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Adrianna Nine
@adriannanine.bsky.social
Novelist & freelance science editor
Perfect piece for me to read while sitting next to someone's dog at a bookstore's coffee bar www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
San Franciscans won't stop breaking this law in restaurants and grocery stores
"You make a bad name for the rest of the owners."
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August 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I have some bittersweet news about Brighty the Burro:
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#GrandCanyon #DragonBravoFire
National Park Service shares fate of Grand Canyon's most famous statue
Brighty the Burro isn't a symbol of resilience for nothing.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A bittersweet moment amid devastating loss.

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'A magical experience': Visitors mourn loss of historic Grand Canyon Lodge
The 88-year-old lodge was the only stay on the Grand Canyon's North Rim.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Drought and heat push Pacific Northwest parks into fire-prevention mode.
All of this region's national parks have banned campfires early this summer
Drought and heat push Pacific Northwest parks into fire-prevention mode.
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July 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Not only did the Alpha give me a different way to approach writing, but it also reignited my passion for writing itself.

Thank you, @adriannanine.bsky.social, for interviewing me about this handy gadget!

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Does the Freewrite Alpha actually facilitate distraction-free writing?
An 'inter-review' with Jude Jones, author of the newsletter Everything Is Temporary.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you have memories of staying or working at Grand Canyon Lodge, please reach out to me - I'm working on a story about what the lodge meant to folks before it was tragically destroyed by wildfire over the weekend. #GrandCanyonLodge #GrandCanyon
July 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
No it is not <3 #grandcanyon
July 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My controversial opinion is that eating an everything bagel is a deeply unpleasant experience and I have no idea why you'd choose it over any other bagel flavor
July 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Annnnnd @adriannanine.bsky.social is holding things down out in the Arizona desert. Loved her recent feature on the daring cleaning crew that cleans this skywalk at the Grand Canyon: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Meet the daredevils who take on the Grand Canyon's most terrifying job
This brave cleaning crew hangs from Skywalk twice a year.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hey, that's me! 🤠 Proud to be meeting this complex moment in national parks history alongside @samahill.bsky.social and @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
🚨 GOOD JOURNALISM NEWS ALERT 🚨

@sfgate.com launched a National Parks bureau in Jan. 1. It's led to millions of readers and our site being one of America's fastest growing in back-to-back months.

Instead of doing a 🧵 I wrote about who we hired + the wild numbers here: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
SFGATE launched a National Parks bureau. It led to explosive growth.
SFGATE was one of America's 10 fastest growing news sites in back-to-back months.
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June 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Absolutely insane story from @adriannanine.bsky.social about a luxury surf community being built in ... the Utah desert.

Read about it on @sfgate.com:

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Controversial surf neighborhood is being built near iconic national park
Locals are worried about water consumption and housing prices just outside Utah's most beloved national park.
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May 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I don't know how many AZ illustrators follow me, but this is such a freaking cool opportunity! recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Desert Botanical Garden - SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION INTERN
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Funding will support 20hrs/week for 4 months. The time frame may be flexible.&nbsp;DescriptionTo assist Garden Researchers’ research taxonomic treatments by providing scientific illu...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Nice piece this week in @sfgate.com about my book -- a little behind-the-scenes info about my general terror of river rafting and how I overcome it to write Brave the Wild River. 🧪🌎💙📚 By @adriannanine.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/national-par...
How 2 botanists risked everything to raft the Grand Canyon in 1938
In 1938, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter conducted a harrowing 43-day trip down the Colorado River in an effort to map the Grand Canyon's flora.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
First reporting trip for @sfgate.com! Can you guess where I am? 😉🏜️
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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HEY, since expanding to cover national parks across the American West in Feb, @sfgate.com has now been one of the fastest growing news site in America in BACK-TO-BACK months, and remains the most read site based on the West Coast per @pressgazette.co.uk. We also moved up 3 spots to No. 41 overall.
April 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🎶 Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real 🎶
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I feel dumb for being an American
Threats to U.S. passport holders. Compromised news outlets. Constant cuts and layoffs. Drew Magary writes on his life under President Donald Trump.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Pranks from national park staffers and enthusiasts offer comedic relief during tough times.

📰: www.sfgate.com/california-p...
April 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Hello SFGATE readers! Did you have big plans to visit national parks this spring/summer and now you're reconsidering because of what you've been reading in the news? Are you willing to talk about it in a brief interview w/ our journalist @adriannanine.bsky.social? Reach out: [email protected]
March 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Are you feeling uncertain about whether you "should" visit a national park in the near future? Do you have a trip to a national park planned that you're now reconsidering? I'd love to hear from you for an upcoming #nationalparks story!
March 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Research at Arizona universities in biology, chemistry, engineering, sound, opioids, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and more face cuts due to President Trump's orders targeting DEI.
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Federal science grants worth $812M could be caught in Trump’s DEI dragnet at Arizona universities
President Trump’s effort to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs is squeezing research at Arizona universities in areas with little or no connection to DEI, like wildfire prevention, air pollu...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Beyond excited to be a part of this beautiful new chapter!
🚨 I HAVE NEWS 🚨

In January I told you @sfgate.com was doing a major national parks coverage expansion, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most loved outdoors spaces.

Well, we hired a DREAM TEAM 🧵👇 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
West Coast's largest news site begins major national parks coverage expansion
Major SFGATE expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM