Culture
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
The high-fantasy cult of Anthropic
Plus, its fight with the Pentagon, OpenAI and Meta race to deploy AI agents to the masses, and tasteless AI people argue about taste
The New Liberals just want to enjoy their Tax Havens
At The Irish Bank, policy wonks debate the Billionaire’s March and Georgist land taxes
The 5 best hiking trails to hit on Super Bowl Sunday
Where to go while everyone else is glued to their giant flatscreens
For more than a decade, ‘Weird Al’ burlesque troupe has had a ball
How Tight & Nerdy went from Oakland oddity to SF IndieFest documentary subjects
Where everybody gnomes your name
If the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, you can thank a garden gnome at Connecticut Yankee in Potrero Hill
Lost weekend
A Los Angeles comedian’s four very busy days running around SF Sketchfest
Letter from Oakland: Never mind the brisket, here’s Catalyst
An East Bay deli that’s as famous for its hardcore shows as it is for its pastrami
Gay old times
One man’s quest to preserve and share the history of San Francisco’s forgotten queer enclaves
