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Great Museums Not on the Stupid “Best Of” Lists
BY CURT HOPKINS I saw an article called something like “The 25 Best Museums Did You Visit Them or Are You Some Kind of Asshole?” Out of that fetishist, Instagrammy dick-list, I have visited four: the Pompidou, the Louvre, the Guggenheim, and the Prado. But the only conclusion I drew from
Berkeley Police Department Criticized Over Racist Remarks
Written By: Habibi Bridges A member of the police making derogatory statements about people of color? Shocking. Unfortunately, this was the case in Berkeley according to a whistleblower from the Berkeley police force who leaked text receipts indicating that a 20-year police veteran and sergeant sent out questionable messages to
Facebook Cans 11k Employees, Here’s Who they Fired
META is definitely cutting from its Facebook Journalism Program, it already let go of several top people at the META Journalism Accelerator, a wing of facebook that gave support, training, and grants to local newspapers and journalists…in our opinion Meta’s most noble cause, given how devastating Meta has been to the news business in general.
The Second Dot-com Bubble Is Bursting
“Irrational exuberance” Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan first uttered the phrase in 1996, describing what he considered an alarming economic trend. The rise of home internet usage was spurring several investors to stake digital claims like an online Oklahoma land run. Tech companies sprang up overnight, each hoping to
Elon Musk Urges Followers To Vote Republican As Twitter Burns
When it was first announced that Elon Musk’s plan to buy Twitter was finalized, I was indifferent. My apathy wasn’t because I didn’t view Elon Musk as a problem, he’s a billionaire, by definition he’s a problem. I didn’t care because billionaires own everything important. They own the media. They
Who Is David DePape, And Why Did He Attack Paul Pelosi?
Written By Habibi Bridges Early Friday morning, a man armed with a hammer made his way into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco residence, waking 82-year-old Paul Pelosi in his bedroom. Wearing only his pajama shirt and boxers, he was rudely awakened by the sound of a man breaking into his window.
Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Immediately Fires CEO
Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter. Musk paid for the San Francisco-based social media company just one day before the deadline to complete the $44 billion deal or face a lengthy battle in court. His first act was to fire several top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned
FBI Warns of Potential Fraud Related to Student Loan Forgiveness
By Victoria Hsieh The San Francisco FBI office said Friday the public should look out for scammers attempting to defraud individuals seeking federal loan forgiveness. With new government aid programs, scammers will see this as an opportunity to defraud new victims, according to Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp.