Kevin Truong
@kevinbtruong.bsky.social
e.g. Artist, dog-lover and avid reader
I edit stuff at The San Francisco Standard, allegedly.
I edit stuff at The San Francisco Standard, allegedly.
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Steph Curry was all but ready to develop his new HQ from the ground up in San Francisco, but pulled the plug after negotiations with the carpenters union turned sour.
Story with @kevinbtruong.bsky.social on how the city is trying to salvage the deal 👇
sfstandard.com/2025/04/12/s...
Story with @kevinbtruong.bsky.social on how the city is trying to salvage the deal 👇
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Inside the efforts to save Steph Curry’s cancelled office project
A fight with the carpenters union blew up Steph Curry's office project in San Francisco. Meet the coalition of city leaders trying to salvage the deal.
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April 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Steph Curry was all but ready to develop his new HQ from the ground up in San Francisco, but pulled the plug after negotiations with the carpenters union turned sour.
Story with @kevinbtruong.bsky.social on how the city is trying to salvage the deal 👇
sfstandard.com/2025/04/12/s...
Story with @kevinbtruong.bsky.social on how the city is trying to salvage the deal 👇
sfstandard.com/2025/04/12/s...
Remote work is over? Online twitter trolls are taking their beef in person feat. the most aggro response to a Wordle score I’ve ever seen
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March 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Remote work is over? Online twitter trolls are taking their beef in person feat. the most aggro response to a Wordle score I’ve ever seen
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/j...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/j...
My Spotify algorithm is obsessed with wanting me to like Hozier for some reason.
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My Spotify algorithm is obsessed with wanting me to like Hozier for some reason.
If you're in the mood for a timeline cleanse, read this story about how a thriving SF community was created via a little internet magic and a well-poured pint
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sfstandard.com/2025/02/09/j...
Six years, thousands of beers: How one man’s Reddit post became a beloved social club
Jimmy Mollé’s Reddit meetup tradition at a local bar reaches 100 events, raising funds for wildfire victims.
sfstandard.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you're in the mood for a timeline cleanse, read this story about how a thriving SF community was created via a little internet magic and a well-poured pint
sfstandard.com/2025/02/09/j...
sfstandard.com/2025/02/09/j...
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SF's overdose crisis has hit Black men born 1951-1970 harder than any other demographic in America. They're 32x more likely to die from an overdose than the average American, despite being <1% of SF's population.
#sfnews
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#sfnews
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SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere
San Francisco is losing a generation of elder Black men to the deadly fentanyl overdose crisis. It's worse here than anywhere.
sfstandard.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
SF's overdose crisis has hit Black men born 1951-1970 harder than any other demographic in America. They're 32x more likely to die from an overdose than the average American, despite being <1% of SF's population.
#sfnews
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#sfnews
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@jillianiles.bsky.social's profile of San Francisco's onesie king Gavin Escolar — who's worn a jumpsuit every day for seven years — is delightful AF.
The only way you'll get him to wear pants is to die ... literally.
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The only way you'll get him to wear pants is to die ... literally.
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San Francisco’s onesie king hasn’t worn proper pants in seven years
Gavin Escolar has only worn onesies — rompers, jumpsuits, and overalls — for the past seven years. He’d like you to join him.
sfstandard.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
@jillianiles.bsky.social's profile of San Francisco's onesie king Gavin Escolar — who's worn a jumpsuit every day for seven years — is delightful AF.
The only way you'll get him to wear pants is to die ... literally.
sfstandard.com/2024/12/15/s...
The only way you'll get him to wear pants is to die ... literally.
sfstandard.com/2024/12/15/s...
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Become a @sfstandard.com member today so you can get an exclusive sneak peek at the panda 🐼 home design at SF Zoo!
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Exclusive sneak peek: San Francisco Zoo's $8M panda home
Eight months after China agreed to loan a pair of giant pandas to San Francisco, the zoo is showing off renderings of the animals' future home — with a cheaper-than-expected price tag.
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December 5, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Become a @sfstandard.com member today so you can get an exclusive sneak peek at the panda 🐼 home design at SF Zoo!
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sfstandard.com/2024/12/05/p...
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Love this list and the dozens of new tabs it makes me open every year www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Stories We Most Admired in 2024: Businessweek’s Jealousy List
The stories we admired most this year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Love this list and the dozens of new tabs it makes me open every year www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Stray thought: the word skedaddle is vastly underused
December 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Stray thought: the word skedaddle is vastly underused
Eat your way through San Francisco like a corrupt politician. As it happens they like the finer things in life.
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SF scandal foodie tour: Boba, fancy steakhouses, and $8 water
The FBI and a boba joint. Fancy steaks. $8 sparkling water. Join The Standard on a foodie tour through San Francisco’s most delicious scandals.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Eat your way through San Francisco like a corrupt politician. As it happens they like the finer things in life.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/27/s...
sfstandard.com/2024/11/27/s...
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literally nothing in SF is normal—so we don’t expect your Thanksgiving to be either.
show the world what you’re up to by submitting photos here:
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show the world what you’re up to by submitting photos here:
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Share your Thanksgiving traditions with the Standard
We’re seeking non-traditional or blended Thanksgiving spreads your family and friends share on the dinner table.
sfstandard.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
literally nothing in SF is normal—so we don’t expect your Thanksgiving to be either.
show the world what you’re up to by submitting photos here:
sfstandard.com/2024/11/25/t...
show the world what you’re up to by submitting photos here:
sfstandard.com/2024/11/25/t...
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Loooove this piece about pinball's rise in the city, "an only-in-San Francisco story that includes obsessive nerds, bureaucratic obstacles, and a bit of serendipity."
(Fun side-note: All the inline photos were shot on film)
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(Fun side-note: All the inline photos were shot on film)
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The inside story of San Francisco’s rise as a global pinball mecca
Free Gold Watch has been the center of a pinball community that has boomed in San Francisco over the last decade — but only after its owner changed the law.
sfstandard.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Loooove this piece about pinball's rise in the city, "an only-in-San Francisco story that includes obsessive nerds, bureaucratic obstacles, and a bit of serendipity."
(Fun side-note: All the inline photos were shot on film)
sfstandard.com/2024/11/23/p...
(Fun side-note: All the inline photos were shot on film)
sfstandard.com/2024/11/23/p...
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Update: Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to a police report viewed by The Standard.
Wild @sfstandard.com story just dropped: Ricci Wynne, X poster of homeless people and Fox News guest who loves to trash SF... Is in jail suspected of running a pimping op out of a luxury #sf apartment building
More updates to come, by @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social
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More updates to come, by @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social
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Ricci Wynne, Fox News darling and SF hater lands in jail as suspected pimp
Ricci Wynne, a drug dealer turned activist known for Fox News appearances and trashing San Francisco online was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of pimping.
sfstandard.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Update: Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to a police report viewed by The Standard.
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Controversial opinion: If more local news articles had ledes like this, more people would care about things like the fiscal state of their public transit agency. Simple, to the point, a little fun, a bit of edge. @kevinbtruong.bsky.social @sfstandard.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Controversial opinion: If more local news articles had ledes like this, more people would care about things like the fiscal state of their public transit agency. Simple, to the point, a little fun, a bit of edge. @kevinbtruong.bsky.social @sfstandard.com
There's only one story about the state of Muni's budget that has "clusterfuck" in it and it's this one.
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‘No one wants to watch the puppy drown’: Muni’s race to save itself
More expensive parking and less frequent service could be in the system's future. That's even if all goes according to plan.
sfstandard.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:42 PM
There's only one story about the state of Muni's budget that has "clusterfuck" in it and it's this one.
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sfstandard.com/2024/11/22/m...
Earnest alert: Geoffrey Frye is the most arrested homeless person since San Francisco’s crackdown started this year.
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/21/h...
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/21/h...
SF's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside childhood home
San Francisco police have arrested one homeless man five times since the city launched a crackdown on sidewalk encampments. But the man continues to return to the scene because it's next to his childh...
sfstandard.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Earnest alert: Geoffrey Frye is the most arrested homeless person since San Francisco’s crackdown started this year.
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/21/h...
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/21/h...
November 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Attitudes about San Francisco have reversed since the pandemic, when remote work and doom-loop fears drove white-collar workers out of the region. #sfnews from @ryajetha.bsky.social
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‘Everyone is building’: Why foreign founders are crossing oceans for San Francisco
Donald Trump who? International AI startup founders are descending on San Francisco to cash in on the boom.
sfstandard.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Attitudes about San Francisco have reversed since the pandemic, when remote work and doom-loop fears drove white-collar workers out of the region. #sfnews from @ryajetha.bsky.social
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sfstandard.com/2024/11/19/a...
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Being on this platform reminds me of the old phrase: If a tree falls in the forest and it’s not immediately beset by porn bots, does it make a sound?
November 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Being on this platform reminds me of the old phrase: If a tree falls in the forest and it’s not immediately beset by porn bots, does it make a sound?