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
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The Best Outdoor Writing I Did in 2025 - Adam's Cool Website
From reporting on government cuts to relating one of the closest calls of the Palisade Fire, here are some of my personal highlights.
adamroy.net
It's been a tough year in a succession of tough years for journalists, so excuse me if I brag a bit: a LOT of people read something I wrote in 2025: adamroy.net/the-best-out...
Broke: Giving your Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels as a gesture of political loyalty.
Woke: Giving your Nobel Prize to George de Hevesy so he can dissolve it.
Woke: Giving your Nobel Prize to George de Hevesy so he can dissolve it.
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Broke: Giving your Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels as a gesture of political loyalty.
Woke: Giving your Nobel Prize to George de Hevesy so he can dissolve it.
Woke: Giving your Nobel Prize to George de Hevesy so he can dissolve it.
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The Post Guild stands with Hannah, and will continue to fight for our members’ safety and independence so that they can continue their critical work. (3/3)
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The Post Guild stands with Hannah, and will continue to fight for our members’ safety and independence so that they can continue their critical work. (3/3)
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in understanding the impact of the Trump administration’s policies. The extraordinary decision to execute a search warrant at a journalist’s home should shock and dismay everyone who cares about a free and independent press. (2/3)
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
in understanding the impact of the Trump administration’s policies. The extraordinary decision to execute a search warrant at a journalist’s home should shock and dismay everyone who cares about a free and independent press. (2/3)
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The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
Love it when the government wants universities to give it a list of Jews.
January 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Love it when the government wants universities to give it a list of Jews.
A friendly reminder to fellow journos to think through worst-case scenarios when you deal with confidential sources.
AND a reminder to said sources: You can and should talk through how your journalist contacts will protect you before you share sensitive info. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
AND a reminder to said sources: You can and should talk through how your journalist contacts will protect you before you share sensitive info. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A friendly reminder to fellow journos to think through worst-case scenarios when you deal with confidential sources.
AND a reminder to said sources: You can and should talk through how your journalist contacts will protect you before you share sensitive info. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
AND a reminder to said sources: You can and should talk through how your journalist contacts will protect you before you share sensitive info. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Setting aside the fact that this somehow sounds like a threat: what war on protein are we talking about here?
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Setting aside the fact that this somehow sounds like a threat: what war on protein are we talking about here?
One of the biggest real-life jumpscares I've had recently was helping at a Special Olympics bowling league at a @bowlerobowl.bsky.social and looking up to see ICE recruitment ads playing across every screen in the building.
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
One of the biggest real-life jumpscares I've had recently was helping at a Special Olympics bowling league at a @bowlerobowl.bsky.social and looking up to see ICE recruitment ads playing across every screen in the building.
Big ups to that great observer of culture, @smbccomics.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Big ups to that great observer of culture, @smbccomics.bsky.social
Congratulations to me, who just made a fire with the flue closed and then just sat there, in front of it, for 30 minutes wondering why it smelled smokier than usual.
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Congratulations to me, who just made a fire with the flue closed and then just sat there, in front of it, for 30 minutes wondering why it smelled smokier than usual.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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It’s January in Denver I’m schvitzing and walking my cat and the news is all about fossil fuels
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
It’s January in Denver I’m schvitzing and walking my cat and the news is all about fossil fuels
I am curious—genuinely curious, from a journalist's standpoint, not saying this rhetorically—why @nbcnews.com has decided not to identify this agent, whose name is now public.
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I am curious—genuinely curious, from a journalist's standpoint, not saying this rhetorically—why @nbcnews.com has decided not to identify this agent, whose name is now public.
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Boy you go to sleep on time for one night …
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Boy you go to sleep on time for one night …
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chicago
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Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
chicago
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I'm going to start a bunch of shell tech companies with the names of whatever Tolkien characters are left just to stop Silicon Valley from doing it first.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm going to start a bunch of shell tech companies with the names of whatever Tolkien characters are left just to stop Silicon Valley from doing it first.
Sorry to be That Guy but
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sorry to be That Guy but
Finding out people are still buying Chicken Soup for the Soul books is like finding out they're still making Now That's What I Call Music CDs.
America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
December 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Finding out people are still buying Chicken Soup for the Soul books is like finding out they're still making Now That's What I Call Music CDs.
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Like, how can you not see that eroding the credibility of the main concept to describe real hostility and violence against Jews during a period of seriously rising antisemitism is dangerous?
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Like, how can you not see that eroding the credibility of the main concept to describe real hostility and violence against Jews during a period of seriously rising antisemitism is dangerous?
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What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
It's been a tough year in a succession of tough years for journalists, so excuse me if I brag a bit: a LOT of people read something I wrote in 2025: adamroy.net/the-best-out...
The Best Outdoor Writing I Did in 2025 - Adam's Cool Website
From reporting on government cuts to relating one of the closest calls of the Palisade Fire, here are some of my personal highlights.
adamroy.net
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's been a tough year in a succession of tough years for journalists, so excuse me if I brag a bit: a LOT of people read something I wrote in 2025: adamroy.net/the-best-out...
Mom: Adam please stop goofing off and wait in the boarding line
11-year-old me: no can do mother, for I am the
11-year-old me: no can do mother, for I am the
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mom: Adam please stop goofing off and wait in the boarding line
11-year-old me: no can do mother, for I am the
11-year-old me: no can do mother, for I am the
I'm sorry to yuck everyone's holiday, but short of actually doing a pogrom, this is the most antisemitic way I can think of to celebrate Christmas.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm sorry to yuck everyone's holiday, but short of actually doing a pogrom, this is the most antisemitic way I can think of to celebrate Christmas.