chris roberts
@chris-roberts.bsky.social
political reporter @mjbizdaily, once and current San Francisco guy. cbloggy@protonmail, yadda yadda
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San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
The cannabis shop on storied Haight Street had it all: prime real estate, star power, political clout and social justice. Then things got ugly.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEW:
San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Reposted by chris roberts
The crackdown on people for accurately describing Charlie Kirk is outrageous and appalling but don't let your anger lead you to boost some tiny conflict-hunting account when you could be yelling at Jeff Bezos or Ezra Klein instead
September 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The crackdown on people for accurately describing Charlie Kirk is outrageous and appalling but don't let your anger lead you to boost some tiny conflict-hunting account when you could be yelling at Jeff Bezos or Ezra Klein instead
San Francisco always sends its best
Harmeet Dhillon at NatCon: "When the next group of elites comes to demand we stop protecting fairness in hiring, confidence in our elections, safety in girls sports, we're going to answer them the same way that Leonidas answered on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae: Molon Labe. Come and take it."
September 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
San Francisco always sends its best
White(s only) Castle
Tesla’s retro-futuristic diner officially opens as Elon Musk hints at more locations
Tesla's retro-futuristic diner officially opens as Elon Musk hints at more locations | TechCrunch
The Tesla Diner & Drive-In officially opened Monday and it seems Elon Musk is planning for more.
techcrunch.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
White(s only) Castle
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just saying, if an pro-transit mayor wants to fund some ambitious policies, there is a massive goldmine of 3 million free parking spaces in New York City just sitting there waiting to be metered
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
just saying, if an pro-transit mayor wants to fund some ambitious policies, there is a massive goldmine of 3 million free parking spaces in New York City just sitting there waiting to be metered
This (bins and single-stream recycling) is extremely triggering for New Yorkers
May 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This (bins and single-stream recycling) is extremely triggering for New Yorkers
He’s got a(n ecclesiastical) record a mile long. And he’s Catholic
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
He’s got a(n ecclesiastical) record a mile long. And he’s Catholic
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NBC somehow found a Chicagoan in St. Peter’s Square, who happily proclaimed “we’re not the Second City anymore.”
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NBC somehow found a Chicagoan in St. Peter’s Square, who happily proclaimed “we’re not the Second City anymore.”
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Someone in this Parisian bar just told the person next to them that the new pope is American and they responded with horror lmao
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Someone in this Parisian bar just told the person next to them that the new pope is American and they responded with horror lmao
Say what you want about “Donald J Trump” and “debasing the presidency” and “the death of democracy” but it’s because of him a bunch of San Francisco local news reporters get to go to Alcatraz in absolutely screamingly nice weather today
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Say what you want about “Donald J Trump” and “debasing the presidency” and “the death of democracy” but it’s because of him a bunch of San Francisco local news reporters get to go to Alcatraz in absolutely screamingly nice weather today
One under appreciated aspect of California is the auto accidents caused at four way intersections by someone who only too late noticed which of the four gas stations at the intersection has 87 octane for four cents cheaper
May 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
One under appreciated aspect of California is the auto accidents caused at four way intersections by someone who only too late noticed which of the four gas stations at the intersection has 87 octane for four cents cheaper
Paranoia along the old US 101 in Willits.
May 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Paranoia along the old US 101 in Willits.
Not me, I paid $9 to be in the friend congestion relief zone
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)
May 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Not me, I paid $9 to be in the friend congestion relief zone
It happened quietly because there’s too much more going on, but sure looks like Trump’s DC US attorney just launched a crackdown on legal cannabis stores in the District. outlawreport.com/breaking-doj...
Breaking: DOJ attorney warns D.C. dispensary over proximity to schools
The U.S. Attorney for D.C. has sent a letter to Green Theory, a licensed cannabis dispensary, expressing concern over its location within 1,000 feet of multiple schools, citing potential violations of...
outlawreport.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It happened quietly because there’s too much more going on, but sure looks like Trump’s DC US attorney just launched a crackdown on legal cannabis stores in the District. outlawreport.com/breaking-doj...
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They should get Pitt and Affleck back for the sequel
April 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They should get Pitt and Affleck back for the sequel
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We already knew this but the plan is to deport American citizens.
*TRUMP: WOULD LIKE TO GET HOMEGROWN CRIMINALS OUT OF THE US TOO
*TRUMP: WOULD LIKE TO GET HOMEGROWN CRIMINALS OUT OF THE US TOO
April 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We already knew this but the plan is to deport American citizens.
*TRUMP: WOULD LIKE TO GET HOMEGROWN CRIMINALS OUT OF THE US TOO
*TRUMP: WOULD LIKE TO GET HOMEGROWN CRIMINALS OUT OF THE US TOO
Sometimes I forget San Francisco the muscular port city does have a container terminal — it’s just hard to get to and small and Oakland’s isn’t and so it just kind of sits there
April 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sometimes I forget San Francisco the muscular port city does have a container terminal — it’s just hard to get to and small and Oakland’s isn’t and so it just kind of sits there
One fun aspect of “modernity” is how much of the old stuff is too well built, too costly or just too expensive to move
April 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One fun aspect of “modernity” is how much of the old stuff is too well built, too costly or just too expensive to move
This is my favorite tree in San Francisco California
April 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is my favorite tree in San Francisco California
You went to the pro-natal conference. Your ancestors “homesteaded” in Natal. You are all the same
April 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You went to the pro-natal conference. Your ancestors “homesteaded” in Natal. You are all the same
Not touching the natalist discourse today since I’m old enough to remember the same people scolding people who *did* have children — and in difficult circumstances — for inadequate “personal responsibility” or whatever. Which one is it, fam
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not touching the natalist discourse today since I’m old enough to remember the same people scolding people who *did* have children — and in difficult circumstances — for inadequate “personal responsibility” or whatever. Which one is it, fam
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“Earlier this month, the owner said another man wrote the word ‘Sad’ on the window of their truck with his fingers at a local gas station.”
VIDEO: Albuquerque Tesla Cybertruck vandalized
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Across the nation, there’s been a spike in Tesla facilities and vehicles being hit with protests and violence. This, in response to creator Elon Musk’s role i…
www.krqe.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“Earlier this month, the owner said another man wrote the word ‘Sad’ on the window of their truck with his fingers at a local gas station.”