When walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, I came across the term “Redwood Empire” on one of the plaques. I’d never heard it before, and it was shockingly hard to find reputable info on it. So figured I’d post a history I found on it here! https://www.marinhistory.org/blog/post-37/
Okay they are still playing fucking bangers over the aux!! Heard this one just now https://youtu.be/r2B2StB-9jY maybe I should start another playlist
This Long Covid Awareness Day let us remember the millions who've been disabled by the virus.
The people who've been forgotten and left behind.
The folks who have to hide their diagnosis because of the stigma attached to it.
You think you don't know anyone with Long Covid?
I promise, you do:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/long-covid-awareness-day-2026
#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #sarscpv2 #disability #ableism
Here in SF, @SafeStreetRebel installed a mini road diet at the 4th St/Channel intersection in Mission Bay where a driver killed a 2-year-old last month.
They also tallied all the City's proposed changes in response to 138 fatalities in the past 5 years, and it's revealing. 33% of fatal crashes led to NO proposed changes. 71% either proposed no change, repainting existing road markings, or just doing changes already required by state law.
https://www.safestreetrebel.com/blog/community-installs-safety-improvements-at-4th-and-channel-st/
For your consideration: the posters for Filibus, the 1915 genderfluid air pirate movie
The Trump administration opens the door for ICE to target trans people https://transitics.substack.com/p/trump-administration-opens-the-door
Basically, if you are suspected of "identity fraud", including having gender/sex not assigned-at-birth.
(Also a reminder: while this targets those under visas, ICE has routinely arrested US citizens also. This also means that non-white trans people, regardless of citizenship, are at *especially* high risk.)
One thing I thought #LLMs were good for was translation. Apparently #Gemini and others aren’t that great at that either.
#Wikipedia restricted contributors from a nonprofit called the Open Knowledge Association (#OKA) after editors discovered #AI-assisted translations added factual errors and incorrect citations.
As predicted, humans will be relegated to cleaning up the mess LLMs leave behind, for salaries far below the value of full-time employment to do the job properly.
[…] Zimmerman added that if this method proves insufficient, OKA is considering introducing formal peer‑review mechanisms.
https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/
oh look, a version of this meme that isn't compressed to all fuck
This struck me as a lovely idea. A citywide book club for people who read on the bus. The Dublin Bus book club selects a book by an Irish author every six weeks.
Also a lovely idea: instead of partnering with a company like Amazon, they’ve partnered with a beloved local independent book store, Chapters, for discounted books and events for the book club members.
Israel hacked Tehran's traffic cameras and used the surveillance feeds to plan an assassination. That makes me feel just great about all the Flock cameras, Ring cameras, and Waymo cameras on SF streets.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/middleeast/us-israel-plot-kill-iran-khamenei-latam-intl
in 1996 the university of alberta let departments manage their own homepages
mwah. 🤌
I'm glad someone working for LA Metro is getting to have fun at their job
I love his body because of the person inside it, and that love is not measured in units of mass, like butter or moon rocks or the luggage you pay extra for on Ryanair.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/my-body-loves-your-body/ Yesterday's blog, with stunning art from @stuart_cb
Billboard trucks like this are illegal in San Francisco.
SFPD can fine the driver/owner under this section: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-2125
And if it's parked, SFMTA parking enforcement can issue a fine under this section: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_transportation/0-0-0-51846
I just learned this info, so I didn't report this one, but let me know how it goes if you report them! #sfpol
PDFs are already shit for users, so no surprise LLMs barf on them:
“The war against PDFs is heating up”
https://www.economist.com/business/2026/02/24/the-war-against-pdfs-is-heating-up (https://archive.is/begap)
Investing millions to replace them with *not* HTML (for LLMs) is laughably daft:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/factify-raises-73m-to-build-a-new-intelligent-document-standard-302672696.html
AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380 😂😂😂
So far AI has done more damage than adding any true value to productivty unless you consider the following as plus points:
* Getting staff fired
* Stealing journalist, book authors, or artists’ work
* Environment impact
* Hallucinations that caused harm and loss of life
* Creating undressing images of minors and woman
* The list list endless and you have to be psychopaths to like this
While I’m glad the designs are moving forward, I’m disappointed that solely color is still used to differentiate certain pieces of information, for example headways (I provided this perspective as a comment during the beta). This aspect erects barriers for folks who have trouble differentiating between color. They also clarify intention for people who don’t.
AC Transit signs, for instance, use iconography and alt text to indicate route info accessibly (and creatively).
https://sfba.social/@aaronpriven/116128146159066527
How 900 feet of rusty metal overtook Millennium Tower as the biggest metaphor for San Francisco
Unable to find a shipyard operator or sell its drydocks, Port of SF has allotted $61M to raze them — lest they sink and triple the cost
https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/port-of-san-francisco-dry-dock-pier-68-70/