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Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watches

Wake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley

2024-10-16T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-02T13:42:04-0700 - sethherr

Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media

Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times. #Journalism #New York Times #Silicon Valley #Social Media

2020-07-09T08:10:18-0700 The New Yorker Gideon Lewis-Kraus 5,000 words

Rated 2024-07-16T14:10:04-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?

Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics

2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even further

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco

2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700 - sethherr

How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit

At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York

2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800 - sethherr

Your Project Management Software Can't Save You

Do-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s. #Labor #programming #Silicon Valley #Startups #Work

2023-10-01T03:00:00-0700 WIRED Matt Alston 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-04T08:54:16-0700 - sethherr

After FBI busts Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC, six more exposed in US

After the FBI arrested “Harry” Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, charging them with illegally opening a Chinese government "police station" to spy on Chinese nationals in New York, a human rights groups says there are other stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and US other cities. #China #Los Angeles #Minnesota #Nebraska #New York City #San Francisco #Spying

2023-04-18T15:23:59-0700 New York Post Isabel Vincent 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-24T20:44:49-0700 - sethherr

One day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue Meta

One day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue Meta overf its LLaMa chatbot #Facebook #San Francisco #Twitter

2023-09-12T11:36:55-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Chase DiFeliciantonio 500 words

Rated 2023-09-18T07:53:18-0700 - sethherr

In the Gritty Tenderloin, Signs of Rebirth Emerge in Small Stretches

The San Francisco neighborhood has become a punching bag for critics of the city, but there are reasons to hope for a better future. #California

2023-09-07T06:00:17-0700 The New York Times Thomas Fuller ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-09T15:48:13-0700 - sethherr

Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?

Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. #California #Environment

2023-09-01T02:00:24-0700 The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-02T19:14:44-0700 - sethherr

The Anti-California

How Montana performed a housing miracle #Individual People #Montana #San Francisco

2023-08-09T08:02:00-0700 The Atlantic Annie Lowrey ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-17T05:17:17-0700 - sethherr

How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley

2023-07-23T04:00:00-0700 WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-25T16:13:25-0700 - sethherr

S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’ What is the city’s plan?

San Francisco officials say driverless taxi incidents by Cruise, Waymo are 'skyrocketing.' What is the city's plan to address the growing problem? #California #New York Times #Twitter #Uber

2023-07-14T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Ricardo Cano 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-14T19:06:01-0700 - sethherr

Shot at, electrocuted, exhausted, exhilarated: What it’s like to kayak from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay

With torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable 200-mile route from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay. #Los Angeles

2023-06-10T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Gregory Thomas 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-10T08:46:36-0700 - sethherr

A Week With the Wild Children of the A.I. Boom

In Silicon Valley’s hacker houses, the latest crop of young entrepreneurs is partying, innovating — and hoping not to get crushed by the big guys. #Artificial Intelligence #Silicon Valley

2023-05-31T01:57:13-0700 The New York Times Yiren Lu ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T17:46:59-0700 - cindy

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.

Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco

2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-07T14:53:46-0700 - cindy

Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?

For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida

2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy

California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?

From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics

2023-05-30T01:55:07-0700 The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T09:15:50-0700 - sethherr

A Plan to Save Downtown San Francisco, Break the Doom Loop

#Homelessness #San Francisco

The San Francisco Standard

Rated 2023-04-10T13:25:35-0700 - alexandradancing

Why Can’t California Solve Its Housing Crisis?

#California #Homelessness

Rolling Stone

Rated 2023-04-09T21:14:03-0700 - sethherr