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...

come gossip about your tech holiday party w me ❤️ cyd.01 on signal

Can a tech company use a well-known meme from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”? We asked an expert and checked in with Charlie Day’s management who hadn’t seen the ads: sf.gazetteer.co/charlie-days...

What is up with tech people never holding the door for others

SCOOP: A local tattoo artist said she was contacted by the City about an unpermitted tattoo event at last month's TechCrunch Disrupt convention. sf.gazetteer.co/department-o...

How do you dismantle the oppressiveness of today's tech industry? Start by deconstructing its devices. sf.gazetteer.co/mending-the-...

hm sure hope no one does a heist tn

More than 100 have signed up to get tattooed at TechCrunch Disrupt this week: “It’s for the plot” sf.gazetteer.co/who-gets-a-t...

ICYMI: Last Friday, our tech reporter @cydhayes.bsky.social went to an AI panel at the Commonwealth Club, where she found furloughed congressmen, Eastern spirituality, and NSFW groupchats. sf.gazetteer.co/the-american...

Wrote about the government shutdown, venture capitalism, Eastern spirituality, and boobs sf.gazetteer.co/the-american...

I spent a few weeks interviewing gig workers who sell their voices, bodies, behaviors, and other biometric data to AI startups building chabots and BCI technologies. (a thread) sf.gazetteer.co/artificializ...

And if you don’t wanna gossip in public (so fair) message me privately on Signal: cyd.01

I will be at Moscone West covering TechCrunch Disrupt for @sf.gazetteer.co all week! I will also be wearing The Hat™️ all week! If you see me come give me your startup gossip pls (~˘▾˘)~

Can’t wait to moderate this talk :D This panel will accompany the feature I’m currently writing about the rise of print media, largely in response to the rise of AI slop and surveillance capitalism Look out for the article coming soon, and come hang w us at Chat Room Nov 19!

“There’s a certain point where it looks good because there's enough. But you don't get there overnight,” said Brooke Janser. “If someone commits and it's a good foundation, then they leave the foundation and let people build.” sf.gazetteer.co/if-these-wal...

It is spooky season. And the sf billboards are indeed spooky

Last week, our tech reporter stopped by a tech week pop-up for an insurance startup—and stumbled upon a plan to build a VC-funded nation.

if you read the approach that tells me a lot about you (complimentary)

What does the local art world think of Big Art Loop's big proposal? sf.gazetteer.co/the-burning-...

this is great reporting about gross rich dudes littering the city with their leftover burning man junk

I’ll be moderating a panel about print media for this!

Marketing stunts? For tech week? Groundbreaking….

SCOOPLET: The collective of microinfluencer-technoartists tiat.place secured a lease at a chic downtown gallery. Will it have the reach to make Union Square…cool? Prob not, but with RTO sending more artsy yuppies to FiDi, I could see it becoming a scene and launching at least one real art career

The latest from my unofficial IRL-communities-attempt-to-solve-the-loneliness-crisis-created-by-capitalism beat:

As AI takes over generalist tasks, "specialization" has become a watchword for young software engineers. But will it really help them protect their jobs?

Ah yes the rapture….just in time for Rosh Hashanah <3

“Wake up babe it’s Kang day” my editor and I say to each other for the tenth time today

NextDoor thinks local news will improve engagement and help news deserts. Someone should tell all their partners: sf.gazetteer.co/can-local-ne...

Artisan AI went viral with their infamous "Stop hiring humans" campaign last year. Can they keep up the buzziness without ragebaiting? sf.gazetteer.co/let-them-eat...

🗣️ creepy twins alert! (we did not coordinate our outfits beforehand)

The hottest ticket in the SF art scene this week? An exhibition of whimsical AI-powered installations, hosted by a collective of creative technologists with a growing TikTok following. sf.gazetteer.co/the-work-of-...

Yesterday, Green Apple Books co-owner Pete Mulvihill officially added literary agent to his resume — and he's already spent the summer adding local writers to his client roster. sf.gazetteer.co/literary-syn...

SCENE REPORT ALERT ‼️ This week for @sf.gazetteer.co I wrote about the survivalist-meets-streamer subculture within the EV industry — and my weird ass time driving a Cybertruck sf.gazetteer.co/electropocal...

Welcome to the Electropocalypse, the strange intersection where survivalism, gamer culture, and the EV industry meet. sf.gazetteer.co/electropocal...

This month has seen takedown after takedown of AI. When things seemed to come to a head last week, I wanted to know: Would the industry really change course, or would investors stay as enthusiastic as ever? Read my latest story for Gazetteer: sf.gazetteer.co/too-big-to-b...

This morning my colleague @eddiekimx.bsky.social was attacked by masked ICE agents while they detained someone near SF Immigration Court (1/3)

Reporter Eddie Kim went downtown to cover the detainment of an immigrant by ICE this morning. Then he was pepper-sprayed in the face by an ICE agent standing a foot away. Completely unprovoked. See our exclusive story and video from @eddiekimx.bsky.social here: sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-f...

My first staffer story for @sf.gazetteer.co is up today 🌟 What are job seekers doing to break through the noise in today’s dismal job market? In short, anything and everything