Jake Warren

17 Aug 2025

Why Instagram Scrubbed My Account—And How It Can Happen To You

Late last month, Instagram scrubbed my account. Why? What were they wanting to achieve? A year of tip-toeing the line got me in trouble a couple of times—how much ass is too much? Why did visible dick print cross the line in one image and escape censorship in another? Why

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04 Aug 2025

Local Comedians Cure Your Case of The Mondays at Mirthquake

I look forward to Mondays. Who thought that was possible? At around 7:30, I mosey to my 38R stop in the Tenderloin and take Muni to the Inner Richmond. There at the Abbey Tavern, local comedians Ben Kolina, Andrew Holmgren, and Jesse Hett host a hell of a show. Once

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29 Jul 2025

What Does it Mean to “Make It” in San Francisco?

More than once I’ve said, “When I have a washer and dryer in-unit, that’s when I’ll know I’ve made it.” Such milestones are often ones of our own making. It’s certainly true in San Francisco, where time is money and every second counts. A genuine Broke-Ass knows the value of

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14 Jul 2025

Lurie Backs Down On Homeless Shelter Pledge

Daniel Lurie has quietly done away with a cornerstone promise of his entire mayoral campaign. It’s partly what cinched the deal for voters desperate for some form of intervention in the city’s homelessness crisis. Lurie pledged 1,500 new shelter beds—within his first six months in office at that. Now Lurie’s

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07 Jul 2025

What The City’s New Speed Cameras Say About San Francisco Drivers

Per the San Francisco Chronicle, “speed cameras caught nearly 100,000 violators in May, roughly triple the number in April.” A reported thirty-three cameras were live across the city this time last month, some having been active since April. One on Geneva Avenue between Prague Street and Brookdale Avenue captured on

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23 Jun 2025

Could Trump’s Attack on Iran Start a Nuclear War?

In 1983, nuclear explosions devastated my hometown, Kansas City, Missouri, in the made-for-TV film The Day After. The movie frightened me when I first watched it circa 2000. Not so dated that the mind couldn’t compensate, inky mushroom clouds spliced with real nuclear test footage still proved frightening. But the

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14 Jun 2025

How To Mind Your F*cking Manners on Muni

Not to sound like an old fart, but it feels like the fabric of civilized society is fraying to threads. And nowhere is that more apparent than on Muni.  I understand—other people are hard. But in this day and age, with so many claiming some form of social illiteracy, it’s

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01 Jun 2025

Aurora Borealis Soon to Dazzle Northern California

If you missed the northern lights over the Bay Area last October, the Sun has a treat in store. The colorful show will return June 2, visible as far south as Georgia and Northern California. Are you close enough to view the aurora? It isn’t common at this latitude, so

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