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    Speaking to Your Soul 10/21/21

    Speaking to Your Soul 10/21/21

    By Elisa Quinzi– October’s orchestra of other-worldly orbs urges us to examine the underlying motives driving our emotions, particularly in the context of our relations with others, and with getting…

    LGBTQ+ Intersectional Identities in STEMM

    LGBTQ+ Intersectional Identities in STEMM

    (This series of profiles from the California Academy of Sciences New Science exhibit tells first-person stories of LGBTQ+ women and gender minorities of color working in STEMM—science, technology, engineering, math,…

    SF Pride Hosts Inaugural Ken Jones Awards

    SF Pride Hosts Inaugural Ken Jones Awards

    Photos by Rink On Thursday, October 14, San Francisco Pride hosted its first annual Ken Jones Award in a gala reception held in the San Francisco Hilton’s penthouse. (For more…

    Top of Your Stack: Recommendations from Book Passage 10.21.21

    Top of Your Stack: Recommendations from Book Passage 10.21.21

    Bewilderment (fiction) by Richard Powers The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is…

    Dykes with Drills: Speed Square

    Dykes with Drills: Speed Square

    By Julie Peri– If you have been in a woodshop or inherited some tools belonging to a builder or carpenter, you may have come across a triangular-shaped tool called a…

    LGBTQ Leaders Among Dignitaries for USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) Christening Ceremony on November 6

    LGBTQ Leaders Among Dignitaries for USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) Christening Ceremony on November 6

    By Eddie Reynoso– The Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206)—the second of the John Lewis-class oilers being built by General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, California—will be christened at…

    On the Front Lines: Fighting Evictions

    On the Front Lines: Fighting Evictions

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Even though the eviction moratorium in San Francisco has been extended to November 30, with further legislation pending to extend it to December 31, evictions and…

    Ann Rostow: Not the Greatest Generation

    Ann Rostow: Not the Greatest Generation

    By Ann Rostow– Not the Greatest Generation I have been casting about for interesting topics and procrastinating to some extent, since I don’t have a major lead story this week,…

    ‘March for Our Rights’ – San Francisco Community-Organized March for Reproductive Justice, October 2

    ‘March for Our Rights’ – San Francisco Community-Organized March for Reproductive Justice, October 2

    In San Francisco and cities throughout the U.S., thousands of marchers took to the streets on Saturday, October 2, demanding that women’s reproductive rights must be preserved. The route began…

    Cryptocurrency: Goldmine or Empty Claim?

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– The CEO of Levi’s recently talked about people needing new clothes because of the pandemic—either because they had shed or added significant weight. How brilliant to…