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More wild weather in SF today. The sky turned dark and we had a brief, but strong, graupel storm in the Mission. We often see graupel in Jan/Feb, but rare in April. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel

Amphibian Modules, Fiddle Henges, and Letheliums: strange new sounds from the Guthman Musical Instrument Finalists of 2026. https://guthman.gatech.edu/2026-finalists

OC: ELECTRONICA: GHOST IN THE MACHINE JOSH ELLINGSON: AGE 13/PEPPER’s GHOST + ASTROGOLEM + TELLURIAN DRAMA + Fine-tuning through the ultra-rich ether, we have discovered some, uh, “special” frequencies that ‘charm’, and re-animate concepts of contemporary A/V installation/performance, with jol…

Joshua Ellingson will be demoing his unique art tonight at Artist Television Access, combining modular synthesizers with the Pepper’s Ghost illusion. These ATA talks are always worth checking out. https://www.atasite.org/?p=16404

A little more context: 415 is the area code here in San Francisco. Fernet is a bitter Italian liqueur that’s unusually popular here. San Francisco accounts for about 35% of Fernet-Branca’s U.S. sales!

Hence: a Fernet-flavored donut on 4/15.

A flier promoting the Fernet and Coke donut from Dynamo Donuts. It shows a vanilla donut with white cream and red sugar rocks on top. The text says: FERNET & COLA 415 DAY SPECIAL Available April 15t only For 415 Day, we took a look into the culture of San Francisco & ended up here → The Fernet Donut. It's a vanilla base dunked in a Fernet Branca & cola glaze that hits like a punch to the palate (in a good way) You don't have to like it, but you should definitely try it

In celebration of 415 Day, Dynamo Donuts is making a special batch of Fernet and Coke donuts. Available only at their 24th street location.

The SF Yo-Yo Club on Saturday April 11th The SF Yo-Yo Club is a monthly meetup in the Mission District of San Francisco. We hang out in the back of 826 Valencia from 2-5pm and share yo-yo tricks with each other. It’s open to anyone, but donations for 826 (the non-profit space hosting us) are always appreciated. I hope to see you there! 1775941200 **** days **** hours**** minutes**** seconds until SF Yo-Yo Club

I'm hosting another #yoyo club this Saturday, April 11th, at 826 Valencia in #SanFrancisco's Mission District. Open to all, BYO🪀 doctorpopular.com/the-sf-yo-yo-club-on-sat...

Bay Area artists: The SF Cartoonist Conspiracy is getting together on Tuesday, April 14th at Finjan Qahwa cafe. Come jam on comics with us. cartoonistconspiracysf.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/sf-cartoonist...

#SanFrancisco

It's open season for refusing AI There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

Movements to shut down or ban data centers are amassing power and notching victories. Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content in articles. Publishers and entertainment studios are being pushed to reject AI-produced content outright.

In other words: It's open season for refusing AI.

Speaking of Community Thrift, I donated a ton of old clothes there and it’s such a weird feeling seeing my hyper specific interests all together on a rack like that.

We bought our first place, a 2nd floor unit on 16th St near Valencia,and just put in our first bits of furniture. This is so exciting! Shout out to Community Thrift a few blocks away.

A 4.9 earthquake down in Boulder Creek, CA. Woke me up here in SF. It felt like a really long earthquake that kept getting shakier by the second. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew...

We make it too. Have a fun system of keeping skin/bones in one freezer bag and vegetable scraps in another bag. We use those to make about 4 jars of broth once a month.

I’m at ICE HQ

"Signal Secure Backups" intro screen ("This is a beta feature and will be improved over time."): Back up your messages and media using Signal's secure, end-to-end encrypted storage service. Never lose a message when you get a new phone or reinstall Signal. - End-to-end encrypted - Optional, always - Delete your backup anytime

Recovery Key explainer page: - Your recovery key is a 64-character code that you will need to restore your backup. - Store your recovery key somewhere safe like a password manager, and don't share it with anyone. - If you lose it, you won't be able to recover your messages.

"Choose Backup Plan" screen: - Backups are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is a non profit. Paying for backups helps support us. - Free tier: Text + 45 days of media including full text message backup & last 45 days of media - $1.99/month: Text + All your media, including full text message backup, full media backup, and 100 GB of storage

Aawwwww yeah! @signal.org has opened up secure backups for #iOS users! I've been waiting for this since the announcement of support for #Android last October: signal.org/blog/introdu...

// #Signal #Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity

Calvin pissing on the Sora logo. This is a classic meme based on the cartoon of Calvin and Hobbes.

Good riddance.

The Onion will still be around long after X The Everything app has faded away. Vive l'oignon !

Gorgeous!!!

A post on X.com (formerly twitter) by Kyle MacLachlan in August of 2016. The post uses emoji to describe Dune. "🌏💧✋🕋🗡🚀🏜☀️🌡🌶💯🚱⏳🌅🌑😡💉😱😈💀💥🌛🌙🐭💥🚶🏻〰🐛⌛️👳🙏💥😴🛌😳💥🐛💥👊⚔👑 "

Kyle MacLachlan using emojis to explain the plot of Dune back in 2016.

I didn’t find her until recently. When did she move to Manchester?

Recently discovered Sola Guinto and I’m hooked. “Armageddon” and “Freak” have been on repeat all day. Bay Area roots, now based in Manchester.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47G1p2B3R94 #SolaGuinto

I spent no less than 5 years of my life trying to draw like Sam Kieth. An untouchable master. RIP.

Silver Sprocket | I’m saddened to announce that Silver Sprocket’s San Francisco storefront’s last day of operation will be this Monday March 23rd. ... | Instagram 2,139 likes, 124 comments - silversprocket on March 20, 2026: "I’m saddened to announce that Silver Sprocket’s San Francisco storefront’s last day of operation will be this Monday March 23rd.  Everything in the store will be 30% off through our last day. Please swing by, we'd love to see you at 1018 Valencia one more time.   Your online orders are deeply appreciated. While we are having this sale in-store only to help clear inventory, you can get 15% off online with code: 15sale Why so suddenly, and why right now? The unfortunate reality is that even with the positive response to our membership drive, difficult staff cuts, and every other action we could think of, the store continues to lose money each month.  To offset the drop in sales over the past three years, I have been supporting the store by taking on personal debt.  Personal debt has never been sustainable, and I’m well past the end of the road for what I can take on. While there were challenges, the store was generally breaking even until 2023.  It must be said that I was running this store from a place of deep passion, but not from experience, or expertise in retail.  While this may have worked out for a business with wider margins, the factors familiar to all of us experiencing a changing San Francisco had an outsize impact.  The drop in foot-traffic, lower sales at all businesses on our part of Valencia Street, fewer tourists, rising expenses, and the general economic uncertainty impacting people’s spending made it impossible for the retail store to sustain itself. Our Crew With the store closing, our amazing staff is very suddenly finding themselves out of work. Our managers Josh and Sol, along with part-timers Parker and Chrissy, have been the absolute best collaborators I could have ever hoped for in this undertaking going above and beyond in being dedicated, diligent, hard working, kind, and passionate about all aspects of the operation. Working with them has been an honor and delight. They will be looking for work. Please reach out to josh@silversprocket.com or sol@silversprocket.com to get in touch.  What’s Next? [Continued in the comments...]".

More details on Silver Sprocket’s closing here www.instagram.com/p/DWICpy1j37...

A sign in front of Silver Sprocket comics that says they are running a store closing sale.

Oh, this one huuuuurts!!!!
Silver Sprocket is closing their shop on Valencia St next week. #SanFrancisco

Sketches from Tomales Bay - Doc Pop's Weblog I’m back from a short vacation in West Marin where we kayaked across Tomales Bay and camped in a mellow site along the beach. Along the way we spotted tule elk, elephant seals, otters, deer, bioluminescent sea-creatures, and a juvenile gray whale. I brought a fine-point Sharpie and a small sketchbook and kept a tiny […]

A tiny sketch-journal of our trip to Tomales Bay. https://docpop.org/2026/03/sketches-from-tomales-bay/

Not sure if it looks like much, but this beefhook-to-stall was hard as hell to land with a responsive #yoyo.

A quick web search for "bandcamp muzx.top" turns up hundreds of results like this. Maybe even thousands. It's not much risk to the consumer, who probably know it's spam, but it sucks for BC and the artists.