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Zack Haber @zackhaber.bsky.social · 15h

Statement from Jerusalem Coffee House. Someone smashed a window of the Palestinian owned cafe Tuesday morning...

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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 2d

The North Beach nightlife community is mourning the death of Condor Club general manager Mark Calcagni, who was shot and killed in Santa Rosa Friday morning: sf.gazetteer.co/condor-club-...

Condor Club general manager shot and killed

Mark Calcagni was killed outside of his home in Santa Rosa

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 6d

reheated nachos etc etc

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 6d

max martin really doing his best jack antonoff

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 6d

🫣🫣🫣 well

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 8d

i wrote about the end of the labubu hype

Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 9d

The Labububble is Labursting, writes @joshuabote.com: sf.gazetteer.co/weve-reached...

We’ve reached the end of Labubus

The future of 2025’s ubiquitous bag charms hangs in the balance

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14d

ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...

The ICE Shooter’s Motive

Joshua Jahn's friends speak

www.kenklippenstein.com

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 16d

that earthquake..........oh jeez

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 23d

i went to the le sserafim show last night and have a lot of thoughts

Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 23d

“This line is outrageous,” a Civic Center district worker exclaimed as he observed hundreds of teen boys in Lakers jerseys, parents chaperoning their eager kids, and packs of largely Asian friend groups around him.

They were there to see K-pop group Le Sserafim: sf.gazetteer.co/among-the-fe...

Among the Fearnots

At their sold-out Civic Auditorium show, K-pop girl group Le Sserafim had something to prove

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 27d

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 27d

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation.

Full statement here:
www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

A screenshot of part of a statement from the Trans Journalists Association regarding reporting on Charlie Kirk shooting investigation:

It should also be noted that “transgender ideology” is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity. As it is often unclear what actions or political positions the phrase actually refers to — not unlike how “the homosexual agenda” is an amorphous term that has no real definition — reporters should be careful about using this term; it is used exclusively to attack a minority group for political gain.

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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 27d

In the aftermath of the killing of Charlie Kirk, @eddiekimx.bsky.social ruminated on his time at Kirk's visit to SF State in May.

Why are liberals like Gavin Newsom rushing to eulogize him, sans the reality of his violent message?

Free gift link: sf.gazetteer.co/liberals-are...

Liberals are already forgetting Charlie Kirk

As they rush to denounce political violence, eulogists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein are erasing the provocateur's extremist legacy

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olivia peluso @livpeluso.bsky.social · 27d

Evidently, early birds did not get the worm... @joshuabote.com on the latest tech x festival collab we didn't need sf.gazetteer.co/everyone-is-...

Everyone is talking about the Waymo Portola ticket discount except Waymo

Early festival ticket buyers are not happy about the 25% off sale; Waymo isn’t even advertising it

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27d

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:

www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

www.404media.co

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joshua @joshuabote.com · 29d

i dunno what's going on with kpop because why are there two songs in the past month that interpolate 2007 pop rnb hits..........

joshua @joshuabote.com · 29d

the intermittent fasting ad and the ice ad in the same screenshot :/

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Sep 7

hearing ignition remix at the bar 😕😕😕

joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 25

RAH 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · Aug 24

Alexandra Eala becomes the first player from the Philippines to win a Grand Slam match in the Open era.

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 21

NEW from me: Sean Parker’s latest venture is an AI character app called Cantina.

To promote Cantina, he’s hiring an army of teens and paying them up to $5,000 a month to flood TikTok with AI hamster and Dobby slop—and maybe violating FTC guidelines along the way. sf.gazetteer.co/tiktok-is-be...

TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parker’s royal hamsters

An AI-generated hamster isn’t cool. You know what is? A billion AI-generated hamsters, all speaking in a vaguely Irish accent

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 20

my colleague @eddiekimx.bsky.social was wantonly pepper sprayed by an ice agent while on the front lines of a detainment this morning

Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · Aug 20

Reporter Eddie Kim went downtown to cover the detainment of an immigrant by ICE this morning.

Then he was pepper-sprayed in the face by an ICE agent standing a foot away. Completely unprovoked.

See our exclusive story and video from
@eddiekimx.bsky.social here:

sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-f...

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray

Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 14

need to find the corner of bluesky that's also obsessed with boys ii planet

joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 14

good fact-check from @livpeluso.bsky.social on the canceled kis cafe guy's other restaurant

Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · Aug 14

Despite what you've heard, Domo is alive and well. sf.gazetteer.co/reports-of-d...

Reports of Domo’s death have been greatly exaggerated

Contrary to internet chatter, an influencer-shamed chef’s other restaurant remains open

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 13

i covered the sold-out keshi concert at chase center, and had to explain the idea of matcha labubu male manipulators to my boss @habermatt.bsky.social sf.gazetteer.co/at-chase-cen...

At Chase Center with young Asian America's favorite crooner

Keshi had what felt like every college-aged Asian person from the Bay Area singing and crying last night

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 13

have had chipotle for work lunch enough that the worker remembers my name. don't text

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joshua @joshuabote.com · Aug 13

the airport in manila is uniquely horrible, and the reason why my parents are 5 hours early to every flight ever

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · Aug 12

Venting space: tell me about *the worst* airport. Justification is not required, but is actively encouraged. I am not judging, I will join in hating it with you.

Frequent flyers, occasional travellers and one-time vacationers all welcome.

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