My Book Release is Tomorrow Night!
Come hang out as we celebrate The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death, and Dive Bars! This book is 21 years in the making! It’s gonna be an epic night with burlesque, drag, a circus performer, live music, a DJ, and a book reading + Q&A! Tix are sliding scale!
📝 Stuart’s Note
Well it’s almost here! You’ll stop here me yammering about my new book and the release party after this week. But there is one more event on my tour. Please tell your NYC friends to come see me at Powerhouse Arena on Monday night. See you tomorrow!
Also, go out and protest Trump and his fascist fuckwads at a No Kings Day event on Saturday. Find the nearest one to you right here.
Fuck Off Marc Benioff
Thoughts on Benioff’s “Musk Moment” and Why He’s a Civically and Intellectually Lazy, Hypocritical Piece of Shit. Read them right here.
🗞️News From Around the Bay
Here’s our roundup of the biggest news from around the Bay this week:
Skaters Saved SF's UN Plaza. Can Small Businesses do the Same for Downtown?: SFGATE columnist Luke Spray wants to live in a city that treats its small businesses as well as its skaters [SFGate]
Inside SF’s Private Surveillance State: The privatization of public safety (and spy cameras) is a costly threat to all of us [48Hills]
SF Sheriff’s Deputy Fired for Alleged ‘Sexual Misconduct’ with Trans Inmate in Jail Bathroom: Public Defender’s Office calls case ‘nonconsensual’ sexual assault. [Mission Local]
Oakland Airport Joins at Least Eight Others in Declining to Air Kristi Noem Video: The Department of Homeland Security video blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown. Many airport officials say screening the partisan message at checkpoints would risk violating federal law. [Oaklandside]
Trump Claims ‘Government Officials’ Asked for Intervention in SF After Benioff, Musk Call for National Guard: Trump is a fucking idiot and a liar. [Kron4]
Grin & Bear It: a Gay Bear Comedy Show!
Safe Words Queer Comedy Showcase is proud to present a line up of hilarious bears at the SF Eagle. Join us as we kick off Bearrison Street Fair festivities Friday Night with headliner Peter Angelo, Baruch Porras Hernandez, Marquis the Honey Bear, Alfons Mueller and Wonder Dave.
Friday, 10/17 - 7pm
SF Eagle, 398 12th St. San Francisco
(sponsored)
Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests on Saturday!
They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings. Find the protest nearest you right here.
🎥 Reel of the Week
Airbnb Tries To Dodge Taxes, SF Unions Push Back
SF unions and advocates launch boycott against Airbnb's $120M tax dispute, calling out the company's legal challenge to San Francisco's business tax classification. Read more right here.
A Badger Was Spotted in San Francisco for the First Time in Living Memory
First-ever San Francisco badger caught on camera at Twin Peaks, shocking local experts and challenging expectations about urban wildlife sightings. See it all right here.
Stuff You’ve Been Missing
We know the algorithms of these tech giants don't show you all the awesome articles we write. Those bastards! It's OK though, we've got you covered with a list of the 8 best things you might have missed on the BAS site recently:
🖕 Marc Benioff "Fully Supports" Trump's National Guard Agenda: From his private jet, the Salesforce CEO tells the press the Guard should be deployed to San Francisco
🤥 San Francisco Isn't a High Crime City: San Francisco is safer than its ever been. Don't believe the lies.
⛓ Christopher Columbus was the 15th Century’s Epstein: In honor of Columbus Day.
🖼 Art as Harm Reduction on 6th St. in San Francisco: Neighbors, residents, and everyone that calls 6th street home can come together in one of the few safe, welcoming spaces on the block.
🍒 Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle's ‘Bazoombas in Love’ Brings Heart to Breast Celebration at Cushion Works: In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this immersive and cheeky art experience celebrates breasts of all kinds
🎨 A Sanctuary in the Tenderloin: Inside Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program: In the Tenderloin, a creative refuge helps San Francisco’s marginalized find self-expression, community, and hope
🏠 SF's 1st Good Neighbor Week: Building Community, One Kindness at a Time: Cleaning gutters, giving discounts to Muni drivers, building a labyrinth for children, walking people’s dogs... All in a day’s work for some of San Francisco’s inaugural Good Neighbor Week.
🧛Sinner's Burlesque, Witches Unite, & a Book Party!: These are the 30+ best events coming up.
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