Chronicle: One of SFO’s largest airlines is taking aim at ‘gate lice’ with new boarding system

Platforms like Facebook and Twitter stopped promoting posts with links a few years ago. This forced users on those platforms to post content directly there instead of directing followers to external sites. I detest this behavior in social media platforms. Instagram in particular is the most frustrating of these platforms, since you functionally...

A stream of bright green chemicals leaked from Tesla’s Palo Alto campus and flowed into a storm drain and creek, prompting a hazardous cleanup response. Tesla doesn’t have a permit to store this type of chemical, officials said, and the electric car company could be fined. Seems bad maybe?...

To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records: Any and all available audio recordings of announcements - i.e. RE schedules, health notices, schedule interruptions, promotions, emergencies - and other audio material created to be broadcast to transport patrons on trains, buses, light...

San Francisco transportation officials moved a step closer this week to modernizing the train control system that runs the Muni Metro system, eventually ridding it of a system that uses outdated technology and runs on floppy disks. I wanna know what’s on the floppy disks The software that runs the system is stored on floppy disks that are loaded...

I’m not sure I have the patience to maintain a fleet of static HTML pages, but I like the initiative behind this! It seems like Alex does some cool archival work. https://alexwlchan.net/2024/static-websites/