For the planners: mark your calendars, for the type-b chillers, bank this one away in the group chat. Be ready to roll up with the crew, to conspire over another year of blasting the doors off the Bay’s tech-landlord-do nothing elite. Pull up and PARTY for our ONE YEAR BDAY!

For the planners: mark your calendars, for the type-b chillers, bank this one away in the group chat. Be ready to roll up with the crew, to conspire over another year of blasting the doors off the Bay’s tech-landlord-do nothing elite. Pull up and PARTY for our ONE YEAR BDAY!

Whatever is on Spotify is not all that there is. Music columnist Gabriel Lopez on 'death to Spotify' six months later: bayareacurrent.com/death-to-spo...

Have you heard the news? @afscme3299.bsky.social open-ended strike averted. Union overwhelmingly votes 'yes' on contract with UC system. bayareacurrent.com/strike-threa...

Meet the (ecological) Locals: Tiburon Mariposa Lily: A survivor of a transformed California, and a reminder of how delicate our world is. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-loc...

"Spending one’s brief time on this mortal coil trying to convince companies to fire their customer support teams and replace them with AI voice agents is not the act of a grounded person, in touch with their humanity." — @dellsystem.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/ai-slop-star...

Cops across California are getting incentivized to arrest more people for stealing from chain stores with the help of millions of dollars in grant money that they can use to buy surveillance technology from companies like Flock. bayareacurrent.com/shoplifting-...

Today I learned that the great Wendy Liu aka @dellsystem.bsky.social has a regular column about AI industry billboards in SF in the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social. It's such a great way to examine these companies and AI culture in the valley and the Bay. I'll be reading them all now:

actual sf is back: 250+ gather on a random weekday to celebrate luddism, hate on ai billboards and the tech right w/ @bayareacurrent.bsky.social This Machine Kills @jathansadowski.com @dsasf.org

my piece on the right-wing tech intelligentsia, originally in @bayareacurrent.bsky.social, now republished in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2026/03/tech...

We're doing a TMK live show in San Francisco next week with the wonderful folks at @bayareacurrent.bsky.social and @dsasf.org. Come join us for a night of left-wing tech criticism! Registration is free, encouraged, but not required: www.eventbrite.com/e/decoding-t...

“It’s a matter of life and death that we organize.” Three elderly and disabled Noe Valley tenants recently settled with their landlord in court after a a three-year eviction battle. But organizers say that the fight may be far from over. bayareacurrent.com/sf-elders-fa...

New in our SF Strike Newsletter: —We hear from pro-strike parents, murmurs about negotiation details —The NY Post's sad attempted strike take-down —SFUSD bosses post a $300K/Yr admin job w/ job description that reads: "bring your whole selves to work" bayareacurrent.com/after-school...

On day two of their first strike in nearly 50 years, SF Educators are steeled for a long fight. bayareacurrent.com/striking-sf-...

Meet SF's Billionaire Simps. We wanted to hear directly from the elite-lovers at their “March for Billionaires” in San Francisco — here’s just a few of the "interesting" things we heard. bayareacurrent.com/meet-sfs-bil...

The SF teacher strike follows almost a full year of negotiations and a last-ditch prevention effort by the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie. We hear from teachers, students, and supporters from across the city about the strike's importance. bayareacurrent.com/scene-report...

Introducing AFTER SCHOOL, a short-run daily newsletter all about the SF Teachers strike. We'll cover scenes from the picket lines, link to articles about strike updates, and cover all the maladjusted haters and losers who are against the strike. Enjoy! bayareacurrent.com/welcome-to-a...

A little under a year ago, workers at Highwire Coffee formed their union—since then, they’ve been battling for a fair contract, facing stalling from management and an infamous anti-union law firm. Read about the latest in the Bay’s barista class war: bayareacurrent.com/highwire-cof...

Protests against ICE have spread to the Bay. We wanted to hear directly from Bay Area residents who turned out in East Oakland to support the surging movement in Minneapolis. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-mar...

Language has always been political. Bay Area Chinese leftists are acting on it. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-chi...

What would it take for the bus to come on time? We talked to struggling AC Transit drivers about the current cracks in services. bayareacurrent.com/bus-drivers-...

SF Teachers are on strike for the first time in 47 years — and that's a good thing. This strike is not only about saving public education. It is about fighting back against billionaire domination. This, and more, from an SF teacher on strike. bayareacurrent.com/sf-public-sc...

We hit the SF Teachers picket lines on Strike Day 1, and we learned something new: fulfilling quality special education is at the heart of the strike. bayareacurrent.com/we-are-out-h...

SF Teachers are on strike for the first time in 47 years — and that's a good thing. This strike is not only about saving public education. It is about fighting back against billionaire domination. This, and more, from an SF teacher on strike. bayareacurrent.com/sf-public-sc...

What would it take for the bus to come on time? We talked to struggling AC Transit drivers about the current cracks in services. bayareacurrent.com/bus-drivers-...

Language has always been political. Bay Area Chinese leftists are acting on it. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-chi...

Protests against ICE have spread to the Bay. We wanted to hear directly from Bay Area residents who turned out in East Oakland to support the surging movement in Minneapolis. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-mar...

A little under a year ago, workers at Highwire Coffee formed their union—since then, they’ve been battling for a fair contract, facing stalling from management and an infamous anti-union law firm. Read about the latest in the Bay’s barista class war: bayareacurrent.com/highwire-cof...

This Notorious Women’s Prison — FCI Dublin — Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility. After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants. bayareacurrent.com/this-notorio...

AC Transit's "realign plan" has repackaged austerity as "equity" measures. We spoke with riders, who are fed up with the transit cutbacks. bayareacurrent.com/ac-transit-r...

This Notorious Women’s Prison — FCI Dublin — Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility. After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants. bayareacurrent.com/this-notorio...

for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social, i wrote about repeatedly bumping into some of the worst right-wing people in the tech publishing scene bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...

There is a hell… and it’s in the Bay Area.

A tech publication scene, with politics ranging from left-liberal to far-right, has flourished in the Bay Area — @counteroptimize.bsky.social dives into an intellectual world whose social and political boundary lines have become increasingly blurred. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...

Vital new scene reporting from Jimmy Wu at Bay Area Current: on the rise of the EA, rationalist, and right-leaning journo/writer scene in the Bay Area. I unwittingly attended one of these happy hours ("writer and publisher meetup!") and met Curtis Yarvin's ex. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...

Our holiday gift guide is now live! You'll find some Bay Area gems alongside evergreen gift ideas for that special somebody, your pal who is afraid of microplastics, or even your tech-hating buddy. There's something for everyone: bayareacurrent.com/our-cheap-un...

Our first annual holiday party is TONIGHT! Celebrate the holiday spirit with drinks, food, friends. Raise a glass to 6 months of Bay Area Current. Drink to a movement that will take back the Bay from the tech elite. Pour one out for everyone we've lost and make a friend in the process. See you soon!

Over a Thousand Teachers Strike in Richmond for Themselves and Their Students. And, as it turns out, strikes work. The union, United Teachers of Richmond, has secured a tentative agreement featuring an 8% raise and 100% health insurance coverage. bayareacurrent.com/over-a-thous...

Moderate Rule, Maximum Harm: A Year of SF’s Surrender to Oligarchy. @deanpreston.bsky.social argues that SF must choose: Democratic Socialism or playground for the rich. bayareacurrent.com/moderate-rul...

Tech companies used to portray themselves as do-gooders. But as Palintir's new billboard suggests, their commitment to domination was there all along. Welcome to the Great Tech Vibe Shift, our most recent Tech Billboard Decoder column by @dellsystem.bsky.social www.bayareacurrent.com/tech-billboa...

Why the Largest Unorganized Bay Area Nursing Facility Is Unionizing. Workers, building power in their union @seiu2015.bsky.social, are pushing for respect for patients and workers. bayareacurrent.com/why-the-larg...

Our monthly questionnaire, which tries to get to the bottom of things, asks Bay Area legend Brontez Purnell about his hottest take, and more. bayareacurrent.com/confessions-...

The most recent in the Bay Area's Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle workers @bbiunion.bsky.social walk off the job. Blue Bottle — artisanal coffee chain owned by @Nestlé — has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back, and demanding a first contract. bayareacurrent.com/barista-rebe...

The Democrats’ Biggest Kink is Losing. Powerlessness has become an unconscious strategy for centrist Democrats — apparently, they relish in the loss. Read on: bayareacurrent.com/the-democrat...

"Blue Bottle Independent Union launched its first strike ... 100 workers in the #EastBay & #Boston jointly withheld their labor to pressure Nestlé-owned #BlueBottleCoffee to the bargaining table to negotiate a first union contract." @bayareacurrent.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/barista-rebe...

Come watch Mississippi Masala w/ Current! It’s FREE! December 5th, 6:30pm @ Shapeshifters Cinema. LIMITED spots available, save your seat! See you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/free-scree...

Fuck Waymo—Long Live Kit Kat! A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. Kit Kat's murder fits into the long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground — at our expense. But the Bay has had enough. Read @alexhanna.bsky.social's searing take: bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...