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Grant Marek
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San Francisco journalist. @sfgate.com editor-in-chief | Also: Daily Cal Board Member | Always: Cal Golden Bear | Signal: grantmarek.83
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Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 2d ago🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇
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Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 2d ago🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇
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Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 2d ago🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇
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Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 2d ago🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇
🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇
More Buster Posey news
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3d ago“The Giants being the major part of KNBR programming — which they are — and they have held that very much on top of KNBR’s throat. Like, ‘You get your ratings because our games are on your freaking channel.’” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
And it all stems back to Posey's cowardice over Pride Night. He's a fucking baby. What a disaster.
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3d ago“The Giants being the major part of KNBR programming — which they are — and they have held that very much on top of KNBR’s throat. Like, ‘You get your ratings because our games are on your freaking channel.’” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
they're really out here just burning every bridge they possibly can this season.
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3d ago“The Giants being the major part of KNBR programming — which they are — and they have held that very much on top of KNBR’s throat. Like, ‘You get your ratings because our games are on your freaking channel.’” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
“The Giants being the major part of KNBR programming — which they are — and they have held that very much on top of KNBR’s throat. Like, ‘You get your ratings because our games are on your freaking channel.’” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
The SF Giants-KNBR relationship is fraying: 'Never been this bad'
The Giants' rough season on the field isn't just impacting their roster.
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SFGATE@sfgate.com · 2w agoYes, we know: SFGATE has a lot of ads. So we made an app without any. SFGATE's first-ever app offers an entirely ad-free way to read our journalism for just $4.99 a month. (The ad-supported version of SFGATE.com will remain completely free.)
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SFGATE launches 'Friends of SFGATE,' complete with ad-free app
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Here’s my review of Lucky, which is dumb in all the bestest ways. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Anya Taylor-Joy's 'Lucky' is so stupid and so good
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary opines on the pulpy new Apple TV series.
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“In 2026, (military) contracts are where the money is, but by taking them, Planet and other California space companies are finding the Pentagon is both an unpredictable customer and a threat to the transparency it has long espoused.” via @raminskibba.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
SF company Planet finds itself on the front lines of Trump admin's war on Iran
Contracts with the U.S. government are testing Planet's reputation for transparency.
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For subscribers: Dodgers go out of their way to visit White House, stab fanbase in back. open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...
oh my god i was not prepared for these massive new 'welcome to california' signs @mcleantessa.bsky.social discovered: www.sfgate.com/california/a...
"This is waste on an unimaginable scale. And if our tech overlords aren’t kept in check, they’ll waste everything we have." via @drewmagary.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
If you don't hate data centers yet, boy do I have news for you
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes the hater's guide to data centers.
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“Data centers—bland, inert structures that add no aesthetic or intellectual value to the landscape they’re built on—stand as the physical embodiment of the AI sector’s grotesque avariciousness.” www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
If you don't hate data centers yet, boy do I have news for you
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes the hater's guide to data centers.
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While I have you, @sfgate.com is ALSO changing. Specifically, you can now buy a cheapass sub to read the entire site ad-free. I assure you that you'll get your money's worth, so come support the best newsroom on the west coast. www.sfgate.com/news/article...
SFGATE launches 'Friends of SFGATE,' complete with ad-free app
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When I was at Cal, my roommate and I went to Smokehouse A LOT. Nothing makes me happier than hearing it's turning 75 and just had its best year ever... via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/food/article...
At 75, Berkeley's retro Smokehouse burger stand just had its best year yet
Everything on the menu is still under $9.
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favorite easter egg in the new AD-FREE @sfgate.com app is the little greeting you get when you open the app. we wrote over 100 of these so you get a tiny bit of surprise and delight every time you open it.
"Around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, Joseph Henrichsen allegedly said he had a grenade and threatened to use it unless officers moved away from a truck. Phoenix later told his father that he saw people in the trees, whom investigators believe were officers." via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Calif. father, son held biologists studying frogs in 15-hour hostage ordeal
A father-son duo abducted two biologists studying frog habitats, officials said.
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SFGATE launches 'Friends of SFGATE,' complete with ad-free app
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When I laid out this case against Google for @sfgate.com a couple of months ago, I was partially motivated by the fact that Google's AI tactics were killing off traffic to news outlets, SFGATE included, and putting them in grave danger... www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Google hates you
"The repercussions of Google's pivot to AI will be vast and horrid."
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Just downloaded the @sfgate.com app. It was easy. Decided I need an ad-free space to read the Bay Area culture articles @amandabartlett.bsky.social writes that I wish I thought of first.
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3w agoOh hey, big news, if you've ever spent a morning reading free content on @sfgate.com while swatting away pop-up ad after pop-up ad and thought "there has to be a better way," well, there is now A BETTER WAY. Introducing: @sfgate.com's ad-free app. www.sfgate.com/news/article...
large strong men are stopping me on the street with tears in their eyes to tell me how much life has improved since downloading the app and becoming a friend of sfgate
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3w agoOh hey, big news, if you've ever spent a morning reading free content on @sfgate.com while swatting away pop-up ad after pop-up ad and thought "there has to be a better way," well, there is now A BETTER WAY. Introducing: @sfgate.com's ad-free app. www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Possibly the best breakfast food review since the NSA guide to Ft Meade area breakfast places stuffed into the Snowden Papers. 👇👍
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3w agoFriends, two years ago I penned my San Francisco breakfast sandwich magnum opus. I spent two years biking around the city, eating 100 breakfast sandwiches in the process and settling on my 37 favorites. Well today, a new quest begins… www.sfgate.com/food/article...