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EV Grieve
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Show Brain brings more live music to Tompkins Square Park TODAY
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Line check at the 2 Harry Styles pop-up merch shops
The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Landes
Belvedere waterfront villa sells for nearly $17M in surprise pre-auction deal
The buyer decides to take the house but leave the boat and dock at Pier 39 that were offered with it.
The San Francisco Standard
• Jane Kenny
Natalie Nakase, Kaitlyn Chen, and the underdog mentality driving the Valkyries
A coach who knows what it’s like to be underestimated has helped an overlooked point guard become a key contributor.
The San Francisco Standard
• Lauren Saria
10 cozy patios to drink on this weekend in SF
These hidden pockets of greenery offer quiet ambiance complete with string lights, plants, and the occasional eccentric sculpture.
The San Francisco Standard
• Danny Emerman
Cal opens the Tosh Lupoi era with hype — and a wake-up call
In front of a sellout crowd, quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele and the Bears crumbled in the second half against UCLA.
The San Francisco Standard
• David Lombardi
A postcard from Australia: Will the 49ers’ 8,000-mile head start on the Rams pay off?
Los Angeles is the designated “home team” for the season opener, but San Francisco is the franchise embracing a full week in Melbourne.
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Tengrain
Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Above, RAC performs, I Still Wanna Know. We all wanna know how the midterms will end, what with all the Orange Clown's eff'ery. Be prepared, be vigilant, and vote no matter what they throw at us.
Annie Asks You asks you to start making your voting plan TODAY!
If You Can Keep It says it's a privacy scandal just waiting to happen.
Public Notice presents The Golden Age of Disinformation.
Defector suggests maybe good editors might save us?
Bonus Track: Sluggish remembers the '70s kids movie-going experience. Hubba-hubba!
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
The great MAGA escape
GOP candidates run from Trump after primaries
Untitled, 1938 #rothko #americanart
The Lever
• The Lever
Lever Weekly: Natural Gaslighting
Democrats get fracked, your pension gets played, and more from The Lever this week.
WIRED
• Kat Merck
The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)
The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.
WIRED
• David Nield
Create Custom Windows 11 Notifications to Remind Yourself of Anything
Take full control of your desktop alerts by sending yourself recurring reminders and custom notifications triggered by specific events.
Ars Technica - All content
• Stephen Clark
German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."
Ars Technica - All content
• Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News
Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests
The shift in the fish’s diet is having significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate.
A Long Way Down From Ground Zero

The George W. Bush administration made claims regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction approximately 23 and a half years ago, and today, Donald Trump has us in another war. History repeats itself.
None of that has made us more safe.
- Karoli
Paul Krugman
• Paul Krugman
Weaponized Interdependence
Who has the power in a trading world?
Cafe-Concert Singer, 1879 #degas #impressionism
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."
