Adam Roy
@adnroy.bsky.social
EIC of Backpacker, journalist, hiker/skier/climber/paddler. Very tired dad. Jewish, probably too much. Opinions mine and mine only. Signal: adnroy.02
Since I wrote this story, DOI has removed the video showing the new pass designs from its press release. Here's a screencap showing the standard annual pass design.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Since I wrote this story, DOI has removed the video showing the new pass designs from its press release. Here's a screencap showing the standard annual pass design.
Like other members of Phidippus, P. apacheanus is a fun little dude, very visual and (I may be anthromorphizing here) inquisitive. But we have both them and Dasymutilla in my neighborhood, which is part of why I tell my kids not to touch any bug, ever, without dad's say-so.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Like other members of Phidippus, P. apacheanus is a fun little dude, very visual and (I may be anthromorphizing here) inquisitive. But we have both them and Dasymutilla in my neighborhood, which is part of why I tell my kids not to touch any bug, ever, without dad's say-so.
Fun fact: Apache jumping spiders (Phidippus apacheanus) are completely harmless, but evolved to mimic velvet ants from the genus Dasymutilla so predators wouldn't mess with them.
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fun fact: Apache jumping spiders (Phidippus apacheanus) are completely harmless, but evolved to mimic velvet ants from the genus Dasymutilla so predators wouldn't mess with them.
Notched a wild @blairbraverman.bsky.social sighting at my local library this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Notched a wild @blairbraverman.bsky.social sighting at my local library this morning.
MLB's official Twitter account...hid a Gundam in the back of their Dodgers World Series post.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
MLB's official Twitter account...hid a Gundam in the back of their Dodgers World Series post.
I am once again begging everyone to read Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, one of a few truly essential pieces of sportswriting in history.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I am once again begging everyone to read Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, one of a few truly essential pieces of sportswriting in history.
I feel like this would be an excellent time to remind everyone about the giant frog who taught Rabbi Hanina Torah.
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I feel like this would be an excellent time to remind everyone about the giant frog who taught Rabbi Hanina Torah.
Shoutout to our video editor, who told my colleague and I to "just talk about whatever" so they could check levels, then promptly used that footage as the intro.
October 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Shoutout to our video editor, who told my colleague and I to "just talk about whatever" so they could check levels, then promptly used that footage as the intro.
Hello, would you be interested in doing an interview for the New Yorker?
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hello, would you be interested in doing an interview for the New Yorker?
My boys. My beautiful, giant boys.
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My boys. My beautiful, giant boys.
Is this good? Is this what challah is supposed to look like?
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Is this good? Is this what challah is supposed to look like?
POV: It's T-2 to the Rosh Hashanah meal and you're trying to remember how to braid a round challah
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
POV: It's T-2 to the Rosh Hashanah meal and you're trying to remember how to braid a round challah
Would love to see what the press could look like if it could afford to just fight the government/rich people/corporations of its choice in court indefinitely.
September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Would love to see what the press could look like if it could afford to just fight the government/rich people/corporations of its choice in court indefinitely.
I did this and nearly spit out my drink.
September 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I did this and nearly spit out my drink.
Me, when I finally get 8 hours of sleep and no emails:
September 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Me, when I finally get 8 hours of sleep and no emails:
Is your state anything other than dark green on this map? That means that you don't have an anti-SLAPP law, or have a weak one. Put enough pressure on your state reps and senators, and that could change—Colorado only enacted its statute in 2019. anti-slapp.org/your-states-...
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Is your state anything other than dark green on this map? That means that you don't have an anti-SLAPP law, or have a weak one. Put enough pressure on your state reps and senators, and that could change—Colorado only enacted its statute in 2019. anti-slapp.org/your-states-...
This has existed for MONTHS????
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This has existed for MONTHS????
This centipede was ignoring everything happening around it in favor of eating a tiny piece of cheese that got left on my counter, and honestly, I've never identified with an animal so much.
September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This centipede was ignoring everything happening around it in favor of eating a tiny piece of cheese that got left on my counter, and honestly, I've never identified with an animal so much.