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- Burning Man is almost upon us, but Bay Area revelers seem in no hurry to hunker down and rest up. [SFist]
- Pinterest bought Instapaper, so now you can put a virtual pin into virtual paper? Or something? [TechCrunch] [Wired]
- A federal appeals court has for the second time upheld California’s first-in-the nation ban on so-called gay aversion therapy. [Associated Press]
- Should we be using the notion of “free speech” to understand online speech at all? [Slate]
- Former Apple Music employee bashes Spotify, Tidal and cheap fans. [Sean Glass/Medium]
- A lawsuit brought by the City of San Francisco against the Academy of Art University has been issued a stay this week. [SF Business Times]
- No one seems to know who's paying for Celeste Guap to go to rehab. [KRON 4]
- A San Jose police officer is accused of providing intel to gang members as part of a bigger sweep called "Operation Gang of Thrones." [ABC 7]
- Kevin "KC" Jones, who helped Muni design and install the overhead electric wires for the 24-Divisidero route, died last month of head injuries sustained while cycling. [SF Chronicle]
- San Francisco’s public schools are expected to become even more accessible to transgender students and students who do not identify as either gender under a resolution passed Tuesday by the Board of Education. [SF Examiner]
- The [SF Chronicle] endorses Prop 56, which would raise the tax on cigarettes by $2 a pack.
