"Metroid 4" recently dropped after an 18-year hiatus. Alan Chazaro weighed in on the music of the classic sci-fi adventure series and how its blend of rock-n-roll futurisms & symphonic electronica has carved out its own lineage in video game soundtrack history. www.passionweiss.com/2025/12/18/w...

Over at @coyotemedia.org my colleagues and I are trying to build a new, worker-owned outlet in the Bay Area. We've already broken stories and had impact. To continue that work we need more members, plain and simple. And now you can get a discount! 🎁 Use COYOTE2026 for 15% off an annual membership.

This month all stories at @coyotemedia.org have their paywalls removed, so everyone can enjoy their excellent Bay Area reporting (that we used to have back in the day!). I’m a subscriber because I miss these stories and want to keep funding them. Please do check it out and sample some! #SanFrancisco

There are very few people who can get me emotional about ice cream (a dessert I don't even really like) but @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social is one of them. www.coyotemedia.org/oakland-ice-...

"This is political: Every flavor is a statement that we all belong here." In honor of the fifth year anniversary of De La Creamery, a popular ice cream pop-up in Berkeley, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social spoke to Stephanie De La Cruz about what it's been like to make 'ice cream for the community.

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-...

As usual, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social has a sweet, poetic, and insightful piece for you on a Bay Area rapper www.coyotemedia.org/oakland-musi...

Getting to read @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social’s rap criticism for COYOTE is always such a joy, man. I just know I’m in for hit after hit.

After more than a decade in the Bay Area's rap scene, Philip Bank$ is finally releasing his debut solo album. It's a time capsule of Oakland told by someone who prides himself on speaking "for those who aren't able to tell their own stories." ✍️ @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social

What happens when successful nightlife hosts become morning people? Group runs, breakfast burritos, DJ sets, and a whole lot of human-to-human connection. ✍️: @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social

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.

There's one place on Earth that isn't angry with the Mavs right now. I know because we sent @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social to Mexico City last weekend to watch Dallas play & tell us the 30-year journey of how the Mavs became Mexico's team. I loved this story: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

I fucking love this @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social piece on the new Frida Kahlo museum, what home means, and how tiny pieces of connection out in the world make all the difference.

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.

Have you checked out @coyotemedia.org recently? We've done some good shit in the last two weeks! 〰️ An essay by @emmaruthless.bsky.social on why all our options seem to suck right now 〰️ A guide to places offering free food to SNAP recipients: www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

The Bay Area is quietly one of the biggest anime hubs in North America—and most people don't even realize it. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social is here to set the record straight with his latest story.

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...

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.

Good site with tips for everyone. If your city has its own version of this, feel free to reply with a link!

read @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social always

LOVE this @coyotemedia.org piece from Alan Chazaro. From the Great Mall to Great America, airbrushing is both nostalgia and a Bay Area art form that endures. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...

Remember getting your shirt airbrushed at the flea market? That sweeping script with your name across the chest? It was peak Bay Area culture in the 90s and 2000s, writes @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, and a memento of a Bay Area where artists once thrived. www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...

this week for @coyotemedia.org: I went to war-ravaged Portland to find out whether it’s still possible to get a decent macchiato there www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...

Really enjoyed working on this @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social piece about Diego Luna and how his family shaped the player he is today, with an identity that’s still wholly his own. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“One of my favorite varieties of hip-hop is the deeply subterranean kind. The sort you stumble upon by accident: a barely discernible but promising little secret stubbing against your toe. And then you dig.” - @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social for @coyotemedia.org

San Jose-based rapper, producer, and abstract painter THEALLSEEINGEYE veered away from the norms of regional rap. We spoke with the emerging artist about his process, upbringing, and being “an outsider.” ✍️ @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social

La afición del Galatasaray ayer en la Champions: "Palestina libre. La humanidad perdió la conciencia en Gaza”.

This is my first story for @coyotemedia.org and I'm pretty proud of it! I think it will surprise and delight you, even if you don't live in the Bay Area. Plus, it includes a recipe for pie. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

In 2015, Nef the Pharaoh broke the radio with his debut megahit, “Big Tymin’.” Now, 10 years later, he’s proved that he’s one of the most enduring talents of his Bay Area generation — and his music slaps harder than ever. ✍️: @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social

i wrote about navigating the splendor & contradictions of queer fandom in ballhalla for @coyotemedia.org, check out this piece! proud to be part of their launch this week. and if you're into political/cultural/queer writing about the wnba, dive into rough notes: wnbaroughnotes.substack.com

San Jose might have solved the downtown conundrum faster than SF + Oakland; last year, there were 25M visits to downtown, up 1.4M from the year before. What's behind its success? Small businesses, incredible food, and community events ✍️ @tavos-kitchen.bsky.social www.coyotemedia.org/experimental...

I'm biased but I think the @coyotemedia.org calendar is a pretty fun list of things to do in the Bay Area. Tattoo fundraisers, oyster fests, art classes, funk shows, and more! www.coyotemedia.org/introducing-...

From the brand-new worker-owned Bay Area media collective Coyote! Read and subscribe: www.coyotemedia.org

Or maybe you're hankering for a quest? We got one of those too! @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social has the story of the guy trying to find all the abandoned A's elephant sculptures: www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-al...

Whatever happened to the Oakland A’s 50 big, colorful elephant statues? Find out what community members are doing to rescue the 650-pound Stompers that were left behind — and where you can still see them 👀 ✍️ by @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social

All our stories are FREE right now, but that won't always be the case (we gotta make money) so read them now! There are so many good ones to choose from y'all. Like this @janelleblarg.bsky.social comic that I love SO much: www.coyotemedia.org/the-punks-vs...

This is a really cool piece of local history by @janelleblarg.bsky.social! Kudos to @coyotemedia.org for getting off the ground and bringing more independent, local journalism to the East Bay! Give them a follow!

"Billionaires shouldn't own the news. Support independent local media!" - @coyotemedia.org www.coyotemedia.org/hello-from-c...

1st up is co-founder @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, a traveling Bay Area dad and writer who is currently based in Veracruz, Mexico. Alan is most excited to cover the underground rap and creative scenes of the Bay Area because “this soil never stops producing weirdly singular trendsetters.”

Me on the playground in 1992, to no one in particular:

So excited to see some of my favorites Bay Area journalists — @emmaruthless.bsky.social, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social and Cecilia Lei are a part of this! Bringing the alt weekly vibes back to San Francisco is a good thing. Support @coyotemedia.org! 🐾 🌁

awooooo we're starting a publication in the Bay Area with a STACKED team (@amir.photo‬ @rahawahaile.bsky.social‬ @nuala.bsky.social‬ @estefancy.bsky.social @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social‬ @soleilho.com‬ @emmaruthless.bsky.social‬ @dannymlavery.bsky.social‬ AND MORE)! givebutter.com/coyotemedia

Introducing COYOTE Media Collective!! The Bay Area’s first journalist-owned newsroom — modeled after the smart, sassy, fun alt-weeklies of yore — is launching later this summer. Help us get this rad project off the ground! @coyotemedia.org givebutter.com/coyotemedia

hell yes to bringing back alt-weeklies

I was sad to see my favorite writers on the SF Chronicle's editorial side, @soleilho.com and @nuala.bsky.social, leave, but now I see they left to start an independent media collective with some other great journalists. Let's go! givebutter.com/coyotemedia

All your favorite Bay Area writers are starting a journalism collective. Pitch in to make incredible local journalism a reality in the Bay… givebutter.com/coyotemedia

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Join me in supporting Coyote Media Collective, a new worker-owned publication stacked with some of the most talented writers in the bay area and launching later this summer. Cannot wait to read this.

Shady possum mascots, temporary Mexican beer rebrands—is it any wonder that Bay Area fans are loving minor league baseball? Alan Chazaro considers @oaklandballers.bsky.social and Stockton Ports community.