Julie Zigoris
@jzigoris.bsky.social
SF storyteller, award-winning journalist and PhD of Slavic Studies. Current project: The Lost Artist. Former culture reporter @sfstandard. Bylines: @lithub @atlasobscura, @huffpost, @bostonglobe, @nyt, @sfgate and many more. 🔗 www.juliezigoris.com
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"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity."
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Jackhammering Into the Sewer
A look through the Epstein files.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity."
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Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
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But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade
Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a “zombie apocalypse.”
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February 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
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17th & Wisconsin, 1980s
Much talk of the demise of Thee Parkside (spent many afternoons there after Sunday softball at Jackson Playground) Not sure of the date, but here's a shot from photographer Jo Babcock when it was Frank's Place. The Ferrerro family owned Frank's place for 42 years. #sfhistory
Much talk of the demise of Thee Parkside (spent many afternoons there after Sunday softball at Jackson Playground) Not sure of the date, but here's a shot from photographer Jo Babcock when it was Frank's Place. The Ferrerro family owned Frank's place for 42 years. #sfhistory
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
17th & Wisconsin, 1980s
Much talk of the demise of Thee Parkside (spent many afternoons there after Sunday softball at Jackson Playground) Not sure of the date, but here's a shot from photographer Jo Babcock when it was Frank's Place. The Ferrerro family owned Frank's place for 42 years. #sfhistory
Much talk of the demise of Thee Parkside (spent many afternoons there after Sunday softball at Jackson Playground) Not sure of the date, but here's a shot from photographer Jo Babcock when it was Frank's Place. The Ferrerro family owned Frank's place for 42 years. #sfhistory
Imagine my surprise when we're in New Orleans for the Chewbacchus parade and what do I see but the EMPEROR NORTON marching band? SF and Nola are sister cities in so many ways.
#Chewbacchus #NOLA #krewe #SF #EmperorNorton #parade #mardigras
#Chewbacchus #NOLA #krewe #SF #EmperorNorton #parade #mardigras
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Imagine my surprise when we're in New Orleans for the Chewbacchus parade and what do I see but the EMPEROR NORTON marching band? SF and Nola are sister cities in so many ways.
#Chewbacchus #NOLA #krewe #SF #EmperorNorton #parade #mardigras
#Chewbacchus #NOLA #krewe #SF #EmperorNorton #parade #mardigras
The Peet's closures throughout the Bay Area have me reflecting on the deep dive I wrote about founder Alfred Peet and his legacy. I could have predicted this—and that the iconic coffee brand's exacting founder would have never approved.
sfstandard.com/2023/04/07/p...
#peets #SF #coffee #BayArea
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#peets #SF #coffee #BayArea
Peet’s Is Now the World’s Largest Coffee Company. Would Its Notoriously Exacting Founder Approve?
One man’s dissatisfaction with San Francisco’s mid-century coffee scene jump-started a revolution and birthed a global brand.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Peet's closures throughout the Bay Area have me reflecting on the deep dive I wrote about founder Alfred Peet and his legacy. I could have predicted this—and that the iconic coffee brand's exacting founder would have never approved.
sfstandard.com/2023/04/07/p...
#peets #SF #coffee #BayArea
sfstandard.com/2023/04/07/p...
#peets #SF #coffee #BayArea
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On ancient myths, legends, and folklore of Russian forests.
The Ancient Myths and Medieval Legends of the Vast Russian Forest
A man rows a canoe along a broad, glassy river. As he approaches the sandy shore, he fires two shots from his rifle. Villagers rush to greet him and his honored guest: a bear. The hunter has alread…
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January 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
On ancient myths, legends, and folklore of Russian forests.
People *turned out* for the opening of the new Muni exhibition in San Francisco's City Hall. Check it out for yourself: missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-m...
#SanFrancisco #Muni #theworm #opening #art #cityhall #SF
#SanFrancisco #Muni #theworm #opening #art #cityhall #SF
'Moving San Francisco' exhibit highlights 122 years of Muni magic
The transit exhibition becomes a history of San Francisco, showcasing notable figures like Phyllis Diller and Harvey Milk.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
People *turned out* for the opening of the new Muni exhibition in San Francisco's City Hall. Check it out for yourself: missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-m...
#SanFrancisco #Muni #theworm #opening #art #cityhall #SF
#SanFrancisco #Muni #theworm #opening #art #cityhall #SF
Reporting on the long tail of sadness left by Claude's death in San Francisco for @missionlocal.org 🐊
#Claude #RIP #SanFrancisco #CalAcademy
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#Claude #RIP #SanFrancisco #CalAcademy
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Claude’s death leaves an alligator-sized hole in S.F. hearts
From underdog to heartthrob, Claude the albino alligator's Hollywood-worthy story is a symbol of the city itself.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reporting on the long tail of sadness left by Claude's death in San Francisco for @missionlocal.org 🐊
#Claude #RIP #SanFrancisco #CalAcademy
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#Claude #RIP #SanFrancisco #CalAcademy
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Today in #ArtAdventCalendar, commemorating a local legend. Claude was an albino alligator who lived at the Cal Academy of Sciences. Rest well, Claude.
#artyear #illustration
#artyear #illustration
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today in #ArtAdventCalendar, commemorating a local legend. Claude was an albino alligator who lived at the Cal Academy of Sciences. Rest well, Claude.
#artyear #illustration
#artyear #illustration
RIP Claude, who is so beloved in our family we once made his likeness in Rice Krispies for my daughter’s birthday 😭
#claude #calacademy #sanfrancisco
#claude #calacademy #sanfrancisco
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
RIP Claude, who is so beloved in our family we once made his likeness in Rice Krispies for my daughter’s birthday 😭
#claude #calacademy #sanfrancisco
#claude #calacademy #sanfrancisco
"The future of San Francisco is going to thrive because we look at the past." @peterhartlaub.bsky.social
#SanFrancisco #history #wnp #neighborhoods
#SanFrancisco #history #wnp #neighborhoods
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The future of San Francisco is going to thrive because we look at the past." @peterhartlaub.bsky.social
#SanFrancisco #history #wnp #neighborhoods
#SanFrancisco #history #wnp #neighborhoods
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Analog Bags—sacks filled with tactile distractions like books and knitting—are a welcome break from phones. @jzigoris.bsky.social asked San Franciscans about the things they carry: sf.gazetteer.co/whats-in-you...
What’s in your analog bag?
The latest device-free trend contains everything from knitting to notebooks to Tolstoy
sf.gazetteer.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Analog Bags—sacks filled with tactile distractions like books and knitting—are a welcome break from phones. @jzigoris.bsky.social asked San Franciscans about the things they carry: sf.gazetteer.co/whats-in-you...
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@jzigoris.bsky.social reports from inside The Box SF in SoMa, where 15 million pieces of ephemera can yours. sf.gazetteer.co/save-all
Save all
15 million individual items, some dating back to the 1600s, are waiting to be discovered at The Box SF
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November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@jzigoris.bsky.social reports from inside The Box SF in SoMa, where 15 million pieces of ephemera can yours. sf.gazetteer.co/save-all
There's no place in San Francisco — no place in the world — like The Box. Yet so few locals know it exists. I didn't, until a couple months ago. That's why I love reporting on this city; there's always more to uncover.
#sanfrancisco #ephemera #antiques #advertising #sf #soma
#sanfrancisco #ephemera #antiques #advertising #sf #soma
Save all
15 million individual items, some dating back to the 1600s, are waiting to be discovered at The Box SF
sf.gazetteer.co
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There's no place in San Francisco — no place in the world — like The Box. Yet so few locals know it exists. I didn't, until a couple months ago. That's why I love reporting on this city; there's always more to uncover.
#sanfrancisco #ephemera #antiques #advertising #sf #soma
#sanfrancisco #ephemera #antiques #advertising #sf #soma
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For Halloween, @jzigoris.bsky.social conjures the spirit of San Francisco’s long lost Museum of Witchcraft & Magic: sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf
For a few years in the 1970s, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic cast a spell on San Francisco tourists
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October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For Halloween, @jzigoris.bsky.social conjures the spirit of San Francisco’s long lost Museum of Witchcraft & Magic: sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
Real life can be so scary that my historical deep dive into SF’s former museum of witchcraft felt downright charming.
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf - sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
#fishermanswharf #sf #witchcraft #magic #halloween
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf - sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
#fishermanswharf #sf #witchcraft #magic #halloween
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf
For a few years in the 1970s, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic cast a spell on San Francisco tourists
sf.gazetteer.co
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Real life can be so scary that my historical deep dive into SF’s former museum of witchcraft felt downright charming.
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf - sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
#fishermanswharf #sf #witchcraft #magic #halloween
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf - sf.gazetteer.co/when-satan-l...
#fishermanswharf #sf #witchcraft #magic #halloween
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Don't miss Nastia Voynovskaya's sobering, in-depth report on the state of AI-generated music and musicians — and the avenues left to human musicians (because now we have to specify that):
www.kqed.org/arts/1398257...
www.kqed.org/arts/1398257...
AI Is Coming for the Music Industry. How Will Artists Adapt? | KQED
The rise of AI-generated ‘artists’ prompts labor and free speech concerns as big tech aligns itself with the far right.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Don't miss Nastia Voynovskaya's sobering, in-depth report on the state of AI-generated music and musicians — and the avenues left to human musicians (because now we have to specify that):
www.kqed.org/arts/1398257...
www.kqed.org/arts/1398257...
As a former educator, I thought the role of teacher was one thing AI could not replace. Then I learned about this new private school that opened in SF ...
#SanFrancisco #teacher #educator #AI #SF #education
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#SanFrancisco #teacher #educator #AI #SF #education
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San Francisco private school using AI instead of teachers to teach students
Students spend just two hours on core subjects, all taught by AI-powered apps instead of teachers. And the adults serve as guides and coaches for when students need motivational and emotional support.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As a former educator, I thought the role of teacher was one thing AI could not replace. Then I learned about this new private school that opened in SF ...
#SanFrancisco #teacher #educator #AI #SF #education
www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
#SanFrancisco #teacher #educator #AI #SF #education
www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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Here's @jzigoris.bsky.social with a deep dive into the Chinese workers who basically built up Northern California's wine country from scratch in the 1860s and 1870s. I didn't know this history! www.kqed.org/arts/1398179...
The Chinese Roots of Northern California’s Wine Industry Run Deep | KQED
Despite a long association with Europeans, Chinese laborers established the iconic vineyards of Sonoma and Napa Valleys.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's @jzigoris.bsky.social with a deep dive into the Chinese workers who basically built up Northern California's wine country from scratch in the 1860s and 1870s. I didn't know this history! www.kqed.org/arts/1398179...
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It’s crazy how they can just start chucking law-abiding people in prison and change societal expectations around that, so that many people just say “welp, that’s just a thing that happens here now (and it ain’t me)!”
Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Purdue student detained by ICE and taken to troubled Louisiana holding facility
Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents.
www.wthr.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It’s crazy how they can just start chucking law-abiding people in prison and change societal expectations around that, so that many people just say “welp, that’s just a thing that happens here now (and it ain’t me)!”
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In messages to faculty and staff, university leaders cited federal policy changes under the Trump administration as key drivers behind the cuts.
Stanford lays off hundreds, citing federal cuts under Trump
In messages to faculty and staff, university leaders cited federal policy changes under the Trump administration as key drivers behind the cuts.
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August 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In messages to faculty and staff, university leaders cited federal policy changes under the Trump administration as key drivers behind the cuts.
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ABC News’ “This Week” looks back at the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings and interviews me about my new oral history and the importance of remembering first-hand accounts: abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
Video New book uses oral history to tell story of the atomic bomb
ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz speaks with author Garrett Graff about his new book on the atomic bomb during WWII ahead of the event’s 80th anniversary.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ABC News’ “This Week” looks back at the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings and interviews me about my new oral history and the importance of remembering first-hand accounts: abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
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Aaron Boehmer examines the hope in human connection and Octavia Butler’s “speech sounds.”
What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”
In 1983, Octavia E. Butler published “Speech Sounds” in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, a short story that would win her her first Hugo Award a year later. Written, as Butler put it in the…
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August 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Aaron Boehmer examines the hope in human connection and Octavia Butler’s “speech sounds.”