Culture
Why is this woman laffing?
In a town full of outsized weirdos, Laffing Sal is still the weirdest
A Stanford dropout turned indie pop talent
ROHAN is playing the Brick and Mortar Hall Friday
Page against the machine
San Francisco’s zinesters are fighting AI slop, surveillance capitalism, and corporate media one indie pub at a time
Electropocalypse Now
The Electrify Expo at Alameda Ferry Point revealed the survivalist subculture buzzing within the EV industry
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
How many people walk the Golden Gate Bridge every day?
Thanks to newly installed counters, we’ll soon know how many pedestrians and cyclists use the bridge
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
