Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
likely to penetrate your daily life.”
Frances Dinkelspiel • Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California
IN THE MID-1960S, San Francisco was still a city of tribal villages. The Castro district and the Noe Valley neighborhood were working-class Irish, though the Irish in the adjacent Mission district were giving way to Latino immigrants. The
David Talbot • Season of the Witch
Imperial Hospitality
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
San Francisco has an enduring history with greed. It became a city on the back of the gold rush, and not even a catastrophic earthquake could slow San Francisco’s economic lust for long. Don’t let the granola vibes fool you. Booms and busts are the rhythm of this place.
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
This San Francisco Library Collects Print Materials You Were Never Meant to See
Listen
Sarah Jessee
Mar 22
Save Article
Save Article
Megan Prelinger (left) shows a small selection of 'The Hacker Quarterly' while her husband, Rick (right), scans the stacks at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco on Mar. 13, 2024. (Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)
In an... See more
Listen
Sarah Jessee
Mar 22
Save Article
Save Article
Megan Prelinger (left) shows a small selection of 'The Hacker Quarterly' while her husband, Rick (right), scans the stacks at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco on Mar. 13, 2024. (Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)
In an... See more