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05 Mar 2021

The Good Stuff Coming To Hulu In March

March on Hulu is highlighted by the streaming network’s debut of 2020’s best documentary.  It’s a tale of societal corruption that begins with a tragic nightclub fire and reaches some uncomfortably high levels of power.  Also worth a look is a documentary about the two Olympic runners whose public black

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05 Mar 2021

What it’s like to be a Ghostwriter

As my days, weeks, and last year has gone, I woke to the construction violence outside my saw-dusted window. Usually, it’s too dark to see the hanging avocados or the flicker of parrots silhouette against Karl the Fog’s presence, making the sounds outside reign supreme. Just another day in Covid-19

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05 Mar 2021

Journalist Retaliated Against by Private Prison Company for Reporting COVID Outbreak

By Marc Norton Sometimes a particular fight weaves together so many strands of the oppressive fabric of the USA that it is difficult to figure out what is key and where to begin. Such is the case with the fight to free San Francisco BayView editor Malik Washington from the clutches

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04 Mar 2021

All The Good Stuff Coming To Netflix In March

March on Netflix offers a few notable titles to charm kids (and the young at heart).  See Los Angeles history taught via friendly ghosts in a new series from an “Adventure Time” director.  Travel around the world with former First Lady Michelle Obama to see how cooking is fun.  Or

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04 Mar 2021

1 IN 4 San Mateo COUNTY RESIDENTS Got FIRST DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE

As of Tuesday, 159,357 San Mateo County residents have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, representing 24.8 percent of the county’s population age 16 and older who would be eligible for the vaccine.

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04 Mar 2021

10 Visual Artist Grants Just Made Available

Open to both emerging and established visual artists, (that means writers don’t qualify, Stuart).  Ahem, there are 10 unrestricted grants for $ 2.5k open right now. The grants are coming from the “Artwork Archive’s Art Business Accelerator” which specializes in helping artists “establish a solid business foundation for their art

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04 Mar 2021

Sadly, The Revolution Cafe is Over. We Really Loved It

The Revolution Cafe is officially shuttered, with a ‘for rent sign in the window’.  The owners are silent, but the neighborhood has known for months.  A group of about 9-10 regulars have been discussing the possibility of taking it over, but there is nothing concrete. Everybody liked Revolution, it had

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03 Mar 2021

The Awful Ways Maskholes are Treating Servers

It’s been twelve long months that our country has been learning to live with Covid. On April 3, it will be exactly a year that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first suggested that Americans wear facial coverings to help curtail the spread of the virus. Still, there

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