The 5 Topics Everyone Will Be Discussing Over Brunch

The 5 Topics Everyone Will Be Discussing Over Brunch

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Impress your friends with these conversation-starters.


1. How San Francisco Is Designing Its Metro Train of the Future, City Lab

Nearly a half century after the system's launch, BART will get its long-awaited makeover. The so-called "Fleet of the Future" plan will put up to 1,000 new BART cars on the tracks between 2017 and 2023, at a cost between $2.5 billion and $3.3 billion. But the overhaul is more extreme makeover than cosmetic touchup—from the aesthetics of the cars to the minutiae of floor patterning and handrail grips. BART used the chance to rethink how the trains look on the outside and feel on the inside, how they accommodate the crowds of today and the near future, and how they subtly control the onslaught of rush hour and all those bicycles.

2. 'DILFs Of Disneyland' Is Our Favorite New Instagram Account, LAist

Ever notice the nonstop supply of hot dads at Disneyland? One intrepid Instagram user, going by the handle @dilfs_of_disneyland, did, and he's exposing a veritable bounty of DILFs within the Magic Kingdom.

3. Audi's Self-Driving A7 Hitting S.F. Streets Thanks To New Test Permit, SFist

If you happen to pass an Audi on the road, don't panic if there's no one behind the wheel. On Tuesday, the German car company received the first California permit to test self-driving cars in the state. Now the LA Times reports that its A7 autonomous car will begin testing immediately in the San Francisco area.

4. Kanye Yells At Fan In Wheelchair To 'Stand Up' During Concert YouTube

"Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and shit," the rapper said. Nobody was excused from sitting down.

5. Maria Shriver Scrubbed from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Portrait, SF Gate

Sources tell us the painting, which sat for years in Schwarzenegger's Southern California production office, originally featured a lapel button depicting Shriver. Now, the left lapel in Helnwein's portrait has been "deleted" with a blue smudge of paint.

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