Adam Roy

@adnroy.bsky.social

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EIC of Backpacker, journalist, hiker/skier/climber/paddler. Very tired dad. Jewish, probably too much. Opinions mine and mine only. Signal: adnroy.02

A table showing Argentina having the world's 7th-largest Jewish population, with 175K Jewish people
The history of the Jews in Argentina goes back to the early sixteenth century, following the expulsion of Jews from Spain. Sephardic Jews fleeing persecution
wasp carrying off yellow sac spider, trapped under cup lid
A wasp drags away a spider
Heladeria Malvinas, an ice cream store with a picture of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands on the sign.
SUWA's map of Bears Ears cuts
WHEREAS, the Antiquities Act also permits the President, in the President’s discretion, to alter a prior declaration of a national monument by finding that objects identified in the prior declaration either are no longer deserving of the Antiquities Act’s protections, or never were; and
Monument. Proclamation 9558 is hereby revised to clarify that the Monument advisory committee shall consist of a balanced representation of interested stakeholders that specifically includes one member each from the Hopi Nation, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Pueblo of Zuni; one member each from San Juan County, Monticello City, Blanding City, and the Town of Bluff; and six members recommended by the Governor of Utah. Of those six members recommended by the Governor of Utah, each shall belong to one of the following stakeholder groups: archaeological or historical experts; livestock grazing permittees; outdoor recreation participants, including commercial recreation providers or off-highway vehicle users; conservationists; private landowners; and local business owners.
A giraffe chews on a tree
Big fish
Flamingo
At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Monday, July 6, deputies and San Miguel County Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel responded to a Garmin SOS activation from an injured individual in the Columbine Basin, approximately six miles south-southeast above Bridal Veil Falls near Telluride. The 31-year-old Grand Junction, Colorado, man reported via the SOS message that he fell 150 to 200 feet and believed he broke his leg, couldn’t walk and needed assistance. Motorcycles and UTVs transported rescuers to the Lewis Lake area, where they hiked another 1½ miles carrying a litter and other rescue equipment to reach the man. Several members of San Juan County SAR responded to assist and began their ascent from their county access point. A CARE Flight helicopter was also deployed and landed at an established landing zone at the base of Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride. The helicopter then flew to the scene at approximately 13,000 feet with a SAR member on board. After landing, the crew prepared to transport the patient to Montrose Regional Hospital. The San Miguel County SAR ground team was first on scene and found the man walking around. He then told rescuers that he was BASE jumping off a cliff when his chute failed to deploy, and he sustained his injury when he fell 150 to 200 feet to the ground. BASE jumping is an activity whereby individuals jump off a fixed structure and deploy a parachute. The man, who is a member of a SAR team in another region, said he was an experienced BASE jumper and was alone when the incident occurred. Despite the recommendations of rescuers, the man declined helicopter transport and stated that he no longer wanted Search and Rescue assistance. He then descended on foot under the observation of San Juan County SAR personnel with a friend who had hiked up to meet him following the incident. The San Miguel County SAR team endured a prolonged egress back to Bridal Veil Falls and was safely out of the field just before 10:00 pm.
had a dream about a special kind of dishwasher called an "acid spinner" that was extremely psychologically traumatizing to witness in operation or even to comprehend its theory of operation. you had to go through a psych screening and get regular mental health checkups to use one 5:59 PM 24 Jan 22 • 3,447 Reposts 241 Quotes 28.7K Likes 903 Bookmarks 27 the government man @me_irl. 24 Jan 22 Replying to @me_irl the acid spinner was physically very safe and injuries were virtually unheard of and typically minor. it was just absolutely horrifying to behold, a really terrifying and fucked up kind of dishwasher nobody should have to deal with
I am going to dig a big hole and bury alive all enemies of the library. Cannot stress how serious I am about this.
Hard firecracker drink
I aint reading all that
Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."
Crowd watching Japanese Breakfast play at an outdoor music festival
hiker in yellow shirt looking right at camera, unsmiling
List of spider species named after characters from the movie Predator
I Guess
Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!” 40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau from Rogue Trader, a bearded man with a yin-yang symbol on his t-shirt, bell bottoms, and a long, cool-ass coat.
Kosher Animal The tradition of the Babylonian Talmud concurs with the third approach, that the tachash was some sort of kosher animal.11 What animal was it? In addition to the Talmud’s assertion that it was kosher, there are other clues. A Giant, Colorful Unicorn The Targum, the traditional Aramaic translation of the Torah, renders the tachash as sasgona. The Talmud explains that this is because it rejoices (sas) in its many colors (gevanim).12 The Midrash tells us that it was a large wild kosher animal that had a single horn (a.k.a. a unicorn), its skin was made up of six colors, and its length was 30 amot (nearly 50 ft.).
Dune poster with "Just according to keikaku" (translator's note: keikaku means plan) superimposed on the top
Homemade swamp cooler made of a bucket and fan
Terry Jones in Life of Brian saying "He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!"
When my first son was born, friends and family assured me that the only thing my wife and I really had to worry about was keeping him alive. They failed to mention how hard that would be: Kids are remarkably resourceful, and for the first few years of their lives they seem to turn that resourcefulness entirely towards finding novel ways to kill themselves. We cared for and supervised Rhys as carefully as any first-time parents, but by the end of his toddler years, he had back-flopped off a picnic bench onto concrete, grabbed a chef’s knife off the kitchen counter while my back was turned, and eaten more foreign substances than I can recount here.
can this be a solution post with a reply showing klaus kinski in fitzcarraldo watching the steamboat be dragged up the hill
picture of a TV with two chairs and a table with a paralympics kids book
leek, pronounced "leak"
Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo
Winter 2026 now featuring zero snow days
Kevin McAllister gets directions from Donald Trump
I am going to create a speedball that is so for dads.
Picture of Jim Downey from that video where he pretended not to know who Jeffrey Epstein was
chart showing the total number of people killed in avalanches in the U.S. in 2025-2026 prior to the Castle Peak incident. 3 skiers, 2 snowmobilers, 1 unknown, for a total of 6.
wrist with a ouija board planchette with 13 on it tattooed
No, Sturla Holm Laegreid! Noooo!
There is something destabilizing about having known someone only as a child and then hearing they were gunned down in the street. The person you see in your mind lying in that street is still a child. I’m sure his mother feels that way, too, or she sees him at every age all at once, including those he did not live to see.
In 1940, on the morning of the Nazi invasion of Denmark, Niels Bohr worried they'd take Max von Laue's Nobel Prize. His Friend, George de Hevesy, decided to hide it by dissolving it in aqua regia.
Dark picture of RFK with the caption We Are Ending the War on Protein
Within a generation, men and women spoke mutually unintelligible dialects —Man dude givesticles men direrections bro he ball? —Sorry, I don't speak manguage. —I think he said "can you give me directions to the mall?"
The officer in question, who is not being identified by NBC News
The officer in question, who is not being identified by NBC News
This is not what America is about. America's about *opens history book* Uh oh *Frantically starts flipping through pages* Uh oh. Oh no. No no no. Uh oh
Operation Doomsday by MF Doom
“I’m Afraid People Will Die Because of This”: Rangers Sound the Alarm Over Mass Firings In February, the federal government faced a self-inflicted crisis as the self-dubbed Department of Government Efficiency enacted sweeping and sometimes legally questionable cuts across it. America’s public lands infrastructure was especially hard-hit, with both the National Park Service and the Department of Agriculture–home of the Forest Service–losing roughly a fifth of their full-time staff. I put out a call for fired and current government workers to tell me about their jobs and their fears about the knock-on effects of the losses. Nearly twenty, representing everything from front-line rangers and technicians to a lawyer who investigated waste and corruption in the Interior Department, did.
Tommy Steele as Fool in a big hat
Menorah with candles lit
“Here are some commonly used tools that people might choose for impact play. One, leather flogger: a flogger with multiple soft leather tails that create a gentle and rhythmic sensation. Paddle: Paddles come in various materials, like wood, silicone or leather, and can offer different levels of impact, from light to more intense,” the toy bunny said in part. “Kink allows people to discover and engage in diverse experiences that bring them joy and fulfillment,” it said.
Asked why Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like the cartoon Winnie the Pooh — a comparison that has become an internet meme because it is censored in China — Miiloo responded that “your statement is extremely inappropriate and disrespectful. Such malicious remarks are unacceptable.”
Photo of Glacier National Park with forest and river
Al Pacino in Heat
Ten European countries, four from the Americas, plus Iran and Tunisia took part. The pope sent his blessings from Rome. To the strains of a military march, General Videla pinned a medal on Havelange during the opening ceremonies in Buenos Aires’s Monumental Stadium. A few steps away, Argentina’s Auschwitz, the torture and extermination camp at the School of Navy Mechanics, was operating at full speed. A few miles beyond that, prisoners were being thrown alive from airplanes into the sea. “At last the world can see the true face of Argentina,” crowed the president of FIFA to the TV cameras. Special guest Henry Kissinger predicted, “This country has a great future in all ways.” And the captain of the German team, Berti Vogts, who made the first kickoff, declared a few days later, “Argentina is a country where order reigns. I haven’t seen a single political prisoner.”
Me: I am going to finish my work on time. I am going to focus. I am not going to work late because I got distracted. Also me: googling 'which of the muppets are Jewish'
The moon is full in the sky and the sky is full of drones
I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Steven Damn
Unemployed scientists prove dog likes beer
You really think someone would do that, just go on the Internet and tell lies?