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Torrey Peters and the impossibility of the great trans novel.

An edtech worker's account of what got left behind.

What the cafe owner and would-be D8 supervisor’s campaign implosion tells us about how power works (and doesn’t work) in San Francisco

On nitpicking, and losing one’s sense of proportion.

Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle

Why does San Francisco feel so weird during this tech boom while Oakland is more or less still Oakland?

We’re almost there, though I feel like some connective tissue is still missing

A dispatch from the rationalists’ compound in Berkeley, where they're a little touchy about the possibility of AI killing them.

We asked the Oakland Observer to explain what is going on.

Kids and dog poop and civic conversation with Zac Unger about Bushrod Park.

The officers are among at least 100 police department employees accused of abusing their access to license-plate readers, prompting calls for greater oversight.

DSA member Nate Adams is challenging District 2’s Charlene Wang in the November election. They're duking it out over who would best stand up for the working class.

A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared.

You can’t build a movement around a person whose only commitment is staying uncommitted.

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An ICE kidnapping in Austin

An ICE kidnapping in Austin

Six Theses on Christopher Nolan’s Dad Issues