San Francisco

15 Jul 2025

Silicon Valley and the Gentrification of Eugenics

Silicon Valley loves solving “problems.” Whether it’s self-driving cars or lab-grown meat, there’s always a startup or a billionaire trying to optimize something. Lately, a handful of tech elites have turned their attention to what they see as the next crisis: not enough babies. This movement, called pro-natalism, is picking

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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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10 Jul 2025

The Clowns Have Come to Save us from AI! Interview with Sara Toby Moore

The Mechanix, a new production from Thrillride Mechanics, is a soulful and magical realism show that explores the theme of identity and enchantment.

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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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01 Jul 2025

All of your AI-Girlfriends live in San Francisco

The male loneliness epidemic has been a common topic of discussion since the term was first coined a few years ago. Technology has gone from something that existed on the periphery of society into an unavoidable augmentation that is essentially required to exist in the modern world. The earliest indications

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28 Jun 2025

Know Your SF History: SFPD Raids Drag Ball

Before the riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969 and at the Compton’s Cafeteria at Turk Street in San Francisco three years prior, San Francisco’s LGBT community experienced a pivotal moment in which they had to fight for their rights in the face of police harassment and intimidation.

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26 Jun 2025

Local’s Guide to Alcatraz: Hidden Trails, Stunning Views, & Forgotten Stories

A veteran tour guide gives us the hidden trails, different seasons, and forgotten secrets on the Rock.

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26 Jun 2025

Robert Crumb & Robert Armstrong at Cushion Works extended until June 29th

You’ve read that right—ROBERT CRUMB’s original drawings and paintings are part of this exhibit with his long time friend and fellow cartoonist Robert Armstrong at the great Cushion Works gallery in the Mission. Treat yourself and go experience their work in person. It’s truly special! This show isn’t just for

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