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How Inflation has Impacted Cost of Basic Goods in US
For 25 basic grocery items, current and historical data was collected using Keepa, which monitors the price of nearly 1 billion products on Amazon in the U.S. Pricing data was collected for Nov. 18, 2021, and compared to the price of the same item on Nov. 18, 2022.
Elon Musk Faces Even More Trouble at Twitter HQ
In every direction he looks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces a bevy of unenviable troubles. His albatross, Twitter, is reportedly losing $4 million per day. Meanwhile, building inspectors found impromptu living quarters on the eighth floor of their San Francisco headquarters. Former employees are taking legal action against him. Rumors
Big Tech’s User Agreements are Even Worse than You Thought
By JohnTaylor Wildfeuer You must not be reading your user agreements either, because if you were you would have little time for anything else. A 2008 Carnegie Mellon University study found that if American consumers read user agreements for websites they visit once per year it would require 76 full
How Stuart (& other creators) Edit Videos for FREE
Easily work on editing a video for multiple formats (TikTok, IG, Facebook,YouTube) with collaborators, remotely, at the same time.
The Story Behind Anchor Brewing Company’s 2022 Christmas Ale Label
A nod to Mary Ellen Pleasant, the mother of civil rights in California, this year’s label features the Eucalyptus trees she planted outside of her manor on Bush & Octavia.
SFPD Goes Full Cyberpunk With Killer Robots
Written By Mona Taleb-Agha UPDATE: The Board of Supervisors reversed the decision. SFPD WILL NOT HAVE KILLER ROBOTS. Last week in San Francisco, controversy arose when the board of supervisors decided in an 8-3 vote in favor of a policy proposal allowing the SFPD to utilize military-grade weaponry against civilians,
20% Off The Entire BAS Store for All of December!
Screw Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I just invented Broke December (Shop Local Saturday…you’re still cool)! Everything in the BAS store is 20%…until December 31st!! This even includes our brand new shirt shown above that’s a tribute to 5 legendary San Francisco bars that have shut down in recent years. You can
Mauna Loa Ends Thirty-Eight-Year Silence
After months of seismic unrest, Hawai’i’s largest volcano Mauna Loa began erupting. At 11:30 PM Sunday evening, the floor of Moku‘āweoweo, Mauna Loa’s enormous caldera, split open. Lava soon flooded the crater and spilled out on the mountain’s broad, rocky slopes. Scientists familiar with the truly massive volcano (33,500+ feet