soleil ho
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soleil ho
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· Nov 10
hey y'all! I'm Soleil Ho, a writer who goes deep into food, pop culture, identity politics and mass media. I've written about: an edible wasp festival in Japan; the hollowing-out of the COVID welfare state; and how Stop Asian Hate got warped into pro-carceral politics. I also write cookbooks!
car culture would be fine if all cars were this
![screenshot of a tweet from CarBoon: [Japan Mobility Show 2025] Daihatsu, “Mizette X” World Premiere. 4 photos of a very small, scrunched up blue car that looks like a little kids toy](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggpg72u5y6ibden2xb63bu3v/bafkreiaharuldwgjssb7fgccnrmby2i3gkvstjgc4gkvt6thslcsr5mqza@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
car culture would be fine if all cars were this
spoiler alert: I went rogue and suggested a breakfast 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 10:45 PM
spoiler alert: I went rogue and suggested a breakfast sandwich
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now this is the journalism I'm subscribed to Coyote for
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
now this is the journalism I'm subscribed to Coyote for
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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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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.
www.coyotemedia.org
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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“Heavy music teaches us things such as we’re not alone; when life is dark, we do something about it. We’re not just a prisoner to that darkness. But also that our risk fluctuates, that our misery isn’t gonna last forever. There are ways through it.” www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Heavy music teaches us things such as we’re not alone; when life is dark, we do something about it. We’re not just a prisoner to that darkness. But also that our risk fluctuates, that our misery isn’t gonna last forever. There are ways through it.” www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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got to post-Zohran blog @thecut.com — multiple election outcomes on Tuesday showed that refusing to fold on trans people, migrants, Muslims, and marginalized communities while pushing kitchen table issues is a winning strategy. the pundit class’s “Decision to Win”-style arguments can be put to bed
Welcome to Woke 2.0
Democrats won by running on kitchen-table issues and accepting or embracing trans people and immigrants.
www.thecut.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
got to post-Zohran blog @thecut.com — multiple election outcomes on Tuesday showed that refusing to fold on trans people, migrants, Muslims, and marginalized communities while pushing kitchen table issues is a winning strategy. the pundit class’s “Decision to Win”-style arguments can be put to bed
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Alright I fucking wrote about this. It was apparently necessary to vent my rage about this this afternoon, because that took me two hours to get it all out and onto the page.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Alright I fucking wrote about this. It was apparently necessary to vent my rage about this this afternoon, because that took me two hours to get it all out and onto the page.
“What it’s going to take is a courageous set of radical idiots who are willing and able to potentially burn their own careers down in service of rebuilding this industry”
🤡 it me
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
🤡 it me
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
It was never about the numbers
On trying to work in the dying American news industry
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“What it’s going to take is a courageous set of radical idiots who are willing and able to potentially burn their own careers down in service of rebuilding this industry”
🤡 it me
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
🤡 it me
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
for @coyotemedia.org, @dannymlavery.bsky.social and I have a kiki on the topic of "queer food": what it is; what it isn't; and whether "restaurants for gay people" is just a marketing gimmick www.coyotemedia.org/what-is-quee...
What Is Queer Food? We Ate Some and Still Aren't Sure
What is queer food? Danny and Soleil go to Deluxe Queer to eat and find out what “queer food” is.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
for @coyotemedia.org, @dannymlavery.bsky.social and I have a kiki on the topic of "queer food": what it is; what it isn't; and whether "restaurants for gay people" is just a marketing gimmick www.coyotemedia.org/what-is-quee...
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If you're a fellow Oaklander with time or money to donate, the East Oakland Collective does great work. The East Oakland Collective - East Oakland Collective Home Page share.google/wUIMiGIOBqbd...
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If you're a fellow Oaklander with time or money to donate, the East Oakland Collective does great work. The East Oakland Collective - East Oakland Collective Home Page share.google/wUIMiGIOBqbd...
continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 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
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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"'This is a lot of Grave Digging for 10:30 a.m.,' I scribble...a Dolly Parton billboard instructs folks to 'find the good in everybody.' The 'PRIVACY IS FOR THE PEOPLE' Mullvad VPN billboard opposite Dolly suggests we think twice about that."
SHE'S BACK. Subscribe to @coyotemedia.org u won't regret
SHE'S BACK. Subscribe to @coyotemedia.org u won't regret
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 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"'This is a lot of Grave Digging for 10:30 a.m.,' I scribble...a Dolly Parton billboard instructs folks to 'find the good in everybody.' The 'PRIVACY IS FOR THE PEOPLE' Mullvad VPN billboard opposite Dolly suggests we think twice about that."
SHE'S BACK. Subscribe to @coyotemedia.org u won't regret
SHE'S BACK. Subscribe to @coyotemedia.org u won't regret
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After moving from the Bay to Mexico, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social settled into family life. In a recent visit to the new Casa Roja – yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City – he found an unexpected, personal parallel with the artist, and a deeper appreciation for the region he left behind.
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 7:15 PM
After moving from the Bay to Mexico, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social settled into family life. In a recent visit to the new Casa Roja – yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City – he found an unexpected, personal parallel with the artist, and a deeper appreciation for the region he left behind.
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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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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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.
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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Let us together contemplate the stages of pundit grief
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Let us together contemplate the stages of pundit grief
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
1. It's Inconcievable
2. It Can't Happen
3. It Won't Happen
4. It's Unlikely To Happen
5. It Must Not Happen
6. *%&&*Q$#!!
7. Pffft. It Doesn't Matter That It Happened
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
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went into a fugue state and helped write this re: mamdani’s victory and how we don’t have to be pragmatic after all!! www.coyotemedia.org/zohran-mamda...
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
went into a fugue state and helped write this re: mamdani’s victory and how we don’t have to be pragmatic after all!! www.coyotemedia.org/zohran-mamda...