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14 Feb 2023

Brooke Jenkins Drops Charges Against Killer Cop

Martin Luther King famously said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” I think anyone with common sense can recognize the validity

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
13 Feb 2023

Bake Muffins & Feed Homeless Folks for National Muffin Day!

BY JACOB “MUFFIN MAN” KAUFMAN A long, long time ago, there was a show called Square One TV, which was a sketch comedy show for kids that was about – wait for it – MATH. Fuck. Yes. One fun thing I learned from Square One TV is that the digits of

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07 Feb 2023

Could a Turkey Style Earthquake Happen in California?

Turkey’s tectonic predicament, responsible for the massive quake that struck Kahramanmaras at 4:17 Monday morning, looks awfully familiar.  The tectonic situation in Turkey nearly mirrors California’s. Similar mechanics are at work here. Our dominant faults shove landmasses past one another in opposing directions, much like theirs. The major difference is,

Jake Warren 0
31 Jan 2023

National Geographic Lists San Francisco As A Top Travel Destination For Families

The World can’t seem to make its mind up about San Francisco. Is it a fentanyl filled hellscape where used syringes and piles of human poop litter the street and wait for an unlucky passerby to step on them like a landmine? Or is it a promised land of prosperity

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
30 Jan 2023

How to See the Rare Green Comet That’s Passing Earth This Week

I have a super distinct memory of the Hale-Bopp that was visible for a few months during 1997. I was 16 at the time and my friends and I piled into cars and drove to the outer parts of San Diego County so we could get away from light pollution

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
30 Jan 2023

Where Refugees in California are Arriving From

Where refugees in California are arriving from Within the first five months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early February 2022, the U.S. admitted more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Most of these refugees were admitted through a special program called humanitarian parole, which falls outside the scope of the data

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27 Jan 2023

If You’ve Worked in SF, Your Boss Might Owe You Money

Have you worked in San Francisco any time after 2008? If so, you might have an unknown amount of money owed to you and it’ll disappear if you don’t claim it within the next few years. The SF Medical Reimbursement Account (SF MRA) is an account specially containing funds that

Katy Atchison 0
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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