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October 2026

  1. How an Early Internet Comment Became a Halloween Tradition: Reverse Trick-Or-Treating
  2. Recursive Claw Machine Is recursive
  3. The Case For Onety
  4. Sidewalk Show On Valencia and 16th Street in San Francisco
  5. Patreon says yo-yoing is “sexual activity”
  6. Bandcamp Friday Recommendations October 2026

September 2026

  1. WigglyPaint Meets Batman
  2. The Dark Bite Returns (A Goya-Inspired Batman Painting)
  3. Did Clipping Invent “The Doppler Swing”?

August 2026

  1. Flock Cameras Hiding In Plain Site
  2. New music from Erykah Badu, Mike D, Shudder To Think, Baths, and more!
  3. #SidewalkFriends: Super Tardigrade
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Most Wanted (1990’s edition)
  5. #SidewalkFriends: Portrait Of The Artist When No Beer
  6. #SidewalkFriends: Cyclopic Runner
  7. Bandcamp Has A Spam Problem

July 2026

  1. Who’s Planting American Flags in Piles of Shit on Valencia Street?
  2. Chuck Tingle at the Internet Archive in SF
  3. How The Watchmen Inspired Comic Sans
  4. Bangladesh (chiptune cover)

June 2026

  1. Selling comics and crafts at A*PE this Sunday.
  2. Character Telephone, a Drawing Game For Artists
  3. The Knicks, the Watercolor Painter, and the World’s Most-Popular Artist
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Best Fiends
  5. Upcoming Events in San Francisco

May 2026

  1. “The City Is My Sweetheart”: Remembering the Art of Peet Lum
  2. Stephen Colbert’s Best Post-Cancellation Stunt Yet
  3. Reading eBooks with RSVP Nano
  4. “How To Die (and Other Stories)” by Mike Monteiro
  5. One of the Coolest Music Videos I’ve Ever Seen: A Brutal Time Loop Done Right

April 2026

  1. The Art of Bus Stop Benches in San Francisco
  2. Fresh new Art In New Hood
  3. Joshua Ellingson demoing Pepper’s Ghost Illusions at Artist’s Television Access in SF
  4. We bought A Place In The Mission!

March 2026

  1. More Nerdy Events in San Francisco In April
  2. Sketches from Tomales Bay
  3. Rei’s Yo-Yo Balloon Experiment
  4. Posters From Tech Workers Criticize Google and OpenAI’s Work With the Military and ICE
  5. Nerdy Events in San Francisco Next Week

February 2026

  1. RIP Inkbox Tattoos
  2. “Elon empowers Pedos”
  3. How an Obscure Winter Sport Inspired The Yo-Yo Emoji 🥌 🪀
  4. San Francisco Yo-Yo Club Was A Success

January 2026

  1. Modern Protest Songs for a World Without ICE
  2. #SidewalkFriends: Friend or Foe
  3. The San Francisco Yo-Yo Club Is Back
  4. The Punk Rock Turtles Test
  5. #SidewalkFriends: Cool Greg

December 2025

  1. My Favorite New Albums Of 2025
  2. Projection Mapping at 22nd and Valencia
  3. San Francisco’s 2025 Night Parade
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Grunge Dude
  5. San Francisco Street Artists vs. AI Startup Ads

November 2025

  1. Happy Family Tech Support Day
  2. the Human-Made Project: A Simple Way to Mark Work as AI-Free
  3. My First Big Yo-Yo Show in Over Five Years
  4. Indie Darling, a New Arcade Coming Soon To San Francisco

October 2025

  1. Spooky Glitch Photos from Halloween 2025
  2. DIY Skeleton Sweatshirt
  3. Upcoming Bay Area Events
  4. Fighting AI-generated Spam with Punk Rock Turtles
  5. San Francisco Yo-Yo Club and Cartoonist Conspiracy
  6. Some Free Sticker Designs and Where to Print Them

September 2025

  1. Don’t Support Businesses That Use Generative AI
  2. One Night Only: Art Fundraiser for Adobe Books
  3. Club Ded – Live Art and Book Signing Tonight in SF
  4. Battlestar Galactica and the Danger of Militarized Policing
  5. “I want to be a doctor”

August 2025

  1. Sandwich Guy: A Modern Day Folk Hero
  2. The Most Iconic Yo-Yo Routine Of All Time?
  3. My #BandcampFriday Picks for August

July 2025

  1. The Origin Of the “Two Guys Pointing” Meme (plus A Fan Remix)
  2. #SidewalkFriends: Opera
  3. Peephole Cinema: A Hidden Art Installation in San Francisco’s Mission District
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Salvation Robot

June 2025

  1. Anti-ICE Zines By The Cartoonist Conspiracy Of San Francisco
  2. Rhymesayers Drops Rare Instrumentals from Atmosphere, Eyedea & Abilities, and More
  3. #SidewalkFriends: The Walrus and the Gull
  4. the Goose Says “No Kings”
  5. Public Benches installed by Activists
  6. Printing, Scanning, and Copying Are Things You Can Do in San Francisco’s Public Libraries
  7. National Yo-Yo Day AND National Donut Day?!
  8. #SidewalkFriends: Orc Queue

May 2025

  1. Upcycled Enamel Pins From Walkie Talkie
  2. What was the world’s fist web domain?
  3. The Mystery of the Wheatpasted Flier
  4. Using Yo-Yo Tricks To Fool A Magician
  5. Making Protest Signs Without the Stress (Even If Your Handwriting Is a Mess)
  6. recent music finds on Bandcamp

April 2025

  1. The Distinctive Flier Art of “Walls, Only” in San Francisco
  2. Mastodon Zine Rough Draft
  3. #SidewalkFriends: Doc Pop Starter Kit
  4. My Eldar Army
  5. The Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco

March 2025

  1. Skin the Gerbil cocktail at PNWR
  2. How to Make a Zine or Mini-Comic
  3. Doc Pop’s Guide to Enshittification
  4. Some photos from last night’s reading at Silver Sprocket
  5. Can’t Export in CapCut Pro Even as a Paid User? Here’s the Fix.

February 2025

  1. #PixelWalk in SF: A Fediverse-Themed Photowalk
  2. #SidewalkFriends: Hungry Hippo
  3. Bandcamp and Musicians Raise Money for Victims Of the LA Wildfires
  4. A Conversation With The WP Minute About Passion, Social Media, and the Open Web
  5. How to Get Started with Mastodon

January 2025

  1. Why is Meta labelling Trump’s Real mug shot as a fake?
  2. The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy
  3. Maybe Later’s graffiti playlist
  4. ShyGodwin rocks!
  5. The Night Parade in San Francisco

December 2024

  1. That Elf Just Murdered That Bird
  2. More Matsu In The Mission
  3. Dungeon Synth at The Knockout SF
  4. #SidewalkFriends: The Astronaut Cyclops.

November 2024

  1. my favorite Mac and iOS Apps 2024
  2. #SidewalkFriends: Dia Del Turkey
  3. Denim Pen Wrap, 16 Years Later
  4. “Thank You, Dream Girl.” – a new compilation of Hit Em’ style tracks
  5. Cooking Up More Videos for WP.com
  6. #SidewalkFriends: Existential Dread
  7. Talkin’ and Yo-yoin’ on Don P’s Ridin’ and Smokin’ Show

October 2024

  1. Glitched out Halloween Photos From San Francisco
  2. quesapizza!!!
  3. #SidewalkFriends: Float
  4. “Woke Game Engines”: The Reason Some Dudes Are Pretending That Godot is “Too Political”
  5. Street art by Matsu
  6. Yo-Yo Meetup This Saturday in San Francisco

September 2024

  1. #SidewalkFriends: Sidewalk Surfers
  2. Friday Night Art Jams at The Drawing Room SF
  3. Fediverse Files #5: How to Connect Your WordPress Site To The Fediverse
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Snail Mail

August 2024

  1. Bags4Us Art Show In San Francisco This Saturday
  2. Sharing Photos From “The Day Of Red Sun” in San Francisco
  3. The history Of the THX Deep Note
  4. The 4th Annual San Francisco Underground Comic Convention
  5. Hit Em: A Musical Dream Come True
  6. The Fediverse Files Part 3: Bart Decrem Describes The Advantages Of Building On The Fediverse
  7. The Fediverse Files Part 2: ActivityPub Interview With Evan Prodromou

July 2024

  1. What is the Fediverse?
  2. The Fediverse Files: My New Series Explaining the Social Web
  3. Voight-Kampff 2024
  4. Sticker Mule’s “Trump 2024” endorsement Drives Business To Their Biggest Competitors
  5. Garbage Day Live In San Francisco
  6. They Don’t Know I animated That Meme
  7. #SidewalkFriends: Man Versus Machines

June 2024

  1. Project Flashlight, Pride Lasers, and A Fantastic View Of San Francisco
  2. #SidewalkFriends: Self Promo
  3. Circuit Bent Sony Cyber-shot
  4. #SidewalkFriends: Ollie
  5. #SidewalkFriends: The Eclipse Selfie
  6. Dynamo Donuts In San Francisco

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