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Veteran journalist and winner of 2021 New England Society Book Award for TRIAL BY FIRE. *Retweets and likes acknowledge interest, not endorsement.

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Scott James - Writer
4 months
Craziest story by my friend Pamela Watts of RI PBS. Artists secretly lived inside an open active shopping mall. for years! Jesse Adam Eisenberg is making a movie about it.
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Scott James - Writer
6 months
Someone is not popular in Paris
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Scott James - Writer
6 months
Who is Putin, really? Here's an essay I wrote many years ago. Warning: don't look at the photos.
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medium.com
As the President praises Putin, a photograph tells a different story
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Scott James - Writer
6 months
Fun piece by @jessemckinley on young MAGAs who call themselves "sexy." But what struck me is how many in the piece refused to give their names. I can't think of a story where any of other Gen Z group demanded anonymity.
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A “MAGA Youth” dinner in Manhattan gave young Trump supporters a place to socialize and celebrate the new administration.
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Scott James - Writer
6 months
Trans people and queer people of color took the first punches and threw the first punches in the fight for queer rights. Now they are erased from history? .
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Transgender people, drag queens and minorities played outsized roles at early milestones of the gay rights movement, but they haven’t received the benefits of the revolution they sparked.
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Scott James - Writer
7 months
As always, @ErikaMailman is right.
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timeout.com
Here are seven things that might surprise you.
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Scott James - Writer
7 months
Flying today. Airport TVs on sports
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Scott James - Writer
7 months
Just took @SFBART .-Broken escalator.-Metal work on platform shooting sparks on passengers.-Train filled with people sleeping.-Conductor tells me to move to next car because doors will no longer open there .-Doors I must open say do not open.-Emerge to open air drug market
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Scott James - Writer
8 months
SF MUNI subway no trains. When I asked an employee if things are really broken, he was offended. It’s not broken! Just not working @DanielLurie @SFMTA_Muni
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Scott James - Writer
8 months
Most inappropriate game of “Where’s Waldo?” ever
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Scott James - Writer
9 months
It's illegal to wear high heels in Carmel? Who knew? @timeout.
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timeout.com
Fierce stomping? You’ll need a permit.
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Scott James - Writer
9 months
New addition to #SF's "in memoriam" wall at 18th and Castro. “It is with profound sadness that we, roughly half the population, announce the death of the United States, in the early morning hours of November 6, 2024.” Read the whole letter.
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Scott James - Writer
9 months
Right now: Standoff in the #SF Castro. Police, “Come out with your hands up.” 16th at Castro.
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Scott James - Writer
9 months
The can is thick and twice the length of a normal can. Arizona tea knew, right?
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Scott James - Writer
9 months
No more turnstile jumping on @SFBART?
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Scott James - Writer
10 months
Tonight is the bigly event. It will be YUGE. Join me for world premiere of the Castro Writers' Cooperative's ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, DONALD at 6:30pm at the Drawing Room Annex, 599 Valencia. Part of @litcrawl, the raucus finale night of @Litquake .
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Scott James - Writer
10 months
Amazing coverage from @timeout about @Litquake's literary pub crawl. Expect lots of laugh's from the world premiere of ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, DONALD. Free. Saturday 6:30pm 599 Valencia.
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timeout.com
Beer, you’ve gotta meet this book
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Scott James - Writer
10 months
Did you feel it? @Litquake shakes up SF. @MLNow has an excellent preview of this weekend's raucous Lit Crawl in the Mission. FREE shows in cool places throughout the neighborhood.
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missionlocal.org
Even after 20 years, there’s something excitingly unpredictable about Lit Crawl, says author and event organizer Janine Kovac.
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Scott James - Writer
10 months
World premiere (and only performance) at @Litquake this Saturday night!
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Scott James - Writer
10 months
Headline worthy of an SF news org in today's @sfstandard . "It’s raining seamen: Where to party with the sailors this Fleet Week".
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sfstandard.com
If you want to pick up a sailor — or just do shots with one — this weekend in San Francisco, here's how to find 'em.
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