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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · 5d

I totally agree! This book should help.

Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · 5d

My latest for the Bay Area Reporter is a review of the excellent new biography of Craig Rodwell by John Van Hoesen. This book helps demolish the distinction between pre and post Stonewall and reminds us of Rodwell's role as a community builder. Highly recommended!

www.ebar.com/story/159368...

‘Insist That They Love You: Craig Rodwell and the Fight for Gay Pride’ – John Van Hoesen’s biography charts the gay activist’s life

A new expansive biography reveals Craig Rodwell as being a pivotal person at the epicenter of 1960s & '70s gay activism, along with being the proprietor of the historic Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.

www.ebar.com

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · Sep 23

YES YES YES YES

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 22

Their tough guy act sure seems to disappear anytime the rest of us stick together and tell them to get fucked.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 22

FCC boss Brendan Carr now says his 'easy way or the hard way' comments about Jimmy Kimmel weren’t meant as a threat to pull licenses if Disney didn’t suspend him 🧢

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 23

Drill baby drill.

brennan @brennan.computer · Sep 23

huh, the entire alberta energy grid was free for 16 hours yesterday

wind power was overproducing, so it just... goes to zero apparently

For 16 hours on Sunday, Sept. 21, the entirety of power generation in Alberta, from Zama to Taber, and from Lloydminster to Edson, went for a price at less than one singular Timbit.

That’s right – the entire province (except for there they may be a side deal or two), every pumpjack, streetlight, factory, hospital, hard-wired welder, refinery, LRT, air conditioner, computer and hair dryer was powered at a cost of precisely zero dollars for two-thirds of the day.

That’s because during that time, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) pool price was $0 per megawatt-hour. And one Timbit at least costs something.

AESO pool price on Sept 21. AESO

Some people have questioned why Pipeline Online doesn’t report a lot about the times when wind power generation does well. The reality is there aren’t many days when wind output exceeds 50 per cent. but when it does, such as on Sunday, Sept. 21, there are other impacts. Wind did exceptionally well in Alberta throughout most of the day. And as a result, all power generators on the Alberta grid who received the pool price got paid precisely zero for 16 hours (and counting at time of writing.)

At 8:44 a.m., the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared a supply surplus in effect, but it ended at 10:12 a.m. Another supply surplus was declared at 10:14 p.m. It ended at 12:08 a.m.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 17

Just so I'm clear:

TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal

TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.

TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.

Free speech, everyone.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · Sep 18

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

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Anne Muntean @annemuntean.bsky.social · Sep 16

Maybe it's not a good idea to have someone who's on trial for corruption making decisions about war.

Anne Muntean @annemuntean.bsky.social · Sep 16

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel confirmed the start of a new phase in the war on Tuesday when he appeared in a Tel Aviv courtroom to give testimony in his corruption trial."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Update from Isabel Kershner

www.nytimes.com

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD 🐸(🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · Sep 3

🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🟥

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Snarkymuse @snarkymuse.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Sep 1

My latest article for the Bay Area Reporter is an interview with the Irish Queer Nu-Folk artist Gráinne Hunt.

www.ebar.com/story/157487...

Gráinne Hunt: Queer nu-folk music, direct from Ireland to SF’s Lost Church

Gráinne Hunt has been performing in Ireland and Continental Europe for a couple of decades. She’s released two albums and has previously done a tour of the US, but this will be the first chance to hea...

www.ebar.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 19

much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · Aug 19

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Aug 17

It's so funny how the Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity, and it changed absolutely zero about how brutal they were in conquest and oppression.

They were just like: "ok ok guys, from now on we have to brutally dominate the world in the name of love and peace. Agreed?"

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 14

Somehow this is not making me feel more secure....

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/13/t...

Trump shrugs off suspected Russian hack of U.S. federal courts: 'Are you surprised?'

President Donald Trump said that he "could" bring up the hack during his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

www.cnbc.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 14

Proud to write for the B.A.R.!

Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Aug 13

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998.
The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 14

Um...hey right wing Christians...whatever happened to Matthew 25:41-43?

www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...

Advocates fear Trump's crackdown in D.C. will put many homeless people behind bars

The White House says people living on the street in Washington, D.C., can avoid jail by going to a shelter. Homeless advocates say there aren't enough shelter beds.

www.npr.org

Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 9

Is on RFK jr.'s hands:

www.11alive.com/video/news/l...

Emory Atlanta shooter believed he became sick from COVID-19 vaccine, says law enforcement sources

This is a developing story.

www.11alive.com

Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 5

"A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the Moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the Moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the Moon)"

Gil Scott-Heron

Politico @politico.com · Aug 4

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.

Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

www.politico.com

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Aug 4

Floating Points @ the Fox in Oakland.

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Jul 31

Maybe the establishment of the Italian republic on June 2 (1946)?

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy birthday Kate Bush!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Michael Flanagan @michaelflanagansf.bsky.social · Jul 27

This is my latest from the Bay Area Reporter, and it came as a total surprise to me as I knew nothing of the queer Deadhead community. It was affirming to me in these times of political chaos to learn of life affirming group:

www.ebar.com/story/156259...

Shane Edward Grogg: Award-winning poster artist on SF’s music scene and queer Deadheads

Visual artist Shane Edward Grogg has been a fan of the Grateful Dead since the 1990s. His love of the band motivated his move to the West Coast in the ’90s, where he discovered a burgeoning world of q...

www.ebar.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Jul 16

Do you know who would know what is in the Epstein files? The lawyer who prosecuted the case.

Oh, wait.👀

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