Alex Mak - Managing Editor

03 Sep 2019

Diplo Wins Burning Man ‘Douchebag of the Year’ Award

We hope all of you artists, freaks, friends, crafters, rangers, dancers, and newbies all had a great burn this year!  Burning Man is a great place for art, community, music, gifting, hedonism, self-expression, self-discovery, and self-reliance.  Founded by a community who wanted an environment “unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or

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29 Aug 2019

Millennium Tower Builders Finally Agree Tower is Leaning

After 2 years, 9 lawsuits, and 146 lawyers involved, the leaning Millennium Tower of San Francisco and its disgruntled residents reached a settlement worth $500 Million, and the taxpayers will definitely end up footing some of that bill. It took 2 years for the developers of the sinking tower to

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27 Aug 2019

Ya, Fried Chicken Sandwiches are Delicious, & Factory Farming is Still Disgusting

Yes I love fried chicken.  Yes, I ate more than one fried chicken sandwich this weekend. Yes, I enjoyed every delicious bite.   And yes, I heard about the pretend social media war or ‘chickenwars’ between Popeyes and Chick-fil-A last week.  A ‘twitter war’ between corporations, which is code for ‘Free

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27 Aug 2019

KFOG 104.5 FM is Pulling the Plug After 36 Years

Thousands of Bay Area Residents gasped, pulled out their earbuds and asked their parents, ‘what’s a KFOG?’ Mom’s favorite morning commute, alt-rock radio station is getting pulled off the air after 36 years playing music and car ads to Bay Area ‘Fogheads’.  The station’s parent company, CUMULUS MEDIA will replace

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22 Aug 2019

How to Use ‘Parental Lock’ to Stop Your Parents From Watching Fox News

Are your parents or grandparents watching too much Fox News?  Are they getting brainwashed into thinking Trump is a necessary evil or that all Americans should have access to automatic rifles?  Then you can do something about it!  Use the ‘parental lock’ feature on your tv set and stop the

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22 Aug 2019

Google Employees Refuse to Work With ICE or Border Protection Agencies

Our Tech Column was made possible by the fine folks at Mozilla Firefox.  The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource that is open and accessible to all.  And that’s why we love Firefox. This week 1,293 Google and employees and 79 other supporters have

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20 Aug 2019

Trump Hotel to Open at Burning Man

Great news for luxury festivalgoers this year at Burning Man, the newest, hottest, glamping experience on the playa is at Trump Tower Black Rock City.  With the most exceptional views that the playa has to offer, Trump International Burning Man Hotel & Putting Green is a sophisticated, elite hotel that

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