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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 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!
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COYOTE's @emmaruthless.bsky.social is liveposting from the SFUSD teacher's strike!!
coyotemedia.org COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 2h
Emma here. Massive turnout at SF Civic Center rn in support of UESF and the teachers strike. Teachers, principals, parents, students.
a rally with people holding signs that say our students are worth fighting for and pay our teachers a living wage
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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jacky.wtf
DAMN not the plug being blown up lol
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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katzish.bsky.social
Chinese bakery sandwiches are generally pretty awesome—in 2000 when I moved to SF I used to stop at Grand Mission on the way to work to get little $2.50 tuna sandwiches for lunch. So good and affordable
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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keithlaugh.love
tbh any little sandwich you get in a chinese bakery is gonna be delightful
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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rahawahaile.bsky.social
Soleil’s case for the fish sandwich as a canvas for global flavors, from Korean jangajji to Puerto Rican pique, is a thing of beauty. www.coyotemedia.org/san-leandros...
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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The viral $3.50 fish sandwich everyone's obsessed with — a Chinese bakery’s fried fish bao — is drawing 2-hour lines in San Leandro. Is it the new Filet-O-Fish? @soleilho.com tested it with everything from Puerto Rican pique to jalapeño pickles to find out.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-leandros...
San Leandro’s TikTok-Famous Chinese Bakery Sandwiches Herald the Year of the Fried Fishwich
Are the viral chicken and fish sandwiches worth the wait? Yes — with some caveats.
www.coyotemedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
soleilho.com
back on the food beat with a story about a tiny Chinese bakery that's gone mega-viral for their $3.50 sandwiches www.coyotemedia.org/san-leandros...
San Leandro’s TikTok-Famous Chinese Bakery Sandwiches Herald the Year of the Fried Fishwich
Are the viral chicken and fish sandwiches worth the wait? Yes — with some caveats.
www.coyotemedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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nuala.bsky.social
The viral fried fishwich in San Leandro is great, @soleilho.com writes. But what IF you took this sandwich to a specialty store in Berkeley that has a wall of condiments, and went wild?!
San Leandro’s TikTok-Famous Chinese Bakery Sandwiches Herald the Year of the Fried Fishwich
Are the viral chicken and fish sandwiches worth the wait? Yes — with some caveats.
www.coyotemedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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hels.bsky.social
Like I said!!! So validating ty @soleilho.com 🐟 www.coyotemedia.org/san-leandros...
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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get the fuck off substack!! www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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deanpreston.bsky.social
Oh look, Ring camera private surveillance network can be used to help find lost dogs and I'm sure it's never used for anything else
February 9, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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today in niche oakland goss
February 6, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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how am I just finding out now that seneca scott is matt horn’s pr person www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Horn Barbecue evicted from Bay Area location
The eviction notice is the latest blow for the Horn Barbecue empire after a period of rapid expansion.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
Here it is!!!! The Sandwich Fact!!!! Near guaranteed to make you go "huh I didn't know that" unless you did!
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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nuala.bsky.social
In 2016, the last time the Super Bowl came to the Bay Area, SF residents vandalized statues, threw a nationally-covered protest, and bemoaned the high cost to taxpayers. Why are things so quiet this year?
I break it down in @coyotemedia.org.
SF Hated the Super Bowl in 2016. A Decade Later, What’s Changed?
Ten years ago, protesters took to the streets to slam San Francisco’s Super Bowl City and call for an end to homeless sweeps. As the game returns to the Bay this week, why are things so quiet?
www.coyotemedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Unwelcome statues, beaches full of trash, homeless sweeps, and a $5M price tag infuriated many in SF when the Super Bowl came to the Bay Area in 2016. 10 years later, as the big game circus returns, the city is quiet. @nuala.bsky.social asks, what’s changed?
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
SF Hated the Super Bowl in 2016. A Decade Later, What’s Changed?
Ten years ago, protesters took to the streets to slam San Francisco’s Super Bowl City and call for an end to homeless sweeps. As the game returns to the Bay this week, why are things so quiet?
www.coyotemedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
soleilho.com
really excited to have a piece in this month’s Food & Wine! weeee
food and wine magazine, featuring a big bowl of tortilla soup article titled “chocolate-prcan shortbread bars” with a photo of said bars with flaky sea salt on top
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
A new tool lets you search the Epstein files for mentions of your LinkedIn contacts. Tried it out, does work. Outputs a report with links to the material on the DOJ website.

www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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coyotemedia.org
One big difference at COYOTE: We promise that none of our worker-owners will invest millions of dollars into allowing billionaires to continue avoiding paying into CA’s social safety net!
Michael Moritz, the billionaire co-founder of the San Francisco Standard, has reportedly poured seven figures into a group that could help punt California’s controversial wealth tax proposal.
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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coyotemedia.org
1 subscribe = 1 heartfelt wish for Jeff Bezos to step full-force on a lego coyotemedia.org?ref=coyoteme...
COYOTE
Independent journalism with a bite!
coyotemedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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51st.news
4/ AND we have something else: We’re a newsroom that Bezos can’t destroy. Executives at The Post made a strategic decision to abandon D.C. — a free press threatens the political aims of the powerful. We might still be small, but we can promise you that we exist solely for you, the people of D.C.
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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51st.news

🧵 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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brianpjcronin.bsky.social
Whatever @coyotemedia.org paid for this product placement, it was worth every penny.
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12d
Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣
Francis Wang in brown wool wrap holding mic with coyote in left hand side of screen behind her on street. Banner reads LOOK BEHIND YOU COYOTE WALKS THROUGH FRANCIS WANG'S LIVE SHOT
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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This week on the COYOTE Calendar... queer chess! A hangout for typeface nerds! A Bad Bunny halftime show watch party! And lots more fun as hell events to liven up your life in the Bay Area, hand-picked by the COYOTE team. To see our full listings, check out coyotemedia.org 🌱
THU: 2.5 Font Friends Hangout Letterform Archive, SF → 6PM-7:30PM 〰️ $10 donation How do you feel about Comic Sans? Papyrus? What about Bodoni? If you notice when the kerning is off, this meetup is for you. Plus, the folks from the archive will have some piece of their collection out on view for this. Get your font nerdery on! We will not judge you. FRI: 2.6 Heated Rivalry Rave: A Hot Sexy Yearning Party The Stud, SF → 10PM-2Am 〰️ $24-$55 You've read the books, you've watched the show, you've seen the memes, but have you been to the rave? Yes, a Heated Rivalry Rave. Get sweaty. No hockey knowledge required. Bring your own banana. SAT: 2.7 Clay, Conversation & Community Care Artillery Ceramics, SF → 11Am–2pm Veins of natural clay run through the ground across borders all over the world. Join friends and neighbors in the universal act of making something from the Earth while learning your rights, and raising funds for the Deportation Defense & Legal Advocacy Program. 11th Annual Black History Month Celebration Freight and Salvage, Berkeley → 7PM 〰️ $39+ This is the 11th year for this event by the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, and it's always a powerful, very cool night that blends traditional and contemporary gospel with deep-cut spirituals rarely heard outside the South. This one sells out most years, so get your tickets fast. SUN: 2.8 Paper Food Workshop Draw Together, Emeryville → 10Am–4Pm 〰️ $160 An artist at the studio I work out of makes these absolutely incredible, lifelike, paper surprise items, and I've always been curious how you would even begin making something like that! Now you can learn. No experience necessary; just come ready to play with paper. MON: 2.9 Oakland Small Biz Townhall + Arms Embargo Understory, Oakland → 6pm-8pm Learn more about the Oakland Arms Embargo campaign and how small businesses and coops can support the organizing to stop arms from leaving our town to fuel the genocide of Palestinians. TUES: 2.10 Queer Chess Night Mother, SF → 6pm-9Pm Come capture some kings and queens both literally and figuratively at this free event. No chess experience required, so if you're chess-curious you're welcome to come — or if you're an expert with some sick tactics to share, bring those too. WED: 2.11 A Vita and Virginia Valentine's Party Womb House Books, Oakland → 6pm-9pm 〰️ $10 donation Tumblr sapphics assemble! A night of letter reading (featuring famous bangers like "I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia") and discussion of friendship, romance, and creativity. Plus, a floral workshop for your own literary love affair.
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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coyotemedia.org
COYOTE's featured alongside a handful of our fellow worker-owned outlets in @niemanlab.org today, talking about the reality of doing democratically managed journalism. Summary: It's a lot of fucking meetings! www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one?
"If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."
www.niemanlab.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM