A 🧵about launch day:. Today, we launched @Underscore_SF — "an unconventional publication about San Francisco (and the Bay Area.)". We dropped a fully populated website of 20 essays. without much of a hint. (Bc who has time to tease something in this economy, anyway?).

Can't wait to see these in the same landfill that contains all our Beanie Babies. "Of Course San Francisco Is Getting a Labubu-Themed Rave". 🔗:

Y'ALL GTFU LET'S MAKE THE UNION SQUARE CHEESECAKE FACTORY STAY OPEN LATE FOR A TSUNAMI VIEWING PARTY. "Once-a-Decade Earthquake Puts San Francisco on Tsunami Watch". 🔗:

Y'ALL BLOOM ALERT! . "Yes, Reader: That San Francisco Corpse Flower Has Officially Bloomed". 🔗:

The Bold Italic has gonna hella quiet; we're totally OK with that. "Publication Backed by Conservative YIMBY Group Goes Quiet Without Warning". 🔗:

Waymo's newest adversary? Street fireworks. "Two Waymo Cars Got Stuck Behind an Impromptu Firework Show in SF". 🔗:

🎶'CAUSE BABY YOU'RE A FIREWoOoORrRrRKkkkK!🎶. "Photos: Karl The Fog a Rare No-Show During San Francisco 4th of July Fireworks Show". 🔗:

ICYMI: Fuck The Stan Francisco Standard. "Tone-Deaf Headline From Controversial SF Publication Goes Viral, Gets Blasted With Top-Tier Comments". 🔗:

RT @SFBART: We invited our biggest fans to show us their favorite things to do on BART during summer break! . Zayn took us to Bageltopia ne….

RT @irockgnomes: The thing with shelters is that they are time-bound, so a homeless person gets put into a shelter then kicked out soon aft….

~*the train is crashing, yet I can't look away*~. "SF’s Mayor Wants Nothing to Do With Laughably Rebranded Big Money ‘Moderate’ PAC". 🔗:

Bc nothing says greed more than "omg we're backed by a billionaire but we're also gonna charge you $9 a month to read our stuff.". "Billionaire-Funded San Francisco Publication Quietly Puts Content Behind Paywall, Starts Subscription Model". 🔗:

The musical chair game of editors at The San Francisco Standard continues, btw. "Billionaire-Founded SF Publication Sees Yet Another Editor-in-Chief Step Into Role After Acquiring ‘Future of Work’ Outlet". 🔗:

Nothing says Hot Gworl Summer more than the smell of rotting flesh. "One of San Francisco’s Giant Corpse Flowers Is Set to Bloom Soon". 🔗:

Attendees at the 2025 Trans March in SF had some choice words for the city’s current mayor. "SF Mayor Booed, ‘Not Welcomed’ at Trans March Amid Budget Cuts Toward Gender-Affirming Care Programs and Removal of Trans Flag at Official Pride Ceremony". 🔗:

RT @48hills: Mayor Daniel Lurie just released what he calls his “family zoning plan,” which could better be called a “rich family zoning pl….

RT @sashaperigo: I talked to five San Franciscans about their experience volunteering for the @ZohranKMamdani campaign and what his win mea….

An agave planted in SF’s Hayes Valley neighborhood has entered the early “death blooming” stages, producing a massive asparagus-looking central structure. "FYI: San Francisco Has Its Own Towering ‘Death Asparagus’ Plant". 🔗:

For the first time in over a decade, SF didn't fly the trans flag during this year's official Pride kickoff ceremony. "SF Pulls Trans Flag From Official Pride Flag Raising Ceremony for First Time in Recent History". 🔗:

Huge, if true. (It's true.). "NorCal Regional Park Quadruples in Size After Massive Land Purchase Transfer". 🔗:

Fabulosa Books in the Castro took a note from Booksmith — and stopped selling and buying books from J.K. Rowling this week. "Another San Francisco Bookstore Has Pulled Books by J.K. Rowling From Its Shelves". 🔗: