Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If he Dislikes reporters, it may be because he has something to hide! 021
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hail the Traveler! Tim Curry Apr 19, 1946 - Aug 25, 2026 🎼 Cause I've seen, oh, blue skies 🎼 Through the tears in my eyes 🎼 And I realise 🎼 I'm going home 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Did anybody have shock gloves on their bingo card?? 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"A closed country is a dying country. A closed mind is a dying mind." — Edna Ferber. 1947 Edna’s notable works: SO BIG (1924) SHOW BOAT (1926) CIMARRON (1929) DINNER AT EIGHT (1932) STAGE DOOR (1936) GIANT (1952) Born on August 15, 1885, Edna Ferber died of stomach cancer on April 16, 1968 at 82. 130
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Friday Random Ten July 31, 2026 NIN - Only The Box Tops - The Letter Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paramore - Crushcrushcrush Pet Shop Boys - In the Night TKK - Hard, Fast & Beautiful (Tight mix) Sade - Cherry Pie Rosemary Clooney - The Coffee Song Weezer - Island in the Sun Gossip - Keeping You Aliveyoutube.comFriday Random Ten - July 31, 2026 - YouTubeFRT - July 31, 2026 NIN - Only 2005 The Box Tops - The Letter 1967 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 1972 Paramore - Crushcrushcrush 2007 Pet Shop Boys - In the Nig... 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Happy birthday to Daniel Ash of Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Tones on Tail and Poptone! July 31st 1957 🚀 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Friday Random Ten Journey/I’ll Be Alright Without You Jackie Wilson/Higher & Higher REO Speedwagon/Keep The Fire Burnin’ Communards/Tomorrow Casual Gods/Cherokee Chief Simply Red/Sunrise Psychic TV/Suspicious Bob Seger/Hollywood Nights Lakeside/ItsAll The Way Live April Wine/You Could’ve Been A Ladyyoutube.comFriday Random Ten - July 24, 2026 - YouTubeFriday Random Ten - July 24, 2026 1. Journey - I’ll Be Alright Without You 1986 2. Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher 1967 3. REO Speedwagon - Keep The Fire B... 000
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026New Ministry video just dropped from their forthcoming ‘final’ album. They use AI satirically as a way to criticize it and everything wrong today: youtu.be/UEOkt8U6GKc?...youtu.beMinistry - Burned Out (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Cleopatra Records 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Happy Birthday, Diahann Carroll aric2014.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/b...aric2014.wordpress.comBlack History Month – Diahann CarrollDiahann Carroll (1935-2019) was born in the Bronx, but grew up in Harlem, NY. She was known for her singing, modeling, acting, and activism for cancer awareness, detection and early treatment. 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🎂 Happy 80th Birthday Linda Ronstadt aric2014.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/w...aric2014.wordpress.comWomen’s History Month – Linda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt (born 1946) is a retired singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress who had 24 studio albums, 15 greatest hits albums, charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles, had 21 Top Ten songs, … 030
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We celebrated my & Ben’s & Neil Patrick’s birthdays this weekend in Pioneer surrounded by our beautiful San Francisco & Reno families. 💕🍾🥂🙏💜 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"Coming to voice is an act of resistance.” — bell hooks 110
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026TransAmerica Building spire San Francisco June 2026 031
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Up until 2016, San Francisco’s Pride committee would bestow a Pink Brick Award to the most egregious human rights violator of the year. The corporate kowtowing committee cowards stopped the annual award out of fear of losing lucrative pinkwashed corporate dollars. Pride used to be a Riot  220
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Cleve Jones, reflects on more than four decades responding to the AIDS crisis and draws parallels to the response needed as public health undergoes cuts like never before. Join us June 5, 2026, at 7:30pm at SF City Hall for a candlelight vigil. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...sfchronicle.comCleve Jones: Health is neither ideological nor optional. We shouldn’t need to fight for it. But we doOPINION: In the face of devastating cuts from the Trump administration to public health research, we need a nationwide call to action in towns and cities alike, Cleve Jones writes. 111
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026“I want you to go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell. I want you to yell: “I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more!” 030
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Stand strong & proud Progress must be protected and the fight continues. Gather. Protest. Vote. Love. 🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month 🏳️⚧️ 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Where da people at?!? The yellow counties have more people than all the counties in blue combined. 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Cleve Jones call to action June 1-7 Start local action & spread the word: Health Is Primary “A National Call to Elevate Health as a Governing Priority Health must be treated as a core governing responsibility, regardless of ideology or party. Working together, we can build a healthier nation.”sevendaysinjune.orgA National Call to Elevate Health as a Governing Priority | Seven Days in JuneSeven Days in June: HEALTH IS PRIMARY is a decentralized, nonpartisan, grassroots-driven campaign to focus local media attention on how funding cuts, as well as policy and regulatory changes, will dev... 000
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026“Absent enlightenment, freedom demands vigilance.” 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026🎼 The new American century has only just begun No one exempt from the tragedy Counterattack start pushing back Fight the power That chokes your speech That makes you bleed That propagates lies To keep you weak To keep you in line Fight the power that reigns you in Divides & conquers Defines your sin 100
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026New music from Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers. Released 5 days ago. And, dance 🕺 youtu.be/W1-2XVQs46Uyoutu.beDuran Duran - Free to Love (feat. Nile Rodgers) [Official Music Video]YouTube video by Duran Duran 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?“ 120
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I’ll be in SF tomorrow. SISTERS' EASTER IN THE PARK 2026: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR Where: Mission Dolores Park, San Francisco When: Sunday, April 5, 2026 Main Stage Celebration: Noon - 4:00 PM Hunky Jesus: 3:00 PM Donations encouraged & appreciated: www.thesisters.org/donate-easter Photo by Gooch 141
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Calling all flowers ‘posies’, Michael Thomas loved his tulips 🌷 which are blooming right now in Pioneer 💐 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Sutter Creek Amador County, CA No Kings Rally 650 people. Biggest rally ever in the county’s history. Best sign of the day award 🏆 goes to this: 451
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This sticker depicts the “Rebel Loon,” a viral symbol of resistance in Minneapolis and Minnesota, combining the state bird with the Star Wars Rebel Alliance emblem to protest federal ICE immigration crackdowns. Created by Bernardo Anderson in early 2026, it represents solidarity and hope. 231
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026🎼 Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing? 🎼 Spring is here! Why isn't the waltz entrancing? 🎼 No desire, no ambition leads me 🎼 Maybe it's because nobody needs me 🎼 Spring is here! Why doesn't the breeze delight me? Maxine Sullivan “Spring Is Here” June 29, 1938 youtu.be/IyrncMqLWBAyoutu.beSpring Is Here - Maxine SullivanYouTube video by Jazz City 500 100
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I’m going to see THE CHURCH in SF. Tickets still available. 🎼 Under the Milky Way Tonight 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026“I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly. Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying.” — Lindsey Vonn. 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 000
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 07/02/2026🎼 One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more 🎼 And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar 🎼 His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain 🎼 Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave 🎼 So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his caveyoutu.bePuff, the Magic DragonYouTube video by Peter, Paul & Mary - Topic 110
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Black History Month A Diva a Day Barbara Lewis (b. 1943) This one is special for me. My mom loved Barbara Lewis’s music. I adore her vocal style which made her one of my first music divas. And she wrote most of her own chart topping songs! Often imitated, never duplicated. 🎼 Baby, I’m Yours 💕aric2014.wordpress.comBlack History Month – Barbara LewisBarbara Lewis (b. 1943) This one is special for me. My mom loved Barbara Lewis’s music. I adore her vocal style which made her one of my first music divas. Finding out she wrote most of her o… 100
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Black History Month Gladys Bentley A Diva a Day A Master of Drag Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) was a gender-bending piano playing lesbian blues singer who came into her own during the Harlem Renaissance. Donning a top hat & tuxedo, Bentley would sing the blues while flirting with women in the audience.aric2014.wordpress.comBlack History Month – Gladys BentleyGladys Bentley (1907-1960) was a gender-bending piano playing lesbian blues singer who came into her own during the Harlem Renaissance. Donning a top hat and tuxedo, Bentley would sing the blues in… 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Black History Month Mama Thornton A Diva a Day ❤️🖤💚 Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton (1926-1984) was an American singer/songwriter who played a mean harmonica & the drums. She sang the blues, rock ‘n’ roll and soul. Thornton dressed in men’s clothing and didn’t care what people thought.aric2014.wordpress.comBlack History Month – Mama ThorntonWillie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton (1926-1984) was an American singer/songwriter who played a mean harmonica and the drums. She played the blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and soul. Thornt… 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🎼 Oh, our Minneapolis, 🎼 I hear your voice 🎼 Crying through the bloody mist 🎼 In the winter of '26 🎼 We'll remember the names of those who died 🎼 On the streets of Minneapolis youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...youtu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Sade: Nothing Can Come Between Us Wham: I’m Your Man Dimitri From Paris: Free Ton Style Blow Monkeys: Diggin Your Scene Bravery: This is Not the End Sade: No Ordinary Love Louis/Ella: Cheek to Cheek Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart B Ferry: Don’t Stop the Dance Eagles: I Can’t Tell You Whyyoutube.comFriday Random Ten - Jan 23, 2026 - YouTubeDedicated to my life partner of 31 years and husband of 21 years Michael Thomas (Oct 22, 1960 - Jan. 3, 2026) 🙏💜 Friday Random Ten - Jan 23, 2026 1 Sade - No... 130
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Derik, Hayden & Kent created this memorial message for Michael Thomas to the Castro community at Hibernia Beach (18th & Castro SEast corner) in SF. I visited this in person yesterday & it touched my heart deeply. It is a longstanding tradition to honor our lost loved ones in this sacred gay space 🙏 130
