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United adds Uber app — despite SFO ban on Uber faux-cab pickups

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2014

By Tim Redmond Uber’s attempt at world domination doesn’t end with its somewhat dubious efforts to screw its competitors. The faux-taxi app is now partnering...

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The Karl Marx Tree: How Southern Pacific Railroad killed a socialist colony in the name of creating Yosemite National Park

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2014

By Marc Norton AUGUST 27, 2014 -- There has been considerable hoopla this summer around the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln putting his signature...

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Tom’s Town: The city, ten years back

Tim Redmond - August 26, 2014

By Tom Temprano Last week I celebrated the ten-year anniversary of my moving to San Francisco. A decade ago, at 18 years old, I enrolled...

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Newsom, GOP share talking points on Uber

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2014

By Tim Redmond AUGUST 19, 2014 – Our friend the Gavster has apparently come to share an obsession with the Republican National Committee: Uber. Remember how...

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On Michael Brown, Sketch Factor, and Finding a Safe Way Home

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2014

By Julia Carrie Wong There is a deep and disturbing dissonance between the Ferguson Police Department’s demands that protestors “Just go home,” and the reality...

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Uber whines about insurance rules that would level the playing field

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2014

By Tim Redmond AUGUST 12, 2014 -- If you believe a recent letter from Uber, a bill pending in the state Legislature would mandate that...

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Uber’s tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How’s that for “sharing?”

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2014

By Darwin Bond Graham JULY 10, 2014 -- Uber, a leading ride-sharing company, has drawn the ire of regulators and cab drivers in dozens of...

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When Gavin Newsom sells out the disability community

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2014

By Bob Planthold JULY 8, 2014 -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote an op-ed piece June 16th in the Sacramento Bee that focuses on the innovation...

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Tom’s Town, Pride Edition: The struggles past, present, and future

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2014

By Tom Temprano Everywhere you go in San Francisco, Pride is in the air. From the Castro bars overcrowded with queers visiting from around the...

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What we Yo about when we Yo about Yo

Tim Redmond - June 19, 2014

By Julia Carrie Wong JUNE 19, 2014 -- On Wednesday morning, news broke that a silly little app called “Yo” had raised $1 million in...

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United adds Uber app — despite SFO ban on Uber faux-cab pickups

The Karl Marx Tree: How Southern Pacific Railroad killed a socialist colony in the name of creating Yosemite National Park

Tom’s Town: The city, ten years back

Newsom, GOP share talking points on Uber

On Michael Brown, Sketch Factor, and Finding a Safe Way Home

Uber whines about insurance rules that would level the playing field

Uber’s tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How’s that for “sharing?”

When Gavin Newsom sells out the disability community

Tom’s Town, Pride Edition: The struggles past, present, and future

What we Yo about when we Yo about Yo

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