Bill (Pliny the Older)
@plinytheolder.bsky.social
the older & wiser Pliny | fiftysomething queer | San Francisco since 1994 | on the web since 1996 | fka Mermaniac back in the blogging days | he/him
That tremor was sudden and sharp enough to wake me up at 3 am. I tried to go back to sleep but here I am. Definitely one of the most noticeable tremors I've felt in ages. This old building has weathered plenty of quakes in its time, thankfully.
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
That tremor was sudden and sharp enough to wake me up at 3 am. I tried to go back to sleep but here I am. Definitely one of the most noticeable tremors I've felt in ages. This old building has weathered plenty of quakes in its time, thankfully.
A Jeopardy contestant just mentioned a former job of being a docent at a Cracker Country museum in Florida and I had to pause the TV to recover.
(Yes, it’s a museum dedicated to Florida Cracker culture and history.)
(Yes, it’s a museum dedicated to Florida Cracker culture and history.)
August 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A Jeopardy contestant just mentioned a former job of being a docent at a Cracker Country museum in Florida and I had to pause the TV to recover.
(Yes, it’s a museum dedicated to Florida Cracker culture and history.)
(Yes, it’s a museum dedicated to Florida Cracker culture and history.)
I kinda don’t understand the lana del rey / ethel cain drama, and I’d like to keep it that way please and thank you 💚
August 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I kinda don’t understand the lana del rey / ethel cain drama, and I’d like to keep it that way please and thank you 💚
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1976's I, CLAUDIUS is a masterpiece of historical drama, a huge influence on The Sopranos & Game of Thrones, and one of the most gleefully nasty dynastic power soaps ever aired. I'm reviewing my way through it for @popheist.com!
'I, Claudius' Series Premiere Recap: The Empire Writes Back - Pop Heist
Sexy, sudsy, sinister, 'I, Claudius' is aimed at the gut and the groin as much as it's aimed at the noggin.
popheist.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
1976's I, CLAUDIUS is a masterpiece of historical drama, a huge influence on The Sopranos & Game of Thrones, and one of the most gleefully nasty dynastic power soaps ever aired. I'm reviewing my way through it for @popheist.com!
Got myself out of the house on this warm weekend afternoon. Heading over to Stonestown to look at Labubus and find something fun for lunch. Have a good day!
August 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Got myself out of the house on this warm weekend afternoon. Heading over to Stonestown to look at Labubus and find something fun for lunch. Have a good day!
This is very sad to me for so many reasons.
Very sad news @sfoasis.bsky.social announces closing. The beloved drag club owned by SF Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger hopes to stay open until New Years Eve.
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
S.F. drag club to close as latest victim of Bay Area arts death spiral
The famed LGBTQ venue, owned by San Francisco Drag Laureate D’arcy Drollinger, has hosted celebrities from Cher to Jane Fonda and countless “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is very sad to me for so many reasons.
Reading and journaling in this cafe this morning
July 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reading and journaling in this cafe this morning
Having a wonderful lunch. I wore my red shirt and blue shorts because we are going to see a Sunday matinee of Superman at a great little local movie theater.
July 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Having a wonderful lunch. I wore my red shirt and blue shorts because we are going to see a Sunday matinee of Superman at a great little local movie theater.
Always stop by Hanapepe for the Friday Night Mart. There's a new Stitch mural but the old mural is still there too. (Much of the look and feel of Lilo's home in the movie was based on Hanapepe.)
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Always stop by Hanapepe for the Friday Night Mart. There's a new Stitch mural but the old mural is still there too. (Much of the look and feel of Lilo's home in the movie was based on Hanapepe.)
At a little cafe with my markers and my art journal this morning
July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At a little cafe with my markers and my art journal this morning
We've been watching Ballard and it is so much better than it has any right to be. Maggie Q is incandescent in a tough role of a good cop in a shitty situation who keeps all her feelings under wraps. I think it's better than Bosch for all sorts of reasons. Great show for a vacation binge.
July 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We've been watching Ballard and it is so much better than it has any right to be. Maggie Q is incandescent in a tough role of a good cop in a shitty situation who keeps all her feelings under wraps. I think it's better than Bosch for all sorts of reasons. Great show for a vacation binge.
Watching the fascinating HBO documentary Enigma, and I'm obsessed with how many possible birth months and birth years that Amanda Lear has claimed over the years.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Watching the fascinating HBO documentary Enigma, and I'm obsessed with how many possible birth months and birth years that Amanda Lear has claimed over the years.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
Every year I get a few t-shirts screen printed at a little shop in Hanalei. Yesterday I got a few more, including orange (finally!). Nice to have the whole rainbow at last.
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every year I get a few t-shirts screen printed at a little shop in Hanalei. Yesterday I got a few more, including orange (finally!). Nice to have the whole rainbow at last.
Sunrise this morning
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sunrise this morning
Been spending a lot of time at the ocean and relaxing. Heading out soon for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (today is 🎰).
July 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Been spending a lot of time at the ocean and relaxing. Heading out soon for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (today is 🎰).
Arrived yesterday so expect a lot of nonsense from me for the next couple of weeks. Our anniversary is next week — we got married on 07-07-07 — and we’ve been planning this trip for a while now.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
July 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Arrived yesterday so expect a lot of nonsense from me for the next couple of weeks. Our anniversary is next week — we got married on 07-07-07 — and we’ve been planning this trip for a while now.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
Spent a few minutes in a cafe that I love today. Spending the day doing last minute errands.
July 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Spent a few minutes in a cafe that I love today. Spending the day doing last minute errands.
Whenever I go to Gus's Fried Chicken in Oakland I take a selfie with the EAT ME chicken.
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Whenever I go to Gus's Fried Chicken in Oakland I take a selfie with the EAT ME chicken.
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Join us for a one-night-only HEKLINA TRIBUTE SHOW & fundraiser to help preserve her video archive of SF drag history. Donate $15+ for entry! July 21 at Oasis, hosted by yours truly with a cavalcade of stars. Poster by Diego Gomez. Let’s honor her legacy.
Details & tix: givebutter.com/heklina
Details & tix: givebutter.com/heklina
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Join us for a one-night-only HEKLINA TRIBUTE SHOW & fundraiser to help preserve her video archive of SF drag history. Donate $15+ for entry! July 21 at Oasis, hosted by yours truly with a cavalcade of stars. Poster by Diego Gomez. Let’s honor her legacy.
Details & tix: givebutter.com/heklina
Details & tix: givebutter.com/heklina
Really grateful that people were able to support Hilary Rivers — even if it was just to write her letters to read while in ICE detention. Via @missionlocal.org
missionlocal.org/2025/07/miss...
missionlocal.org/2025/07/miss...
Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’
Residents stopped by Galeria de la Raza on Monday to write letters of support to Hilary Rivers, the drag performer arrested by ICE last week.
missionlocal.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Really grateful that people were able to support Hilary Rivers — even if it was just to write her letters to read while in ICE detention. Via @missionlocal.org
missionlocal.org/2025/07/miss...
missionlocal.org/2025/07/miss...
First day of my summer
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
First day of my summer
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Bay Area friends, join our friends at The Queer Ancestors Project and Still Here SF for a night of community and new work inspired by our queer and trans ancestors. ✨🌱
📅 July 1, 2025 at 6:45pm
📍Strut, 470 Castro Street
📅 July 1, 2025 at 6:45pm
📍Strut, 470 Castro Street
July 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Bay Area friends, join our friends at The Queer Ancestors Project and Still Here SF for a night of community and new work inspired by our queer and trans ancestors. ✨🌱
📅 July 1, 2025 at 6:45pm
📍Strut, 470 Castro Street
📅 July 1, 2025 at 6:45pm
📍Strut, 470 Castro Street
Can’t see Sutro Tower or the Pink Triangle, but the rainbow lasers that shine down Market Street are making a beautiful addition to the fog above the Castro on the last night of Pride.
June 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Can’t see Sutro Tower or the Pink Triangle, but the rainbow lasers that shine down Market Street are making a beautiful addition to the fog above the Castro on the last night of Pride.
Had a great time at Pride on Pink Saturday today
June 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Had a great time at Pride on Pink Saturday today