo…

"The moment that we stopped, I think we came back into our bodies and were like, 'Oh my gosh! We just did that!'" 🇨🇦 Piper Gilles on the feeling of having a near-perfect skate in her Olympic free dance alongside Paul Poirier, earning bronze. Team Canada

🚨 Recall Alert 🚨 Savannah Bee Company is recalling Honey BBQ Sauce–Mustard (Lot #B1L1360525) due to undeclared wheat and soy. #FoodRecall #AllergyAlert #FoodSafety #ConsumerAlert foodsafetynews.com/2026/03/barbec…

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #InternationalWomensDay: scim.ag/3NeF0Hs

Sleepy owl found taking a snooze on shelf in upstate New York antique store trib.al/zWAP99A

Nature always finds a way.

UC Emeritus Dr Mary Blackburn, from Alameda County, California, has been recognized in a mural honoring women from UC Berkeley, for her impact on food security. More here: ue.berkeley.edu/projects-initi…

another reason to make your own supplements

It's hard to put into words just how extreme the heatwave coming to California and the Western US is going to be. This truly ranks among the most extraordinary heatwaves the United States has ever seen. One perfect example: Palm Springs is forecast to hit 111°F next Friday.