Cydney Hayes
@cydhayes.bsky.social
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Tech journalist
@sf.gazetteer.co
email me
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✉️ signal: cyd.01
New from me:
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TODAY'S THE DAY! Issue 003 is here! ⸜(ˆᗜˆ˵ )⸝ Featuring our summer books guide, print-only stories, illustrations from local artists, The Fun Page, and more. We can't wait for you to read this one. Find it in one of 200+ locations throughout the city — and as always, it's free!
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Dropping tomorrow 👀
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11 days ago
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.
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A Stop AI activist is standing trial after blockading OpenAI HQ last year
Wynd Kaufmyn is prepared to serve time if it helps spread the group’s warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence
https://sf.gazetteer.co/a-stop-ai-activist-is-standing-trial-after-blockading-openai-hq-last-year
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Real estate agents say listings asking for pre-IPO shares as payment are dubiously legal and "definitely a marketing ploy."
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Can you actually buy a house with Anthropic stock? Probably not
‘You can’t just say, I’ll sell my house for a thousand almonds, or, in this case, a thousand shares of OpenAI or Anthropic’
https://sf.gazetteer.co/can-you-actually-buy-a-house-with-anthropic-stock-probably-not
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This was a fun one
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23 days ago
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28 days ago
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.
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Market Match connects low income Californians with farmers market produce. Gavin Newsom may be about to cut it
Market operators, food security advocates, and state legislators are scrambling to secure funding for the nutrition program that benefits 674,000 statewide
https://sf.gazetteer.co/market-match-connects-low-income-californians-with-farmers-market-produce-gavin-newsom-may-be-about-to-cut-it
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New scoop from me:
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about 1 month ago
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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
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My cancerian side took over for this one
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about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
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:
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Sam Altman has a lot of feelings. And a lawsuit by Elon Musk. But mostly a lot of feelings
Plus, Canva is accused of anti-Palestine censorship
https://sf.gazetteer.co/sam-altman-has-a-lot-of-feelings-and-a-lawsuit-by-elon-musk-but-mostly-a-lot-of-feelings
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you have to “verify” yourself as a human to get these shoes lol
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about 2 months ago
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They were meh
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about 2 months ago
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Thank you to
@davekarpf.bsky.social
for your excellent points on the Palantir situation
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about 2 months ago
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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
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Word on the street is yesterday’s column has been called “an informative round up” by a former NYT editor
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about 2 months ago
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In New Media news:
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about 2 months ago
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This sounds really fun!
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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:
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Rick Perlstein thinks right-wing voices on Substack are ‘a gift’
The preeminent historian of American conservatism was spotted on a bestsellers leaderboard behind Andrew Tate. He’s not too broken up about it
https://sf.gazetteer.co/rick-perlstein-thinks-right-wing-voices-on-substack-are-a-gift
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Do you guys get this headline or was it too high brow for our slop society
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about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
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.
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Inside AI insurance startup Corgi's 24-hour cafe
There are, in fact, no corgis at the Corgi Cafe, a new startup-run 24-hour coffee shop in FiDi
https://sf.gazetteer.co/come-for-the-all-night-coffee-stay-for-the-ai-insurance
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3 months ago
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.
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3 months ago
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
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3 months ago
Scratch got a nice little write-up in
@sf.gazetteer.co
today. (Thanks,
@cydhayes.bsky.social
!)
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3 months ago
Incredible news
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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.
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A beloved magazine about writers and money is reborn as a newsletter
Manjula Martin, Rahawa Haile, and friends are resurrecting ‘Scratch’ as a place for writers to talk about money, art, and how they survive
https://sf.gazetteer.co/a-beloved-magazine-about-writers-and-money-is-reborn-as-a-newsletter
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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.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sued for gender discrimination by director
The lawsuit alleges women at the company were paid less and systemically tasked with menial labor
https://sf.gazetteer.co/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-sued-for-gender-discrimination-by-director
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3 months ago
It is 2026 in America, and everything is gambling. Read
@cydhayes.bsky.social
's dispatch from last week's Game Developers Conference:
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‘When you land in Vegas, it feels like this’: Gambling on the future of gaming at GDC
Video games offering cash payouts are on the rise, and developers are betting that they’ll spread
https://sf.gazetteer.co/when-you-land-in-vegas-it-feels-like-this-gambling-on-the-future-of-gaming-at-gdc
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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:
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Soon Technology is tech-pilled and loving it
A Vice Media alum’s ‘new media’ company offers up friendly coverage to an increasingly controversial industry
https://sf.gazetteer.co/soon-technology-is-tech-pilled-and-loving-it
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got a seat on the train during rush hour both ways today. God is so good
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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.
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Guerrilla outdoor campaign decrying ‘GROK CHILD PORN’ appears around the city
The mysterious marketing push comes amid public uproar and international investigations into sex abuse material generated by Elon Musk’s chatbot
https://sf.gazetteer.co/guerrilla-outdoor-campaign-decrying-grok-child-porn-appears-around-the-city
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Jiz Lee
4 months ago
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
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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
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How the uncanny valley could kill the Valley
Porn performer Siri Dahl and others have started sounding the alarm about AI's impacts on privacy, free speech, and legal sex work
https://sf.gazetteer.co/how-the-uncanny-valley-could-kill-the-valley?giftLink=bdcccea62fad276bd140a97061c2470c
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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:
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4 months ago
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a real regular degular group of dudes (and one girl)
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4 months ago
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:
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Dial D for dysfunction
San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers are being asked to work with antiquated equipment, crazy hours, poor mental health, and alongside new trainees who aren’t prepared
https://subtxt.to/2N6EaRr
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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
4 months ago
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Substack substack substack……
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4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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BOT LOBSTAH!!!
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4 months ago
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Today I took a break from taking tech discourse straight to the dome and went beekeeping
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4 months ago
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5 months ago
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.
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What, exactly, is OpenAI in 2026?
A new rumor that OpenAI will release earbuds hints at internal anxieties over revenue and the future of the company
https://sf.gazetteer.co/what-exactly-is-openai-in-2026
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Extremely weird vibes at the gap store
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5 months ago
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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
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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.
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Meet Union Square's newest small business owners, an energetic pair of former tech reporters who Mayor Daniel Lurie teasingly called 'overwhelming':
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Move fast and sell books
Former tech reporters Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr are running The Best Bookstore in Union Square like a startup
https://sf.gazetteer.co/move-fast-and-sell-books
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6 months ago
'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...
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Print is forever
As AI rises, the Bay Area is awash in a full-on print revival, from magazines to books to this website’s own quarterly paper
https://sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-forever
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This town… snoozeville!!!!
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6 months ago
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this was a fun one. Will probably say more about the Latin mass on substack later
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
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:
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Gazetteer takes home four awards
Joshua Bote, and Cydney Hayes, and Eddie Kim’s work was honored by the San Francisco Press Club
https://sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-takes-home-four-awards
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