Facebook messes with our emotions
Adam D.I. Kramer designed the emotional contagion experiment for Facebook's core data science team.The Facebook data scientist who served as lead author in a controversial study that set out to...
View ArticleNonprofit workers shout down Board of Supervisors meeting, 11 detained
Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezNearly 100 nonprofit workers and their allies, hungry for a raise, marched through the corridors of City Hall today and shouted down the Board of Supervisors at its...
View ArticleLive Shots: Nick Cave hypnotizes the Warfield two nights in a row
Nick Cave at the Warfield July 7.ALL PHOTOS BY CHARLES RUSSOIt took Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds all of two songs to whip the audience into a mighty frenzy at the Warfield Theater on Monday night...
View ArticleThe Best of Burger Boogaloo
ALL PHOTOS BY AMANDA RHOADESThis weekend Oakland’s Mosswood Park was transformed into a mini music festival of adorable proportions. After two days of PBR, sunburns, and a heap of eclectic and...
View ArticleSan Jose cracks down on pot clubs after eschewing SF's regulatory approach
San Francisco's regulated, civilized medical marijuana dispensaries are a sharp contrast to San Jose's laissez faire approach.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.San Jose’s current (and harsh) crackdown on...
View ArticleGimme 5: Must-see shows this week
Waterstrider perform at Slim's this Sat/12.Hello friends and festival-goers! Did you just get back from High Sierra? Does your hair still smell of patchouli? Are you sad that you actually have to be in...
View ArticlePsychic Dream Astrology, July 9-15, 2014
ARIESMarch 21-April 19You’ve gotta take a chance, Aries. There’s no ‘safe’ route this week; no matter what you do, there’ll be consequences. I trust you to make the best decisions possible, but do you...
View ArticleDrop a house
SUPER EGO Will Pink Saturday go the way of Halloween in the Castro? Plus: Wizard of Odd, Soundwave Festival, Bardot A Go Go, and Esta Noche's return (for one night only!)Get huh! Sharon Needles in The...
View ArticleElder care facility under pressure not to move forward with evictions
University Mound board member John Sedlander is questioned by Sup. David Campos.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEA group of senior citizens, mostly in their 80s and 90s, faces eviction from the University...
View ArticleTreasure Island development plans moving forward after lawsuit rejected
Treasure Island could include up to 8,000 homes and high-rise hotels.Construction on the first 1,000 of up to 8,000 new homes planned for Treasure Island could begin as soon as next year after the...
View ArticleMac DeMarco underwhelms at Amoeba — until he busts out the covers
Mac DeMarco, who did not stick his thumb up his ass at Amoeba yesterday.Mac DeMarco has one of the most charismatic, clearly defined personas of anyone in indie rock. He chain-smokes, cross-dresses,...
View ArticleLive Shots: Nick Cave hypnotizes the Warfield two nights in a row
Nick Cave at the Warfield July 7.ALL PHOTOS BY CHARLES RUSSOIt took Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds all of two songs to whip the audience into a mighty frenzy at the Warfield Theater on Monday night...
View ArticleThe Best of Burger Boogaloo
ALL PHOTOS BY AMANDA RHOADESThis weekend Oakland’s Mosswood Park was transformed into a mini music festival of adorable proportions. After two days of PBR, sunburns, and a heap of eclectic and...
View ArticleSan Jose cracks down on pot clubs after eschewing SF's regulatory approach
San Francisco's regulated, civilized medical marijuana dispensaries are a sharp contrast to San Jose's laissez faire approach.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.San Jose’s current (and harsh) crackdown on...
View ArticleGimme 5: Must-see shows this week
Waterstrider perform at Slim's this Sat/12.Hello friends and festival-goers! Did you just get back from High Sierra? Does your hair still smell of patchouli? Are you sad that you actually have to be in...
View ArticlePsychic Dream Astrology, July 9-15, 2014
ARIESMarch 21-April 19You’ve gotta take a chance, Aries. There’s no ‘safe’ route this week; no matter what you do, there’ll be consequences. I trust you to make the best decisions possible, but do you...
View ArticleDrop a house
SUPER EGO Will Pink Saturday go the way of Halloween in the Castro? Plus: Wizard of Odd, Soundwave Festival, Bardot A Go Go, and Esta Noche's return (for one night only!)Get huh! Sharon Needles in The...
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