I lived on Lyon and Oak for 11 years, and they used to use that street to run from Buena Vista down to the Panhandle to hunt at night. I love them! (clearly)

Seeking Victim Information in SantaCon Investigation | Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI’s New York Division is seeking to identify potential victims of Stefan Pildes, who organized and operated the annual SantaCon event in New York City, from at least 2019 to present. Pildes was ...

Asking New Yorkers if they’ve been personally victimized by Santacon is very funny actually www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...

‘How Could You Be Against Joy?’: Bay Area Artists Are Turning on the Civic Joy Fund A private initiative founded by the mayor and backed by a crypto billionaire is increasingly shaping San Francisco’s arts scene. Musicians are asking questions — and some are calling for a boycott.

SF’s Civic Joy Fund is one of those hidden-picture tests: Do you see a lamp or a woman’s face? Are billionaires using tax loopholes to advance a technofash takeover of public space, or are they philanthropists swooping in to save the arts when no one else will? www.coyotemedia.org/how-could-yo...

‘How Could You Be Against Joy?’: Bay Area Artists Are Turning on the Civic Joy Fund A private initiative founded by the mayor and backed by a crypto billionaire is increasingly shaping San Francisco’s arts scene. Musicians are asking questions — and some are calling for a boycott.

The brave and talented @emmaruthless.bsky.social took on a BIG question today for @coyotemedia.org: What the fuck is the deal with the Civic Joy Fund? Can you ethically play their shows? And what would real arts funding look like in San Francisco? www.coyotemedia.org/how-could-yo...

Calendar - COYOTE Independent journalism with a bite!

Hey if you're in the Bay Area and wondering what there is to do, @coyotemedia.org puts together a weekly calendar that is pretty fucking good. I write it, so I'm biased obviously. But you can get it for FREE on our site and in your inbox: www.coyotemedia.org/tag/calendar/

This Isn't Funny, Shoe Companies Only Do This When They're In Extreme Distress Allbirds, the shoe company, the company that sells shoes, is pivoting to AI

"Instead of pivoting to, I don’t know, socks, or pants, or other things in the stuff-that-goes-on-your-body-near-your-feet arena in which it is an expert, Allbirds is renaming itself to 'Newbird AI'” - @aftermath.site #notallbirds

‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

All kinds of broken up about my alma mater closing. It felt like a gold mine to discover a college without frats/sororities or grades, where I could design my own path of study with the support of incredible teachers. I feel so sad for current and future students who won't get this opportunity.

Essential practice 👇 Working this way has helped me build trust with communities of sex workers, people who use drugs, and unhoused folks — all of whom are under/badly covered by media. Be a human first, a journalist second.

Girly jobs: “health care jobs could be framed as roles requiring the strength to lift people. Preschools could highlight the need for teachers who serve as positive male role models”

hey everyone let’s preserve the pathetic male ego at every opportunity

This sucks and is so stupid. If you keep going to Philz, compliment a queer barista on their flair, thank them for their service, tip them well! (always, but especially now)

If you haven't already subscribed, today is a great day to do it!

Omg a SALE! For Local News Day!! Support our ambitious little outlet for only $4 and earn our undying love + affection.

We pour an immense amount of energy into this project for very little $, because we believe you deserve smart alt-weekly style news. You support helps keep COYOTE howling 💚

Ravenous Is a New Worker-Owned Food Culture Media Company For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.

Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world.
www.weareravenous.com

ooh the power of a colleague's critique! Love this open letter from Oakland's Rocky Rivera about LaRussell's song "Heaven Sent."

"There is no injustice in what you did to yourself. There is only self-sabotage. You, being Icarus. The Sun being, well … Heaven Sent." Check it out on coyotemedia.org

Creepy creepy: AT&T is nonstop calling me to upsell me on a new phone. Yesterday an unknown # from Pt Reyes came in. I was confused, as I’ve spent the last few days researching restaurants and beaches there for my parents’ visit. I answered… and it was AT&T. Is this some fucked up surveillance shit?

Entanglements Lost: My Day at a Geography Conference in San Francisco On making friends with maps and Marxists.

The "framing of Black Oakland as 'a diasporal kaleidoscope,' producing encounters between those who arrived during the Great Migration and refugees who fled Eritrea + Ethiopia, spoke to a convergence I’d felt but never explicitly named ambling up and down Telegraph." - @rahawahaile.bsky.social 🔥❤️

READ. THIS. 👇👇👇

They look SO cozy

Forget the Zombified Punk Festivals. The Future Is for the Dolls Doll Fest, a fundraiser and celebration of femmes in punk rock, hits Oakland and Albany March 27–29.

Forget the Zombified Punk Festivals. The Future Is for the Dolls www.coyotemedia.org/doll-fest-oa...

First Aid Kit: I Hosted a Mutual Aid Swap in My Backyard. So Can You! It’s time to stop waiting around for those in power to save us. We, the people, can get everyone’s basic needs met.

subscriptions to COYOTE have slowed down by a LOT. and yes, I’m worried, but I also know that people are generally terrified out there. I’m just glad we’re still committed to giving people the knowhow to survive. stories like this one will be free to read forever www.coyotemedia.org/i-hosted-a-m...

😂

A standard poodle puppy carries a blue toy

she’s cute when she has appropriate things in her mouth (who eats a rock??)

Everytime I complain about her chaos my partner, a parent, just laughs at me. “Try having a baby!”

a red standard poodle puppy holds a blue blanket in her mouth, next to a stuffed bunny and a leash she stole

For those claiming her innocence: Birdie agrees, and says she only eats what belongs to her... which is everything

90% of the words coming out of my mouth these days are "what are you eating??"

Items I have pulled out of my puppy's mouth today: boot. pull string for window shades. scraper tool for grill. twist tie. backpack strap. boot, again. used tissue. flowers in a pot not yet planted in the yard. flowers planted in the yard. pajama shorts. small rock. It's only 8:30am.

Meet Holinda, the Fremont High Senior Running a Coffee Cart at Her School At a barista training program for young immigrants and refugees, Holinda learned how to pull espresso shots and steam milk. Now, the high school senior dreams of opening her own shop.

I know @nuala.bsky.social was anxious about writing this story bc... how do we convince people that a story about an immigrant and HS senior making coffee is worth reading? but Oaklanders doing cool/fun shit for the community rarely get this kind of coverage, IMO www.coyotemedia.org/meet-holinda...

Meet Holinda, the Fremont High Senior Running a Coffee Cart at Her School At a barista training program for young immigrants and refugees, Holinda learned how to pull espresso shots and steam milk. Now, the high school senior dreams of opening her own shop.

Need a cute heartwarming story to pick you up this Friday amidst The Horrors™️? @nuala.bsky.social profiled a teenager with big coffee dreams www.coyotemedia.org/meet-holinda...

Scratch got a nice little write-up in @sf.gazetteer.co today. (Thanks, @cydhayes.bsky.social!) sf.gazetteer.co/a-beloved-ma...

It’s Time To Kill the Hero On Cesar Chavez, René Redzepi, and all the men we make excuses for in the name of the greater good.

In the wake of investigations of the behavior of labor leader Cesar Chavez and acclaimed chef René Redzepi, our latest piece from @soleil_ho asks a hard question. Not "who should we cancel next?" but "why do we need heroes so badly in the first place?" www.coyotemedia.org/kill-the-her...