this serious eats explainer on toasted sugar is blowing my mind. tldr sugar doesn't melt under heat to liquify and become caramel, instead it's going through thermal decomposition. as a result you can toast sugar without melting it, just at a lower temp. https://www.seriouseats.com/dry-toasted-sugar-granulated-caramel-recipe
it's wild to me that this many changes were asked to be voted on without having been meaningfully reviewed and without any way to understand them in the period of time originally allotted, but 1) I guess this happens often in legislative settings without AI, at least in higher office, and 2) this pattern of AI use is happening across the software industry already
seems bad. appreciate melgar being voice of responsibility
ai + mandelman, exactly who I'd trust to make sweeping changes to city code
https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/s-f-supervisors-balk-at-362-page-city-code-rewrite
support coyote media if you're in the bay area! they're real cool (and a worker coop) and figuring out plans for their second year
just had a conversation with soleil ho, one of the worker owners, and left inspired, and also learned about defector + start.coop's new shared media services project, aiming to support more independent cooperative media projects by providing fractional administrative support
a thing that's cool about supporting local independent media is sometimes they'll just reach out to you to get your feedback, and you get to talk to cool people you really respect who are doing cool things about how they could do more cool things. COOL
tfw your executive dysfunction and someone else's executive dysfunction are perfectly compatible socially but impossible logistically
the GLBT Historical Society Museum has a rad exhibit up right now in partnership with the Bay Area Lesbian Archives - check it out before it comes down July 19th!
Directory of Dreams: Bay Area Lesbian Economies and Radical Care, 1970-1995 https://www.glbthistory.org/dreams
longer piece about it on KQED: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987669/bay-area-lesbian-archives-directory-of-dreams-glbt-historical-society-san-francisco
how are organizations supposed to manage historic information when a simple move of a file breaks link access forever. it's like microsoft decided to build a wrecking ball and call it knowledge management
pinko, a magazine for gay communist thinking run by a volunteer-run collective, is raising funds to send its fifth issue to print!
their deadline is in six days and they're still fairly far from meeting it - think anything helps (clicking any amount gives a "donate what you want" level option)
fundraiser: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/pinko-magazine/campaigns/2a2ab72a-9306-4841-85e3-108365381813
the collective is online here: https://www.pinko.online/
I ran out of space for the full description, but it’s at the link on instagram. left in the bay (Bay Area leftist archival project) and pinko (gay communist mag) are great, and et al is such a gracious host (and cool bookstore!). should be a really interesting event.
I have a conflicting book club so not sure if I’ll make it, but hope many others do
No Apologies: Remembering the White Night Riots
6PM
Wednesday, June 24
Et al. Books
2831A Mission St, San Francisco
The murder of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, and the infamous lenient sentencing of Dan White in 1979 spurred one of the largest riots in San Francisco history… Join us for a conversation on memories and lessons from the riot with a panel of veteran organizers and journalists, presented by Pinko Magazine and Left in the Bay.
We are honored to share two articles originally published by In the Library with the Lead Pipe which have recently been reshaped for new settings:
The late Fobazi Ettarh’s groundbreaking article “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves” has been printed as a booklet by Public Collectors, with the cooperation of her widow Elena Maris.
https://halfletterpress.com/vocational-awe/
As part of the launch of the new journal Murmurations: A Trans and Gender Diverse Library Journal, authors Keahi Adolpho and Stephen G. Krueger have republished their article “Decistifying Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Library Work: A Literature Review” with a new preface.
https://murmurations.space/2026/06/15/decistifying-trans-and-gender-diverse-inclusion-in-library-work-a-literature-review/
🎉 tomorrrrrrowww!
>> OUT ONLINE featuring @apdamegriff
Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net
June 23 at 7:00 PM Pacific (UTC-7)
In person and streaming
nyc friend tells me about the oogle they're dating; I tell them about the existence of nooglers
three day weekend starts now, baby!!!!!
The ActivityPub Trust & Safety Task Force is looking for a new Co-Lead (I'm stepping down because I'm leading the Social Web Working Group now).
Specifically we'd like someone with trust and safety experience! Doesn't have to be paid/professional experience (volunteer moderation workers welcome). If you're interested, please leave a comment on the Github issue here:
https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-trust-and-safety/issues/135
For more on what the TF does, check out: https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-trust-and-safety#scope-of-work
I'm shocked, shocked! to find that gambling is going on in here
https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/federal-agencies-sf-surveillance-flock-data-audit/
still one of the best put it on as loud as u can and belt it albums imo https://paxaeternum.bandcamp.com/album/meneguar-i-was-born-at-night
one of the greatest san francisco mysteries is the burger king on van ness. how is it still operating—physically, financially? the building is half closed and only has half its windows no matter what they do to repair it. I need a coyote media piece on it
maybe it's just a green screen? why are they mimicking the movement of a handheld camera, though??