Author: Awais

The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has shaken San Francisco’s Mission District, according to The New York Times. After Kit Kat was run over by a Waymo robotaxi on the evening of October 27, locals created a shrine to memorialize him. The area has also been decorated with competing signs, some criticizing Waymo, others noting the many deaths caused by human drivers. Jackie Fielder, who represents the Mission District on SF’s Board of Supervisors, brought up Kit Kat while making the case for a proposed city resolution that calls on the state to allow local voters…

Many of us have a large collection of physical media sitting around, be that CDs, vinyl records, or cassettes. Unfortunately, there isn’t nearly as much to do with them as there used to be—you’d be hard-pressed to find a modern vehicle that runs CDs, much less cassettes. This is how I got all the benefits of my personal media collection in my vehicle without using up any space on my phone. Why run a personal music server, and how do they work? I started collecting CDs and vinyl records after yet another Spotify song disappeared from my playlist without a…

NEED TO KNOW At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowdingA bridge at the Kalando mine, located in the southeastern province of Lualaba, fell on Nov. 15 as miners tried to make their way acrossOne official said that the bridge was a makeshift structure created to help miners get across a flooded trench At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowding. According to reports…