I'm not gonna say that #SubstrateArts didn't help jumpstart the worker-owned media collective push in the Bay Area, but I'm not gonna *not* say it either. So excited for Coyote Media collective and all future worker-owned media collectives yet to form! givebutter.com/coyotemedia

Mayor Lurie better be planning a celebration for this team, let's gooooooooo: missionlocal.org/2025/06/el-f...

Last chance to hear #TheForeverWave and 20 other RADio plays at Atlanta Fringe Festival (before voting closes). Check 'em out today! atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio/

The ATL #FringeFestival opened today and I celebrated by listening to a bunch of cool radio plays. Yes, including #TheForeverWave which just happens to be an #ArtsATL critics pick (www.artsatl.org/critics-pick...)! Check them out online for FREE thru June 8: atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio/

Atlanta's Fringe Audio opens today! Catch The Forever Wave as a two-part podcast anywhere you consume your pods, or just head over to the Fringe Audio website & click on the player. Enjoy! atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio/ #AtlantaFringeFestival #FringeAudio #FringeFestival #RadioPlay #TheForeverWave

Oooh, I made it onto the Arts ATL Critic's Picks list for the Atlanta Fringe Festival. My piece is audio and can be accessed from anywhere, so I hope you'll tune in! www.artsatl.org/critics-pick... #TheForeverWave #RadioPlay #FringeFestival

wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world. --e.e. cummings

Almost time for the bestest ritual of the calendar year: sf.funcheap.com/st-stupids-d... #StStupid #FirstChurchoftheLastLaugh #YouMayAlreadyBeAMember

Oh hey, I’m leading an online publicity workshop for TBA on Thursday, April 10, at noon. It’s $10 for TBA members, $20 for non, and you get a copy of the recording and some downloadable materials to keep. Register here: members.theatrebayarea.org/workshops/De... 📝

Lots of new details in Mahmoud Khalil's amended complaint against the Trump admin. His lawyers are asking for more than just his release; they want the judge to order the Trump admin to stop its plan to arrest/deport protesters. Read the whole thing here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/69719...

Defend Trans Passport access: transequality.org/news/freedom...

Looks like Chuck will be in S.F. for his book tour on 3/22. 7:30 pm Sydney Goldstein theater. www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperform...

I am such a fan of #LeahNanakoWinkler, a playwright with some big upcoming projects. I'm honored to sit on this committee for the 4th year along with Jean Schiffman, @lilyjaniak.bsky.social @karendsouza.bsky.social & @enkohl.bsky.social. Congrats Leah! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

This week's list of must-reads includes this piece from my friend Willow Schenwar, a trans woman who writes, "Fascists will go as far as they can to try to shape public perception and create oppressive realities by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let them."

The Best Album of 2000 Match #128 - FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE THE BEST ALBUM OF 2000 #1 OutKast, STANKONIA vs. #2 PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA forms.gle/SSVDr3XHS4Pd...

ICYMI: callforcurators.com/call/tempora...

There are way more pressing things to worry about in the world, but please join me in pouring one out for the true beer hotspot of SF. Original home of the Barleywine festival, Beer Week, Rosamunde, & many a lost weekend. Please someone buy this bar and keep the De Koninck. sfist.com/2025/01/27/l...

one of my real hot takes that goes along with "discomfort is not harm," is that you actually benefit from being a little uncomfortable sometimes. its ok! its normal! its life! if you never feel uncomfortable, discomfort WILL feel like harm, & you'll will never develop any resilience for the future.

Ok so lots of people want to know how to help immigrants right now, which is great! Here is a brief thread about what I learned from @ufw.bsky.social folks while hanging out with them. They also hold training so if they're in your area, look em up and ask if you can attend!

Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/

Poetry Canvas today! Come find me on the JFK Promenade between 10 am - 2 pm and I will read you a poem. No tipping please, these are Free Poems!

So happy to have contributed three stories to this amazing roundup of things we're actually doing right in the world. reasonstobecheerful.world/the-year-in-... #SolutionsJournalism #ReasonsToBeCheerful

New year, new issue of #SubstrateArts. This one's all interviews with amazing locals: Austin Dean Ashford, Avi Ehrlich, Ani & Bonnie Bonani, and Jeffrey Lo. Check it out! substratearts.com

For the past year, @propublica.org has been reporting on the toll when a city "sweeps" an encampment. We handed out cards so folks could write in their own words what it meant to have their belongings trashed. We're publishing dozens of those stories here: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

One of my favorite things about #SubstrateArts are the ways we highlight the essential interconnectedness of our many artists and "scenes." Help us continue this exciting work by becoming a subscriber in 2025. Artists deserve attention, and we're here to provide it! substratearts.com/subscriptions/

We're doing an *emergency* Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl on Saturday Jan. 11. We'll visit Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe, which suffered massive flood damage recently. Then we'll hit East Bay Booksellers, recovering from a fire. Plus Pegasus! Details/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/emergency-...

“Americans are prosperous, but without any deep sense of obligations to others. We are a highly commercial, individualist people and when we let go of even a thin liberal conception of the public good, we become nasty, petty, small, vindictive and irrational” www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...

#SanFrancisco #Bicycle buddies, I am enlisting your help in the search for my stolen bike. Yes, this is a longshot, but so was finding a bike I really liked. Its street value is basically nil, so hoping someone will spot it in the wild: sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/sa... *Now with updated link

For the second consecutive year, I get to share a byline with the great @enkohl.bsky.social as we reflect on our favorite and most significant moments of 2024 in Bay Area theater for @kqedarts.bsky.social. Lots of mentions for companies large and small. #hellatheatre www.kqed.org/arts/1396882...

Huge, huge thanks to @matthewcort.land and @celestepewter.bsky.social for the resources they have provided here on bluesky on HR 9495. Just emailed this to the 975 subscribers on my mailing list

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Quick intro since Bluesky is having a *moment*. I'm a theatre-maker, writer, and co-founder of worker-owned arts journal, Substrate Arts. I co-founded Bikes to Books with @burritojustice.bsky.social, and am currently touring a futuristic radio play, The Forever Wave, on the Fringe Festival circuit.

The Onion has purchased InfoWars.

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It seems we are already losing sight of the fact that a handful of billionaires effectively turned our information ecosystem into a Superfund site, no one knows how to clean up the mess, and simply telling the truth and hoping people find it is woefully insufficient

I don't think people understand that most freelancers are doing multiple jobs on top of producing their own work (networking/finding places to pitch, promoting it, accounting, taxes, etc) and not being paid for them at all while also being severely underpaid for the one they're recognized for.

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Report Finds Americans Need To Cut Emissions By 3% In Order To Tell Themselves They Did Their Best

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It's Tom BetGeorge and decorative gourd season motherfreakers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnrB...

“The elevated heart risks from infection did not appear to diminish over time, the study found. That finding is striking and seems to be unique to Covid-19, said Dr. Patricia Best, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic, who was not involved in the research.” www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/h...

You know who's fun and cheap? ME! Haha, but seriously, Bay Area pals, I hope you can make it out tomorrow: sf.funcheap.com/wave-listeni...

Hell yes, Alice Wong! The Bay Area's well-deserved recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant": www.kqed.org/arts/1396593...

Just a reminder that free COVID-19 tests are available again via the USPS, just fill out the form here and stock up: special.usps.com/testkits #COVID19 #RATS #COVIDtest #PublicHealth

this thread tho

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