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DNA Lounge: Wherein SFMTA wants to bulldoze DNA Lounge's parklet

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/09/22.html

Published: September 23, 2026 01:00

We've had our parklet for 15 years, and now SFMTA says they're going to fine us $500/day if we don't demolish it in two weeks. We have spent nearly two years trying to negotiate with them to figure out some rational way to satisfy them, and they have been…

Ducking autocomplete

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Published: September 22, 2026 16:58

Dear Lazyweb, There are folks in macOS/iOS "Contacts" whom I haven't emailed in years. How do I make them stop being the first completion? I would prefer to not have to shitcan their contact info entirely, but I'm sick of almost accidentally emailing the…

DNA Lounge: Wherein it's the gayest weekend of the year

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/09/21.html

Published: September 22, 2026 01:06

It's time for the Folsom Street Fair and we've got quite a lineup! First a bit of an outlier, on Friday the Aniclover folks are bringing some kind of anime maid thing, your guess is as good as mine. But this one is phone-free, which I can certainly get…

Batman: The Doome

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Published: September 18, 2026 20:06

"The doome warning all men to the iudgemente wherein are contayned for the most parte all the straunge prodigies hapned in the worlde, with diuers secrete figures of reuelations tending to mannes stayed conuersion towardes God: in maner of a generall…

DNA Lounge: Wherein Hubba Hubba Revue is two decades old!

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/09/17.html

Published: September 18, 2026 00:38

I hope you will be joining us for the Hubba Hubba Revue 20th Anniversary show this Sunday, Sep 20! Main floor seating has sold out, but some balcony seats remain. Broke Ass Stuart has a nice retrospective: How did this all get started? Kingfish: "I got…

Records of Enemy Surveillance

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Published: September 16, 2026 05:40

Records of Enemy Surveillance: The red squares are Flock cameras. They are networked devices with cellular radios and solar panels which read license plates via machine learning algorithms. Police have access to the full network of cameras, and have used…

We Must Create the Shit Machine

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/we-must-create-the-shit-machine/

Published: September 16, 2026 05:03

Pete Reynolds: The miraculous Shit-Raining Machine, from which there will be NO HOPE OF RELIEF, promises to unlock PREVIOUSLY UNIMAGINABLE AND CURRENTLY VAGUE BENEFITS FOR HUMANKIND, such as: Business things. Other stuff. WE MUST CREATE IT. Could the…

DNA Lounge: Wherein we need your vote

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/09/07.html

Published: September 7, 2026 22:09

Hey! Are you a fan of DNA Lounge? Would you like to help us stay alive? There is a thing you can do that will make it easier for us to book better shows, receive grants, and avoid harmful interference from our local bureaucrats. And even better, it only…

I agree with this message

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Published: September 5, 2026 09:22

Happy "Big Block of Cheese Day" to all who celebrate

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Published: September 5, 2026 00:51

UN General Assembly votes against the Mercator Projection: The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The "Correct the Map" resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by…