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@hooleil

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hard-launching my new relationship in this column

I love SF but had to leave. Why? The same reason most people do

A part of me feels like I punked out on a city that needs enthusiasm right now. But...

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@hooleil

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hello I wrote abt #BEEFNetflix , which should cause Asian Americans to pause and ask if separating this art from its artists is something that would truly benefit the “community” or something that would rly just benefit David Choe and his enablers 👀

We’re in Asian America’s peak media moment. But ‘Beef’ has poisoned the well

The casting of a self-proclaimed rapist in a Netflix hit sparks angst regarding how far...

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the New York Times keeps acting like trans people are putting puberty blockers in kids’ Halloween candy, manufacturing a crisis when there simply is none, and putting lives in danger. a gift link to my column on the NYT letter:

The New York Times doubles down on its dangerous obsession with trans people

An open letter to the Times rightly calls out the paper for its biased coverage of trans...

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when my grandfather died, I wrote the obituary. and it felt like another loss when the local paper forced me to take out all the diacritics in his name and his village's name. we weren't even allowed to spell his name right in the last official document of his existence. it sucks

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Decolonising literature takes one step at a time & I consider it a signigicant step when I was able to include this note in my recent New York Times essay "Read Your Way Through Hanoi". Grateful to editors of @nytimesbooks for their kind support 🙏

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I swore I’d never do a gimmick article again!!! but this shit is DIRE and people need to get madder about the gov’t reducing SNAP when food prices are still hella inflated. what are people supposed to do in high COL places like SF?

I tried to live on California's new $23-a-month food stamp benefits. I failed

Emergency funding for SNAP has ended, leaving many Californians with bare-bones food...

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the ideal "only in San Francisco" story: a new restaurant with a $75 tasting menu for dogs. no, they don't serve human food

S.F. now has a fine-dining restaurant for dogs with $75 tasting menu

What may be the country’s first dog restaurant is now open in San Francisco.

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wow, I think not attending the awards was my good luck charm this time! but seriously, what an incredible honor! I have always said that awards don't matter but now that I have one I'm forced to acknowledge that it feels really great to have my work recognized. OK, you got me.+

James Beard Foundation

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The Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award recognizes discerning criticism that contributes to the larger discourse on cuisine or restaurants. The 2022 winner is @hooleil for @Sfchronicle #jbfa

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traveled 1.5 hrs to El Charrito in Salinas, CA for these ecstatically crunchy taquitos (plus 20 burritos for later). don’t regret it one bit!!

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finally, a French Laundry review! with a little bit about how intense it is to score a reservation these days. (I got mine from @Reddit , of all places)

The French Laundry remains so hot there’s a black market for reservations. Is it still worth the...

The struggle to score a reservation only heightens expectations.

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😬

I attended a secretive anti-trans dinner in San Francisco. And then I puked

While chewing on chicken piccata in a darkly lit restaurant, I listened to a crowd rage...

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breadbelly really smashing the SF sandwich game rn

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love that this was the big headline in 1963

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( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) secret’s out!

Just the check, please: Why your food critic is moving on

Four years later, restaurant critic Soleil Ho is taking on a new role at The Chronicle.

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1 year

Luddites weren’t anti-tech cavemen: they were labor activists fighting against the tech barons who used machines to devalue their work. the same battles are playing out today on the streets of San Francisco.

Yes, many self-driving car opponents are Luddites. That’s not the insult you think it is

People and groups protesting the spread of driverless vehicles aren’t against...

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skill issue

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Imagine coming to Oakland and San Francisco and not being able to locate a decent meal

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with CNN’s “centrist” pivot having blown up spectacularly and its top exec now out, here’s my story on one small, but important way the network failed the public in its attempt to spur outrage over San Francisco

She told her story to CNN. The network treated it like San Francisco poverty porn

With all the hallmarks of exploitation films, CNN’s manipulative San Francisco special...

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1 year

this week: a longer read on Asian America’s historical relationship with the ego-soothing balm of merit

Asian Americans face an existential crisis: Do Black lives matter only when it benefits us?

Misconceptions of exceptionalism and merit are leading Asian Americans down a dark path.

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@hooleil

1 year

is the decimal… in the wrong place?

Nancy Pelosi

@SpeakerPelosi

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Today, I'm proud to announce that San Francisco will receive $1 million in federal funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of SF Affordable Housing Program to support the construction of 221 new high-quality affordable homes in the heart of our City. Read my full statement:

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1 year

after listening to 7+ hours of public debate over AVs yesterday, I picked up on a fascinating thread: are driverless cars as good for the disabled community as companies claim? well, depends on who you think belongs to “the community”

Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under...

Waymo and Cruise assert that their services will be a boon to disabled people. But in a...

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new from me: I asked experts and NYT staff to help me understand why the paper continues to pump out so many weird and awful takes on trans people

The New York Times continues to be a bit of a TERF

Insiders say the Gray Lady is “too excited to question whether or not it’s OK to be...

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1 year

new from me: an essential farmers’ market that feeds low-income folks in SF is being displaced by the city, which plans to build a skate park at the site. the unnecessarily chaotic process puts food security at risk, but city govt doesn’t seem to care

Farmers’ market drama is the last thing San Francisco needs right now

City plans to move a popular U.N. Plaza market over opposition from vendors who say they...

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@hooleil

2 years

honestly if anything I hope this james beard win means that more people are gonna aim to rip me off and copy whatever the hell it is I'm doing. let chaos descend onto food media!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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I spent months messing with AI art generators and following the #CreateDontScrape movement for this story, which goes into what it means to crib a style, the politics of training AI, and why art exists in the first place.

No, teaching AI to copy an artist’s style isn’t ‘democratization.’ It’s theft

Artists hoping to protect their work from being copied by AI are accused of being...

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1 year

I really love all the weird and awkward ways online commenters wrestle with my gender two recent bangers: "Dear They" and "Ms. Ho (they/them)"

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Not only are wheelchair users excluded from these services, there’s doubt that these vehicles can handle wheelchair-using pedestrians. If a system is only trained on people who can walk, then those who don’t fit that mold could easily go unrecognized.

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1 year

an op-ed on Oppenheimer by the governor of Hiroshima: "I can tell you that generations later, we still feel the impact of those two bombs."

Hiroshima governor: Here’s what Oppenheimer means to me

As audiences absorb Hollywood’s take on the man behind the bomb, I hope they also will...

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2 years

as a bonus, here are my mom and aunt losing it during the #JBF2022 livestream

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SNAP recipients are being told to look up their local food banks, but Bay Area food banks are already struggling to meet demand. donations are down, but cost of food and need are up. "We are the safety net's safety net," a rep from @SFMFoodBank told me

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1 year

I went to Vietnam and all I got you was this opinion column on why its urban street culture should inspire more ambitious thinking about US cities!

What Vietnam’s alleyways can teach the Bay Area about bureaucracy and community

The melding of public and private is key to creating spaces for actual hanging out.

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2 years

all of a sudden, everyone in my family had an air fryer! and tho it's been around for years, I noticed the Chron had never mentioned it -- so I said fuck it, let's do an air fryer story! on culinary elitism, disability hacks and the pursuit of happiness

Food snobs look down on the air fryer. Here’s why they’re wrong

For some, it’s a matter of leaning into pleasure. For others, gadgets are essential for...

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1 year

I have three days to get through my Saigon “to eat” list 🥴

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when you reply "paywall" to stories you're saying both 1) I think journalists should work for free and 2) I'd rather complain than seek out the many easy ways that are available to bypass digital paywalls. annoying either way!! no one cares

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2 years

if you had the total misfortune of being Tyler from The Menu what dish would you try to cook to keep the chef from killing you

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1 year

SNAP is supposed to be "supplemental"; but in the Bay Area, the rent eats first. dropping SNAP funds without any regional cost-of-living consideration will simply create more hunger and more desperation — incl. among older adults, disabled people and people in low-wage jobs

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pls let me live on top of this thing like S.F.'s own Saruman

EXCLUSIVE: Skyscraper Proposed for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Outer Sunset, San Francisco - San...

The pre-application has finally been filed for a 50-story mixed-use tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District...

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1 year

hello from the Haight Art Walk! my cousin is selling crocheted buses and trains 🥺

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2 years

celebrated my @beardfoundation win at the cheugiest winery in Napa Valley. love u ❤️‍🔥

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"Agarwal’s comments on the present state around COVID-19 are deplorable — dystopian, disheartening, disappointing, and detached from what it means to walk through this world as an empathetic, engaged, and intelligent presence."

The Co-Founder of an SF PAC Says ‘Covid Is Over.’ It’s Not.

Sachin Agarwal, who co-founded GrowSF in 2020 with Steven Buss — both of whom now co-own The Bold Italic — wrote in a now-deleted post on X early Thursday that “Covid is over,” never mind that...

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2 years

just received a cheese plate with a legit wedge of laughing cow cheese on it. and you know what, I respect it

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service journalism at its finest: where to eat when you're driving from SF to LA. for personal reasons, would love to know your tried-and-true spots. (I know in-n-out exists lmao, pls literally anything else)

Where to eat on your road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles

A guide to the best restaurants to stop at for food on the road between San Francisco and...

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1 year

testimony from one queer Target worker in California: "I started backing away to remove myself from the situation, but he kept going: 'Next month is the Devil’s month. You’re groomers. You’re dragging us to hell.'"

‘Things Got Really Scary Really Fast During Pride Month’

Three Target employees on being harassed and threatened by customers.

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did nothing but assemble this painfully small train for the past two hours

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Aura Bogado

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Rape culture requires a good degree of cognitive dissonance from people with power. It relies on people who control industries to accommodate men who rape. That process creates a culture in which rape is normalized, minimized, joked about and ultimately embraced as a way of life.

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Disabled Americans are twice as likely to live in poverty as their nondisabled peers, and there’s no guarantee that driverless car technology will be more financially accessible than public transit or taxi paratransit.

Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under...

Waymo and Cruise assert that their services will be a boon to disabled people. But in a...

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the latest from me: we can go back and forth on "is cisgender a slur?" all day but what really matters is who has the power to actually oppress people. (hint: it's not trans folks!)

How Elon Musk’s latest stunt just cemented his right-wing political agenda

It’s now a bannable offense to call someone “cis” on Musk’s Twitter. It seems...

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I invite conspiracy theorists to zoom into my laptop screen

Chronicle Food

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Former critic @hooleil and the Chronicle Food & Wine team have been nominated for prestigious James Beard awards:

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Remember, In-N-Out isn't some benevolent institution. It’s a fast food chain driven by profit goals. If In-N-Out’s primary concern is the well-being of the communities it serves, it wouldn’t be leaving.

In-N-Out closing. Keith Lee leaving. Retail theft: Here’s how to think about Oakland’s viral...

In-N-Out Burger closing its only Oakland location speaks to larger issues plaguing the...

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lmao I'm dying I changed my twitter display name to "Official User" at like 7am and now it won't let me change it to my real name. guess this is me now!!

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the director of the specific market being referenced recently told me, "A Fox News report that said we were down to 5 farmers. I can assure you we are still in existence, with 30-40 vendors a day. We certainly have more than a handful of customers. We are not that far in demise."

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Barbie says GENDER IS A PRISON

Barbie obliterates all of America’s silliest arguments about gender norms

The most threatening thing about the Barbie movie lies in its smart interrogation of...

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the food banks say that they will do everything necessary to avoid turning people away — but their resources aren't infinite. what happens to us when the safety net's safety net can't catch us? is that what a functioning society does?

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why are YOU excited for AirBnB's hypothetical collapse?

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Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here’s what he says about trans people

Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here’s what he says about...

The “San Fransicko” author’s appearance at a major anti-trans conference should...

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1 year

hello again! I went to a landlord rights rally and talked to @OlufemiOTaiwo about the fascinating way LL lobbyists in Oakland are using identity politics to call for an end to tenant protections

Bay Area landlords have a new weapon in their fight against tenant protections — identity politics

In their fight against pandemic-sparked eviction rules and other pandemic-related tenant...

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@hooleil

2 years

yes

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@hooleil A real waste of "newsprint." Will you be reviewing Taco Bell next and how they don't do "authentic" Mexican food?

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my latest—on @TraderJoesUnite 's quest to fight for workers' rights at broke Millennials' favorite grocery store

Don’t boycott Trader Joe’s over labor issues. But here’s what you should do

As a Trader Joe’s in Oakland begins to unionize, the public needs to reckon with the...

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finally, my haters can't dismiss me as a "blue check with pronouns" — I am simply "pronouns" now

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white lotus episode 1: when Shane got up on the bed trying to make out with his wife while wearing SHOES I truly could not stop screaming. horrorshow

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in a @sfchronicle survey, a third of ppl said they don’t tip for coffee—which made me think about all the ways in which coffee labor is devalued in our culture, among the public AND employers

Tipping $0 for coffee? Here’s what to think about first

How disparities in who gets tipped and who doesn’t tell us what people consider to be...

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“I would love for us to get to a world where that is part of good planning but I can’t trust that in good faith,” @metaforgotten said. “From day one, these services should be accessible — not 10 years later.”

Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under...

Waymo and Cruise assert that their services will be a boon to disabled people. But in a...

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2 years

did a spit take when I walked past this shop in Los Altos

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yeah I went to the friggin dog cafe!! IT WAS SO CUTE

Why S.F.’s spot with the $75 tasting menu for dogs is actually pretty great

No, I didn’t eat the dog food

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People use drugs to alleviate their pain and misery. That need is what fuels the drug economy, not Honduran migrants.

Deporting Honduran migrants won’t solve S.F.’s drug crisis. The Chronicle’s investigation shows why

The key to any antidrug strategy is the one thing San Francisco, and California more...

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2 years

on the trouble with Martin’s

Bay Area chefs are ditching their favorite burger buns over the maker’s extreme right-wing politics

Potato rolls from Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe have been the favorite of smashburger...

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2 years

what is the BEST vegetable? (and why is it broccoli?)

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SF’s Board of Supervisors is voting on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution today. so I wrote about why gestures like this matter

Why San Francisco’s Israel cease-fire resolution matters

A cease-fire resolution won’t end the war overnight, but it sends a key message to the...

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reasons why SVB failed, apparently 1) too busy celebrating Kwanzaa 2) spent all the money on puberty blockers for kids 3) quiet quitters working from home 4) gay 5) definitely not because of deregulation

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1 year

plus one other thing maybe 👀

San Francisco Chronicle

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Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” features Exploratorium founder Frank Oppenheimer, remembered for his endless curiosity.

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hmm why don't they, Clarence

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Justice Thomas also complains that Indians aren't Indian enough: "Today, Indians are citizens of the United States; the vast majority of them do not live on any reservation or Indian lands, but live (as most citizens) on lands that are wholly within a State’s jurisdiction." #ICWA

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every time I am asked to use microsoft teams I feel the urge to change my name, flee the country, start a new life

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thank you to the crew at @sfchronicle for believing that I could do this job when I definitely didn't believe I could do it. TY to my editors @lucchesi , @ssdai and @JanelleBitker for always being in my corner. and huge thanks to everyone cheering me on! I came into this world+

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some fun tv criticism! on the Obamas’ new Netflix show on the difficulty of finding meaning in work, and the heaviness of being told that inequality is inevitable by a host who maybe could have done something about that

Obama’s new Netflix series sands the rough edges off capitalism for your viewing pleasure

Former President Barack Obama hosts the new Netflix short series, “Working: What We Do...

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a glimpse into how the SF political sausage is made, and on the farmers market caught in the middle

Is S.F.’s Heart of the City Farmers’ Market really in danger of shutting down because of drugs?

Conservative group TogetherSF tweeted that San Francisco is so unsafe, a farmers’...

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“(Cruise’s people) blame the other driver who hit the pedestrian but don’t address the key safety issue: How come your car didn’t know it was on top of a person?”

SF officials knew weeks ago that Cruise vehicle dragged woman

Weeks before the DMV yanked Cruise's license over an incident in which its car dragged a woman, SF officials knew all the gory details

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That Newsom responded to calls for more Black representation in the Senate by appointing a person who has contributed to deprecating the livelihoods of many people of color in the state is depressing, but perhaps fitting for this seat in particular.

On Dianne Feinstein, Laphonza Butler, and California Democrats’ toothless girlboss identity politics

The late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s final arc demonstrates how elites’ half-hearted and...

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Japan's Yayoi Kusama, the most profitable living woman artist on Earth, is set to have a blockbuster show at @SFMOMA . Does the art world care about the anti-Black racism in her work?

SFMOMA is set to have a blockbuster show. But what about the artist’s racist writings?

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the world’s most prominent creators, also produced...

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love eating by myself so this is a list that I made just for meeeee

Best restaurants to eat alone in the Bay Area

These are the best restaurants to eat alone, with just your thoughts for company, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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guess I'll be on MSNBC in... 20 minutes!

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well! that’s a first. “Famed artist with SFMOMA show expresses ‘deep regret’ for anti-Black statements”

Famed artist with SFMOMA show expresses ‘deep regret’ for anti-Black statements

The world famous artist, whose exhibition “Infinite Love” opens at SFMOMA this...

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happy pride! this week, I wrote about the Target LGBT pride collection debacle, rainbow capitalism and the limits of corporate allyship

Target’s Pride collection nightmare is peak rainbow capitalism

Why culture war conflicts over queer-friendly brand representation effectively distract...

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1 year

"We might all mean well when we tip heavy — 20% is my absolute minimum — but it’s a short-term and frankly unsustainable way to make up for the fact that the United States lacks a meaningful social safety net."

How much should you tip? No one wants to hear the real answer

Why the practice of tipping is a faulty solution to social and economic problems.

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if you feel disconnected from all the complexities of trans identity, I do recommend reading this to get a clear sense of what’s at the root of anti-trans politicking

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in 1916, a Cal anthropologist said “We have hundreds of Indian skeletons that nobody ever comes to study.” so… why does UC Berkeley still have thousands of people’s remains in campus caches?

Why is liberal UC Berkeley hoarding Native American remains?

With 11,600 officially reported unrepatriated Native American remains kept in storage by...

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“While AI is often thought of as human-free machine learning, the technology actually relies on the labor-intensive efforts of a workforce spread across much of the Global South and often subject to exploitation.“

Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’

Thousands of workers in the Philippines labor for San Francisco start-up Scale AI. Many don’t always get paid.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@hooleil

1 year

dispatch from berkeley bowl! lost power so I couldn’t get my special lil frozen hash brown patties 😥

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@hooleil

2 years

of course I wrote about everyone’s favorite Asian food guide

A viral guide to eating Asian food was totally wrong, and here’s why

A Twitter thread reveals more than just misinformation about Asian cuisines.

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@hooleil

20 days

80% of why Berkeley residents are so smug

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@TeeAirRa_

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sometimes you eat a good piece of fruit and realize life is good

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@hooleil

2 years

if you're disabled and have a deep love for specialized kitchen appliances, reply to this! I wanna talk to you. (bonus points if you live in the Bay Area)

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@hooleil

1 year

the open letter to the @nytimes

muna abdulqadir

@mbullobullo

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A massive coalition of NYT contributors (180 and counting!) have signed an open letter calling out anti-trans editorial bias in the paper. Please share widely:

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a recent trip to Italy gave me a serious sense of missing out. America sucks

America has loads of Italian restaurants. But here’s what we're still missing

Put aside thoughts of Neapolitan pizza and handmade pasta, and there’s one Italian...

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1 year

LOVE this Bay Area guide to Teochew food, one of my family's favorite cuisines, by @hil_fung and @ghongsdusit ! I wish I could live at Thai Ngiep Ky Mi Gia and eat their duck noodles every day

This style of Chinese cuisine is hiding in restaurants all over the Bay Area

Guide to Teochew cuisine, a regional style of Chinese food, found in Vietnamese and Thai restaurants in San Francisco, Oakland and beyond.

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1 year

get hype for... food policy!!!!! some good news this time 🎉 a pilot program that's up for expansion in California is very good and important. pls read and tell your reps that you want more fresh produce options for CalFresh recipients!

Should California give residents money to buy fresh produce? Yes, and it’s a no-brainer

A new measure will go a long way toward preventing a catastrophic hunger cliff in...

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1 year

The industry’s public relations campaign has put a lot of effort into drawing a connection between disability rights and driverless cars. Driverless cars “reshape the transportation landscape for people with disabilities,” Waymo claims.

Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under...

Waymo and Cruise assert that their services will be a boon to disabled people. But in a...

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1 year

Maui journalists are working around the clock to cover the wildfires while dealing with their own devastating losses. donate here to support their work

Support Maui journalists covering wildfires, organized by Derek Moore

UPDATE 8/21/23: Hello everyone - I wanted to provide you with another update … Derek Moore needs your support for Support Maui journalists covering wildfires

www.gofundme.com

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@hooleil

1 year

I’m back!! first volley: why tipping sucks and why it’s hard on (most) everyone.

How much should you tip? No one wants to hear the real answer

Why the practice of tipping is a faulty solution to social and economic problems.

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@hooleil

2 years

proud of SF today 🥲

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2 years

after ordering a sandwich to go, the guy asked me if I wanted some "walking bacon." this was three strips of bacon separate from the sandwich, for me to eat while I walked away with the wrapped sandwich in my other hand. this is genius. all stores need walking bacon

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I bequeath this to you, my children...

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our last gift from @hooleil : the best Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area!

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A recent survey of 300 California fast food workers found that 88% were ignorant of basic workplace protections like paid sick leave and rest breaks. Even worse, 93% had no idea how to access benefits like worker's comp.

California’s fast food workers have new protections but most have no idea of their rights

A $20 minimum wage won’t have the impact it should if workers have no clue about their...

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@hooleil

1 year

I talked to several Asian American studies scholars for this piece, including the prolific poli scientist Claire Kim, whose new book, “Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World,” can’t come soon enough

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came so close to buying this gay soda today

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