Cydney Hayes

SCOOPLET: The collective of microinfluencer-technoartists tiat.place secured a lease at a chic downtown gallery. Will it have the reach to make Union Square…cool? Prob not, but with RTO sending more artsy yuppies to FiDi, I could see it becoming a scene and launching at least one real art career

The latest from my unofficial IRL-communities-attempt-to-solve-the-loneliness-crisis-created-by-capitalism beat:

Specialize or die What this month’s xAI layoffs say about the state of labor power

As AI takes over generalist tasks, "specialization" has become a watchword for young software engineers. But will it really help them protect their jobs?

Ah yes the rapture….just in time for Rosh Hashanah <3

“Wake up babe it’s Kang day” my editor and I say to each other for the tenth time today

Can local news help Nextdoor recover its neighborly reputation? The neighborhood-based social networking app is hoping local news partnerships can boost engagement and save news deserts. If only all their partners knew about it

NextDoor thinks local news will improve engagement and help news deserts. Someone should tell all their partners: sf.gazetteer.co/can-local-ne...

Let them eat cake The team behind the controversial ‘Stop hiring humans’ campaign attempts to stay buzzy without the ragebaiting

Artisan AI went viral with their infamous "Stop hiring humans" campaign last year. Can they keep up the buzziness without ragebaiting?

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🗣️ creepy twins alert!

(we did not coordinate our outfits beforehand)

The work of art in the age of artificial intelligence The experimental art collective TIAT is bringing together artists, technologists, and hundreds of admirers who want a robot to draw them

The hottest ticket in the SF art scene this week? An exhibition of whimsical AI-powered installations, hosted by a collective of creative technologists with a growing TikTok following.

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Literary synergy Green Apple Books co-owner Pete Mulvihill is now also an agent, trading on the insights he’s learned on the frontline of bookselling

Yesterday, Green Apple Books co-owner Pete Mulvihill officially added literary agent to his resume — and he's already spent the summer adding local writers to his client roster. sf.gazetteer.co/literary-syn...

Electropocalypse Now The Electrify Expo at Alameda Ferry Point revealed the survivalist subculture buzzing within the EV industry

SCENE REPORT ALERT ‼️ This week for @sf.gazetteer.co I wrote about the survivalist-meets-streamer subculture within the EV industry — and my weird ass time driving a Cybertruck

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Electropocalypse Now The Electrify Expo at Alameda Ferry Point revealed the survivalist subculture buzzing within the EV industry

Welcome to the Electropocalypse, the strange intersection where survivalism, gamer culture, and the EV industry meet.

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Too big to burst Public sentiment is turning on AI. Will that change anything?

This month has seen takedown after takedown of AI. When things seemed to come to a head last week, I wanted to know: Would the industry really change course, or would investors stay as enthusiastic as ever?

Read my latest story for Gazetteer:
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I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

Downtown SF is not considered a war zone, but this is the reality for American journalists reporting on ICE action.

According to Eddie, who’s been reporting on ICE in SF for the past year, the brutality of the agents against the press and protestors is escalating. (3/3)

Read the full story here:

He had identified himself as press. He did not provoke them. They assaulted him anyway. And like a true professional, he flushed out his eyes, went right back to work, and wrote up what happened (2/3)

This morning my colleague @eddiekimx.bsky.social was attacked by masked ICE agents while they detained someone near SF Immigration Court (1/3)

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

Reporter Eddie Kim went downtown to cover the detainment of an immigrant by ICE this morning.

Then he was pepper-sprayed in the face by an ICE agent standing a foot away. Completely unprovoked.

See our exclusive story and video from
@eddiekimx.bsky.social here:

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My first staffer story for @sf.gazetteer.co is up today 🌟

What are job seekers doing to break through the noise in today’s dismal job market? In short, anything and everything