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2021 is Finally Giving Me Hope
If you have made it this far, congratulations. You have been living in the world of the pandemic for an entire year. You have also made it through four years of hell.

Bake Muffins & Fight Homelessness on National Muffin Day!
National Muffin Day is coming up on Sunday, February 21! Normally we bake together with big kitchen parties and distribute muffins to people experiencing homelessness, but like everything else in the world, things are different this year.

100 Best Cheap Eats in the Bay Area
This list of great places to eat in the Bay Area will leave you smiling and probably drooling. All these joints are incredibly well priced, locally owned, delicious, and serving takeout in 2020. Check their links for store hours, menus, and ordering info, because things are always changing these days,

Yes, Big Tech is Too Powerful AND De-Platforming Trump Was Still the Right Move
For the past month, people of the world have woken up every day, slapped their fingers onto their smartphones to silence their morning alarms, unlocked their devices, and scrolled through their social media feeds. And what has been missing the entire time? A single word from former President Donald Trump.

Trump Pardons Were Mixed Bag of Accidental Good, Intentional Bad and Absolute Absurdity
By Ian Firstenberg During his term, former President Donald Trump pardoned 89 people and commuted 117 sentences. The volume and late-stage flurry is thoroughly average compared to past presidents. Some of Trump’s pardons are distinctly more political, like the four Blackwater guards convicted for murdering Iraqi citizens, while some are

I Spent 24 hours on Parler Watching it Implode
It took a while to get used to it’s stuttering interface and odd flow of threads, but getting past that I threw up a few original posts: they got mad really fast. My notifications went wild. In my first hour or so on the site, these people proved they are the flakiest of snows.

Steph Curry Answers Slander by Shooting 62 Points in a Game
Many have tuned into, noticed and shot off their hot takes about Steph Curry’s slow start to the 2021 season. Steph shooting a civilian like 18 for 56 from the 3 point line entering Sunday night’s tilt with Oakland’s own Damian Lillard and the Portland Trailblazers.

What it’s Like Being in a Band During a Pandemic
By Patricia Mott Shortly before the pandemic hit San Francisco, in March of 2020, my bandmates and I had showed up early to a gig we were playing. We loaded our equipment into The Knockout, one of our favorite local hang outs, and met up with a couple of staff

Can The Warriors Be Champions Again This Year?
By JC Carlston With the Warriors set to open the season tonight against the Kevin Durant led Brooklyn Nets on the TNT opening night slate, the uphill battle of returning to championship form begins for Curry and the boys. As the Bay Area and the basketball world all know by