Will Hicks

Freelance writer and editor | formerly @SFBusinessTimes, @BangkokPostNews, @DowJones | [email protected]

[Complex @Complex]

A muscular cat was spotted on the streets of Istanbul.

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

@umpherj lol why is it all white people in new york city

[Mike DeWald @mike_dewald]

The mountain lion makes a break for it as officials work to tranquilize it.

[Mike DeWald @mike_dewald]

A surprise visitor for people living in the Sunset in San Francisco. Animal Care & Control is at Ulloa and 44th for a mountain lion sighting!

[Elai @elaifresh]

Crazy SF permitting story

Woman buys house, turns out it has an “unpermitted ADU” (storage area with unpermitted bathrooms, comically low ceiling heights)

Neighbor complains to city about it

City says you can’t convert to storage, because that’s removing a housing unit and we’re in a housing crisis, someone must live in the unit

But you also can’t rent the unit, because it’s not up to code, you must excavate below the foundation to get the ceiling heights correct

“But wait that costs like half a million dollars I don’t have that!”

“Ok we can delay enforcement until you do”

So now nobody can use the space, neither for living nor for storage, indefinitely

We did it! Hooray!

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

@stefanoscalia You never had Petrale sole?

[Cory Dobbin @CoryOnBrand]

This just gets crazier by the second. @Meta and @finkd need to address this ASAP. This is the flock-fueled future everyone is afraid of and corporations keep telling everyone it's fine. Prove it.

@ kontheinside on IG

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

Dakota Carrasco built The Dissent, a newsroom covering San Francisco, with AI instead of reporters.

📝: William Hicks https://t.co/v7L0HoXmHy

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

@seema_amble Stella pastry on Columbus

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist

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Discourse in the country reaching all time highs

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@ZaidJilani Who says Georgia is the most beautiful state in america?

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

I saw a llama on the loose while mountain biking near Skeggs Point south of SF. Park rangers were not successful at capturing the thing and had no idea where it came from

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@TheStalwart There needs to be labor laws banning the kind of cruelty this chain inflicts on its workers. Cannot imagine hearing one song on loop for a 12-hour shift. Good prices though and beer selection.

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

@daveloach2 Easiest way to go from San Jose to San Francisco is a four hour detour through Sacramento

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Want to go camping this weekend in California. Wish I thought of this SIX MONTHS AGO AT 7AM.

[Rosie Gray @RosieGray]

The judge being a chad is hilarious

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They're also suing Apple for the same reason, seeking class action status

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Ethan Klein's production company Ted Entertainment is suing OpenAI, claiming the company scraped their videos without consent for its Sora model

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

@ianmiles Yeah doesn't give you customized alerts and real time earnings transcripts. General LLMs don't have all the same features

[Will Hicks @realwillhicks]

RIP Fintool. Its getting acquired and shutting down. Now who's going to summarize all the boring filings I dont want to read?