GO FISH Phishing texts – smishing – regularly pop up on our cellphones. These obscure messages are purportedly from people who know us, or sent by innocent mistake, but their real purpose is to wheedle into a conversation that results in the provision of personal information. Below are smishes I received, and responses I wanted to, but didn’t, send.

Hi! Dr. Nan, this is Anqi, and this is my new cell phone number! Please save it, thanks!

Thank you, Anqi! I’ve been trying to contact you about your test results, which are quite alarming. Please make sure to NOT drink water, eat food, or evacuate your bowels. Doing any of these things could result in severe pain and death.

Do you have time to have dinner together in the evening? I know there is a Michelin-starred restaurant nearby that has good Italian food.

I’m totally starving! Can you go ahead and make a reservation? They require a non-refundable deposit, but it’ll be credited towards our meal. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you back my share!

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Anchor Away

Hi.

That’s pretty insensitive, given you know my beloved dog, Scottie, just died. I’m blocking you!

Hi.

Mommy says I should tell her if a stranger winks at me, and she’ll notify the FBI. Stranger danger!

Hey how’s your life going these days? Is it going well at work?

The person to whom you sent this text was killed in a tragic workplace accident. We’re looking for witnesses to the incident. If you have any information please pass it on.

Hello. This is Annie, is this Eunice’s number?

It’s not, but if you manage to find Eunice you tell that btch that if she ever even glances at my boyfriend again they’ll be hell to pay!

Julie Christensen, executive director of the Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Green Benefit District , who turns 70 this month, will be leaving that position in November to “rewire.” Christensen served as ED for the organization’s first seven years, during which tons of concrete and asphalt were swapped for plants and pedestrian-friendly amenities. The search is on for a replacement… Potrero Hill-based Anchor Brewing Company, which has roots in the California Gold Rush era, is halting sales of its portfolio of beers outside the state. Instead, the company will focus on the California market, which accounts for 70 percent of its transactions. In addition, Anchor Brewing will no longer make its iconic holiday beer, Christmas Ale, a brewing tradition since 1975. Anchor, founded in 1896, was saved from bankruptcy in 1965 by longtime owner Fritz Maytag, and sold to Sapporo in 2017.

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vendor in the City and County of San Francisco’s (CCSF) Outreach Advertising program the View was summarily rejected from consideration this year because it didn’t respond to a request for additional supporting documents within two hours, instead replying within five hours, having missed the initial email. No matter, the paper no longer qualifies for the contract in any event. El Reportero, which was originally recommended to advertise to the Hispanic community, was dismissed because it doesn’t print in San Francisco, a municipal requirement. Neither does the View, despite its best efforts. The paper’s original printer went out of business years ago. The printer the View relied on for almost two decades refused to continue to work with the paper after it complained, on behalf of its advertisers, about quality problems too often. It’s hard enough being a print paper these days without additional rocks thrown by CCSF… To fill the financial hole created by CCSF’s snub the View is looking to raise $7,500. Readers, can you spare a whole bunch of dimes?

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