Allison McCartney

Atomic Redsters seem to be the true Olympic champions so far

holy shit

It’s fun to see the whole city decked out in 49ers gear

Courtney Helland @CourtneyHella I would gloat about this, but in a few months it will be July and it'll still be 55°F in San Francisco, and then we'll be the coldest city in the lower 48. Drew Tuma @DrewTumaABC7 • 4h San Francisco is the warmest city in the lower 48 this morning

it's true-

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“My steak is too juicy, my lobster too buttery” as the kids say

In retrospect, le poisson steve was probably the best thing to happen in 2025

The scream I scrumpt seeing Hunter/x show up as a Snoop guest on the Lions/Vikings halftime show!!!

The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

“INSIDE THE DEPORTATION MACHINE: How ICE has moved thousands of people through detention and out of the country.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.

A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.

SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Who Is the Ultimate Mr. Darcy?

Don’t make me choose ! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...

Waymo suspends service amid widespread blackout-related disruption Company temporarily pauses robotaxis in San Francisco after cars stalled out and blocked intersections, causing traffic jams.

Waymos are bad for human jobs, but good, generally, for traffic safety.

Blackouts are (for the time being, anyway) an edge case, but the public needs to know how/if this can be addressed, bc that makes the impacts of quakes or cyberterror more fraught. sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...

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My Bay Area struggle is thinking to myself, "Wow it's absolutely freezing," then opening my weather app and seeing it's 56 degrees 😐

Fast Five

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lol this rocks

taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves

artboard demonstrating the panel font variation for the FRANS SANS typeface

Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏

emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…

#typography #design

The battle over the Slayer tee continues …

A blue, yellow, and white Sea slug mascot stands in front of some tents.

Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.

Oop found it! www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

Anyone know what’s up with this giant zeppelin going over downtown San Francisco right now?

amen

When I move away from a place, it often feels like a dream that I ever lived there at all.

I’ll have strong words for whoever chose the bar

JK it took an hour by car lol

JFK to Williamsburg is 37 minutes by car but more that 2 hours by public transport??

Power outage street party in the Mission

I can report a pretty substantial power outage in the Mission