misc Video: Yesterday's Singing Flash Mob Friend of SFist, Daniel, accompanied last night's Flash Mob at Union Square, in which approximately fifty people sang the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." He managed to capture about sixteen
misc Photo du Jour 433 Swoops caught on tape! Flickr photog Ingrid Taylar captured this harrowing shot of San Francisco's most famous brewer blackbird ("Swoops") in mid-attack. The bird has made headlines recently as he defends his and
misc <i>Guardian</i> Blogger Says Hand Jobs Are Over Juliette Tang, writing for the SFBG's sex blog asks the all-important question this week, "Hand Jobs: Are We Having Them?" Now, while we at SFist fully support the concept of a sex blog
misc Kitten Overload at SPCA Eeps! Squee! Ack! Aw! Oh my! The start of summer means the start of kitten season. And right now at the SPCA is at "kitten overload." According to an appropriately all-capped and superfluously
misc Photo du Jour 432 Scene from yesterday's budget rally to, like, help save public health. Read more about it over at SFBG.
misc Cute Alert: Dachshund Derby in Berkeley on Saturday Wienerschnitzel has a clever campaign going with their hilarious Wiener Nationals. Saturday's Dachshund Derby II will take place at Noon at Berkeley's Golden Gate Fields (1100 Eastshore Hwy). Admission ranges from $4-15, and
misc Happy Birthday, Judy Today, being June 10, would have been Judy Garland's 87th birthday, the second most important person to have been born on that day. Garland, as a handful of you know, was the first
misc Mayhem at the Market by Ted Weinstein Hot on the heels of helping local shoe shine entrepreneur Larry Moore get the city off his back and get himself off the streets and into his own apartment, C.
misc Photo du Jour 430 In a shameless attempt at receiving good karma, SFist presents to you this retro-chic Missed Connection.
misc Photos: Israel in the Gardens Festival On Saturday Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco, the annual Israel in the Gardens Festival took place. As expected, it was more comfortable than your typical daytime outdoor public festival,
misc The <i>VICE</i> Guide to North Korea; and Shane Smith on <i>The Early Show</i> In case you missed it when it arrived on the web scene last year, VICE Magazine went inside North Korea and did a 3-part series in which head bad boy Shane Smith took
misc Film du Jour: Green Graduation Cap Aw, recent college graduates. Aren't they adorable? They're younger than you, they're prettier than you, they believe in things, they can drink more than you, and they will steal your jobs. Take, for
misc Board of Supes to Consider Resolution Urging the Release of (Alleged) Cop Killers According to Peter Jamison at , the SF Board of Supervisors plan to serve up a controversial (and, ultimately, benign) resolution that would ask for charges to be dropped against the San Francisco Eight,
misc Photos: Sunday Streets in the Mission We hear today's Sunday Streets in the Mission was a success. Evidently lots of kids came out of the woodwork, too. The next one is July 19, also in the Mission. Keep the
misc Paula Abdul Punked by Sacha Baron Cohen We don't know about you, but we're seriously looking forward to the July 10 release of Bruno, the latest Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary about a gay Austrian fashion correspondent creating Borat-like confusion around
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist was mesmerized by the amazing story of a cat who survived a 26-story fall from a lower Manhattan apartment building. And the cat's name is Lucky! SFist asked members of the gastronomic
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Travelocity travel for good, where you can be a change ambassador or stay green for less green. Connect by
misc Blackbird Attacking FiDi Pedestrians Have you had your head pecked while lunching or lollygagging downtown? This might be the reason: A tiny, adorable, rapscallion of a blackbird has been tormenting pedestrians in San Francisco's financial district as
misc Perusing the Craigslist Free Section People offer up everything under the sun in Craigslist's free section, including random junk like a bottle of dish-washing detergent and the saddest wheelbarrow ever (too ugly for photos, the ad says). Also
misc Photo du Jour 427 Scene from yesterday's rally at Civic Center to free Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Both are on trial in North Korea for something ridiculous, facing 10 years of hard labor.
misc What's Going On Here, Supreme Master Ching Hai? Oh look! Another ad from Supreme Master TV, one that will, hopefully, bring you nobility and spirituality. And this one is in massive billboard form, found above Harrison between Fourth and Third streets.
misc KRON 4's Gary Radnich Bleeds On the Air God, we love KRON 4 so very, very much. Here one reason why. (Not seen: Darya Folsom almost retching over Radnich blood.) Thanks, Matt Baume, for sending this our way!
