# power play (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover power play. Page: Feed: --- ## [SF tried to ban its way to lower rents. Then the AI boom hit](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/21/sf-ban-rent-software-ai-boom/) _2026-08-21 · Maggie Angst · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ A 2024 law that banned landlords from using rent-setting algorithms has yet to produce a single lawsuit. ## [Feds confiscated Eric Swalwell’s iPhone and Macbook Pro, document shows](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/20/eric-swalwell-investigation-fbi-raid-congressman/) _2026-08-20 · Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Authorities appear to be building a civil rights case against the former congressman, according to the statute cited in a search warrant obtained by The Standard. ## [$6M bought Hernandez a dead heat against Wahab. Now the real race begins](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/19/power-play-aisha-wahab-melissa-hernandez-congress/) _2026-08-20 · Maggie Angst · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Plus: Pelosi’s fundraising machine for Chan, YIMBY getting feisty, and endorsement season kicks off. ## [Bitter Democratic fight for Swalwell’s seat goes down to the wire](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/18/bitter-democratic-fight-swalwell-s-seat-goes-wire/) _2026-08-19 · Maggie Angst · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Outside groups poured $6 million into boosting Melissa Hernandez, helping erase Aisha Wahab’s 26-point lead in the June primary. ## [Connie Chan wants to ban congressional stock trading. Her top backers are famous for it](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/18/connie-chan-wants-ban-congressional-stock-trading-top-backers-famous/) _2026-08-18 · Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ The supervisor’s opponent says her endorsements from Reps. Ro Khanna and Nancy Pelosi undercut her branding as the working families’ candidate. ## [A two-supervisor brawl tests Lurie’s kumbaya era at City Hall](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/san-francisco-city-hall-rafael-mandelman-bilal-mahmood-daniel-lurie/) _2026-08-18 · Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ The 11-member legislative board is having its first major rift of the mayor’s term. ## [It’s a foggy first day of school in SF. Here are 5 storylines we’re watching this year](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/sfusd-first-day-of-school/) _2026-08-17 · Ezra Wallach · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Test scores, closures, screen time, and a record-breaking board race: The biggest fights are just starting. ## [The barely watched SF race bringing in eye-watering amounts of money](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/16/growsf-school-board-november-election-powerplay/) _2026-08-17 · Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Plus: Rep. Ro Khanna helps a congressional candidate, Nancy Tung’s brother enters the school board race, and a committee forms to squash an affordable housing measure. ## [Somebody tell Xavier Becerra his website needs updating](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/14/xavier-becerra-governor-election-website-steve-hilton-november/) _2026-08-14 · Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Parts of the campaign website for the presumptive winner of the governor’s race are stuck in June. ## [Housing advocates sue SF, saying it illegally carved SoMa out of state density law](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/13/lawsuit-san-francisco-yimby-nimby-housing/) _2026-08-13 · Max Harrison-Caldwell · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ The suit centers on an ordinance Mayor Daniel Lurie signed in May, which YIMBY groups say violates SB 79. ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZPysqr1WyKXt) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Video Games Industry Finance Cheat Sheet: Summer 2026, 13/08/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/video-games-industry-finance-cheat-1c6) _2026-08-13 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Nintendo does tariff-icly, Xbox flops and Capcom cashes in 💵 ## [Thanks, Daniel Lurie. Now every SF official thinks they’re an influencer](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/powerplay-everyone-wantstocopy-daniel-lurie-instagram/) _2026-08-13 · Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Plus: Garry Tan hosts Xavier Becerra, Bilal Mahmood goes to the mat for YIMBY, and new City College board candidates emerge. ## [SFUSD starts new year with fresh leadership team — and tough decisions ahead](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/sfusd-starts-new-year-fresh-leadership-team-tough-decisions-ahead/) _2026-08-12 · Ezra Wallach · Politics - The San Francisco Standard_ Superintendent Maria Su has a stable budget and new team — but little movement on school closures and student assignment. ## [Saudi Arabia, EA and digital sport's soft power, 30/07/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/saudi-arabia-ea-and-digital-sports) _2026-07-30 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Can't buy up sport for soft power purposes? Buy its digital recreation instead ⚽ 🏈🏎️ ## [The Debrief, July 2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-debrief-july-2026) _2026-07-26 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Xbox cuts, EA nearly acquired and Steam revenues through the roof 📈 ## [Mirth and fun in New York, 23/07/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/mirth-and-fun-in-new-york-23072026) _2026-07-23 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ I go to Games for Change and end up thinking about Mamdani ❤️ ## [Power Play releases in North America today!](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/power-play-releases-in-north-america) _2026-07-21 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Buy online OR in person in New York this week 🇺🇸 ## [How to grow the UK video games industry’s influence - Playing Politics, July 2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-to-grow-the-uk-video-games-industrys) _2026-07-19 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Stop being secretive, start funding your institutions 💰 ## [Beating the content crush, 16/07/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-games-stand-out-from-the-crowd) _2026-07-16 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ PXN, PlayStack, PQube, and Hooded Horse share the secrets of pitching memorable games 😲 ## [The Audacity of Imagination](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/the-audacity-of-imagination) _2026-07-09 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ Juneteeth at the Obama Presidential Center. Brian Collins at MassArt. ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/euBX85MywxEc) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Xbox presses reset, 09/07/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/xbox-presses-reset-09072026) _2026-07-09 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ A brutal round of cuts follows years of Game Pass failure 😬 ## [Inside Italy's Indie Revolution, 02/07/2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/inside-italys-indie-revolution-02072026) _2026-07-02 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Why 'punk' Italian indie devs are attracting global publisher interest 🇮🇹 ## [The Debrief, June 2026](https://www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-debrief-june-2026) _2026-06-28 · George E. Osborn · Video Games Industry Memo_ Summer Game Fest, Stop Killing Games and bad World Cup games (note: not England vs Ghana) ## [Fossil Free in a Post-Hormuz World](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/fossil-free-in-a-post-hormuz-world) _2026-04-22 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ supply shocks, trump’s carbon tax, negamatts and transformation ## [PART FOUR | On the power of play and social imagination in adult life](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/part-four-on-the-power-of-play-and) _2026-04-08 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ The trickster through time, rebel clown armies and "worlding" through play... ## [PART THREE | On the power of play and social imagination in adult life](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/part-3-on-the-power-of-play-and-social) _2026-03-30 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ THE PLAY OF INNER LIFE, THE VALUE OF WILDNESS & CONNECTING PLEASURE TO PLAY / PLAY TO PROTEST ## [PART TWO | On the power of play and social imagination in adult life](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/part-two-on-the-power-of-play-and) _2026-03-25 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ The ascendence of clowns, rat laughter, play as survival and story as social enterprise ## [PART 1 | On the power of play and social imagination in adult life](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/on-the-power-of-play-and-social-imagination) _2026-03-18 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ a performance/lecture/workshop that talks and walks like a duck ## [Top to Bottom: Prepare to Be Dazzled by Nature](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/top-to-bottom-prepare-to-be-dazzled) _2026-03-17 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ “tree day” with CanopyMeg; what’s in the water with HabitatForge; scientists who won’t be muzzled; learning from Rachel Carson ## [Creative Chapters](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/creative-chapters) _2026-03-11 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ The Art of Naming ~ as Spell, as Speech Act, as Creative Tool ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MZ4KHbR8x3iP) _2026-03-11 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Power Plays is moving! (No boxes or packing tape required.)](https://www.powerplays.news/p/power-plays-is-moving-no-boxes-or) _2026-03-04 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ Plus: A few hours left for the BIAD kickstarter! ## [Now You See It, Now You Don’t](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont) _2026-02-15 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ the negamatts of disappearing plastics: baited microfibers; dissolving cooking bags; compostable packaging ## [Let's try this again](https://www.powerplays.news/p/lets-try-this-again) _2026-02-03 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ Power Plays is relaunching. So is Burn It All Down. Here's how you can help. ## [The Negamatts of Process](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/the-negamatts-of-process) _2026-01-05 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ a cheaper, smarter, cleaner way to make steel ## [Negamatts: The Cascading, Sector-Crossing Benefits of the Materials Transition](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/negamatts-the-cascading-sector-crossing) _2025-12-15 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ Motors Without Magnets; a Plug’n’Play Mini Bottling Plants ## [Creative Cycles](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/creative-cycles) _2025-12-08 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ On seeding, planting, and growing creative projects...and, welcoming THE PLAY SOCIETY! ## [The Materials Transition: How Everything We Make Can Be Made Better](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/the-materials-transition-everything) _2025-11-19 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ \* a backgrounder for a series of future posts about companies and technologies of the materials transition ## [Fruits! Roots! Shoots!](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/fruits-roots-shoots) _2025-11-04 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ On “The Stuff that Stuff is Made Of” ## [Waves of Relief](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/waves-of-relief) _2025-10-08 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ Could a failed experiment to reduce the threat of hurricanes help restore coral reefs? ## [Every Day is Sun Day](https://jaginsburg.substack.com/p/every-day-is-sun-day) _2025-09-19 · J.A. Ginsburg · Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg_ Solar wins! Cheap, clean energy for all! ## [The facts and fiction fueling the WNBA's CBA fight](https://www.powerplays.news/p/the-facts-and-fiction-fueling-the) _2025-09-01 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ This Labor Day, let's dive into one of the most consequential labor fights in women's sports history. ## [Christen Press on grief, gal culture, and going public with 'Preath'](https://www.powerplays.news/p/christen-press-on-grief-gal-culture) _2025-08-12 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ "We don't like following all the rules." ## [Hey now, you're (at) All-Star!](https://www.powerplays.news/p/hey-now-youre-at-all-star) _2025-07-18 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ Or, at least I am. ## [Are you ghosting your inner artist?](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/are-you-ghosting-your-inner-artist) _2025-04-30 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ On Creative Commitment, Intention as Action, and the creative consequences of not showing up ## [How iHeartMedia is changing the sports radio game](https://www.powerplays.news/p/how-iheartmedia-is-changing-the-sports) _2025-04-24 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ “Our network is like an act of resistance right now.” ## [Grief is a Living Thing](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/signs-of-spring) _2025-04-16 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ On signs of spring, warming our grief, and building creative resilience ## [Learning, growing, and grasping for meaning in Tampa](https://www.powerplays.news/p/learning-growing-and-grasping-for) _2025-04-11 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ My personal reflections from a month of madness. ## [Inside the remarkable 125-year history of Texas women's basketball](https://www.powerplays.news/p/inside-the-remarkable-125-year-history) _2025-04-04 · Jessica Luther · Power Plays_ "It is, in short, the story of women's sports." ## [Why e.l.f., the NWSL's first beauty sponsor, is going all in on women's sports](https://www.powerplays.news/p/why-elf-the-nwsls-first-beauty-sponsor) _2025-04-03 · Lindsay Gibbs · Power Plays_ "We want to be where our community is." ## [Celebration as a Creative Act](https://thespringcreates.substack.com/p/celebration-as-a-creative-act) _2025-03-31 · Justine Williams · THE CREATIVE SPRING! with Justine Williams_ How can we use celebration, not just to mark the culmination of a creative project, but as a tool to enhance all parts of the creative journey?