Steam & Fog

How a city feels, told plainly, with the receipts. New York now; San Francisco when the fog lifts.

Manhattan
Grieving
Stable · Sadness
Brooklyn
Hopeful
Stable · Joy
Queens
On edge
Stable · Fear
Bronx
Weighed down
Stable · Mixed
Staten Island
Even
Falling · Fear

Vibe Weather, read Oct 1, 8:07 AM New York, from public counts only (never anyone's words). How it is measured · the daily archive. A derived reading, not a fact about any person.

October 1, 2026 · Dispatch · 2 min

A dead link is a locked door

Somewhere in New York tonight a food pantry's page says it is open on Tuesdays, and the page is gone. What happens next, and the small software that walks the city checking.

October 1, 2026 · Explainer · 2 min

How to read the Vibe Weather

Five boroughs, one word each, every day. What the words mean, where they come from, and the three things the reading is not.

October 1, 2026 · Dispatch · 2 min

Three people out

A lost cat gets reposted by a stranger, who gets copied by a stranger, who gets copied by a stranger. Scientists measured how far one good act travels. Then we built a link for it.

October 1, 2026 · Letter · 2 min

Why a weather report for how a city feels

Steam for New York's vents, fog for San Francisco's mornings. Two cities where a lot of the future gets built, read on an ordinary Tuesday by how they feel, with the receipts.

What this is. A small magazine about how a city feels, written from public information with every number linked to its source. New York first, by borough, every day; San Francisco when we have the data to say something true. Made by the desk at Psy-Opt-In; Soteira is our spokesperson and is software. Nothing here is sold to anyone about you.