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The Mesmerizing, Apocalyptic Art of Andrea Bergen
A violently adorable raccoon looms ominously from a shopping cart filled with junk food against an idyllic seascape. Around her fly seagulls and a pigeon wearing a pink iced donut. I say ‘her’, because emerging from this raccoon’s fur are tiny baby raccoons. Hissing from the bottom of the shopping
Hoodline Caught Using AI Generated Writers to Make AI Generated Articles
In a case of “I hate to say I told you so,” let me just say…I absolutely told you so. Back in 2019, almost exactly five years ago actually, I wrote an article for the SF Examiner called “Can robots do journalism?” In the article I called out Hoodline for
Best Bay Area Events 4/9-4/29
A Perusing Playlist by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor We’re trying another new thing! We now have weekly playlists where you can sample upcoming bands and comedians that are listed in our events newsletter. Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 4/9 and beyond… Our Merch
What it Was Like Experiencing the Total Eclipse in the Midwest
by Mark Pritchard My journey to see the eclipse this year was originally supposed to be a big road trip from the West Coast. But my beloved couldn’t come for various reasons, so I decided to fly out to St. Louis where my sister lives, borrow her car, and head into
Did You Know The Bay Area Has Its Own Superhero?
Since the pandemic, a lot of rightwing pundits have compared San Francisco and Oakland to Gotham City, and these comparisons are meant to disparage the Bay Area. But what if we’re like Gotham in a good way? What if our streets are patrolled by actual superheroes? Not rich guys with
Why Does Google Maps Get So Many Things About The Bay Area Wrong?
It’s pretty normal to hate on tech in the Bay Area. It’s actually cliche at this point. The hip kids hate A.I. now. It’s tech, but for people who want to circumstantially murder the working class so they don’t have to interact with the people that they’re displacing when they
Bring Back Trespassing, For San Francisco’s Sake
The #sfdoomloop is a media dogpile that feels at times like a character assassination. The story going around is the city is dead or dying. With local politicians vying for tech and other profitable industries to (re)invest, it seems that way. Tech is never coming back, and these uninspired bids
Baseball Is Back San Francisco
It’s that time of the year San Francisco. Time to dust off those mitts, them croix de candlestick buttons and your best in Orange and Black. Baseball season is upon us today in the great city we call home. The smell of the grass, the dogs, the beers, the ‘he’s