24 May, 2026
Delivery drivers wait outside the Metreon complex, 4th St as a unhoused woman with dog pass by. San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert, 20 February, 2026
“S.F. Royster Tire Disposal Facility, an illegally operated tire disposal yard south of Tracy that caught fire in August 1998 and burned until December 2000, should move forward later this summer.” Lodi News. Photo: Robert Gumpert, 1993
Sleeping rough inside the homeless abatement fences on San Bruno at Alameda St. The narrative in SF since tents, and with them community, have nearly disappeared, the city is making "progress" on the housing issue. Perhaps they are but the unhoused count is still in the 8 thousands and mroe people sleep rough, by themselves. San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert, 24 May, 2026
Rough sleeping on SOMA - 8th and Hopper. The narrative in SF since tents, and with them community, have nearly disappeared, the city is making "progress" on the housing issue. Perhaps they are but the unhoused count is still in the 8 thousands and mroe people sleep rough, by themselves
Reading, Listening, Looking
Where the Sea Was Home - Anita Conti - Vu
The toxic year of Donald J. Trump - Boris Muñoz - El País
In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children. - Casey Cep/The New Yorker
Nick Meyer - photographer’s website
Lucinda Williams Has Had Enough - Jim Beaugez/Oxford American
Is This What “Made in America” Looks Like? - Julie Schneider/Hyperallergic
LAPD once stopped Americans at California border — to keep out the poor - Hailey Branson-Potts/LA Times
Deepfakes are everywhere. The godfather of digital forensics is fighting back - Science
Passports — Keisha Scarville - MACK
Podcasts
The End of Experience: has the digital realm consumed our place in the world?- The Ned Ludd Radio Hour
Rethinking the potato - BBC Food Chain
The Third Man w/Misha Glenny - Past Present Future