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Doctor M. Popular<p>I stopped by Punjab Restaurant for lunch today on 24th St. A speeding driver crashed into this restaurant last February, and the owners have spent the past year trying to fix the place back up again. They did a great job; this place has such a great vibe to it, like an old-timey diner. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MissionDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissionDistrict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a></p>
Tilo Schumann<p>In der Bay Area fährt der <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BART</span></a> - eines der schnellsten Metrosysteme der Welt. Kernstück ist die Transbay Tube zwischen <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oakland</span></a>. Es sind genaue Daten zu den Stationen, in denen ein- und ausgestiegen wird, verfügbar. Diese erlauben es, die Nachfrage zu visualisieren. 86.000 Fahrgäste sind im Januar 2025 an einem Wochentag unter der Bay unterwegs. <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a></p>
We Built This City<p>Today's <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> photoblog post: Cool utility box art at 19th Ave. and Ocean Ave. <a href="https://webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/778289204274806784" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/pos</span><span class="invisible">t/778289204274806784</span></a></p>
Sumana Harihareswara<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayArea</span></a> readers: an amazing exhibit opens today: "Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books".</p><p><a href="https://www.bccbooks.org/event/imaginary-books-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bccbooks.org/event/imaginary-b</span><span class="invisible">ooks-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books-2/</span></a></p><p>And there's an in-person event tonight, in person and on Zoom:</p><p><a href="https://www.bccbooks.org/event/imaginary-books-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bccbooks.org/event/imaginary-b</span><span class="invisible">ooks-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books/</span></a></p><p>On view, by appointment, through July 21, 2025. Funny, moving, thought-provoking -- I recommend it highly.</p>
Dorothea Lange<p>Howard Street in San Francisco, known as "Skid Row," the district of the unemployed </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/HowardStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SkidRow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkidRow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Murray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murray</span></a>&amp;Ready <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SanFranciscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFranciscos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769707/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20177697</span><span class="invisible">07/</span></a></p>
Dorothea Lange<p>"Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California. The hock shop </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SkidRow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkidRow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/HowardStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769695/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20177696</span><span class="invisible">95/</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Buying things in cash from Chinatown grocers is quite a bit cheaper than buying from the online Asian grocer I use. </p><p>Something that costs $9.99 online is $8.50. I can also try different new restaurants as they open. Fave recent new Chinatown spot is Rice Roll Express which has good freshly made cheung fan. Saw a new takeout dimsum spot today that looks better than the one TikTok tells people to go to. </p><p>My Chinatown strategy is, if I see a large number of old Chinese aunties in line, I stand in it and get what they get. </p><p>It’s never let me down</p><p>I also prefer Chinatown to the west side Chinese grocers. It’s just more density of cool things to see. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinatown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinatown</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sanfrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanfrancisco</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Hell money: in Taoist Chinese culture, we burn paper money for our ancestors to use in hell </p><p>(Yes we believe everybody goes to hell)</p><p>Heaven and hell are sort of the same (doesn’t have the Christian interpretation) </p><p>I’m not up to date on dates but I think Qing Ming festival is around the corner </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoist</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinatown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinatown</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>2/3<br>Chuck Schumer should resign.<br>But no, he's going to start his book tour ...<br>Great timing. I guess he will be getting a warm welcome everywhere ... <br>(But the coward will probably use the back door.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckSchumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookTour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sixth_" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sixth_</span></a>&amp;_I <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SantaMonica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantaMonica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/senator-chuck-schumer-antisemitism-in-america-a-warning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calendar.prattlibrary.org/even</span><span class="invisible">t/senator-chuck-schumer-antisemitism-in-america-a-warning</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/senator-chuck-schumer-tickets-1203633844229" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/senator-chuck</span><span class="invisible">-schumer-tickets-1203633844229</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/protest/comments/1jb3wd9/protest_schumers_book_tour_dates_in_baltimore_nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/protest/comments/</span><span class="invisible">1jb3wd9/protest_schumers_book_tour_dates_in_baltimore_nyc/</span></a></p>
Dorothea Lange<p>Untitled photo, possibly related to: The city of San Francisco, California. Seen from the first street ramp of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/first" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>first</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/BONART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BONART</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771675/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20177716</span><span class="invisible">75/</span></a></p>

Emily Fromm is a #SanFrancisco artist who has been working on a huge new mural over by the Great Walkway Park in Ocean Beach. After spending 150 hours on the piece, somebody vandalized the piece on Friday night (a few days before the piece was finished & coated in vandalisim-resistant coating).
Emily is trying to be a positive force in the community, but has been harassed by car owners who are opposed to the new park. She believes that's why her artwork was vandalized. instagram.com/p/DHOwpw8yM2Y/

If you live in #SanFrancisco, you probably know we have a new park along Ocean Beach. We need a name for the new park, and the City is asking the public for suggestions. You can submit a suggestion here by TODAY (Sunday): sfrecpark.org/1824/The-Great-P

• until 3/16 at 5:00pm – The public can submit name ideas online.
• 3/18 at 6:00pm – A virtual community meeting will review nominations and gather feedback.
• 3/20-4/2 – The public will weigh in online to determine the final name.

I suggested the Joshua Norton Promenade because the park is literally a promenade (a paved walkway along a waterfront), and Emperor Norton definitely makes me think about promenading. I'd be happy with any name that included Promenade, though.

I just reviewed my electricity bills from the past couple of years for my all-electric, one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco. Here are some takeaways:

* On average, we use less than 300 kWh per month: Around 200 kWh in warmer months and up to 400 kWh in winter. Not great, but not bad.
* Between PG&E and CleanPowerSF, electricity costs have risen from $0.30–$0.35 per kWh in early 2022 to $0.40–$0.45 per kWh recently.
* Some of this increase comes from opting into CleanPowerSF's SuperGreen plan, which claims to be 100% renewable and regionally generated (wind/solar). However, PG&E's delivery charges (and associated increases) still apply, which is frustrating.
* Our current electricity prices are among the highest in the world, which seems absurd, but probably makes sense considering PG&E's wildfire liabilities and infrastructure costs.

#SF #SanFrancisco #California #electricity