The reason is clear: the ice caps are melting, and as a result our weather is bipolar.

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Running hot and cold

Hey! I see a weed!

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Another garden panorama

• Art of the African savanna at the de Young : 60 sculptures by artists of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa cultures
• Namastenancy not impressed by de Young preview : An overbearing “stench of class and power”
• Frisco Psychedelia : Vintage posters exhibited in Denver
• East Bay unemployment at all-time high : “This is the deepest we’ve been”
• Amygdules at Sibley Volcanic Reserve : “Fossil bubbles”
• An award to be proud of? : The Chronicle’s editors “should be asking themselves if . . . they went too far in slanting . . . stories against immigrants”
• Edible Expeditions : At the Conservatory of Flowers

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Panorama of pool garden, year 2 on CleVR.com

We actually took a step backward this year, in a way, because we expanded the garden by taking out more concrete, and so we undid some of our work from last year. But the garden recovered nicely and is doing well, especially considering our cold, gloomy June. The monster plants on the right are tomatoes, which are already starting to bear fruit.

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Pool garden, year 2 panorama

We have many bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds in the garden this year.

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Bees

This 1914 video shows opium paraphernalia being burnt in what is now the Civic Center area. At the time the area had not yet been rebuilt following the ‘06 earthquake (because voters would not pass bonds for funding the project because of the corruption of city leaders), but here you can see the new city hall under construction.

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via bluehour on the Asian Art Museum blog

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Opium burning, San Francisco, 1914

But they’re a little confused about at least one thing. “The city’s boy-to-girl ratio (male: 51%; female: 49%) doesn’t seem promising at first,” they write, “but remember this is San Francisco, so you can shave a good 8% to 10% off the competition right there.”

I guess if you ask men, only the guys are gay.

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AskMen advocates living in San Francisco

Rebecca Cathcart, writing in today’s NYT about Gov. Schwarzenegger calling for a study of legalizing marijuana in California, says:

Sales could raise $1.2 billion to $1.34 billion in annual tax revenue, some estimates say.

But that would be little salve for the state’s deficit, which could reach $20 billion in 15 months if ballot initiatives proposed by the governor do not pass….

But surely the economic consequences of legalizing marijuana are more complex that just straight tax revenue on direct sales. Two consequences that come immediately to mind:

• Increase in tourism dollars. Isn’t that what happened in Amsterdam?
• Decrease in prison expenses. Aren’t most of our prisoners incarcerated for drug offenses?

This is why the governor is acting sensibly (for once) in calling for a study.

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How much income would legalizing marihuana bring to California?

For them as cares, Twitalyzer offers a list of “the 100 Most Influential people in Twitter who say they live in San Francisco.” Gavin Newsome is number three.

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San Franciscans who are influential on Twitter

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Julius Shulman at new Robert Berman Gallery