Emma Silvers
@emmaruthless.bsky.social
Writer, editor, cofounder @coyotemedia.org
Erstwhile arts / culture / music editor @ KQED, SF Chronicle, various beloved & defunct alt-weeklies
emmasilvers.com
Erstwhile arts / culture / music editor @ KQED, SF Chronicle, various beloved & defunct alt-weeklies
emmasilvers.com
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In Which We Deserve Options Other Than Rapists and Robots
I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?
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One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
need
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
need
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An ICE agent hit by a sandwich earlier this year testified that he could feel the sandwich’s “explosive” impact through his ballistic vest. “I could smell the onions and mustard.”
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An ICE agent hit by a sandwich earlier this year testified that he could feel the sandwich’s “explosive” impact through his ballistic vest. “I could smell the onions and mustard.”
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
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Things one should consider when selecting sandwiches for projectile purposes: Is it from a business I feel strongly about supporting? Will the sandwich make a significant impact? Will I be very sad to have lost the opportunity to eat said sandwich?
Last week the “D.C. Sandwich Guy” was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault. We can’t foresee the full implications of this verdict yet; only time will tell the true meaning of this acquittal as precedent. But from where we’re sitting: sure seems like sandwich terrorism is now legal in the USA.
Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Things one should consider when selecting sandwiches for projectile purposes: Is it from a business I feel strongly about supporting? Will the sandwich make a significant impact? Will I be very sad to have lost the opportunity to eat said sandwich?
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also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
Why Patti Smith Matters
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found—what she fostered—was a cultural rev...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
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ah well at at least journalism is a famously well-paid and stable profession
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
ah well at at least journalism is a famously well-paid and stable profession
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
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"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
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"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them."
- @dansinker.com on ICE's rapidfire terrorism in Chicago, & the power of community response:
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them."
- @dansinker.com on ICE's rapidfire terrorism in Chicago, & the power of community response:
What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them."
- @dansinker.com on ICE's rapidfire terrorism in Chicago, & the power of community response:
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them."
- @dansinker.com on ICE's rapidfire terrorism in Chicago, & the power of community response:
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I lived and worked in SF for over a decade, in media and in the labor movement, and never heard a single person refer to Nancy Pelosi as “mom” wtaf
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I lived and worked in SF for over a decade, in media and in the labor movement, and never heard a single person refer to Nancy Pelosi as “mom” wtaf
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A cool Interesting Times topic would be "We Put Ross Douthat Into One of Those Drive-Thru Tubes at the Bank, and this is the Sound it Made When We Pushed the Button"
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A cool Interesting Times topic would be "We Put Ross Douthat Into One of Those Drive-Thru Tubes at the Bank, and this is the Sound it Made When We Pushed the Button"
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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"Oh, I realized, within a year, bringing any of that up is going to make me sound pedantic at a party"
Waymos, AI, Flock cameras. Feels like Im speed running becoming a paranoid crotchety old man whenever I make it known that I refuse to accept these things as good.
We need another Luddite movement
Waymos, AI, Flock cameras. Feels like Im speed running becoming a paranoid crotchety old man whenever I make it known that I refuse to accept these things as good.
We need another Luddite movement
One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...
In Which We Deserve Options Other Than Rapists and Robots
I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?
www.coyotemedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Oh, I realized, within a year, bringing any of that up is going to make me sound pedantic at a party"
Waymos, AI, Flock cameras. Feels like Im speed running becoming a paranoid crotchety old man whenever I make it known that I refuse to accept these things as good.
We need another Luddite movement
Waymos, AI, Flock cameras. Feels like Im speed running becoming a paranoid crotchety old man whenever I make it known that I refuse to accept these things as good.
We need another Luddite movement
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Hahahhahaha
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hahahhahaha
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fund the bus now and forever
One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...
In Which We Deserve Options Other Than Rapists and Robots
I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?
www.coyotemedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
fund the bus now and forever
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We are proud to announce we have hired @thefreeradical.org and @davidforbes.bsky.social as our first staff journalists! As a worker-run newsroom, we set wages collectively based on our funds.
Currently, we have about six months of funding. Help us plan our future with a recurring donation today!
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KitKat made Rolling Stone. What a weird ass week www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A Robotaxi Killed a Beloved Bodega Cat in San Francisco. People Are Pissed
KitKat, known as the "Mayor of 16th Street," was killed by a Waymo cab last week. Now, some are callings for more regulation of driverless cars.
www.rollingstone.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
KitKat made Rolling Stone. What a weird ass week www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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If you give it a close read, this NY Post story is actually solely based on two guys making dubious claims while promoting their businesses.
These wealthy Jewish parents are worried about the safety of their kids in schools under a Mamdani administration. WTF do they think is going to happen to their kids? I genuinely don't understand.
Parents began planning to take their kids out of NYC schools minutes after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If you give it a close read, this NY Post story is actually solely based on two guys making dubious claims while promoting their businesses.
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I fucking love this @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social piece on the new Frida Kahlo museum, what home means, and how tiny pieces of connection out in the world make all the difference.
What Does Frida Kahlo Have to Do With the Bay Area? I Found Out in Mexico
A review of Mexico City's latest Frida Kahlo museum and a tangent about finding home away from home.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I fucking love this @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social piece on the new Frida Kahlo museum, what home means, and how tiny pieces of connection out in the world make all the difference.
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COYOTE's @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social was skeptical about the new Casa Roja, yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City. But when he discovered her intimate relationship to the Bay Area, he found a new, personal connection with the famous artist.
What Does Frida Kahlo Have to Do With the Bay Area? I Found Out in Mexico
A review of Mexico City's latest Frida Kahlo museum and a tangent about finding home away from home.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
COYOTE's @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social was skeptical about the new Casa Roja, yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City. But when he discovered her intimate relationship to the Bay Area, he found a new, personal connection with the famous artist.
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From all of us at @coyotemedia.org, thank you NYC for making every centrist Californian politician reading the news last night shit their pants.
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028
The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From all of us at @coyotemedia.org, thank you NYC for making every centrist Californian politician reading the news last night shit their pants.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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Good things are possible and we don't have to settle 😭
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle 😭
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”