Today was my last morning in San Francisco.
Unhoused folks, whom the rich locals say they want to help, in front of the Rolex store and the safe deposit vaults for said Rolexes:
Outdoor maskers were everywhere, but the iPhone 16 Pro Max hasn’t proven to be a nimble tool for street photography so I managed to photograph only a few of the roughly 15 whom I saw on a morning stroll:
This picture below has the following conventional elements for San Francisco: an outdoor masker (cheap surgical mask rather than an N95); a vacant storefront; some unhoused people; a Trader Joe’s.
The rivers of cash flowing into AI seem to be helping the city’s luxury retailers. Example:
Our hotel was right next to a BART station and BART goes all the way to SFO. What did The Google say about driving vs. BART?
Matt Gaetz is in the news, condemned by Democrats for purportedly having had some sort of sexual encounter with a 17-year-old female when he was in his 30s. What if Gaetz had sex with a 16-year-old male? San Francisco might consider naming one of the SFO terminals after him. I flew out of the Harvey Milk Terminal 1 (previously covered here):
(Above, note that we won World War II due to “womanpower”. Also note the N95 mask over a beard (Californian in a green jacket; a bit tough to see due to the fact that the photo is so heavily cropped).)
CNN:
According to the late San Francisco journalist Randy Shilts’ biography of Milk, “The Mayor of Castro Street,” Milk began a relationship with Jack McKinley, a 16-year-old runaway, while living in Greenwich Village. Milk was 34. Their relationship has long been a source of controversy. The age of consent in New York was raised from 14 to 18 in 2017. McKinley died by suicide in 1980.
Finally, although I hate to brag (in fact, nobody hates to brag more than I do), here’s something that I did while on JetBlue:
TALLY took me 5. I try not to guess words with repeated letters, as it usually just wastes a letter. Also Y is uncommon enough that I will not try it until the 4th guess.
I never understood why BART is so slow.
XX-XY confusion inevitably leads to age confusion.
What’s the issue with the iPhone as camera?
Mike: the latest iPhone has a dedicated camera button, but I mostly seem to be pressing it by mistake. The camera app seems to freeze up and/or fail to autofocus just when I need it. I’m also not loving the choice between “2x” (normal lens) and “5x” (120mm equivalent). 120mm is too short for birds and too long, in most cases, for humans. The 3x lens on the iPhone 14 was more suitable for everyday photography, in my opinion.
Counting the 30 minute interval between trains on Sunday, it can take 1 hour. For locals, it saves 1 hour in accessing long term parking & it’s not worth driving during rush hours.
Interesting choice of the first word! What is the motivation for it?
I did it in 3:
SUITE
ROYAL
TALLY