Nuala Bishari
@nuala.bsky.social
Cofounder of @coyotemedia.org. I write about LGBTQ issues, public health, homelessness, and sometimes birds.
It’s pronounced “noo-lah”
nuala@coyotemedia.org
It’s pronounced “noo-lah”
nuala@coyotemedia.org
Heads up to drivers heading to SF from the East Bay — this is what the right side of the freeway looks like after the toll plaza 😬 King tides are doing their thing!
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Heads up to drivers heading to SF from the East Bay — this is what the right side of the freeway looks like after the toll plaza 😬 King tides are doing their thing!
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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.
breaking (heart) news for SF music heads 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 12:47 AM
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.
Heartbreaking exclusive landed by the brilliant @emmaruthless.bsky.social. Bottom of the Hill is closing later this year. The reason? It's complicated, sort of. Read it here:
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 12:35 AM
Heartbreaking exclusive landed by the brilliant @emmaruthless.bsky.social. Bottom of the Hill is closing later this year. The reason? It's complicated, sort of. Read it here:
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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
"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...
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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
Re-upping this @coyotemedia.org article from November for my fellow Californians for reasons that speak for themselves.
I remembering this so clearly. I was in sixth grade and I cried! My dad cut the comic out of our newspaper and saved it.
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I remembering this so clearly. I was in sixth grade and I cried! My dad cut the comic out of our newspaper and saved it.
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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
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
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December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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happy holidays! have this gift from @coyotemedia.org—an illustrated (by me and @reveleth.com) guide to the wildest Bay Area beefs of 2025. plus a bonus coloring book for paid members! www.coyotemedia.org/medium-rare-...
Medium Rare: The Beefs That Rocked the Bay Area in 2025
Petty feuds, Instagram rivalries, rap beefs, and other conflicts we found joy, or, at the very least, distraction in this year.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
happy holidays! have this gift from @coyotemedia.org—an illustrated (by me and @reveleth.com) guide to the wildest Bay Area beefs of 2025. plus a bonus coloring book for paid members! www.coyotemedia.org/medium-rare-...
Hmmm how can we replicate this with @coyotemedia.org 🧐
merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hmmm how can we replicate this with @coyotemedia.org 🧐
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update: one of our readers is buying her kids a nice new record player! awwww yay 💕
Read @soleilho.com's interview with Gina Cargas, a librarian at SFUSD who is collecting vinyl records to create a 'listening station' for her middle school students.
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From
Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
update: one of our readers is buying her kids a nice new record player! awwww yay 💕
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At least five FUBARed Waymo robots:
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
At least five FUBARed Waymo robots:
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
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December 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
hey hey! want an easy holiday gifting slam dunk? 'til the end of the year, @coyotemedia.org gift subscriptions (1 year of COYOTE!) are 15% off! just $68 to show your Bay Area crush how cool you are www.coyotemedia.org/gift-subscri...
The violence over the last few days and the relentless news coverage is taking a toll on my nervous system. If you, too, feel overwhelmed, may I suggest finding a soft creature to cuddle?
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The violence over the last few days and the relentless news coverage is taking a toll on my nervous system. If you, too, feel overwhelmed, may I suggest finding a soft creature to cuddle?
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Are you someone who's Very Online, early in your reporting career, and eager to get clips? We're hiring a Breaking News Reporter at @motherjones.com. $65k-$75k salary. www.motherjones.com/careers/brea...
Breaking News Reporter
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Are you someone who's Very Online, early in your reporting career, and eager to get clips? We're hiring a Breaking News Reporter at @motherjones.com. $65k-$75k salary. www.motherjones.com/careers/brea...
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Don’t worry, Biden’s legacy will be enshrined in every museum dedicated to the Gaza genocide. That’s all that will be remembered of his presidency and 50 year political career — that he armed & enabled genocide because he prioritized one group of people over a group who he considered to be subhuman.
“The Biden staff, they ruined any type of good library for him,” Mr. Morgan said. “He’ll be lucky to have a bookmobile.”
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
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Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
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December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Don’t worry, Biden’s legacy will be enshrined in every museum dedicated to the Gaza genocide. That’s all that will be remembered of his presidency and 50 year political career — that he armed & enabled genocide because he prioritized one group of people over a group who he considered to be subhuman.
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Is there ~anything~ good that happens during or after menopause?! Because articles like this are not it! Yay bad oral health, sleep apnea, stiffer arteries, heart palpitations, recurrent UTIs, joint aches, vaginal dryness, lower bone density, high cholesterol, I can’t wait.
What Menopause Does to the Body
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December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Is there ~anything~ good that happens during or after menopause?! Because articles like this are not it! Yay bad oral health, sleep apnea, stiffer arteries, heart palpitations, recurrent UTIs, joint aches, vaginal dryness, lower bone density, high cholesterol, I can’t wait.
One Waymo birth does not cancel out one Kit Kat death!
Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo
Waymo detected “unusual activity” in the robotaxi and initiated a call to check on the passenger.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
One Waymo birth does not cancel out one Kit Kat death!
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When contractors told Noni Session it wasn’t worth saving the facade of Esther’s Orbit Room, she turned to the community for help. This past Saturday, West Oakland residents came out to (gently) demolish the wall themselves. www.coyotemedia.org/this-oakland...
This Oakland Community Destroyed a Wall to Preserve Black History
On a chilly Saturday afternoon under the inescapable sound of the BART train, a group of community members took apart the facade of Esther’s Orbit Room.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When contractors told Noni Session it wasn’t worth saving the facade of Esther’s Orbit Room, she turned to the community for help. This past Saturday, West Oakland residents came out to (gently) demolish the wall themselves. www.coyotemedia.org/this-oakland...
When we began assembling the COYOTE team, there was one name mentioned over and over: “We’ve got to get Alan Chazaro.” Who was this legend? I’d never met him, but when I started looking at @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social's past work, I realized I’d been a fan for a long time. 1/5 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
When we began assembling the COYOTE team, there was one name mentioned over and over: “We’ve got to get Alan Chazaro.” Who was this legend? I’d never met him, but when I started looking at @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social's past work, I realized I’d been a fan for a long time. 1/5 👇
Best list ever. But seriously! $68 for a YEAR of indie journalism delivered by a worker-owned newsroom is honestly such a deal
things that cost more than an annual COYOTE membership ($68) right now:
roast chicken at Zuni Cafe in SF ($75)
basket weaving kit ($98)
the Wildfang Oxford button-up that I’m always looking at ($88)
ChatGPT Plus for DIY mental breakdowns ($120)
6,480 Genesis Crystals in Genshin Impact ($100)
roast chicken at Zuni Cafe in SF ($75)
basket weaving kit ($98)
the Wildfang Oxford button-up that I’m always looking at ($88)
ChatGPT Plus for DIY mental breakdowns ($120)
6,480 Genesis Crystals in Genshin Impact ($100)
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December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Best list ever. But seriously! $68 for a YEAR of indie journalism delivered by a worker-owned newsroom is honestly such a deal
One of the things I love about being a community-focused media outlet is the freedom we have to pursue little leads that turn into big stories. This piece from @reveleth.com touches on so many critical Qs, including: What historic cultural artifacts should be preserved, and at what cost? 1/3
The Facade at Esther’s Orbit Room Is in Mortar Peril
The stone front of Esther’s Orbit Room is in danger. Preserving it is about more than just rocks.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the things I love about being a community-focused media outlet is the freedom we have to pursue little leads that turn into big stories. This piece from @reveleth.com touches on so many critical Qs, including: What historic cultural artifacts should be preserved, and at what cost? 1/3