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Here’s Where The Writers’ Strike Is Showing Up in the Bay Area
On Monday, June 5 the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is coming to the Bay Area. From 1 to 3 p.m. guild members will leaflet outside Apple headquarters at the Apple Park Visitor Center, 10600 North Tantau Avenue in Cupertino. The demonstration will take place while the Apple Worldwide Developers
Workers at the California Academy of Sciences Are Unionizing!
Workers at the California Academy of Sciences are unionizing! As I’m writing this, someone literally just drove by my window blaring John Lennon’s song “Power to the People” which couldn’t be more appropriate. The past few years have seen the biggest boom in labor union activity in the United States in
The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!
As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon
Big Tech’s User Agreements are Even Worse than You Thought
By JohnTaylor Wildfeuer You must not be reading your user agreements either, because if you were you would have little time for anything else. A 2008 Carnegie Mellon University study found that if American consumers read user agreements for websites they visit once per year it would require 76 full
Apple Just Banned ‘Hookup Apps’ From The App Store
Today was the first day of something called WWDC, which is an enormous deal to brainwashed Apple fanboi types, but the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference doesn’t mean much to regular everyday people. But something that happened at the conference today could have an enormous impact on your lonely Friday nights
Which Companies You Should Shoplift From
Let’s begin by saying that I can’t legally tell you to shoplift. So from here on out, I’ll be encouraging you to “borrow” from multibillion dollar corporations who receive welfare from the government while you can barely pay your bills. There have been oodles of books and articles laying out
Why You Should Not Buy The iPhone 12
There is a new iPhone going on sale Friday, for no better reason than it is autumn, and Apple puts out a new iPhone every autumn. Of course, this means your current iPhone will probably start slowing down this week. But people, you should not buy the new iPhone 12
Apple’s New Cheese Grater Promises More Power, Better Cheese
Earlier this week in San Jose, CA., Apple released its latest and greatest designs, including The New Mac Pro, which is the fanciest, fastest, most powerful, cheese grater the world has ever seen. In announcing Apple’s new foray into kitchenware, Tim Cook came on stage wearing a chef’s hat and
Don’t Believe the Hype: An Economic Storm is Brewing
By Ryan Smith Everywhere you turn the constant refrain on the economy is everything is looking up. Last night Donald Trump crowed from his State of the Union pulpit about how his policies have ushered in the greatest prosperity the United States has ever seen. JP Morgan Chase’s analysis of