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California Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate for Unvaccinated People and Students
California will lift its indoor mask requirements Tuesday for unvaccinated people and March 12 for schools and child care facilities, state officials said Monday.
Elon Musk, Google and Mark Zuckerberg Have Plans For Our Future. Is That A Good Thing?
As time passes, real life appears to be less relevant than ever. The only space that needs to be taken seriously is the digital space. Things like the Metaverse, Elon Musk’s brainchip, and Google’s billion dollar mission to “solve death” are all concepts that sound like plots in science fiction
Boycotting Russian Vodka Won’t Hurt Putin. Consider This Instead.
Other titles for this piece could be “What are you Putin in your Pantry?” and “What are you Russian to boycott?” So here we are. Putin has invaded Ukraine and has hinted at nuclear war with almost everyone else. Naturally, as Americans the first thing we want to do is
The SF Protest Against the Russian War in Ukraine
I’m sure many of you are wondering where the San Francisco protest against the the Russian was in Ukraine will be. Luckily Magsy tipped us off to this protest happening today at City Hall in San Francisco at 4pm. All this info comes from the FB event invite: We call
More than 180 Russian Scientists & Academics Demand Russia Stop Ukraine Invasion
Not all Russians support Putin’s attack on neighboring Ukraine. Dozens of Russian TV personalities, artists and celebrities came out against the war this week, and now some of Russia’s finest academics and scientists published and signed a letter online condemning the attack on Ukraine and demanding an immediate ‘halt to
What They’re Not Telling You About Bay Area Starbucks Closures
Is your neighborhood Starbucks closed? According to local news reports, several Starbucks locations are struggling with “staffing shortages.” Considering that we’re still in the midst of a global pandemic, this seems plausible. But there’s a larger story at play here that’s not making headlines. Last December, employees at the Elmwood
Why Dr. Dre’s Halftime Show Nostalgia Was Exactly What America Needed
The last three years have been hard. Dr. Dre knows this. Despite the fact that he is not a licensed medical practitioner, he somehow gave us the medicine we needed: West Coast Gangsta Rap nostalgia. The pandemic made us all long for a time when we could breathe next to
Romance Scams Are on the Rise in the Bay Area
Amidst the roses, romantic dinners and candy, danger lurks on Valentine’s Day and other days, with romance scams on the rise across the Bay Area, FBI officials said Friday. Victims in the FBI’s San Francisco division lost more than $64 million to romance scams in 2021, compared with $35 million