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07 Jul 2021

FLASH GIVEAWAY!!!! Let’s Party This Weekend with Monarch!

Holy last-minute windfall, Batman! Thanks to our generous friends at Monarch, we’ve got LOTS of tickets to give away to each of the three amazing parties hosted by the hip SOMA lounge this weekend, and we want to send YOU and a friend to check out the shenanigans. First up,

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07 Jul 2021

SF Gay Men’s Chorus Enrages Right Wing With Brillaint ‘We’ll Convert Your Children’ Video

Many of the leading wingnut Trumper “news” websites currently have their MAGA hats in a bunch over an extremely funny satirical video from the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus that was posted July 1. The COVID-19 misinformation shitposting hotbed Post Millennial declared that “San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus pushes woke

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07 Jul 2021

Oakland’s ‘First Fridays’ In Danger Of Never Happening Again

Last Friday would have been the first First Fridays event in Oakland since the pandemic, but even though they could have had a First Fridays on July 2, they did not. “As the pandemic recedes, we are working diligently on bringing First Fridays back,” organizers said on their website. “We’re

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07 Jul 2021

FDA Comes Out Hard Against Huffing Poppers

The US Food and Drug administration issued a very unusual and out-of-the blue alert last week discouraging people from inhaling amyl nitrite, more popularly known as ‘poppers.’ The agency pounded home the message that they have seen an “increase in reports of deaths and hospitalizations” they attributed to the party-huffing

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06 Jul 2021

I’m Finally Hopeful About the Future of San Francisco

For the first time in a long time, I’m optimistic about the future of San Francisco. I know that’s a weird thing to say considering most of us barely leave the house, tons of people don’t have jobs and many of our favorite institutions keep closing down. But honestly, I can’t remember the last time I felt SF was so full of hope.

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06 Jul 2021

What’s Up This Week: Queens, Fleas, and Other Things!

Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. Hopefully you’re just about recovered from your holiday weekend of debauchery and are ready to get back in the game. Luckily, this week is full

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02 Jul 2021

All The Great Stuff Coming To Hulu In July

July on Hulu offers an embarrassment of riches as far as familiar favorite films are concerned.  A person could consider the month well spent watching “Stand By Me,” “Beetlejuice,” “The Mask,” “Robocop,” “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” and “The Terminator.”  The more artful cinema minded would substitute such films

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02 Jul 2021

The Magical Ways Houseplants Can Change Our Lives

Hi and welcome to the BAS Weekend Wellness Column! My name is Erynne Elkins and I’m a Well-Being Advocate and Certified Breathwork Facilitator. Every Friday I’ll share a holistic wellness modality available here in the Bay Area. Cheers to good health! What plants can teach us about life There’s been

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