Adam Roy

ChatGPT assuming that Barack Obama—the president who followed 43 white male presidents—was white does seem like a useful metaphor for the pitfalls of next token prediction

fuel can, no -- the pot is too squat for that. But the stove does, and you could pack a couple of other small items (meals, drinks, even socks or your first-aid kit) to make up the room.

This “Luxury” Item Is a Non-Negotiable in My Ultralight Kit My backcountry teapot doesn’t save weight—but it saves my sanity.

I'm probably asking to be roasted, again, by r/ultralight for this one, but I don't care. This is me: I love teapot. www.backpacker.com/stories/essa...

Me, bursting into house, frantic: Where is my big cricket??? My wife: what Me, tearing apart bedroom: MY BIG CRICK. WHERE IS SHE. [Picture of large katydid in tupperware with leaves]

Was going through old tweets and this one deserves a spot on the Bluesky life raft.

Took a three-week break from social media and now I feel like that medieval peasant eating the Dorito.

I once watched a group of middle-aged Orthodox rabbis get into a voices-raised argument around a still-set dinner table about a very elementary Torah question that ended with one of them getting a book off the shelf to cite his sources. You're telling me MechaRambam is going to do better?

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Oh come on.

276 Giant Spiders, International Travel, and A Pick-Ax Trowel with Adam Roy YouTube video by The Backpacking Podcast

I had the pleasure of appearing on The Backpacking Podcast this week to talk about my personal rough start to backpacking, paddling with kids, and what it's really like going on a Backpacker gear-testing trip. www.youtube.com/live/Evlpq9m...

International Thru-Hikers Are Being Denied Entry to the U.S.: Here's What Backpackers Should Know Reports of thru-hikers facing rejection and even detention at the U.S. border have left some backpackers questioning whether to cancel their long-planned trips.

Multiple thru-hikers this year have reported being denied entry and even detained by CBP on their way to long trails in the U.S. Should international backpackers consider canceling their trips? Here's what we know. www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...

It is truly unreal how fucking hot you are. like it blows my mind

Leaked images of me texting the Denver metro area this week

*use AI to TRY to make my writing neater. The day I can no longer outwrite a robot while half-awake and half-paying-attention is the day I quit this profession.

Polish

Hello, my name is Adam, a 36-year-old professional, and today was the day I realized that this icon in Gmail is offering to use AI to make my writing neater, not to translate it into Polish.

This Hiker Exploded a Can of Fuel Through the Ceiling. Don’t Make the Same Mistake. Devices for refilling fuel canisters solve a common backpacker's problem. But improper use can have dire consequences.

Folk, I've been looking forward to this one for a while: Multiple backpackers have exploded fuel canisters inside their houses while trying to refill them with a popular device. Zoe Gates dove into the physics of why it keeps happening, and how hikers can avoid it. www.backpacker.com/skills/mista...

Really sorry to hear this, hang in there.

Going to become Jigsaw but specifically for people who light off fireworks after July 4 is over.

A Warm and Pleasant Hum: A One-Shot for Trophy Dark by Michael Van Vleet A bee-filled scenario for Trophy Dark

There are a lot of good incursions out there to start with, but for my money A Warm and Pleasant Hum is one of the best. Because it's well written, and because where most of us pick themes like "dark" or "cold" for horror, this designer went with "bees." signalstation.itch.io/a-warm-and-p...

The stars outside seem oddly stretched and smeared. A sudden tapping from a duct somewhere in the ceiling, then silence. A reel-to-reel tape machine endlessly plays and rewinds. The sound of your footfalls is suddenly deafening; everyone else’s are utterly silent. A pearl-handled revolver and a half-empty bottle of vodka sit on a desk. A barricaded door. Behind it, an empty, dark room. A perfectly-round hole in the floor, so deep and dark that a flashlight beam can’t penetrate to the bottom. A chemistry apparatus, dark fluid dripping from a crack in one of the flasks. A radio slowly fading to static. A heroic bronze statue of the State’s founder, with a desiccated corpse lying at the base A pool cue, snapped in half and stained with something dark.

Every Trophy Dark incursion starts with a list of moments like this, and that is a non trivial part of why I love it so much.

rushing here to post "Anthology of the Killua" before someone else beats me to it.

Breathing a sigh of relief when I saw you were posting about a video game.

Celebrate 'Outdoor Independence Day' on July 6. Here's Why. Instead of bootleg fireworks and sweaty roller meat, study up on one of the biggest victories in the battle for public lands.

I got to spout off on camera about one of my favorite topics, the 58-year-old Oregon Beach Bill, for a video on Backpacker. Watch it, read Jay Bouchard's accompanying story, and learn a little bit about why I think July 6 should be a national outdoor holiday. www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...

Me before having a garden: I have respect for all living creatures great and small.

Me after having a garden: I am going to murder every rabbit in the county.

Can't hear the name Thomas Kinkade without thinking of the story about him pissing on Winnie the Pooh. medium.com/cappuccini/t...

Bliss Out With Five Minutes of Mountain Waterfalls at Colorado’s Hanging Lake Colorado's iconic Hanging Lake Trail reopens to the public this month. Come with us to get a crowd-free sneak preview.

I and a couple of coworkers got a sneak peek at the rebuilt Hanging Lake trail in Colorado this weekend. It was extremely cool to see it without crowds, and I made this ASMR video so you can, too. www.backpacker.com/videos/bliss...

Someone should invent a computer that is not evil. I think that would be a good idea.

A bit of good media news from an outlet that I've enjoyed writing for in the past.

I know the term's been watered down, but this clip is absolutely, breathtakingly antisemitic.

www.abc4.com/news/nationa...

Oh so you saw a city just like my dream, Marco? Does this one also have a dark mirror of itself hidden within? No way, and you’re telling me that its inhabitants can no longer tell which is the real city and which is its image? Do you suppose it represents how this moment too will never come again?

YouTube video by Andrew Morones SpongeBob SquarePants - Theme Song (Welsh) (Different Versions)

Thrilled to tell you that the answer is yes: youtu.be/17F6_WykUeI?...

Me: I need to focus and do my chores.

Me, 30 seconds later: I wonder if they dubbed SpongeBob into Welsh.