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01 Feb 2023

Long COVID and the Journey Back

by Matt Barkin I spent most of the pandemic sick and rotting away in bed. It became my all-purpose piece of furniture. If you watched a sped up version of that time you’d see me there windmilling my arms around like a madman between my computer, phone, books, plates of

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01 Feb 2023

Why The Gays Love M3GAN

10 min read. This article contains spoilers (duh). M3GAN, a.k.a. Model 3 Generative Android, has rocketed straight to the top of gay iconography. It’s not like the movie’s marketing team targeted us directly. As such, the movie’s success doesn’t hinge on queer approval. M3GAN’s got it nonetheless, but how did

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31 Jan 2023

National Geographic Lists San Francisco As A Top Travel Destination For Families

The World can’t seem to make its mind up about San Francisco. Is it a fentanyl filled hellscape where used syringes and piles of human poop litter the street and wait for an unlucky passerby to step on them like a landmine? Or is it a promised land of prosperity

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31 Jan 2023

Why I Love Going to Art Shows at Modern Eden Gallery

Written By: Saraah Dickens I’m always on the lookout for free things to do on the weekends, (because poor,) and my very favorite free events are art gallery show openings where I can get my semi-regular dose of beauty and culture. They’re all the art and fanciness of a museum

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30 Jan 2023

How to See the Rare Green Comet That’s Passing Earth This Week

I have a super distinct memory of the Hale-Bopp that was visible for a few months during 1997. I was 16 at the time and my friends and I piled into cars and drove to the outer parts of San Diego County so we could get away from light pollution

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30 Jan 2023

Where Refugees in California are Arriving From

Where refugees in California are arriving from Within the first five months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early February 2022, the U.S. admitted more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Most of these refugees were admitted through a special program called humanitarian parole, which falls outside the scope of the data

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27 Jan 2023

Legendary Oakland Rapper Dangerous Dame Has Passed Away

If you were a fan of, or know somebody who was a fan of, early to mid 90’s Bay Area hip hop, then you have probably heard the news by now. Pioneering Oakland rapper Damon “Dangerous Dame” Edwards passed away suddenly on Wednesday January 25th. The cause of death is

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