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As Federal Surveillance Grows, Santa Cruz Axes Powerful License Plate Readers

In an aerial view, an automated license plate reader is seen mounted on a pole on June 13, 2024, in San Francisco, California. The city

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Traitors, Alan Cumming Stylist Sam Spector on Fashion, Outfits

Alan Cumming’s fashion on The Traitors is to die for. And while the Emmy-winning host helps inspire some of the daring ideas, it’s stylist Sam

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Critics Say Trump ‘Joke Healthcare Plan’ Nothing But a ‘Con’ of the American People

Yves here. We wrote yesterday about the gimmick of Trump’s pretense that he will cap interest on credit cards at 10% for only a year.

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How the Bay Area’s Gay Bars Became a Battleground for LGBTQ+ Rights in the 1950s

Episode Transcript Olivia Allen-Price: San Francisco and its surrounding Bay Area have long been known as a gay capital of the world. Music starts After

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Evan Peters on Ariana Grande, American Horror Story Season 13

“He’s just an incredible collaborator,” Evan shared of Ryan. “As strong as his vision is, he’s willing to take ideas in and try them, and

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Climate Engineering Would Alter the Oceans, Reshaping Marine Life – Our New Study Examines Each Method’s Risks

Yves here. It is depressing but climate engineering, aka geo-engineering, is inevitable. Our putative betters are not just not doing remotely enough to try to

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Felony Trial Begins for Stanford Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Five current and former students at Stanford are on trial for barricading themselves inside the university president’s office on June 5, 2024.  The protesters, who

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Ride Share Driver Assault Allegation

Kiefer Sutherland is facing a new legal battle.  The 24 star was arrested on Jan. 12 after being accused of assaulting his ride-share driver in

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Venezuelan Oil and the Limits of U.S. Refining Capacity

Yves here. Many commentators have described the sorry state of Venezuela’s oil industry and taken a stab estimating what it would take to turn that

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Lurie Backs Proposed California Law to Allow Court-Ordered Psychiatric Drugs

“Too many people in San Francisco are falling into crisis when intervention could — and should — come sooner. At the center of this effort