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An hour before she was scheduled to appear in court, Wynd Kaufmyn and other Stop AI activists held a press conference on the steps of City Hall, where they discussed the trial, Guido Reichstadter's aborted hunger strike, and the disappearance of former Stop AI member Sam Kirchner.

Real estate agents say listings asking for pre-IPO shares as payment are dubiously legal and "definitely a marketing ploy."

This was a fun one

The effort to save Market Match comes at a tense time for those working in food security: CalFresh is facing the largest funding cut in the program’s history, impacting 665,000 Californians beginning in June alone.

New scoop from me:

This is today! I’ll be moderating a panel on small business with Lex Sloan, the owner of the Roxie. If you’re a Roxiehead come hang

My cancerian side took over for this one

It's 60 degrees and sunny this Manic Monday ☀️ Today's top stories from internet hell: Musk v. Altman begins at a federal courthouse in Oakland, Sam Altman's bizarre rebrand, the censorship allegations against Canva, and more. Read the rundown:

you have to “verify” yourself as a human to get these shoes lol

They were meh

Thank you to @davekarpf.bsky.social for your excellent points on the Palantir situation

Journalist @gilduran.com makes some really smart points in this piece, especially how the Democrats will need to make destroying Palantir a major part of their platform in the next election cycles

Word on the street is yesterday’s column has been called “an informative round up” by a former NYT editor

In New Media news:

This sounds really fun!

Last week, manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate had the #1 bestselling Substack. The runner-up just so happened to be the preeminent historian on the rise of the modern American right. We thought that was ironic enough to give @rickperlstein.bsky.social a call. Read the Q&A:

Do you guys get this headline or was it too high brow for our slop society

We checked out Corgi Cafe, a new 24-hour coffee shop on Claude Lane (yes, really). What it lacks in actual corgis it makes up for in $14 smoothies and AI founders in absolute grind mode. sf.gazetteer.co/come-for-the...

What’s maddening about this is that the Trump admin has been actively making life miserable for Ukrainians like Zarutska as part of its anti-refugee agenda, but MAGA doesn’t give a shit about any of that if there’s a useful tragedy to exploit in service of a more important anti-black agenda.

It's wild, but perhaps completely unsurprising, how white supremacist messaging has become normalized in America under the guise of "speaking truth." The whole point of a dogwhistle is that some people won't notice it. Great work by @cydhayes.bsky.social

Scratch got a nice little write-up in @sf.gazetteer.co today. (Thanks, @cydhayes.bsky.social!) sf.gazetteer.co/a-beloved-ma...

Incredible news

When Manjula Martin first read the draft of an interview that appeared this week in her new newsletter 'Scratch,' she was moved to tears. The topic? Freelancer taxes. sf.gazetteer.co/a-beloved-ma...

A director-level staffer is claiming her male supervisor repeatedly made “unwelcome, offensive, severe, and pervasive” comments about female employees’ appearances, weight, and social media presence, among other allegations. sf.gazetteer.co/chan-zuckerb...

It is 2026 in America, and everything is gambling. Read @cydhayes.bsky.social's dispatch from last week's Game Developers Conference: sf.gazetteer.co/when-you-lan...

Last month, a coterie of AI hypemen and internet microcelebrities gathered in the Marina Theater to celebrate the launch of Soon Technology, a 'new media' company backed by tech money and access. Here's what we know about the startup so far: sf.gazetteer.co/soon-technol...

got a seat on the train during rush hour both ways today. God is so good

Anti-Grok wheatpastes and billboards have been spotted at at least five local sites, but so far no one has taken credit for the project. sf.gazetteer.co/guerrilla-ou...

Think AI sucks? So do porn creators. (And you should always listen to sex workers.) Thank you @cydhayes.bsky.social @sf.gazetteer.co for a tech spotlight from our perspectives. Quotes by myself and the brilliant @siridahl.com and @mikestabile.bsky.social of @fsc.bsky.social.

Thank you to Cydney Hayes and @sf.gazetteer.co for this story about how AI is affecting the adult industry and its workers! Also featured in this piece are @jizlee.bsky.social and @mikestabile.bsky.social sf.gazetteer.co/how-the-unca...

Huge thanks to @siridahl.com @jizlee.bsky.social and @mikestabile.bsky.social their expertise and insights on this one! Read my latest feature on AI and porn:

a real regular degular group of dudes (and one girl)

Some of the city's most experienced 911 dispatchers tell Gazetteer that the dispatch office is in dire straits due to poor management, broken equipment, flawed training, and low morale. The dispatchers fear it could get somebody killed. Exclusive: subtxt.to/2N6EaRr

never in my life have I though strobe lights would give me a stroke until I saw The Moment. Felt like being on my phone in an uber

Substack substack substack……

Sometimes I wish I lived in a more obscure part of the city, just so I could get a seat on muni during rush hour

BOT LOBSTAH!!!

Today I took a break from taking tech discourse straight to the dome and went beekeeping

Monday's news of an OpenAI hardware launch comes amid a flurry of disparate product announcements, every one seemingly an attempt to generate more serious revenue for the still-unprofitable company. sf.gazetteer.co/what-exactly...

Extremely weird vibes at the gap store

This was one of the most interesting, candid conversations I’ve had while reporting from the tech beat. @anildash.com did NOT pull any punches diagnosing what is happening with the tech industry. If you feel like tech shit is melting your brain lately, read this

One of the points I tried to make clear in having this conversation was: I’m not a radical. I am a *boring middle-aged dad*, who’s raised tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, and worked in tech for decades. I have not lost my mind, or become an extremist. THEY DID.

Meet Union Square's newest small business owners, an energetic pair of former tech reporters who Mayor Daniel Lurie teasingly called 'overwhelming': sf.gazetteer.co/move-fast-an...

'In the isolating, brain-melting age of AI, all sorts of people across the Bay Area are turning — or, returning — to print,' writes @cydhayes.bsky.social. Read our feature on the print wave, now available online: sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-for...

This town… snoozeville!!!!

this was a fun one. Will probably say more about the Latin mass on substack later

Our own @eddiekimx.bsky.social, @cydhayes.bsky.social, @joshuabote.com took home awards at last night’s San Francisco Press Club Awards. Read their winning stories here: sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-ta...