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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Every time I go to my bank's website, I enjoy the photo, which I believe to be titled "Noble Heroes Also Sometimes Get Distracted". But I always feel like the woman with the phone looks familiar. I finally figured it out.

Screenshot from SF Fire CU website showing four firefighters. Three gaze nobly into the distance. One, a woman with curly hair, instead stares at her phone.

Close-up of woman with curly hair gazing at her phone

Close up of Venus from Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", whose curls, head angle, and expression mirror the firefighter's

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Personally, I think it was generous of Botticelli to edit Venus's phone out.

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