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What Meta’s New ‘Threads’ App is Like
*SPOILER* Threads is just like Twitter, but you follow your Instagram friends. That’s about it.

Safeguarding San Francisco’s Trees: The Urgent Need for City-Wide Reforms
by Josh Klipp A walk down 17th Street between Potrero and Byrant sums up how San Francisco protects and grows its tree canopy. Seven new saplings, planted in December by volunteers with Friends of the Urban Forest (but without screens to protect them) dangle from arbor ties, hacked to pieces.

Cities with the Fastest Growing Home Prices in the Bay Area
4 PM production // Shutterstock Cities with the fastest growing home prices in San Francisco metro area It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic sparked a wave of uncertainty across myriad industries, and no other market has quite felt its impact like that of real estate. The pandemic became

The Best Bay Area Events for 7/4-7/10
By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor Whether you’re feeling patriotic this week or not, there are reasons to celebrate. Summer is here, the weather is fantastic, and you’ve made it through another day! Light up some fireworks, fire up the BBQ, and get on out there! Here’s what I’m most excited about

Atomic Comic: Masterful Clowns, Sweet to the Core
The show has many facets and frequently oscillates between farcical, high-energy skits and soulful reflection. It’s a show that you will want to sit back and let wash over you. Characters appear and disappear, show up on screens hidden in suitcases or projected overhead.

I Asked ChatGPT What San Franciscans Should Do For The 4th Of July
For whatever reason, the last article that I did where I asked ChatGPT some shit about San Francisco did pretty well. I don’t know why, but people seem to be interested in what our robot overlords think. So, due to curiosity, and not at all laziness, I’ve asked ChatGPT to

Why San Francisco ‘Doomfluencers’ Suck
It was Winston Churchill who once said “never let a good crisis go to waste,” and apparently a ton of narcissists within commuting distance of San Francisco took Winston’s advice to heart. I want to make something abundantly clear: San Francisco has always struggled with high rates of income inequality,