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Experts and Laymen are asked about Universal Basic Income
A new podcast is asking people ‘what would you do if you were given a basic income’, ie if you didn’t HAVE to work? The project by upstreampodcast explores that question by asking people they find all over the bay area, including economic experts and basic income recipients. In upstream’s words:
Fake Reviews, Woos & News: The Internet as a Vapid Wasteland
BY: KATE HARVESTON Fake News, Woos and Reviews: How Close Are We to the Internet Becoming a Completely Vapid Wasteland? The Internet may have its beginnings in military communications and university experiments, but the ‘net as we know it today is a social experiment. With next to zero ability to enforce
America is Racist, and Trump’s Reactions Prove It
Why is that when a black person criticizes America, they are called “ungrateful”, “unpatriotic”, & “spoiled”? But when an orange person criticizes America, they are “telling it, like it is”, they are “standing up for what is right”. they are “speaking truth to power”. Why is that when Nazis and
We wanna send you to see Arcade Fire in Oakland!
Arcade Fire will be embarking on their “Infinite Content” Tour this fall with a stop at Oracle Arena on October 21st! The tour produced by Live Nation will also feature a series of special guests including Wolf Parade, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Phantogram, Angel Olsen, and Broken Social Scene. Saturday,
Is Timothy Swischuk Making America’s Most Interesting Sandwiches?
Each menu item is like a Renaissance whirly-gig of different elements, many of which involve multiple steps to prepare. Mr. Swischuk, who after becoming stifled by the stale fart air of academia entered the California Culinary Academy (graduating in 2008), credits his long years in the field of architecture to his approach to building a sandwich.
After 46 Years,The Warriors Finally Acknowledge They Play in Oakland
The Warriors have decided to finally represent Oakland on their jersey, the city they have been playing in since 1971. I am not going to lie, it feels kind of late to get the acknowledgement that they are Oakland’s team and have been for the last 46 years. It is
Midnight Noodles: An Easy Recipe for When You’re Tired & it’s Late
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! I don’t really care for pasta. One of my first restaurant jobs was hostess, then a waitress, then a line cook at Old Spaghetti Factory circa 1999; I was 18-years-old. They always