Update via Wired at 4pm Instagram won't be selling your food photos to Denny's after all. The popular photo-sharing site made an abrupt about-face on Tuesday and said it will remove a portion of its updated terms of service that would have allowed Instagram to use your photographs, likeness, photo metadata (location information) and screen name to generate revenue from third-party businesses and "other entities" without your permission, or even telling you about it. ~read on

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Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos <-- Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry.

That means that a hotel in Hawaii, for instance, could write a check to Facebook to license photos taken at its resort and use them on its Web site, in TV ads, in glossy brochures, and so on -- without paying any money to the Instagram user who took the photo. The language would include not only photos of picturesque sunsets on Waikiki, but also images of young children frolicking on the beach, a result that parents might not expect, and which could trigger state privacy laws.

Reginald Braithwaite, an author and software developer, posted a tongue-in-cheek "translation" of the new Instagram policy today: "You are not our customers, you are the cattle we drive to market and auction off to the highest bidder. Enjoy your feed and keep producing the milk."

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Can our congress please renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004??!! How many more mass shootings will it take before this country does something to limit the amount of guns we have in the arms of unstable people?

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) (or Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms, so called "assault weapons". ~read on

Artist Swoon and gang formed Konbit Shelter to help build creative, safe, beautiful, and sustainable homes for Haitian families in the continuing aftermath of the earthquake of 2010 and Hurricane Sandy. They've been self funding their great non profit for years now but as they increase their efforts, they're reaching out by creating this Kickstarter campaign to get more people involved and also make more people aware of this ongoing community project.

They are now building these amazing, creative, safe, beautiful, and sustainable homes using earth-bag architectural techniques... It's a great program by the looks of it, and if you donate they're offering up all kinds of goodies including asking for your imput in the project... Tis the season to try a little harder in giving something back. Go here

Community center under construction: This style of architecture requires no scaffolding or heavy machinery to build, and can be learned by everyone on the community.

Community Center by night. Upper windows were created by welding beautiful patterns into recycled steel metal drum configurations.

That ad went quick... Thanks to our new advertiser, TugBoat Printshop, the hand-crafted woodblock prints by the husband and wife duo of Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth.

Beautiful original prints at affordable prices. Perfect gifts for the holidays. Let's show them why it rules to support Fecal Face and click their banner above, and if you're enjoying their prints, purchase one. Let's support good people doing good work. All hail the arts!

If you're near the Lower Haight this evening, swing through Fifty24SF (218 Fillmore St.) to view Mr. Sam Flores new solo show Lion and the Lamb opening tonight.

Lion marks Flores' first showing in his hometown in nearly a decade, and his first solo show since 2011's Cairo exhibition at Articulate Baboon. Flores has long been a collaborator with Upper Playground, with his 12Grain line a staple in our collection every year... "My new show delves into themes that I touch on a lot in my work," Flores told us. "The struggle of good and bad light and dark, innocence and evil. I'm taking you to a more rich, colorful world of struggle temptation and hope."

Check out our 2009 studio visit with Flores.

A few weeks ago, while walking by the Church and Doubce Muni stop, we noticed someone (a homeless/ street person?) had set out some discarded chairs facing the Muni stop and didn't think much of it other than what a bummer it is that San Francisco has so much street trash and mattresses thrown about the city's sidewalks.

It wasn't till the next morning, while checking the Haighteration post, that we realized that the chairs aren't trash- the city paid artist Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe to create these bronze covered mismatched chairs that sit awkwardly in their new environment.

Like the new Church and Doubce Muni stop public installation?

Out of the 3 proposals submitted (only 3?) to the San Francisco Arts Commission, we'd have gone with Masayuki Nagase's stone seating.

Is it just us, or does the new installation look out of place and junky?

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We're happy to report that Jay Howell, whose solo show opens in February @FFDG, is doing all the artwork for this year's Noise Pop Music Festival running Feb 26 - Mar 3, 2013 here in San Francisco.

Also due out sometime in the spring (we're pretty sure) is Jay Howell's animated series Sanjay and Craig produced by Nickelodeon/ created by Jay Howell, Andreas Trolf, and Jim Dirschberger.

To be added to the Jay Howell solo show preview, email: info(at)ffdg.net

Jay Howell doing the art for thie year's Noise Pop

Jay Howell characters at Nickelodeon HQ

Our friend and talented San Francisco based sculptor Jud Bergeron is now in NYC and then down to Miami for the fair madness. Here is his second blog as he makes his way through the chaos.

Jean-Pierre Roy is an amazing painter who currently has a show up at Michael Moore Gallery in LA. His large scale apocalyptic paintings include sci-fi overtones while maintaining subtle painterly qualities. He has inserted himself as a giant in his epic new work that gives the viewer a psychedelic sense of scale while humanizing the works simultaneously.

Next we headed over to Eric White's studio. Eric and I have been friends for going on 20 years and I have always admired his endless skill and technique. Eric is currently working on 2 shows, a two man show with Daniel Davidson in Copenhagen and a solo show for next year at Martha Otero Gallery in LA. Eric describes his work as based in surrealism coupled with hyper realism existing in parallel universes.

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XARA THUSTRA - BOOK RELEASE/ART SHOW <-- Both an activist and artist, Thustra has been pushing the envelope socially and artistically for 15 plus years in San Francisco. Xara's ever evolving creative medium has been graffiti, screen printed posters. calendars, murals, paintings, video, music, performance and protest. Socially, Xara has been responsible for anti-war actions, gay activism, feeding the hungry, anti-capitalist actions, squats like 949 Market, and so much more ~show details

Our friend and talented San Francisco based sculptor Jud Bergeron is now in NYC and then down to Miami for the fair madness. Here is his first blog as he makes his way through the chaos.

His first blog features his stop in NYC and making it to Joe Kraeutler and Sarah Hasted's gallery hastedkraeutler.com to view photographs by Albert Watson. He then swung through Freight and Volume and headed to Jonathon Levine for Joe Sorren's opening. ~read the blog

Joe and Martha Sorren

Joe Sorren at Jonathon Levine Gallery

After party with Renee Intlekofer, Adam Wallacavage, (so sorry I forgot your name) and Chris Ward

Be sure to get your Free Fridayz drawings in by Friday, because we WILL have a new round of Free Fridayz going up. This week's theme: TOURISTS. If you don't know what we're talking about, check here and learn about our weekly drawing contest.

Email your submissions to freefridayz(at)fecalface.com

Austin England via Los Angeles got his wonderful "Tourists" drawing in time for this week's Free Fridayz

Sylvia Ji has a new print, "La Virgin de la Soledad", just out through 827 Ink, limited edition set of 200 fine art prints (15"W x 22 1/2"L) signed and numbered. $145.

Beautiful new print from Sylvia Ji out now.

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE AWARDS $65,000 TO BAY AREA VISUAL ARTS GROUPS IN ROUND 6 OF ALTERNATIVE EXPOSURE GRANT PROGRAM <-- Southern Exposure is proud to announce grants totaling $65,000 to 16 groups in Round 6 of its Alternative Exposure grant program. Alternative Exposure recognizes and supports the independent and self-organized work of artists and small groups that plays a critical and significant role in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community. Alternative Exposure is made possible with major leadership support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with additional support by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund. ~read

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to our Holiday Blowout where vendors/ friends Needles and Pens, High in the Bay, Little Paper Planes, Hamburger Eyes, and, us, Fecal Face sold some items for this one night event.

Thanks also to INDIO for providing the tasty suds and to 4 Seasons Rolls for the amazing Vietnamese spring rolls & iced coffees (holy shit were they strong. Was up to 2:30am last night)... We'll get some photos up on Monday.

Remember the 14th st "hipster mini mall"... well, here's a mini mall, no doubt.

Andrew Scott off Needles and Pens sets up their table before the evening began.

Mike Shine wrote us and included this brilliant photo.

He wrote, Maybe the funniest, weirdest, darkest thing I've seen in a long time. This guy was on the shoulder of the road on the way to our location near Santa Clarita outside LA. A road kill racoon balloon. Amazing.

At least he is wished well.