Nuala Bishari
@nuala.bsky.social
Opinion columnist. 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
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.
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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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This piece by @melbuer.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
This piece by @melbuer.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hey look it’s @coyotemedia.org 👀
This piece by @melbuer.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
This piece by @melbuer.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥
www.wordsaboutwork.news/it-was-never...
“We don’t have to swallow our bile and settle for the nearest centrist with too much hair gel and all-caps Tweets because legacy media tells us to.”
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.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“We don’t have to swallow our bile and settle for the nearest centrist with too much hair gel and all-caps Tweets because legacy media tells us to.”
I can’t believe my mom saved my DARE certificate 😂 Las Vegas NM’s police department went all out with this fancy pants font. Too bad the commitment 10 yr old me made to “avoid the pressures to begin using drugs” fell through — sorry Nancy Reagan!
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I can’t believe my mom saved my DARE certificate 😂 Las Vegas NM’s police department went all out with this fancy pants font. Too bad the commitment 10 yr old me made to “avoid the pressures to begin using drugs” fell through — sorry Nancy Reagan!
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Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
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 6:10 AM
Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
Is #wildfire Bluesky a thing? Folks on Twitter were an invaluable resource for info during NM’s biggest wildfire in 2022. But I’m at my mom’s here now, choked with smoke, and can’t find any info on its source. (We’re super rural, so don’t get much news coverage.) Who are the Bsky fire scanners?
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Is #wildfire Bluesky a thing? Folks on Twitter were an invaluable resource for info during NM’s biggest wildfire in 2022. But I’m at my mom’s here now, choked with smoke, and can’t find any info on its source. (We’re super rural, so don’t get much news coverage.) Who are the Bsky fire scanners?
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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 7:52 PM
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.
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Living near a Level 1 Trauma Center means that several times a day I get to hear every dog in my neighborhood howling along with an ambulance's siren 🐕 🚑 🚨
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Living near a Level 1 Trauma Center means that several times a day I get to hear every dog in my neighborhood howling along with an ambulance's siren 🐕 🚑 🚨
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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-...
"When I stopped by the altar that sprung up outside Randa’s Market the next day, Mike — the most stoic corner store owner I’ve ever met in my life — had tears in his eyes. 'He was my baby, he said." 😭🐱
It is too on the nose for the most beloved bodega cat in the Mission to get killed by a Waymo. It’s a heartbreaking and deeply cliché entry in the annals of San Francisco gentrification commentary. Delete it, please, and try again.
✍️ @emmaruthless.bsky.social
✍️ @emmaruthless.bsky.social
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 7:09 PM
"When I stopped by the altar that sprung up outside Randa’s Market the next day, Mike — the most stoic corner store owner I’ve ever met in my life — had tears in his eyes. 'He was my baby, he said." 😭🐱
Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
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 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
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We're leaning into 🕷️HALLOWEEN 🧛♀️ this week to bring you some spooky stories! ☠️🫀🦟🤡
First up: a killer comic from @janelleblarg.bsky.social 👀
First up: a killer comic from @janelleblarg.bsky.social 👀
Halloween as Self-Care
Who says haunted houses don't count as antidepressants?
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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're leaning into 🕷️HALLOWEEN 🧛♀️ this week to bring you some spooky stories! ☠️🫀🦟🤡
First up: a killer comic from @janelleblarg.bsky.social 👀
First up: a killer comic from @janelleblarg.bsky.social 👀
Me: optimistically googling “raccoon-proof feral cat feeder” as if such a thing is even possible
Wayfair: on it, $153.99
Wayfair: on it, $153.99
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Me: optimistically googling “raccoon-proof feral cat feeder” as if such a thing is even possible
Wayfair: on it, $153.99
Wayfair: on it, $153.99
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This has a great round-up of links. Again, support your local news media! These folks just launched a few weeks ago and they've hit the ground running!
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 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This has a great round-up of links. Again, support your local news media! These folks just launched a few weeks ago and they've hit the ground running!
The threats are real, but so is our power. ICE relies on fear and isolation. We can counter with preparation and solidarity.
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 10:13 PM
The threats are real, but so is our power. ICE relies on fear and isolation. We can counter with preparation and solidarity.
11:47am: SF Chronicle publishes a major story about federal agents preparing to descend on the Bay Area tinyurl.com/4y82zemw
11:57am: SF Mayor Daniel Lurie posts this on X
11:57am: SF Mayor Daniel Lurie posts this on X
October 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
11:47am: SF Chronicle publishes a major story about federal agents preparing to descend on the Bay Area tinyurl.com/4y82zemw
11:57am: SF Mayor Daniel Lurie posts this on X
11:57am: SF Mayor Daniel Lurie posts this on X
A gauntlet of despair !
BART’s Civic Center Plaza was a gauntlet of despair before a revitalization. Now BART wants to achieve a similar transformation at a station that often resembles a “mini police station.”
Can BART bring a Civic Center-style revival to another dilapidated S.F. station?
BART’s Civic Center Plaza was a gauntlet of despair before a revitalization. Now BART wants to achieve a similar transformation at a station that often resembles a “mini police station.”
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October 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A gauntlet of despair !
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goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
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Underbabied
Trump announced a few minimal plans to lower the cost of IVF and Dr. Oz gave us an insane new term.
www.jezebel.com/dr-oz-adds-u...
www.jezebel.com/dr-oz-adds-u...
Dr. Oz Adds ‘Underbabied’ to List of Issues Facing American Families
Trump announced a few minimal plans to lower the cost of IVF and Dr. Oz gave us an insane new term.
www.jezebel.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Underbabied
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If you read the @coyotemedia.org calendar you slowly learn things about me like how one time I was reading Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and became convinced that my partner was a hallucination. Anyway, go see some events! www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...
COYOTE Calendar: October 16-22
Traditional tattooing, ecosexuals, free suits for trans folks, comics, and more.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If you read the @coyotemedia.org calendar you slowly learn things about me like how one time I was reading Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and became convinced that my partner was a hallucination. Anyway, go see some events! www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...
Just went to apply for TSA precheck and the office was decorated for Halloween with huge letters saying BEWARE CAUTION ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK on the door 😬
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just went to apply for TSA precheck and the office was decorated for Halloween with huge letters saying BEWARE CAUTION ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK on the door 😬
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Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...
7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025
Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...
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SF Streamlined Its Street Teams. Now, Fewer People Are Getting the Help They Need www.coyotemedia.org/sf-wanted-to... @nuala.bsky.social
SF Streamlined Its Street Teams. Now, Fewer People Are Getting the Help They Need
Street medicine outreach workers describe a new, expensive, and disorganized program that lacks clear objectives.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
SF Streamlined Its Street Teams. Now, Fewer People Are Getting the Help They Need www.coyotemedia.org/sf-wanted-to... @nuala.bsky.social
Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀
The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.
Mayor Daniel Lurie revamped S.F.’s street crisis teams. Is it working?
The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀