Emma Silvers

Emma Silvers

@emmaruthless.bsky.social

Writer, editor, cofounder @coyotemedia.org Erstwhile arts / culture / music editor @ KQED, SF Chronicle, various beloved & defunct alt-weeklies emmasilvers.com

1,313 Followers 455 Following 363 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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good thing no one ever saves anything on the internet, where people are always willing to ignore things others don't want them to see

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Joe Kukura, Lover of San Francisco and Longtime Voice on SFist, Dies at 55 It is a sad day here at SFist as we mourn the loss of one of our own — and this is a first for a website that has been in existence 22 years. Joe Kukura, who began contributing to the site in its earl...

It is inconceivable to me that someone with so much energy, who lived life so loudly and fully, is gone. Joe was a vivacious part of the SF media landscape before I even entered journalism, and things already feel quieter now that he's left us. It was an honor to have edited you at SF Weekly, Joe 💔

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Opinion | Me, Myself and My A.I. Sloppelgänger

Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations.

In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

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ok I am doing this. San Francisco residents! Wanna talk to me about your frustrations and humiliations with the rec & park website?

summer camp or afterschool program signups, picnic table reservations, trail closure info… bring it on

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I've fostered around 35 kittens from Oakland Animal Services (not all at once!! over three years) and I've learned a LOT about baby cats. Here are some do's and don'ts if you find a litter in your backyard, with bonus photos of some of my foster babies!

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This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

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The country is being run by a bunch of dorks too scared to take their wrong-sized shoes off

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AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

I'm going to share this story one more time, because I think the problem it describes -- being unable to determine what is true online or in the news, and just giving up entirely on trying -- is going to get more and more common. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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no this is hilarious(ly bad). DMing you!

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ok I am doing this. San Francisco residents! Wanna talk to me about your frustrations and humiliations with the rec & park website?

summer camp or afterschool program signups, picnic table reservations, trail closure info… bring it on

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POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS:

sharpen the zig, sharpen the zag

staircase full of petticoat fluffers

chest like a pillow & a face like a wolf

& THAT’S a Bratislava goodbye

one eye on the flapjacks, one eye on the bellhop

g-g-g-g-g-gong it!

blah blah blah & your zipper’s undone

Julius your Caesar 😉

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COYOTE First Aid Kit: What to Do if You Find Feral Kittens It’s baby cat season in the Bay Area! Here’s our guide on what to do if you encounter a litter of purrfect miniature panthers in your yard.

Baby cat season is starting in the Bay Area! While it may be tempting to swoop up a litter of wild mini panthers, snuggle them like crazy, and take them to a shelter, there are a few super important things to consider first 👀 We've got the low down, in our latest from @nuala.bsky.social 🐱🐈😻🐾🐈‍⬛

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which stage is headlines with the phrase “list of Jews”

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this is also when I go through and try to make myself cut 75% of the adverbs, like telling a kid they can pick ONE treat at the grocery store

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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

Is the premise of this story that the mayor should make lighthearted video content about an ongoing criminal investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

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??? why is RFK Jr. going to the doctor for a surgery when he could simply eat a variety of weird meats at his injury

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Billy Corgan's 25-years-younger wife telling him he has to do IG trends

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very funny to me that Sam Smith is casually, joyfully, effortlessly doing for SF restaurants what Daniel Lurie has desperately been trying to pull off but can't because he cannot, for the life of him, convincingly behave like a human being

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The forgotten woman behind International Women’s Day Theresa Malkiel fled persecution of Jews in Russia and ended up in a New York City sweatshop, where she joined and shaped a movement that led to International Women’s Day.

me: snarky about international women’s day every year forever

my mom this year: hey did you know this day was actually started by your grandmother’s cousin, a socialist labor activist, in 1909 www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022...

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last chance to read this newsletter written by WOMAN WRITER while it is WOMENS DAY

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these people are fucking MORONS

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ugh it’s the worst. I didn’t even go anywhere the past few days?? wish I had at least gotten it at a show or something

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if i could go more than five days without getting yet another cold that would be really great

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I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

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Gavin Newsom comes out swinging against California billionaire tax Ballot initiative, opposed by the ultra-wealthy, would levy one-time 5% tax on individuals worth more than $1bn

Psst! Your crown prince is aggressively fighting the California billionaire tax. He’s doesn’t care about you, pass it on! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Yap Zone: Happy Women’s History Month I Guess Are we empowered yet?

how many female CEOs *does* it take to restore Roe v. Wade www.coyotemedia.org/yap-zone-hap...

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The most scathing critics of Silicon Valley circa 2014 barely scratched the surface of the treachery these companies have shown.

Providing your products to criminal regimes planning to use them to violate human rights on a massive scale is a choice!

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We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

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this is like

the thesis statement of our times

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Yap Zone: Happy Women’s History Month I Guess Are we empowered yet?

how many female CEOs *does* it take to restore Roe v. Wade www.coyotemedia.org/yap-zone-hap...

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