- SF lawyer Michelle Friedland overcomes conservative groups' disdain for her support of LGBT rights to ascend to a judgeship on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. [San Jose Mercury News]
- The SFMTA's using census data to figure out where the poorest San Franciscans live, say they will use this info to "identify [Muni] performance issues" in those areas. Which totally seems simpler than just riding a bus around town! [SF Examiner]
- I invite all pro-am Photoshop bullshit evaluators to pore over these photos of San Francisco taken by Munich neuroscientist Ali Erturk. If you aren't already skeptical, then perhaps knowing that these appeared in the [Daily Mail] will get you there.
- [48 Hills] alleges that Mayor Ed Lee is following Rose Pak's orders to oust police Commissioner Angela Chan
- You'll be shocked to hear that America's biggest bike corral is in the Mission. [Streetsblog]
- There's a documentary about the Bay Lights. [Forbes]
- The Internet Archive's 100 "archivist statues" makes it so much cooler than Madame Tussauds. [Richmond SF blog]
- "Are San Francisco office tenants leasing up too much space?" asks the [SF Business Times]. With the massive leases places like LinkedIn are signing, this questions seems bubble-bustin' with relevance.