We appreciate the speakers who attended Noisepop's first ever SF Music Week Industry Summit and for diagnosing the trajectory of SF so on point, and KQED for taking the time to write this article

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937

Full page ad in today’s New York Times:

so thrilled to host the first ever SF Music Week Industry Summit, thank you Noise Pop, SF LIVE, and SF OWED

it's so surreal to see so many familiar faces under one roof

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?

It's literally called Library Extension.

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

Current mood. #resist #resistance

European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.

Stand tall against right-wing extremism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Songs for lovers and non-lovers. Till 10 at Roses On Adeline.

There’s a viral IG post of some MAGA troll citing 10 projects DOGE cancelled because they cost a combined $15.4M. The troll presents it as an example of how DOGE is “increasing efficiency.”

Here’s the thing — that's less than 2 days of corporate welfare given to Elon Musk for his companies.

1/4

After Melania personally pitched her personal documentary to Bezos last December, Amazon paid $40MM —almost 3X what Disney offered.

And now she’s hawking “sponsorships” to the film, for $10MM each.

Makes the old Trump hotel in DC look like chump change.

Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/ele...