Bay Area

24 Jan 2023

San Francisco’s ChatGPT Is Going To Take Your Job!

There’s a saying that perfectly describes the Cyberpunk subgenre of Science Fiction, it’s ‘high tech, low life.’  Most Cyberpunk stories depict sprawling urban centers where a rich elite controls everything, most people are poor, yet they have a multitude of gadgets or enhancements to distract from the dystopia they’re living

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03 Jan 2023

Upcoming Storm Could Produce Wettest Day In San Francisco History

If these recent weather patterns continue, San Francisco is going to go from being the ‘City by the Bay’ to being the city under the Bay.  Saturday’s atmospheric river brought a thunderstorm that ranked as the second wettest day in San Francisco history And, if reports are to be believed,

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03 Jan 2023

Why I’m Optimistic About Oakland’s New Mayor, Sheng Thao

Despite all the people that treat living in Oakland like it’s a personality trait, Oakland has a lot of problems. It always has. It weirds me when people say they “love the town,” or when they get mad if you criticize Oakland. When they say they love Oakland, I often

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27 Dec 2022

The Worst Part Of Sex Work Isn’t The Sex, It’s The Stigma

Written Anonymously: Trigger Warning The pandemic affected everyone. I couldn’t begin to describe the innumerable amount of ways that COVID-19 challenged our view of what is normal. What I can do is explain how it affected me and my normal. When the political upheaval surrounding the pandemic resulted in lockdown-based

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27 Dec 2022

Douglas Jordan Krah Arrested After Racist Tirade At East Bay In-N-Out

America is a stupid nation and racism is a societal symptom of this stupidity. Even on Christmas Eve, certain people seem to lack the common decency needed to shut the fuck up.  Douglas Jordan Krah, a Colorado man with Bay Area connections, decided he needed to wash down his In-N-Out

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20 Dec 2022

Why Elon Musk Is The Donald Trump Of Tech

At some point, there has to be a stage of wealth that reduces the value of things entirely. When you’re a billionaire, there’s really nowhere to go. There’s nothing to strive for. Yes, you can live an opulent life, but it’s likely that luxury begins to lose its meaning as

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20 Dec 2022

Why Solano County Is The Worst County In The Bay Area

If you don’t live in Solano County, it’s easy to forget that it exists. It’s a sprawling mess of suburbia that stretches from the northeastern edge of the Bay to the inland interior of the Sacramento Valley. If any part of Northern California could be considered fly-over country, Solano County

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16 Dec 2022

Beetlejuice – The Musical, The Musical, The Musical is in San Francisco

If you are expecting a dutiful, yet musical, retelling of the beloved cult classic, it’s not going to happen. Instead, we get an irreverent, hilarious adaption with the titular character (played by Justin Collette) breaking the fourth wall immediately and keeping the audience intrigued. He teases, makes amazingly crude observations, prances and sleazes his way through the show in the most lovable of ways.

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