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Grant Marek
@grantmarek.bsky.social
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San Francisco journalist. @sfgate.com editor-in-chief | Also: Daily Cal Board Member | Always: Cal Golden Bear | Signal: grantmarek.83
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · Jun 25
Oh, hey, @pressgazette.co.uk in the UK wrote about what we're doing @sfgate.com.

"Rather than trying to cover the entire state from San Francisco, SFGATE has placed reporters and editors directly in the places it’s writing about. Half the newsroom is remote."
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
How SFGATE is making local news pay and filling California's news gaps
SFGATE has the largest audience of any purely local news site in the US.
pressgazette.co.uk
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 8h
Last week, Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem released a video that blames Democrats for slower airport travel times. Many airports are refusing to air the public service announcement, including all major airports in the Bay Area.

via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
No, SFO is not playing politically charged shutdown video about TSA
Several airports across the U.S. are refusing to play the PSA from Kristi Noem.
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 12h
"It could have been any one of us.”

via @samahill.bsky.social
sfgate.com/national-parks/article/yosemite-fatal-fall-el-capitan-climber-21098663.php?mrfhud=true
He survived Denali and Patagonia. A simple mistake in Yosemite killed him.
A deadly accident in Yosemite sparks reflection on risk and resilience.
sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 1d
As the death toll continued to rise, Honolulu police and the FBI worked on profiling their killer. They believed he was a white man: about 40 years old, no previous criminal record and who lived or worked near the airport.“

via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/hawaii/artic...
The FBI warned Hawaii serial killers were coming. Then one struck.
"You are going to have to pay your dues for living in Paradise."
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 3d
took three hours of climbing on the roof, but was worth every second
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 3d
Downtown San Luis Obispo is emptying out. And over the past several weeks, the exodus of businesses, years in the making, has only accelerated.

via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
'Heartbreaking': Once thriving Calif. downtown is on the brink
"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 4d
just found out that mlb players aren’t required to wear ball caps if the entire team decides not to wear ball caps and it is breaking my brain
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 4d
6-year-old daughter saw a grim reaper Halloween decoration with a scythe, points at it and goes:

“There’s a ninja with a torture stick.”
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 4d
How much does spite weigh? If you’re famed California architect Lloyd Wright, the answer is around 500 pounds of stone.

via @farleyelliott.bsky.social
sfgate.com/california/article/california-gas-station-500-pound-stone-spite-21092972.php?mrfhud=true
Frank Lloyd Wright's son and Calif.'s forgotten, 500-pound stone of spite
Fifty-five years of sarcasm and hate have fueled a local strip mall.
sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 5d
Videos and photos have surfaced on social media showing visitors to Yosemite National Park engaging in dangerous and illegal behaviors, including BASE jumping from El Capitan and climbing Half Dome’s cables without permits.

via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Yosemite visitors are doing dangerous, illegal things during federal shutdown
"It's the Wild Wild West."
www.sfgate.com
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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 6d
49ers legend Steve Young invests in Saudi-supported basketball league that aims to compete with the NBA
www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
49ers legend Steve Young invests in Saudi-supported basketball league
The league aims to actively compete with the NBA.
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 6d
whoa! what’s the panel on?
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 6d
If we really want to solve male loneliness, we should require every male to join a local rec league basketball team, and then get all of the males on that team into a text group.

Problem immediately solved.
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 7d
Some CAPITAL-J Journalism from @drewmagary.bsky.social this afternoon on @sfgate.com 👇 sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wood-21089300.php?mrfhud=true
Taylor Swift wrote a song about Travis Kelce's penis. Here is my review.
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary offers a deep analysis of "Wood."
sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 10d
we really need to bring back green day on lower sproul as a thing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 👇
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 11d
oooo what have we here @sfgate.com 👀
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 11d
“All my partner could say was, ‘This was our spot,’” Foley said as they both had tears in their eyes. “‘This was our spot.’”

via @neekthesneak.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Last call for beloved SF bar near Oracle Park draws mourning SF Giants fans
It was like a second home for many local patrons.
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 12d
lol correct
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 13d
in case anyone needs a van filled with existential dread and cat photos:
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 13d
Fun With Peter Hegseth! www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Pete Hegseth is f—king embarrassing
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on America's secretary of war.
www.sfgate.com
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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 13d
Exemplary local reporting from SF Gate
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 13d
"Maybe you thought the man behind the Blinking White Guy meme was a young Cary Elwes or an unknown actor from a stock video clip, but all along, he has walked among us right here in San Francisco."

via @dangentile007.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
The San Francisco man with one of the internet's most viral faces
It may be the most iconic blink on the internet.
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 13d
"Maybe you thought the man behind the Blinking White Guy meme was a young Cary Elwes or an unknown actor from a stock video clip, but all along, he has walked among us right here in San Francisco."

via @dangentile007.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
The San Francisco man with one of the internet's most viral faces
It may be the most iconic blink on the internet.
www.sfgate.com
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 14d
Protective what now?
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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 14d
Days before 49ers-Rams game, protective hawks stolen at LA's SoFi Stadium
www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Days before 49ers-Rams game, protective hawks stolen at LA's SoFi Stadium
Police are on the lookout for Alice and Bubba.
www.sfgate.com
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 20d
A private club preserves Eureka's Carson Mansion, the grandest Victorian in California.

via @mattlafever.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
One of the most photographed houses in California forbids visitors
From the street, it's iconic. From the inside, it's a mystery.
www.sfgate.com
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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 21d
"Can there be a stupid thing we do smartly? Can there be a smart thing we do stupidly? Can we basically give people nutrition while also making them feel like they’re not being fed vegetables? That’s the filter."
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 21d
SFGATE's @drewmagary.bsky.social interviews @pablo.show about how the @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social podcast sausage is made, including this Jordon Hudson gem:

"She also went on Instagram and posted a story claiming that I got something incorrect. She deleted that." www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
I found out how Pablo Torre finds out
SFGATE's Drew Magary chats with Pablo Torre on how the podcast sausage is made.
www.sfgate.com
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thelatinochild.bsky.social
Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 21d
Drew and Pablo! Together at last! www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
I found out how Pablo Torre finds out
SFGATE's Drew Magary chats with Pablo Torre on how the podcast sausage is made.
www.sfgate.com
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