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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · Jul 24
Did you know that you can follow all our COYOTE co-founders (who have Bluesky accounts) with just one beautiful click? Here you go!! go.bsky.app/8qE8JRY
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In a new anthology, contributors muse: What if the scraps of LGBTQ+ rep in ‘Sex and the City’ were a lot meatier? Today, we’re running an excerpt in which Ozzy Llinas Goodman counts the many ways the show’s characters fall just shy of achieving queer apotheosis. www.coyotemedia.org/carrie-brads...
Carrie Bradshaw, Transition Already!
When the show is at its most queer, it’s also at its most entertaining. It’s too bad the characters themselves don’t seem to see it.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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“What does it mean when essential facets of immigrant life, like our food and gathering places — which were traditionally ‘othered’ and sidelined — go mainstream?” asks @cecilialei.bsky.social. Check out her beautiful essay on the Pacific East Mall and the Asian market boom 👇
What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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before 99 ranch opened in my city (suburbia baby!), the ranch and the plaza it’s in is the one I frequented the most bc it was the closest at the time. the video store that we would buy dramas there and I rmr my dad bought this one violent movie and the lady was like “don’t watch this with your kid”
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The Bay Area is experiencing an 'Asian Market Boom.' But what does it mean when immigrant cultural spaces become economic solutions?

Read @cecilialei.bsky.social's personal essay on Richmond’s Pacific East Mall, the "retail savior" narrative, and why she’s craving a different story.
What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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emmaruthless.bsky.social
Love, love, love this @coyotemedia.org essay about Pacific East Mall from my colleague (and fellow Albany kid) @cecilialei.bsky.social.

Also it's Ranch 99. I did not realize this was up for debate www.coyotemedia.org/asian-market...
What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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The Bay Area is experiencing an 'Asian Market Boom.' But what does it mean when immigrant cultural spaces become economic solutions?

Read @cecilialei.bsky.social's personal essay on Richmond’s Pacific East Mall, the "retail savior" narrative, and why she’s craving a different story.
What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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So many things are bad right now, but I interviewed @maggietokudahall.bsky.social about painting pigeons and small acts of survival. 📸 by @estefancy.bsky.social
Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings
“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”
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January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Ok I'm feeling much better today so it is worth saying:

What Rahawa did in this interview was such an act of generosity and softness that I rarely afford myself. It was deeply meaningful to be treated this way.

I wish you all a moment when someone handles you with this kind of gentle warmth.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Tamales + karaoke at the library, climate justice walking tours, letter writing for incarcerated queer folks, plant sales & sweater repair clinics — Jan 8-14 is packed

Most events are FREE or under $60. Stop doomscrolling, start participating 🌿

Full lineup at www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...
Illustration of two women sewing. Text: COYOTE Calendar Jan 8-Jan 14. Welcome to the COYOTE Calendar. This week we've got tamales, a plant sale, sweater repair, and more. To see the full listings, check out our site! THU: 1.8 Tamales Karaoke Berkeley Public Library - West Branch → 5PM-7PM Hey, whoever is doing the events for the Berkeley Public Library these days is killing it. Whoever you are: I see you. I appreciate you. This one offers answers to pressing questions like: “Does Bad Bunny have a hearty appetite? Does Lalo Guerrero have the best lyrics about Mexican food?” Tamale dreams, pop song fantasies, and more at the library. FRI: 1.9 Minor Chord Seasonal Showcase Ivy Room, Albany → 7PM 〰️ $10 in advance, $15 at the door A fun lineup of slightly gritty, boppy bands. (Can you tell I'm not a music critic?) The Strange Ones, The Helltones, Crop Top, The BPMs, Lost Objects and Normal Weirdos. SAT: 1.10 Climate Justice in Chinatown: An Oakland Walking Tour Oakland (register FOR location) → 11Am–2pm Travel through historic Oakland Chinatown and see for yourself “what environmental inequity looks like in an urban context and how it intersects with issues like gentrification, inequitable development, and privatization of green spaces.” But it's not all bleak. The tour will also feature stories of resilience and community organizing around green spaces and low-income housing projects. Letter Writing w/ Flying Over Walls Sour Cherry Comics, SF → 1PM-4pm Write letters and birthday cards to queer/trans incarcerated comrades! Supplies provided, all you have to bring is yourself and your good heart. SUN: 1.11 Plant Sale Fundraiser Free Oakland UP, Oakland → 12pm–4pm I'm fascinated by the model of Free Oakland UP — a community shop that offers people one free item inside per day. To help support that, they're running a plant sale — featuring houseplants, garden plants, hanging plants, monsteras, ferns, begonias, tillandsia, rhipsalis, hoyas, philodendrons, carnivorous plants, cactus, succulents and more. MON: 1.12 They Have Names: Hind Rajab, in her voice Medicine for Nightmares, SF → 6:30pM-8:30pm It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a year since Hind Rajab and her family were killed in Gaza. This theatre piece returns to her, “not to recount death, but to be remembered as she lived -playful, wise, and full of dreams.”
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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cleanse your brain, cleanse your spirit: read @rahawahaile.bsky.social and @maggietokudahall.bsky.social in conversation about pigeons www.coyotemedia.org/local-woman-...
Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings
“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”
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January 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Happy to see Perverts Put Out in the latest @coyotemedia.org calendar! This is an erotica reading happening in SF tomorrow evening, and I've been added to the lineup! Alongside some real superstars like Juba Kalamka and @baruchporras.bsky.social <3

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COYOTE Calendar: January 8-January 14
This week we've got mushroom talks, multiple repair workshops, bike parties, special karaoke, and a lot of different ways to engage in some sexy times.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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San Francisco! Emergency Action TONIGHT!

Join us for an emergency vigil and protest in response to ICE killing a woman in Minneapolis.

630 Sansome St. SF at 6 PM.
EMERGENCY PROTEST EMERGENCY PROTEST ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS! ICE OUT OF ALL OUR COMMUNITIES! JANUARY 7th, 6pm 630 Sansome St. SF REST IN POWER Renee Macklin Good INDIVISIBLE SF Bay RESISTANCE OBSERVE RECORD ABOLISH
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Lil B was the godfather of internet rap, a meme-able prophet who foretold our society's doom. We could use his zany positivity now more than ever.
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On Lil B and New Beginnings
As we kick off a new year, what else is there to do but reflect on the sage teachings of the BasedGod?
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January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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emmaruthless.bsky.social
been thinking about what it meant that BotH came to us with this story

I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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ICYMI: Bottom of the Hill, “the first place in SF your favorite band played,” will close at the end of 2026.

Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
a loss to San Francisco and to me personally. we played there for years and years until there was really no way for us to play there. "too big" I guess but I will never be bigger in my mind than what the Bottom of the Hill is in my heart.
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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emmaruthless.bsky.social
Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here.

Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.

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Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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BREAKING: Bottom of the Hill, the storied rock club that’s hosted countless local bands as well as global superstars like Oasis, the Strokes, and the White Stripes, will shutter at the end of this year, owners say. What’s next for the space isn’t clear. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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love to publish stories that I know would never fly at a newspaper 😈
coyotemedia.org COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 11d
"There are very few other places in life which unite careful concentration and shower shoes." Read Danny Lavery on bathhouse rules, towel etiquette, and the thrill of plunging into the unknown on COYOTE. www.coyotemedia.org/visting-a-ga...
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Extremely good piece and also: cool art by me!! Had a lot of fun with this one, thank you @coyotemedia.org 🫡
coyotemedia.org COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 11d
"There are very few other places in life which unite careful concentration and shower shoes." Read Danny Lavery on bathhouse rules, towel etiquette, and the thrill of plunging into the unknown on COYOTE. www.coyotemedia.org/visting-a-ga...
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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v21.bsky.social
gorgeous piece, and I especially like it as paired with the binder review he did a long time ago. both softly, tentatively talking about desire and the embarrassment of having desire, and what it feels like to consummate that desire anyway
coyotemedia.org COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 11d
"There are very few other places in life which unite careful concentration and shower shoes." Read Danny Lavery on bathhouse rules, towel etiquette, and the thrill of plunging into the unknown on COYOTE. www.coyotemedia.org/visting-a-ga...
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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"There are very few other places in life which unite careful concentration and shower shoes." Read Danny Lavery on bathhouse rules, towel etiquette, and the thrill of plunging into the unknown on COYOTE. www.coyotemedia.org/visting-a-ga...
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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rahawahaile.bsky.social
Re-upping this @coyotemedia.org article from November for my fellow Californians for reasons that speak for themselves.
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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What's going on in the Bay Area this week? Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch!

This week, we've got a new year's day hike, DIY spectroscopes, vision boarding, and more. To see the full listings, check out coyotemedia.org
Coyote Calendar Jan 1-7. Welcome to the COYOTE Calendar. This week we've got hikes, free jazz, vision boarding, and more. to see the full listings, check out our site! Image of 7 masculine figures walking on grass New Year’s Day Hike If you're not hungover (or maybe even if you are) there's no better way to start a new year than with a hike. Get out of the house, touch grass, and maybe set a tone for the year in which you aren't scrolling on your phone for 12 hours a day. Cut it down to 11 this year. I believe in you. THU: 1.1 Half Moon Bay State Beach → 10AM FRI: 1.2 First Friday Night at CuriOdyssey CuriOdyssey, San Mateo → 5pm-8PM 〰️ $28 hese happen at CuriOddyssey every first Friday, but this one is special because it's your last chance to play around with their light-based exhibit IlluminOdyssey, which features the opportunity to build your own spectroscope. If you don't know what that is, this is one very fun way to find out. Angel Bat Dawid & 9MAGICFOREVER1: 9th Gate Sonic Research Society (N.G.S.R.S.) SAT: 1.3 The Freight, Berkeley → 8pm 〰️ $39 in advance, $44 at the door What better way to start the new year than with a little afrofuturist experimental music as a treat? Two Chicago-based artists are coming through with their project N.G.S.R.S. which is "inspired by Chicago’s rich traditions of free jazz, avant-garde music, and Sun Ra’s cosmic explorations..." Sharks x Earthquakes Bay Area Unite SAP Center, San Jose → 1PM 〰️ $47+ The Sharks don't suck ass this year! Trust the process, blah blah blah. Come out and see them play before tickets get stupid expensive. SUN: 1.4 Mushrooms in the Garden Does every COYOTE calendar have some kind of mushroom or lichen event? Possibly. I am who I am. The fungal events will continue until morale improves. This one is at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, one of my favorite places in the East Bay. Let Cat Callaway, UCBG horticulturist for Ethnobotanical Collections teach you about mushrooms. UC Berkeley Botanical Garden → 10aM–11am 〰️ $24 MON: 1.5 The Man in the Moon The Orinda Theatre is doing a series called "50 Movies You May Not Have Seen, That You Should" and this is one of them — featuring Reese Witherspoon's first movie role! After the film there will be a discussion with author and film critic Derek Zemrak. Orinda Theatre → 6:30pM 〰️ $711
January 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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We started 2025 with COYOTE as just a twinkle in our eyes — and now, we're a full-blown publication! Looking forward to domming 2026 >:3 www.coyotemedia.org/goodbye-2025/
Goodbye 2025!
In: Indie news. Out: All the other crap.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Service journalism at its finest subscribe to @coyotemedia.org
soleilho.com soleil ho @soleilho.com · 15d
because sometimes it's fun digging into our weird little cultural habits... I've been wondering why I kept running into dogs named Mochi in the Bay Area, so I asked about a dozen local pet owners why they chose that name! click thru for so many pet pix!! www.coyotemedia.org/why-we-cant-...
Why We Can't Stop Naming Our Pets After Japanese Rice Cakes
What's behind the Bay Area's collective interest in naming pets after Japanese food?
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December 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM