This is what 3,000 fentanyl test strips look like. Each year as part of our commitment to the health and safety of our community, we purchase this many strips for Cary Escovedo (aka Kochina Rude) to distribute to entertainment venues free of charge. Watch for our next Safety Forum on Tuesday, May 5.

@kochinarude.bsky.social www.nasen.org/kochina-rude

Nice story about @kochinarude.bsky.social's efforts to make Narcan available at drag venues. www.advocate.com/health/opioi...

“I want to remind my community that there is no moral difference between a weekend warrior snorting bumps of cocaine on the dance floor versus a homeless person smoking fentanyl on a street corner”

Police enforcement drives overdoses because people are pushed to use alone which increases the risk of a fatal overdose, and confiscating drugs makes people buy again (maybe not from a trusted source) thereby increasing their chances of being sold toxic drugs which increases their risk of OD.

front page in The Advocate today ❤️ advocate.com

FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCED 👑🧻 GUTTERBUTT PAGEANT: A CAST OF CIVILIANS COMPETING IN DRAGS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME FOR A $500 CASH PRIZE! IN COLLABORATION WITH OAKLASH DRAG FESTIVAL + ELI’S MILE HIGH CLUB

I for one am DONE with the comic sans slander

📢💛 @harmreductionintl.bsky.social

Girl this is San Francisco at this point if you don’t feel valid then that’s on you

Can someone explain why Jaguar got the waymo contract

Vote for me today “biggest pig” 🐖

yeah no babe that Facebook rant you posted totally counts as “resistance”

My last princess as a regular cohost is 4/19 celebrating our 5yr anniversary! Tix @ sfoasis.com

Total tops with messy bottom energy

Police in Rhode Island are saying someone died from fentanyl-laced cannabis based on preliminary drug testing done by the police, and I just want people to remember law enforcement is not qualified to perform drug testing or determine cause of death. It helps nobody to create unfounded drug panics.

truly one of the most disgusting ledes I’ve ever read in the NYT

Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”

I say this while agreeing to host an emo theme show sold out so quick deadass

I love an alt-nite theme don’t get me wrong…but it might be helpful for some club promoters to remember that lots of punk and metal shows already exist in most cities & the “target audience” would probably just go to an actual punk or metal show in real life vs. pay the same $ cover for a parody 🙃

Watch a little Oakland history "but the fourth one of its subplots, involving a brawl between Nazi skinheads and punks, is actually based on a true story. " www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Made this today

Remember there is no such thing as an ethical dollar

am I…team Sam star?

FELIZ CUMPLE TO MY DAUGHTER LA CHUCHA SHE IS DOING THE DAMN THING!!!

GOOD MORNING

I started this DIY World Punk Atlas a while ago & have been happy to see it grow. Please feel free to contribute and share it with other folks who might be interested! Simple instructions for contributors are linked in my first reply below. www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...

Some badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey

🤍⛓️‍💥 @/sukiberryart

For folks having difficulty accepting the reality of the fall of the U.S. empire, I suggest embracing an anarchist mindset to make sense of things & to develop the mental fortitude we’ll need in the years to come. This was inevitable under the Democrats, too—under Trump, it’s just happening faster.

MONO JOJO GETS ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION

we're organizing while you're dying mad

WINNER RECEIVES $500 & A BOTTLE OF EXPIRED DOUBLE SCORPIO @godslilprincess.bsky.social

Future Dragula contestant: Abra Cadaver

Thanks to some good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy, the right to repair movement is thriving.

The historic North Oakland nightclub Eli’s Mile High Club is in danger of closing, primarily due to the City of Oakland closing its large back patio, its owner has announced. What you should know:

Phatima Rude 🪬❣️

Not now honey mommy’s crowdkilling

Kochina Rude. @kochinarude.bsky.social Lolly Gaggers: lollygaggers.bandcamp.com 🤘 #Art #Punk #Queerpunk #Drag #GayArt #DragQueen #InkArt #QueerArt #Queercore #HailSatan

Useful legal analysis on 1st amendment implications of discussing political violence. See especially third “but”: legal rights are only as good as the judges upholding them (or not).

TONITE 👇👇👇

This is one of my political education friends I organize with all the time he made a strong statement followed by a question at the Oakland Mayor's forum last night: "Street crime is very visible, and is caused by community poverty and hopelessness....

Things are coming apart quickly, so a word to white folk: you’re going to have to get used to property damage if you want to survive. Getting upset protesters set an empty Target on fire & making THAT & not police murder the focus is part of how we got here.

People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

TOMORROW 🐖💥 IYKYK

Announcement incoming on IG 👈📢