And I just got off the phone with a UFO expert.
Sam Hill@samahill.bsky.social · 2mo agoYes, I write about national parks. Yes, I just emailed a magic historian.
Sam Hill
@samahill.bsky.social
Portland-based journalist. Writing about national parks for SFGATE, gaming for Polygon, and everything else everywhere else. Talk to me about hiking, weird corners of the internet and the Boston Celtics.
Sam Hill@samahill.bsky.social · 2mo agoA famous wolf and her pack left Yellowstone, leaving them vulnerable to hunting. A man who calls himself “America’s outlaw dog trainer” is offering a $10,000 reward for information on anyone who hunts the pack. The latest from @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'Outlaw dog trainer' puts bounty out on Yellowstone wolf hunters
A famous wolf and her pack left Yellowstone, leaving them vulnerable to hunting.
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An ex-national park ranger is fighting back against censorship.
Why a former national park employee is posting up in visitor centers
An ex-national park ranger is fighting back against censorship.
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NEW: A PR firm used at least 15 fake personas — equipped with fake emails, fake websites, and in some cases, fake AI-generated faces — to send me dozens of pitch emails about its (very real) clients. Those clients told me they had no idea this was happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...
We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients
A PR firm called Movchan Agency operated a roster of fake PR representatives, some with AI faces, to pitch journalists on stories. Why?
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I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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Sometimes I get the Portland Pickles rally song stuck in my head. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Piiickles, pickles, pickles. Piiickles, pickles, pickles.
I got to write about our lord and savior Jimothy for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Seattle to honor its newest hero, a misshapen raccoon named Jimothy
'You don't have to be perfect to be loved.'
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Bear incidents are up 25% in the national park since last year.
In crowded Yosemite, bears are eating birthday cake and getting hit by cars
Bear incidents are up 25% in the national park since last year.
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Mount Rainier under a sky full of stars I was hoping for a clear night, but a few clouds drifted through and made everything feel even more immense. Stars above, Rainier below… the whole night felt vast and peaceful in a way that’s hard to put into words. #MountRainier #PNWPhotography
if you aren't listening to this on repeat, what are you doing? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZF3...
Year of the Horse
YouTube video by Aly & AJ - Topic
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My new story at @seattletimes.com is about a rare cougar encounter in northern Washington. Read this runner's account of being stalked and narrowly escaping a chaotic day on the trail: www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoor...
How a runner faced a dangerous encounter on a WA trail
The encounter offers a rare look at what can happen when a cougar doesn't behave as expected — and what wildlife experts say people should know if they ever find themselves face to face with one.
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Oops! This wasn't supposed to hit MY feed. If you like the vibe of this, go check out @dreamwavelabs.bsky.social.
Sam Hill@samahill.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're building Perihelion—a physics-based space combat roguelite where gravity shapes every fight. If you love mastering challenging mechanics, experimenting with new builds, and surviving impossible moments, we think you'll want to keep an eye on this one. #indiedev #gamedev
looking at jimothy art and listening to mazzy star — do not disturb
Calling on parents as well as librarians and other book-world people who have encountered the new trend of personalized AI slop children's books that insert your kid as the main character. Has your child gotten one of these as a gift? What did they think? DM or hit me at miles_klee@wired.com
Before Rialto Beach was part of Olympic National Park, it was the home of a mystic called Alexander, the Man Who Knows. He was known as a celebrity spiritualist ... and a swindler, a serial husband, a tax cheat and a jail escapee. My latest for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Before it was Olympic National Park, this beach belonged to a mystic
The bizarre story behind how Rialto Beach got its name.
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large strong men are stopping me on the street with tears in their eyes to tell me how much life has improved since downloading the app and becoming a friend of sfgate
Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · 3w agoOh hey, big news, if you've ever spent a morning reading free content on @sfgate.com while swatting away pop-up ad after pop-up ad and thought "there has to be a better way," well, there is now A BETTER WAY. Introducing: @sfgate.com's ad-free app. www.sfgate.com/news/article...
My new story at @seattletimes.com is about a rare cougar encounter in northern Washington. Read this runner's account of being stalked and narrowly escaping a chaotic day on the trail: www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoor...
How a runner faced a dangerous encounter on a WA trail
The encounter offers a rare look at what can happen when a cougar doesn't behave as expected — and what wildlife experts say people should know if they ever find themselves face to face with one.
seattletimes.com
Before Rialto Beach was part of Olympic National Park, it was the home of a mystic called Alexander, the Man Who Knows. He was known as a celebrity spiritualist ... and a swindler, a serial husband, a tax cheat and a jail escapee. My latest for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Before it was Olympic National Park, this beach belonged to a mystic
The bizarre story behind how Rialto Beach got its name.
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Absolutely insane story from @kashhill.bsky.social here. She spoke with an "AI biographer" who has used ChatGPT to create over 400 books to sell on Amazon. Amazon doesn't disclose that they are all AI-generated. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It. (Gift Article)
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
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I’m going to watch The Odyssey on my phone on a plane and there’s nothing you can do to stop me.
Did you know Mount Rainier National Park had a golf course for three short months in 1931? Golf was on the rise, but the Great Depression was worsening, and the short-lived experiment is one of the weirdest tales from the national park. My latest for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
The unlikeliest attraction in Mount Rainier National Park only lasted months
Mount Rainier National Park briefly had a golf course.
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A year after Dragon Bravo, Grand Canyon’s North Rim workers who lost homes, jobs and peace of mind have not recovered — or been compensated. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'Are we about to burn?': The national park fire nobody was ready for
'Everything above the ground and below the roof burned away'
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