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50 years ago tonight, seastones at #SanFrancisco's palace of fine arts featuring ned lagin, phil lesh, david crosby, & jerry garcia. owsley recorded, apparently, but not circulating. #nedfreaksunite

Jeffrey Epstein's emails, released by the US House Oversight Committee, contain Michael Wolff's unpublished Epstein profile, raising access journalism concerns (Ben Smith/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/16/2025

Exclusive: In an unpublished column, questions about Epstein and about journalism
Buried deep in the House Oversight Committee’s recent release of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox is an 8,684-word profile by the reporter Michael Wolff.

Driven by a boom in #ArtificialIntelligence startups #SanFrancisco’s rising rent rate now tops the nation ... again.
🟢 Apartment #Rents that now avg well over $3000 a month are up 6% this yr , more than double t…

Renting a San Francisco Apartment in the A.I. Boom? Good Luck.
The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.

Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S. (Jeffrey Schweers/Orlando Sentinel)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/sanford-grandfather-born-in-refugee-camp-nabbed-by-ice-after-70-years-in-u-s/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p112#a251117p112

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks.
#SanFrancisco

Salesforce CEO #MarcBenioff says the National Guard should descend on #SanFrancisco. Then:
✅ SF Mayor Daniel Lurie cancels #Salesforce press event
✅ Kumail Nanjiani & Ilana Gl…

Some pics my spouse took at yesterday's NoKings rally in Washington DC. (I was there too, but she is in charge of photos.) In the photo showing much of the crowd, you can see the snipers on top of the National Gallery of Art. #NoKings #WashingtonDC

Vox launches its subscriber-only program on Patreon, offering access to Vox.com, ad-free content, livestream events, two new exclusive video series, and more (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/16/2025/vox-to-partner-with…

Exclusive: Vox to partner with Patreon for new paywalled shows
Vox said it hopes to supplement its shows with live newsroom conversations and community features such as chats.

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue (Eric Niiler/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/climate/ncar-climate-research-agu.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p64#a251219p64

In an internal memo, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei warns that the US is in "a post-news era" where "everyone has their own individual reality" (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025/axios-ceo-us-is-in-post-news-era

Exclusive: Axios CEO: US is in ‘post-news’ era
Jim VandeHei wrote in an internal memo that what matters is information, not “the news.”