Two months deep, and it’s starting to get rough out there. It was exhilarating at first, wasn’t it? With all the marching and the sign making and the hooplah. But let’s face it — it’s exhausting being a liberal stronghold in a liberal bookend of a state, when Trump is running around trying to fire Big Bird and take away your health insurance and everything.
Opt for “Netflix and Chill” over “CNN and Freak Out”
How the News Media Created the Alt-Right
“CNN’s and other news outlets’ constant coverage of alt-right figures (including Trump) did more for white supremacy in one year than websites like Stormfront could have achieved in one hundred.” Read more…
Go See Some Comedy
The Unlikely Comedian (Or: How I Got Started in Comedy)
“Comedy is the refuge of the weirdos, an art that finds you when you’ve wrung out a few other options.” Read more…
Flee the Country (If You Can)
Tech Leaders Plan to Run from the Havoc Caused by Economic Disruption
“As the rich craft their escape plans to foreign countries where they’re welcomed as long as they make an investment, uneven border policies and empty savings accounts will force the poor, the working class and the increasingly hollowed-out middle to shoulder the burden of the inevitable collapse of the elite’s free-market experiment.” Read more…
Play with Some Puppies
All the Dog-Related Events in San Francisco
“If dog-sitting for Rover feels like too much of a commitment, here are some of SF’s annual events where you can get your doggo fix on for the rest of the year.” Read more…
