- Using the single example of a tweet that makes the gripping and shocking announcement that "Almost every major patent concept from the 1930s was in chemistry. Today, all software," [The Atlantic] concludes that Twitter is incapable of driving traffic to websites.
- Apparently, there's a drive-in in Concord, and when you go see the Spongebob movie you can also see Fifty Shades. Weren't similar confluences one of the high points of that type of moviegoing experience? I seem to recall being taken to Fantasia but craning my neck to watch Blazing Saddles the whole time... [CBS5]
- Did you know that Mt. Sutro was a commercial logging operation just 80 years ago? [Hoodline]
- Now you can go sit on Bernal Hill and answer questions. [Bernalwood]
- The $16 million gender bias suit between Reddit's acting CEO and influential VC firm Kleiner Perkins hits court today. [SF Business Times]
- Google staffer warns the world that smoke detector from Google-owned company doesn't reliably detect smoke. [Brad Fitzpatrick/Google +]
- If you were expecting to rent a tux from Selix, you're out of luck. [ABC7]
- "Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless" via [Mother Jones].
- The [SF Chronicle] discovers that people can be gross on public transit.