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Can Uber and Lyft keep rides affordable and drivers happy? trib.al/CtnJKSx

Poppy had dental surgery, and I don’t think she will ever forgive me

He’s doing the slack dancing parrot reaction

My two worlds collide!!!!! Fast Company covered the new Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, San Francisco fastcompany.com/91199968/new-m…

A video of a San Francisco woman’s harrowing experience in a Waymo vehicle — in which two men stopped the vehicle in the middle of the street in an effort to get her phone number — has raised fresh concerns about passenger safety in autonomous vehicles. trib.al/dhlU89b

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A Waymo car driven by AI crashed with a Muni bus driven by a human in San Francisco. Right in front of YC’s founder after party. So here’s a bunch of CEOs trying to help a helpless robot find his way again ✨

Great news! We're taking part in the 16th Annual Mars Petcare US Adoption Weekend this Friday through Sunday, October 11th to 13th. Adoptions are being covered by Mars Petcare and PEDIGREE Foundation! Adopters will go home with a welcome kit, courtesy of the Mars family of pet care

NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ Natalie Lung Aaron W. Gordon ಠ_ಠ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

TikTok admits in their own research: “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety.” npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s…

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show's collab with Amazon may be the best execution of live shopping so far

Instacart names Anirban Kundu, head of engineering for Uber's delivery business, as its new CTO, a position that has been vacant for eight months (Natalie Lung / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241016/p32#a24…

Sources: Uber has explored a possible bid for Expedia as it seeks to grow into a super app; Expedia, valued at nearly $20B, would be Uber's largest acquisition (Financial Times) ft.com/content/94a25b… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241016/p40#a24…

While incarcerated, he lost his job and his apartment. Unmarried, he is back living with his elderly parents in Michigan, lacking the financial means to establish a new life. He has started a GoFundMe campaign. nytimes.com/2024/10/21/wor…

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Poppy had a costume party yesterday with her dog friends for her very first Gotcha Day 💖

Very cute Halloween moment from Waymo

When I worked at CNBC we used to send him our Thx Points which could be redeemed for some p nice gifts lol

My dad passed last week. I’m taking some time off of work, but he was always my biggest supporter and fan, printing out my first freelance articles for the local paper and writing notes on them. I’ll miss him a lot. gladfelter-roetker.com/obituaries/zen…

ISO some contacts to pitch a few SF/national news story ideas (not tech!). Please shoot me a note if you know of anyone accepting pitches at the moment. Thanks!