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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 9h

It’s been a few years! I find it works best for me if the physical spaces don’t overlap. Day books on the sofa, night books in bed, audiobooks in the car.
I love it though — the more stories I lose myself in the better!

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 11h

Wowww I have the exact same reading system going on! Sometimes with an audiobook thrown in for driving. It can be… interesting keeping plots straight

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 1d

Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...

7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025

Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Betty Garthwaite @bettygarthwaite.bsky.social · 1d

SF Streamlined Its Street Teams. Now, Fewer People Are Getting the Help They Need www.coyotemedia.org/sf-wanted-to... @nuala.bsky.social

SF Streamlined Its Street Teams. Now, Fewer People Are Getting the Help They Need

Street medicine outreach workers describe a new, expensive, and disorganized program that lacks clear objectives.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 1d

The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.

Mayor Daniel Lurie revamped S.F.’s street crisis teams. Is it working?

The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 2d

thanks for reading!

Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about some good! news!! for low-income artists and unhoused folks in SF. We need some joy in this terrible moment, and @hospitalityhousesf.bsky.social is delivering. Check out my latest piece on what the purchase of a building on Market Street means for the future of artmaking in the city.

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 2d

NEW: @hospitalityhousesf.bsky.social has purchased 1009 Market St., the building housing its fine art studio. In a time of economic insecurity, a rise in anti-homelessness sentiment, and an affordability crisis, this acquisition is a rare win for low-income artists in San Francisco

‘A Creator’s Dream’: Inside the SF Studio Building a Hub for Low-Income Artists

Hospitality House has purchased a mid-Market building that contains the nonprofit’s fine art studio — securing its future forever.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Emma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 3d

Glenn Zuehls, the publisher who killed the SF Bay Guardian, wrote “commitmet to excellence” on a whiteboard during one of his standard completely insane staff meetings in 2015, and I think about it every time I write the word commitment

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 3d

In high school, 35 years ago, our track coach once wrote “DON’T FROGET” on the board and to this day, every single time someone says “don’t forget,” I hear “don’t froget” in my head. But I can’t remember the name of a person I met 10 minutes ago

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 3d

“A billionaire aims to display 100 pieces of large-scale art around the city, which he’s allowed to do simply because he’s paying for it. And the city of San Francisco isn’t saying no to him.” The brilliant @sahotchkiss.bsky.social strikes again 🔥

Who Has a Say In the Flood of Public Art Coming to San Francisco?

The Sijbrandij Foundation’s plan to install 100 pieces of large-scale art around the city needs public oversight.

www.kqed.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 4d

Too true!

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world's largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 7d

if the state of journalism and its capture by the right wing also has you in despair, a real, tangible thing you can do to push back is support/subscribe to worker-owned indie news media!!

@coyotemedia.org (bay area)
@51st.news (dc)
@racketmn.com (mn)
@autonomynews.co
@505omatic.bsky.social (nm)

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 8d

😭 my poor chihuahua 🐾

Sarah Hotchkiss @sahotchkiss.bsky.social · 8d

Canada how dare you

www.kqed.org/news/1205811...

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Coming From Canada to Save SF’s Fleet Week | KQED

San Francisco aviation enthusiasts can expect fly-overs and stunning aeronautics displays by Canada’s Snowbirds, regardless of the U.S. government shutdown.

www.kqed.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 9d

“It’s just nice [to be reminded] that people still genuinely give a shit about culture." says Joanna Lioce, who's booking shows at the soon-to-be-reopened punk venue Mabuhay. “Have some fucking joy.”

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 9d

The Mabuhay, “the cauldron where punk rock began in SF,” shuttered decades ago. On Friday, Oct 3 it reopens with a show headlined by Kelley Stoltz. What happens when you try to build something new on sacred musical ground?
✍️: @emmaruthless.bsky.social

Mabuhay Gardens to Reopen, Attempt to Remain Upright Under Weight of Expectations

The birthplace of San Francisco punk can’t be what it once was. Is it time to let it be something else instead?

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 10d

This story goes places you’d never imagine 👀 How does the hunt for missing sculptures from Oakland’s Fairyland lead to a recipe for avocado pie?! You’ll have to read it to find out 👇

Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 11d

This is my first story for @coyotemedia.org and I'm pretty proud of it! I think it will surprise and delight you, even if you don't live in the Bay Area. Plus, it includes a recipe for pie. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

Where Did the Fairyland Dandelions Go?

For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 11d

“We have safe consumption sites all over the place, they’re just not necessarily sanctioned. It is things like neighbors looking out for each other. That is not a new concept.”

Really thorough piece on SF’s shifting position on harm rediction from @sydneyfjohnson.bsky.social

How San Francisco's Harm Reduction Strategies Are Changing Under Mayor Lurie | KQED

San Francisco is expanding a harm reduction program inside permanent supportive housing while cutting back on street-level safe supply distribution.

www.kqed.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 11d

The kittens are a vital part of it — they get me away from my computer for breaks!

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 11d

hi from our teensy little runt who is finally starting to feel better 🥰

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 14d

We had some really cool pieces go up this week at @coyotemedia.org!
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...

A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch

Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 14d

Love this behind-the-scenes interview with my beloved @jachristian.bsky.social about this crazy photo she took in 2020

How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama

An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.

www.sfchronicle.com

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 15d

today on @coyotemedia.org: CA is set to pass a bill to prevent doxing of people seeking gender and name change documents. but.... not for people that have already done it? because it costs $2-3 million in admin fees. that's only like 2 cops! wtf www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...

But What Did They Used to Call You?

A bill to seal the name and gender change records for trans and nonbinary people is set to pass in California. It’s not enough.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 15d

This was such a tricky story. How do you celebrate a huge important change that will help protect trans and nonbinary folks going forward — while also mourning that this protection won’t be extended to tens of thousands of people?

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 15d

If you've legally changed your name and gender marker in California, that info is searchable online. A new bill seeks to seal those records — but does it go far enough?

✍️: @nuala.bsky.social

But What Did They Used to Call You?

A bill to seal the name and gender change records for trans and nonbinary people is set to pass in California. It’s not enough.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 16d

*ahem* would anyone like some kittens? My latest foster litter from Oakland Animal Services is so sweet 🥹💕 they are a little sicky but I will fix them up right quick

Four kittens lie in a grey fuzzy bed. One is a tortoiseshell, two are tabbies, one is black

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 16d

I love love love this story from @cecilialei.bsky.social about two East Bay towns organizing for Palestine 💚❤️🤍🖤

“I think we try to bring, in all this darkness, some joy and creativity in the work that we're doing. I'm just having a hell of a good time.”

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 16d

Albany and El Cerrito aren’t towns most people think of when they imagine protest. But over the past two years, neighbors have built a grassroots collective for Palestine that’s reshaped their activism and sense of community.

✍️: @cecilialei.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social

Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now

In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 17d

"The Oakland Review of Books is coming!" it says on our website, and if you haven't noticed, we've started publishing ever-so-slightly-more ambitious things as we ramp up towards really cutting loose.

If you'd like to follow along, for the low price of $0 (American), you can get it in your inbox:

ORB ⧹O⧸

The Oakland Review of Books is coming!

www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org

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