My new article for @assignedmedia.org is a celebration of #TransHistoryMonth in #SanFrancisco.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/history-of-trans-history
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East County animal shelter is at capacity for cats. Please adopt if you can
https://www.alamedasheriff.gov/community/adopt-a-pet
#Alameda #BayArea #Oakland #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #SanFrancisco
In my new article for @assignedmedia.org, I share photos and an interview with #trans advocate Joaquin Guerrero about housing trans people experiencing #homelessness in #SanFrancisco.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-history-of-the-first-trans-homeless-shelter
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Just walked by a bunch of elderly trans people sitting together drinking tea, and talking about which of their friends are still furries
Sometimes this city isn’t too bad
Grace Cathedral Starburst
Not far from downtown San Francisco up on Nob Hill sits this grand building known as Grace Cathedral.
This image was captured using a tripod with the camera pointing up at the majestic ceiling. I had to do some of my best yoga moves to position myself under the view finder to see what I was shooting. I hope you like it.
https://pixels.com/featured/grace-cathedral-starburst-bill-gallagher.html
#GraceCathedralStarburst #BillGallagherPhotography #GraceCathedral #Architecture #SanFrancisco #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt
Cookie met Casper the Cockatoo (an Instagram celebrity bird)
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Painted Ladies
This is an image of the famed "Painted Ladies" at Alamo Square in San Francisco. They have been seen in the movie "Misses Doubtfire", the show "Full House" and many other televised shows.
They truly are a sight to see, as if they are all standing in front of an audience waiting to be judged. Downtown San Francisco serves as the background.
https://pixels.com/featured/painted-ladies-bill-gallagher.html
#PaintedLadies #BillGallagherPhotography #SanFrancisco #ClassicArchitecture #BuyIntoArt #AYeaForArt #Sunset #Beauty
Palace of Fine Arts Infrared II
The Palace of Fine Arts is a building that's stands in the Marina District of San Francisco. The palace was built as an exhibition center for 1915, Pan Pacific Celebration and is one of the few buildings from the exhibition that is still standing today.
https://pixels.com/featured/palace-of-fine-arts-infrared-ii-bill-gallagher.html
#PalaceOfFineArtsInfraredII #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PalaceOfFineArts #SanFrancisco #MarinaDistrict #Infrared #Tourism #Dome #Reflective
#Rotunda #Columns
#SFBayArea folks: On October 7 I'll be speaking on a panel of #Wikipedia editors at the #SanFrancisco Public Library, North Beach.
https://sfpl.org/events/2025/10/07/panel-life-wikipedia-editor
Childless cat ladies against fascism
#SanFrancisco #NoKings
Anti-ICE protest happening now in #SanFrancisco. “No #ICE, no KKK, no #fascist #USA.”
#Trump is calling off, at least for now, plans that would have surged federal agents into #SanFrancisco this weekend. Mayor Daniel Lurie said Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem assured him in separate calls that #BorderPatrol agents would not be deployed to his city. Trump confirmed the decision in a social media post, writing that “friends of mine who live in the area” had asked him to reconsider.
WTF? Why do #Chicago & other cities have to endure his #assault?
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Remember lying on the floor reading? I read science fiction and went to other worlds in my mind.
My first was The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet written by Eleanor Cameron in 1954.
It's set in Pacific Grove California & on Basidium, a tiny habitable moon of Earth, invisible from the planet in its orbit 50,000 miles away.
I need to get back to those worlds.
Photo from inside Green Apple Books in #SanFrancisco #SciFi #Books
@charliejane @annaleen @cstross @scalzi @pluralistic
Went to an Indigenous event yesterday in San Francisco where they built a fire with volcanic rocks to make acorn mush. The guy doing it said it’s important to get these round, tumbled rocks and they usually come from east of the Sierras. They ran a very inclusive event yesterday where different Indigenous groups came and asked the Yelamu people for permission to come ashore (into the Bay). Everyone shared their songs and stories. I learned a lot.
Columbus Tower
Also known as the Sentinel Building is a triangular shaped building that sits at the intersections of Columbus Ave and Kearny Street in San Francisco. Jackson Street completes the triangle.
This building is also right in the middle of three popular districts in San Francisco, the Financial District, North Beach, and China Town all come together down here at the Columbus Tower.
https://pixels.com/featured/columbus-tower-bill-gallagher.html
#ColumbusTower #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #SanFrancisco
Cafe Zoetrope, San Francisco
"Many other musicians and musical groups were allowed to utilize this studio, including the Grateful Dead."
"Francis Ford Coppola bought the building in 1972 to be the headquarters for his production company, American Zoetrope. A number of his films including the Godfather II and III, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, One From The Heart, The Outsiders, and Dracula were written, edited, or sound mixed within these walls."
(Minolta HiMatic 7S II, Tri-x, Xtol, scanned on Nikon CoolScan 8000ED)
#SanFrancisco #California #Photography #Architecture #BlackandWhite #Xtol #TriX
In today’s article for @assignedmedia.org, I interview Anjali Rimi, co-founder and president of Parivar Bay Area, about supporting #transgender #immigrants in #SanFrancisco.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/anjali-rimi-supporting-transgender-immigrants
“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber & Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec.
A 🎂🧵
1/7
https://caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #gothic #supernatural #ballads #SanFrancisco #BeatPoets #poetry
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Sometimes I read people say they don’t know what to take photos of
May I present the view from a toilet in the Mission
I spoke with outgoing SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin about robotaxis' impact on San Francisco – and the threat they pose to multimodal cities worldwide.
Tumlin: “I am very worried that so much of the joy of the remaining walkable cities in the world could be at risk from self-driving cars.”
In today's post on @medium, I share photos I've taken over the years of outgoing #SanFrancisco Mayor #LondonBreed.
Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:
Had a bunch of fun creating foiled drawings of some of iconic landmarks! This is Coit Tower in San Francisco!
Forwarding on request, Missing Person in San Francisco. 5/20/25 #MissingPerson #SanFrancisco #SFO
