24 April 2026
Encampment along the I280 on-ramp off Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California. Tents used to be a common site on San Francisco streets, but with policy changes, changing housing and drug policies, tents have pretty much disappeared. Today San Francisco has the second highest drug overdose death rate in the country, and antidotally many more sleep rough on the streets. Tents, hardly an ideal living space, do offer some protection from the elements, privacy, and community when no housing is available. Photo: Robert Gumpert 19 April 2026
Morning. Indiana Street between 25th and 23rd. San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert 8 April 2026
Walking the dog. Jackson Park, Arkansas and Mariposa streets. San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert 8 April 2026
Car wash on El Camino Real and Sneath Lane. San Bruno, California Photo: Robert Gumpert 17 April 2026
Headlines and Sentences
Pete Hegseth cites ‘Pulp Fiction’ line as Bible verse at Pentagon prayer service - S.F. Chronicle
Ice Spice Addresses Altercation at McDonald’s: ‘This Wouldn’t Happen at Wendy’s’ - Variety
“It is extraordinary how, at a moment when international human rights law is being trampled by bloodthirsty men, one of the most disliked people in the world is a somewhat bland woman” - Arwa Mhadawi The Guardian
‘Donnyland’? Ukraine Proposes Naming Part of the Donbas in Trump’s Honor - New York Times
The Reads
The top 15 illustrators of 2026, as chosen by the community - Tom May - Creative Boom
Six famous buildings with infamous delays - Tom Ravenscroft - Dezeen
For its inaugural exhibition, the V&A East traces 125 years of Black British music - Teshome Douglas-Campell - Wallpaper
A Passport To Belonging: Keisha Scarville's Counter-Narratives On Migration - Lucia De Stefani - PhMuseum
Doy Dorton - Doy Gorton’s White South - reviewed by Hans Hirkerson - Photo Journal
Why AI Needs A Sense Of Smell - Philip Maughan - Noéma
Step by Step - Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen traces the lives of mothers and daughters from a dancing school in North Shields, North East England - From Dewi Lewis
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel - The New Yorker Radio Hour with Omar Bartov
Reckoning With Israel’s “One-State Reality” - The Ezra Klein
Show 187: The Rise of the Latino Vote: Joel Ochoa and the Myth of the ‘Encino Voter’ - PBSSoCal