Rahawa Haile
@rahawahaile.bsky.social
Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. Probably thinking about sound. @coyotemedia.org co-founder.
📚 In Open Country forthcoming
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
📚 In Open Country forthcoming
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).
"'It's time to use it or get left behind,' he said."
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
When It Comes to AI, Adapt or Else, Says Keith Riegert
Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group, offered a master class on AI tools during the recent Sharjah Publishers Conference. He described AI as both transformative and unsettling. It's time ...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).
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Third consecutive OPD report listing zero homicides. Oakland is on track to have of its lowest homicide totals in a decades, with one of the lowest numbers of police in decades also. The how/why should be the number one focus of Public Safety Committee discussions and isn't.
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Third consecutive OPD report listing zero homicides. Oakland is on track to have of its lowest homicide totals in a decades, with one of the lowest numbers of police in decades also. The how/why should be the number one focus of Public Safety Committee discussions and isn't.
Reposting with alt text because yeah, I remember the discourse around what Black voters would and wouldn’t go for
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposting with alt text because yeah, I remember the discourse around what Black voters would and wouldn’t go for
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This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
Like....
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
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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.
www.coyotemedia.org
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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Aside from being stoked for all my NYC pals, I'm also happy that Mamdani offers another vision of the future. One that doesn't include Gavin fucking Newsom.
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
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.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Aside from being stoked for all my NYC pals, I'm also happy that Mamdani offers another vision of the future. One that doesn't include Gavin fucking Newsom.
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
I need someone to bring Aretha’s hat out of retirement IMMEDIATELY
MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I need someone to bring Aretha’s hat out of retirement IMMEDIATELY
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
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This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover
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I am still vibrating from last night’s Alchemy Lecture. The video is available for 2 weeks. Please join us in this chorus.
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
The 2025 Alchemy Lecture: Sound—at the Interregnum
YouTube video by York University - Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I am still vibrating from last night’s Alchemy Lecture. The video is available for 2 weeks. Please join us in this chorus.
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
Sound—at the Interregnum.
Glen Coulthard
Madeleine Thien
Canisia Lubrin
Immanuel Wilkins
Whew. What they did!!!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpH...
Bumping this essay for the weekend crowd.
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Bumping this essay for the weekend crowd.
Real talk? The Flytrap team were a big inspiration to me and others at @coyotemedia.org this year while we were getting off the ground. Please toss these amazing folks some coin, Bluesky. (And don’t forget to renew your membership if you backed them on Kickstarter!)
Didn't back us on Kickstarter? We have a 15% discount for new memberships, but our member drive is about to end so act fast. $55.25 for a year of @theflytrapmedia.com is a pretty good deal!!
The Flytrap
Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real talk? The Flytrap team were a big inspiration to me and others at @coyotemedia.org this year while we were getting off the ground. Please toss these amazing folks some coin, Bluesky. (And don’t forget to renew your membership if you backed them on Kickstarter!)
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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-...
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
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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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What can a very loud stadium of monster trucks offer us right now? Maybe, oddly enough… catharsis. Check out @rahawahaile.bsky.social's first feature for COYOTE! 🛻💨
The Best $20 I Spent This Year Was at Monster Jam’s Pit Party in Oakland
Times are tough. ‘Freestyle Mania’ bent them into the shape of a balloon animal for one glorious afternoon.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What can a very loud stadium of monster trucks offer us right now? Maybe, oddly enough… catharsis. Check out @rahawahaile.bsky.social's first feature for COYOTE! 🛻💨
For my first feature in years, I wrote about Monster Jam as an echo of place and what that felt like in Oakland in 2025.
The Best $20 I Spent This Year Was at Monster Jam’s Pit Party in Oakland
Times are tough. ‘Freestyle Mania’ bent them into the shape of a balloon animal for one glorious afternoon.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For my first feature in years, I wrote about Monster Jam as an echo of place and what that felt like in Oakland in 2025.
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Not seeing much on Bluesky vs Twitter but St. Elizabeth parish in Jamaica is devastated after Hurricane Melissa made landfall there yesterday.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
#Jamaica needs our support more than ever right now and, never ones to shy away from self-reliance, they’ve set up an officially sanctioned website for recovery donations. The footage of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in St. Elizabeth coming in from my family is HARROWING.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not seeing much on Bluesky vs Twitter but St. Elizabeth parish in Jamaica is devastated after Hurricane Melissa made landfall there yesterday.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
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for @coyotemedia.org, I wrote about Uber, Waymo, sexual assault, surveillance, and Kit Kat, the feline mayor of 16th street — who deserved better, as do we all 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
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
for @coyotemedia.org, I wrote about Uber, Waymo, sexual assault, surveillance, and Kit Kat, the feline mayor of 16th street — who deserved better, as do we all www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...
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Just updated this list! So glad to see more restaurants answering the call for help.
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just updated this list! So glad to see more restaurants answering the call for help.
Casually sneaking short stories into COYOTE's newsroom like
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Casually sneaking short stories into COYOTE's newsroom like
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
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For Halloween Week, we’re running a horror flash fiction today by @reveleth.com. It’s our first short story at COYOTE, but it won’t be our last (editor’s note: that is extremely correct - @rahawahaile.bsky.social)!
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
More Teeth Than a Mouth
MOUTH did not do interviews. MOUTH was a reclusive genius. MOUTH was the mind behind all your favorite songs.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For Halloween Week, we’re running a horror flash fiction today by @reveleth.com. It’s our first short story at COYOTE, but it won’t be our last (editor’s note: that is extremely correct - @rahawahaile.bsky.social)!
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
“At COYOTE, we want to introduce you to sports and regional teams that you may not have heard of, but that we think are a blast to watch.”
First up: the California Derby Galaxy, a regional coalition of derby leagues. (The Oakland Outlaws face the San Francisco Rolling Dead tomorrow! 🛼🛼)
First up: the California Derby Galaxy, a regional coalition of derby leagues. (The Oakland Outlaws face the San Francisco Rolling Dead tomorrow! 🛼🛼)
A Home for Misfits: Why Roller Derby Might Be Your New Favorite Sport
With several Halloween bouts coming up, now is the perfect time to get into this inclusive, high-intensity sport.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“At COYOTE, we want to introduce you to sports and regional teams that you may not have heard of, but that we think are a blast to watch.”
First up: the California Derby Galaxy, a regional coalition of derby leagues. (The Oakland Outlaws face the San Francisco Rolling Dead tomorrow! 🛼🛼)
First up: the California Derby Galaxy, a regional coalition of derby leagues. (The Oakland Outlaws face the San Francisco Rolling Dead tomorrow! 🛼🛼)
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While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
Aaron’s long essay on the People’s Park mural and Telegraph Ave in Berkeley + @reveleth.com’s recent reporting on the quest to save Esther’s Orbit Room’s iconic West Oakland facade make for one hell of a double feature on what gets remembered and why in the East Bay.
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Aaron’s long essay on the People’s Park mural and Telegraph Ave in Berkeley + @reveleth.com’s recent reporting on the quest to save Esther’s Orbit Room’s iconic West Oakland facade make for one hell of a double feature on what gets remembered and why in the East Bay.
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Alan traces the evolution of Bay Area airbrushing through three generations of artists: from a decades-long flea market vendor to Deandre "Airballin" Drake, painter of Formula 1 cars and Playboy bunnies. www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...
“Spray Area”: The Evolution of Airbrushing in the Bay
Airbrushing once offered local artists a full-time income; nowadays, it’s mostly a creative side hustle that recalls a nostalgic past. Here’s what the remaining artists have to say about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Alan traces the evolution of Bay Area airbrushing through three generations of artists: from a decades-long flea market vendor to Deandre "Airballin" Drake, painter of Formula 1 cars and Playboy bunnies. www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...
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I'll go to my grave saying D'Angelo is the most underrated artist of his generation and for all the love Black Messiah got, it's even better than advertised.
Never forget that D'Angelo is such a huge nerd that he only ended up writing a song for Red Dead Redemption 2 because he was already an unpaid playtester for it
June 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'll go to my grave saying D'Angelo is the most underrated artist of his generation and for all the love Black Messiah got, it's even better than advertised.