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 · 01/09/2026Boston Pink Floyd Def Leppard Alison Moyet Deep Purple 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026AC/DC Erasure Madonna KMFDM Depeche Mode The Fixx Thrill Kill Kult Ministry Rush Robert Plant 111
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 · 16/08/2026An 83-cent stamp honoring Edna Ferber was issued in July 2002. postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/w...postalmuseum.si.eduEdna Ferber 031
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 · 24/07/2026And they use manufactured crisis to set up insider trading schemes. 010
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 · 14/07/2026“coming to voice is an act of resistance. Speaking becomes both a way to engage in active self-transformation & a rite of passage where one moves from being object to being subject. Only as subjects can we speak. As objects, we remain voiceless-our beings defined & interpreted by others.” bell hooks 000
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 · 15/06/2026The sexism is oozing testosterone in the poster’s text. 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026TransAmerica Building spire San Francisco June 2026 031
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"He ate like a P-I-G hog. I hope he doesn't regret it... That man put away enough to stuff a field hand." — Big Mama (Ida Pollitt). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1958 010
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Notable past recipients include: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (2005): Awarded after she commented that the early San Francisco same-sex marriage push was "too much, too fast, too soon". American Family Association (2015): An anti-LGBT organization recognized for actively working to harm the community. 020
Aric Olnes @aric-olnes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026SF’s greedy pride committee got their financial asses handed to them in 2026 as corporations are pulling out of gay organization support right & left due to current political trends reversing LGBTQ+ progress. Maybe the Pink Brick should go to the SF Pride Committee. Pride used to be a Riot. 000
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 · 04/06/2026Seven Days in June: Health is Primary brings people from across the country together with a shared mission. To call attention to and take steps to restore health as a primary concern this upcoming election season. Our lives depend on it. www.sevendaysinjune.orgsevendaysinjune.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... 010
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🎼 Fight the power For one and all Before the power swallows us whole 000
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
