15 January - 21 January 2024
Rolls of cable , PG&E facility yard on 18th Street near Harrisson. San Francisco, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 5 January 2024
Photography
Aperture: Nabil Harb Seeks Mystery and Community in Central Florida | by Michael Adno
Wallpaper: Marisol Mendez's ‘Madre’ unpicks the woven threads of Bolivian womanhood | by Sofia De La Cruz
Michel Lagarde: Construction d’une image
Polka: La Poésie et Le Romantisme de Deborah Turbeville, à L’Hommeur à Photo Elysée | par Dimitri Beck
Truth In Photography: Three Perspectives on South Africa: Lindokuhle Sobekwa; Mikhael Subotzky; Ernest Cole
Truth In Photography: Maxim Dondyuk - No More Deep Stories
Creative Boom: Unity and imagination: new exhibition sheds fresh light on the 1984-5 Miners' strike | by Tom May
Blind: How Riam Dundon Photographed Protest City | by Robert E. Gerhardt
Magnum: The Strange, The Surprising, and the Slightly Surreal - Alex Webb discusses the recently published re-edition of his 1998 rare artist book, Dislocations
Metal: Jake Green - Pie, Coffee and Cultural Reflections | words Jenny Daphne Pitsillides
Wrong Side of the Lens: A Series On Street Photographers
Phil Penman: Viewing Room
Aperture: The Inside Story of Josef Koudelka’s Groundbreaking Career | by Lesley A Martin
Wrong Side of the Lens (YouTube): A video on the late photographer Jill Freedmen
The Guardian: Flat caps and bowler hats: Neil Libbert's bygone Britain
Culture, Art and Design
Part of the wall of an unoccupied building on 38th Avenue, just off of Balboa. San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert 18 January 2024
LRB: Do Anything, Say Anything: On the New TV | by James Meek
Artsy: 5 Artist on Our Radar in January 2024
She Curates: An interview with Crystal Fischetti by Mollie E Barnes
She Curates: An interview with Manyaku Mashilo by Mollie E Barnes
Dezeen: All 10 regions that will make up Neom now revealed | by Tom Ravenscroft
LA Times: Art reportedly used to train Midjourney, causing stir among artists | by Carolina A. Miranda
Portside: The creator of "Fargo" explains why every season of his crime drama is about money, Republicans and the “American woman’s experience” | Kayla Cobb
Hackney Gazette: Hackney’s Holly Street Estate: The mile-long corridor that was ‘a bit like The Shining’ | by Emma Bartholomew
Artsy: After Downturns and Disruptions, San Francisco’s Art Scene Is Thriving | Max Blue
Creative Boom: Ben Zank questions social norms through hyper-staged performance art | by Tom May
Print: The Daily Heller: Them Russians Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore
Washington Post: How to be more photogenic and look good in any picture | by Chris Velazco
The Guardian: ‘Satirical resistance’: the magazine-maker who risked his life poking fun at the Nazis | by Charlie English
Podcast
Desert Island Disc: Greta Gerwig, writer and director
BBC Sounds Documentary: Ending homelessness the Finnish way
Outlook: Stories from a hospice: The people I carry with me
Points South: Searching for Viet-Cajun in New Orleans, Part 1 and Part 2
YouTube: The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964) Stereo HQ Audio
Headbanging Headlines:
Fox News: Interview with Nikki Haley: "We've never been a racist country"
Other Stuff
Bryant Street at Beale Street, San Francisco, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 20 January 2024
The Observer: ‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths | by Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum
The Guardian: PR giant Edelman worked with Koch network, despite climate pledges | by Dharna Noor
The Wrap: Why Kevin Merida Left the Los Angeles Times After Meddling From Owner | by Sharon Waxman and Alexei Barrionuevo
LA Times: Spirit of optimism returns to San Francisco with AI boom | by Hannah Wiley
El País: Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Netanyahu built a coalition of messianic zealots and shameless opportunists’ | by Jesús Ruiz Mantilla
NY Times: New Utopian Enclave? Or a Testament to Inequality? | by Simon Romero and Jody Garcia. Photo by Daniele Volpe
Dezeen: The Line megacity "likely to pose a substantial risk to migratory species” | by Tom Ravenscroft
PBS News Hour: Billionaire backers of new California city reveal map and details of proposed development | by Janie Har, Associated Press
NY Times: Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune | by Benjamin Mullen and Katie Robertson
Labor
The Guardian: AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, says IMF head | by Dan Milmo
The Nation: The New Labor Militancy of LA’s Hotel Workers | by Sasha Abramsky
LA Times: L.A. hotel strike: 28 hotels reached tentative deals with workers | by Shaun Hussain
Labor Notes: North Pole Elves Win Big with Escalating Strike | by Alexandra Bradbury
Social Issues:
Slate: Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans | by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
NY Times: ‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials | by Jan Hoffman
NY Times: ‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade | by Nicholas Confessore
LA Times: Column: You can fight city hall. Huntington Beach retirees are | by Steve Lopez
Washington Post: On Amazon, eBay and X, ChatGPT error messages give away AI writing | by Will Oremus
The Guardian: Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds | by Tom Perkins
Segregation by Design: Santa Monica: The Ebony Beach Club
Texas Observer: La Cordiloca Goes To Court | by Jason Buch
Washington Blade: Progressive states must become safe havens for LGBTQ adolescents | by Morgan Philbin
Social Issues - Supreme Court
Moving home and business during a “sweep” of an encampment on parking lot between Merlin and Oak Grove streets. San Francisco, California Photo Robert Gumpert 17 March 2021
Rolling Stone: Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Prohibit Emergency Abortions | by Tessa Stuart
Talking Point Memo: In Ominous Sign, Supreme Court Takes Up Emergency Room Abortion Case | by Kate Riga
NY Times: Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Homelessness Rules in Oregon | by Abbie Fan Sickle
LA Times: The Supreme Court could help California criminalize homelessness | by Erwin Chemerinsky
The Nation: We Are Witnessing the Biggest Judicial Power Grab Since 1803 | by Elie Mystal
Division Street
Street medic, disabled firefighter and often unhoused Couper Orona doing “rounds” on Dore Street. San Francisco, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 6 July 2021
NY Times: ‘The Social Contract Has Been Completely Ruptured’: Ireland’s Housing Crisis | by Megan Specia
BBC Sounds Documentary: Ending homelessness the Finnish way
SF Chronicle: New data shows grim tally in San Francisco’s worst year for overdoses | by Maggie Angst
Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative: Toward Safety: Understanding Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness
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