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19 Feb 2021

Harm Reduction in the Time of Coronavirus

For Felanie Castro, it was like the world had just stopped. The first Shelter in Place order had just been announced, and she was stuck in her office at Glide Memorial Church with no marching orders and no messaging about safety precautions. But she worried for the unhoused communities she

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18 Feb 2021

Oakland Names Street After Huey Newton, Co-Founder of the Black Panthers

The street sign for Dr. Huey P. Newton Way, in honor of the late activist, was unveiled on Ninth Street near Mandela Parkway.

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18 Feb 2021

The Bold, Abstract, Portraits of Messy Beck in SF

The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Exploring the human figure, sexuality and identity, with a bold, earthy palette and a cubist touch, Messy Beck

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18 Feb 2021

Massive Greta Mural Looks Over San Francisco

The massive portrait of climate activist Greta Thunberg, just off of San Francisco’s Union Square was commissioned in 2019 by SF not-for-profit One Atmosphere..  The artist is Andrés Pereoselli who is Argentinian and  known as @CobreArt.  He’s done massive portraits like this all over the world. The artist wrote about

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18 Feb 2021

While Millions of Texans Freeze, Ted Cruz Goes on Cancun Vacation

As 3 million Texans shivered in the dark, with no heat or clean water during the state’s worst freeze and power outage in history, their Senator Ted Cruz took off to Cancun with his family.  People who saw him at the airport and on their plane couldn’t believe it.

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17 Feb 2021

Muddy’s Coffee House Has Closed Permanently

The slow drip of restaurant closures has become more of a pour-over during the pandemic. Mission Local had the news Wednesday morning that Muddy’s Coffee House at 24th Street and Valencia has permanently closed. The Broke-Ass Cafe Closure I-Team was able to confirm the news this afternoon, marking the end

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17 Feb 2021

7 Times Rush Limbaugh Made Jokes About Other People Dying

When news broke Wednesday morning that Rush Limbaugh had died of lung cancer, many of us made wisecracks on social media. Others admonished us for making wisecracks upon someone else’s death. But the fact is that making mockery of other people’s deaths was a regular running joke on Limbaugh’s radio

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17 Feb 2021

WATCH: Bankrupt Trump Casino Blown Up In Controlled Implosion

The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey was demolished Wednesday morning in a totally planned, controlled implosion of Trump’s long-bankrupt, abandoned facility. For your viewing enjoyment, you can watch the demolition of the Trump Plaza below.  This particular Trump property has been a shuttered eyesore for

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