Net Neutrality Symposium at USF...

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, gave a speech to the World Affairs Council at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel yesterday, but was upstaged by a few gay (or bear) activists. Thanks to reader Zombie for sending this our way.......

What does the move of the San Francisco 49ers to Santa Clara mean for San Francisco's 49ers fans? As we didn't grow up here and as we aren't "the Faithful" it's hard for us to explain. So we asked a Friend of SFist to see what it means to them. Below is his comment....

Reacting to criticism that the State Department voted against letting two gay rights groups into a United Nations panel, the State Department issued a statement last Friday denying that the vote was due to any sort of anti-gay bias. Instead, they did it because of a concern over pedophilia. ...

Tomorrow night sees the kick off of the the eighth annual United Nations Association Film Festival at Stanford University. With screenings in several buildings across campus (we love college campus maps, it makes us feel like a hopeful freshman all over again), the festival runs from Wednesday through Sunday. We love that the festival is broken up into "sessions," so for one low ticket price we can see multiple films at one sitting. Our......

KRON 4's Brian Shields organized a huuuuuuge blogger meetup at their studios. They've decided to keep working on the rollout of their aggregator and commentary. SFist sells out and is co-opted by the drunk and beautiful crowd at the Black and White Ball. Oh, wait, we are that crowd. As our friend pointed out, it's 'Gay Season' in San Francisco. Which means that the city is full of drama -- by which, of course,......

Oh no, and after we got out the nice china and everything! President George Bush has sent his regrets that he will not be attending the party for the UN's 60th birthday that we're throwing out here in Sodom-by-the-Bay. What's more, his girlfriend Condi isn't coming either! In their place, they're sending some dude we've never heard of, Ambassador Sichan Siv, the US UNESCO rep. The president of the UN Association of SF, Nancy Peterson, said, "I am just reading into this that the administration is taking a very dubious stance symbolically toward the importance of the United Nations to the American people." The Bush administration? No way! ...

Friend of SFist Kevin Smokler is celebrating the release of his new anthology, "Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times." By book lovers, for book lovers. Contributing authors Michelle Richmond, Adam Johnson, K.M. Soehnlein and Paul Flores will also be on hand to celebrate. A Clean, Well Lighted Place for Books, Van Ness between Turk and Golden Gate, 7pm. SFist Krissy recommends the Bloc Party show at the Fillmore, but alas, it's sold out (check......

Voter fraud in Nevada and Oregon raises questions in California....