Joshua Bote
Do androids dream of biang biang noodles?
‘Automatic Noodle’ author Annalee Newitz on SF, Chinese food videos, and whether bots should be allowed into labor unions
A Stanford dropout turned indie pop talent
ROHAN is playing the Brick and Mortar Hall Friday
Performative males didn’t do much for matcha sales
The city’s most aesthetic matcha shop had no idea its bright green drinks were signifiers for a new brand of maleness
Demon Huntermania
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ has taken over streaming, theaters, the pop charts, and kids’ imaginations. These Bay Area parents are along for the ride
Under the influencers
Taylor Lorenz explains how content creators killed traditional media and why that might not be a bad thing
TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parker’s royal hamsters
An AI-generated hamster isn’t cool. You know what is? A billion AI-generated hamsters, all speaking in a vaguely Irish accent
At Chase Center with young Asian America’s favorite crooner
Keshi had what felt like every college-aged Asian person from the Bay Area singing and crying last night
SFPD is using an influencer from New Hampshire to recruit new officers
‘You don’t need to be some big tough guy to be a police officer in San Francisco,’ says TikTok career influencer in one video
The Outside Lands cheat sheet
Did you miss the action at this year’s three-day festival? Fear not, here are some things you can talk about to sound like you were totally there
Gimme K-pop!
An easy solution to boost Outside Lands’ sales? Bet on the K-pop obsessives
