Author Archives: Stan Flouride

Clay Geerdes was on the streets of Berkeley when People’s Park happened, observing the actions on both sides and, as usual, taking photographs. Looking back, years later, he offered this description of the general situation. Clay Geerdes: When People’s Park … Continue reading →

I officially claim “dibs” on “Legs on a Plane” as a movie idea. The tarantulas were likely Phormictopus cancerides, a species common to the Dominican Republic, Montreal-based entomologist Étienne Normandin told Radio-Canada. Ranging in length between 10cm and 20cm (4″-8″), the spider … Continue reading →

These groups and others like them stand to lose billions of dollars in funding obtained through ‘collars-for-dollars’ programs, federal anti-drug grants, and lost opportunities to seize cash and cars through asset forfeitures. In 2014, U.S. police seized more citizens’ property … Continue reading →

Though I’ve been treated there for years, it was only yesterday that I discovered that WW2 veteran Sad Sack is there too. I must have crossed this 100 times without noticing it. Sad Sack is an American fictional comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. … Continue reading →

In October 2014, an international team of researchers (including two of the authors who led the present study) looked at psilocybin’s effect on the brain by comparing fMRI scans of people injected with 2 milligrams of the drug with people injected with 2 milligrams of a … Continue reading →

In October 2014, an international team of researchers (including two of the authors who led the present study) looked at psilocybin’s effect on the brain by comparing fMRI scans of people injected with 2 milligrams of the drug with people injected with 2 milligrams of a … Continue reading →

Next to the planter in front of my building, a pair of young pigeons.

For the first time EVER the SFPD has assigned foot and bicycle patrols to Haight St.@ In the past they were all down at the Panhandle or in GGPark and the street was a mess.

I love that whales are now entering the Bay fairly regularly. In this case it appears that they came in looking for anchovies, probably headed here: As many as four humpbacks at a time have been spotted flapping their tails … Continue reading →

I joke that the reason I became a vegetarian is not because I love animals, it’s because I hate plants. In fact, it is the horrendous environmental cost of factory farming that made me adopt this dietary lifestyle. And now, … Continue reading →