COYOTE Calendar: September 3-September 9
This week we've got talking animals, nerds, zines, amateur sports, a “sexy tortilla making contest,” mysteries, and more.
The Buddhist Community Calling Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Action
Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh had a “dramatic influence” on Benioff. On Tuesday, the monk's students delivered an open letter to Salesforce Plaza, petitioning the CEO to end contracts with ICE and voice support for democratic elections.
Sounding It Out: A New Book Celebrates 30 Years of ‘Tape Op’
Publisher John Baccigaluppi on 'Making Music,' a new collection of 24 interviews from the essential record production magazine.
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Culture
Pokémon Is for the Gays
This year, the Pokémon World Championships are in San Francisco — so here are the many reasons why Pokémon is gay as hell.
golden lionheart collier’s ‘Hidden Currents’ Is a Masterpiece of Spatial Composition
At SF's Audium, 176 speakers tell the history of Black sound in the Americas through modular synthesis.
What Is Pacifica Without Its Pier?
Officials shut down Pacifica Pier after a huge structural crack appeared in June. For anglers, whale watchers, and Pacifica residents, the loss is about more than the pier itself.
Why Coyotes Have Sunk Their Fangs into This Author
Coyotes have become a Bay Area icon. In ‘Trickster at the End of a World,’ author and artist Helen Shewolfe Tseng shares what they could teach us.
Power
San Francisco’s Parks Are Incredible. Why Is the Rec and Park Website So Bad?
One frustrated parent’s journey into the heart of darkness that is municipal web design.
Free as a Bird: Rehabilitated Night Herons Released in Oakland
The black-crowned night herons arrived at a rescue with broken toes, injured wings, or damaged legs. After weeks of rehab, they were released into the wild.
ChatTJB Wants You to Stop Trusting LLMs
A San Francisco poet is answering your prompts badly, slowly, and earnestly.
A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI
In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?
Life
COYOTE Calendar: September 3-September 9
This week we've got talking animals, nerds, zines, amateur sports, a “sexy tortilla making contest,” mysteries, and more.
Yap Zone: The Best Things Our Food Critic Ate in August
Soleil's favorite dishes, from dessert made with South African herbs to a big, fat breakfast burrito in San Francisco.
COYOTE Calendar: August 27-September 2
This week we've got moon appreciation, frogs, bird puppets, bimbos, punk, motorcycles, and more
First Aid Kit: Staying Cool Without An Air Conditioner
Cheap home-cooling solutions for a rapidly warming world.