Emma Silvers

Last month, an email from SFUSD informed me that my 7yo would be taking a state-mandated test from a company called Amira, and it led me down a rabbit hole. Here's how big tech is infiltrating SF public schools — whether families & teachers want it or not. www.coyotemedia.org/sfusd-ai-ami...

World Series commercials over the last 10 min: AI, AI, ad calling AOC and Ilhan Omar racist, naked Sydney Sweeney

Such great news and a wonderful story: Bottom of the Hill Sold, Will Continue as Live Music Venue [via @coyotemedia.org] www.coyotemedia.org/bottom-of-th...

You don’t have to be particularly woo to sense something haunted here: A disproportionate amount of death has taken place on this land. www.coyotemedia.org/oak-knoll-ha...

we got Spooky Bay Area expert @bethwinegarner.bsky.social on @coyotemedia.org today folks! 🪦

cool, cool

If you’re grossed out by AI and data centers piss you off, you could sign up for a membership with coyotemedia.org, an outlet owned by actual human journalists! Support indie media so you don’t end up getting your news from AI slop

How about the irony of a story I wrote for @coyotemedia.org — with my own two hands!! — getting scraped by AI and vomited up on Hoodline, the now zombified neighborhood news site where I had my first journalism job (it was real in 2014). And no, the journalist here, “Eileen Vargas” does not exist 🤖

Great. Fucking. News. www.coyotemedia.org/bottom-of-th...

I'm working on a story about whether there's momentum to ban AI in classrooms, like in NY and CA school districts, and I'm curious if anyone: a) is; or b) knows a grade school public school teacher who could speak to how AI, screens, tech, etc. impact their lives. HMU! jay@racketmn.com

ICYMI, live music lovers: Bottom of the Hill will remain open next year, with a new proprietor who’s committed to keeping the club independent. Thanks to the fine folks at BotH, old and new, for choosing us to break the good news. www.coyotemedia.org/bottom-of-th...

Best news I’ve heard all day! New owner is a long-time music fan & club patron who helped launch 5 biotech startups. This is a good way for rich people to spend their money.

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO

Great news for San Francisco music fans- this is where I saw Merzbow, Wesley Willis, Evangelista…

.....delivering SF news that people are happy to hear is a v unfamiliar feeling

tbh I could write another 1000 words about how much I love Bottom of the Hill's Y2K-ass website they are aware of its devotees and I am hopeful will make only necessary upgrades!!

Huge news!! This is such an important indie venue. I was in the process of pre-mourning. (American Steel show in March was my last visit, was looking for one more.) Glad there will be more shows in the future. 🤘🏼💯 @emmaruthless.bsky.social

This week, Emma and Soleil converse about YCSE: "One thing I keep thinking about is the failures of tech journalism here. The chance to tell a story about a young, attractive, blonde woman who’s also the next Steve Jobs must have been overpowering." www.coyotemedia.org/you-can-see-...

I can, actually

It's disheartening to see the largest publications in the nation not cite original reporting from independent/individual reporters. Not one mention of @marisakabas.bsky.social's work in ID'ing Tommy. Instead, the WSJ implies that Tommy came forward himself. Disingenuous, at best.

Reporter Paul C. Kelly Campos sat down with the co-founder of Península 360 Press, a Spanish-language news outlet. In addition to a website, it has a mobile radio cabin, collaborates with local theater groups, and one of its most beloved reporters is... a puppet. www.coyotemedia.org/peninsula-36...

life’s rich pageant

[*BIGGEST SPOILER SIREN WARNING IN THE WORLD*] I wrote about You Can See Everything defector.com/good-art-is-...

I wrote a bike story aimed at drivers — on why I think more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure can be a win-win. Gift link 🎁 for anyone still on the fence about Sunset Dunes www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

the young people of Dolores park are so much cleaner and sportier than they used to be “not nearly enough degenerates,” I said out loud, and then had to explain to the kid what a degenerate is and why I said it like a good thing

Things I don’t do because I’m scared of men harassing me: get gas after dark. Use headphones while I run. Wear short dresses. Honk at cars that cut me off. Smile at groups of dudes. Leave my door unlocked when I’m home alone. Truth: my day-to-day life hasn’t changed at all since MeToo. Now what?

I love this piece from @nuala.bsky.social, really captures the mix of rage and exhaustion so many of us are feeling www.coyotemedia.org/text-me-when...

Trust me: whatever you’re doing right now is less important than watching this candidate interview. No spoilers, just trust:

so fucking bleak

feel like we could all use a good "this is going to ruin the tour" right about now, anyone got anything good

Today: an immigration lawyer on the coming ICE surge in California and how rapid response networks have been key to preserving immigrants' rights. www.coyotemedia.org/ice-arrests-...

let’s go San Francisco