Commentary
Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem
AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that
Everlane’s fire sale is a race to the bottom
Like many San Francisco success stories, Everlane, whose sale to Shein was just reported, diluted its early ideals in pursuit of hockey-stick growth
San Francisco’s power players want to cash in on BTS fandom
With BTS at Stanford and a mini-fleet of branded Waymos rolling through the city, K-pop fandom is at risk of being fully co-opted
Come with me to try another app that’s robbing you of life’s magic
If Claude could bite your food to see if it’s cooled down enough to eat, would you let it?
San Francisco is not a sanctuary city
The violent detainment of a mother at SFO is a reminder that ‘sanctuary’ ends at the circle of officers around the armed men and crying child
Fatiguing fascism
The outrage over Greg Bovino’s ‘Nazi chic’ outfit in Minnesota ignores the reality that in a society of the spectacle, we’re all fighting for stage time
Who goes AI?
An interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game from the 1940s is updated for our age
Paper tiger
The ‘California Post’ covers the Golden State from the point of view of a transplant who hates it here
What you’ll be fighting about in 2026
Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments
