Adrianna Nine

PS: Spotify premium subscribers get free access to Those Lights at Night, and the audio edition is also available on Hoopla via your library. The ebook costs less than an oat milk latte and can be found on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Apple Books, etc 😌

I rarely use Bluesky so this is way overdue, but...I wrote a book! It's called Those Lights at Night, and it's the tale of a fictional desert town that fakes UFO sightings and alien abductions to attract tourists—until a slate of real abductions occurs.

It's available anywhere audiobooks are sold!

San Franciscans won't stop breaking this law in restaurants and grocery stores "You make a bad name for the rest of the owners."

Perfect piece for me to read while sitting next to someone's dog at a bookstore's coffee bar www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

National Park Service shares fate of Grand Canyon's most famous statue Brighty the Burro isn't a symbol of resilience for nothing.

I have some bittersweet news about Brighty the Burro:
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#GrandCanyon #DragonBravoFire

'A magical experience': Visitors mourn loss of historic Grand Canyon Lodge The 88-year-old lodge was the only stay on the Grand Canyon's North Rim.

A bittersweet moment amid devastating loss.

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All of this region's national parks have banned campfires early this summer Drought and heat push Pacific Northwest parks into fire-prevention mode.

Drought and heat push Pacific Northwest parks into fire-prevention mode.

Does the Freewrite Alpha actually facilitate distraction-free writing? An 'inter-review' with Jude Jones, author of the newsletter Everything Is Temporary.

Not only did the Alpha give me a different way to approach writing, but it also reignited my passion for writing itself.

Thank you, @adriannanine.bsky.social, for interviewing me about this handy gadget!

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If you have memories of staying or working at Grand Canyon Lodge, please reach out to me - I'm working on a story about what the lodge meant to folks before it was tragically destroyed by wildfire over the weekend. #GrandCanyonLodge #GrandCanyon

No it is not <3 #grandcanyon

My controversial opinion is that eating an everything bagel is a deeply unpleasant experience and I have no idea why you'd choose it over any other bagel flavor

Meet the daredevils who take on the Grand Canyon's most terrifying job This brave cleaning crew hangs from Skywalk twice a year.

Annnnnd @adriannanine.bsky.social is holding things down out in the Arizona desert. Loved her recent feature on the daring cleaning crew that cleans this skywalk at the Grand Canyon: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Hey, that's me! 🤠 Proud to be meeting this complex moment in national parks history alongside @samahill.bsky.social and @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social

Controversial surf neighborhood is being built near iconic national park Locals are worried about water consumption and housing prices just outside Utah's most beloved national park.

Absolutely insane story from @adriannanine.bsky.social about a luxury surf community being built in ... the Utah desert.

Read about it on @sfgate.com:

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Desert Botanical Garden - SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION INTERN &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Funding will support 20hrs/week for 4 months. The time frame may be flexible.&nbsp;DescriptionTo assist Garden Researchers’ research taxonomic treatments by providing scientific illu...

I don't know how many AZ illustrators follow me, but this is such a freaking cool opportunity! recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

How 2 botanists risked everything to raft the Grand Canyon in 1938 In 1938, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter conducted a harrowing 43-day trip down the Colorado River in an effort to map the Grand Canyon's flora.

Nice piece this week in @sfgate.com about my book -- a little behind-the-scenes info about my general terror of river rafting and how I overcome it to write Brave the Wild River. 🧪🌎💙📚 By @adriannanine.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/national-par...

I've heard the same! I hope your wife enjoyed her time there :)

First reporting trip for @sfgate.com! Can you guess where I am? 😉🏜️

HEY, since expanding to cover national parks across the American West in Feb, @sfgate.com has now been one of the fastest growing news site in America in BACK-TO-BACK months, and remains the most read site based on the West Coast per @pressgazette.co.uk. We also moved up 3 spots to No. 41 overall.

I feel dumb for being an American Threats to U.S. passport holders. Compromised news outlets. Constant cuts and layoffs. Drew Magary writes on his life under President Donald Trump.

🎶 Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real 🎶
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Pranks from national park staffers and enthusiasts offer comedic relief during tough times.

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Hello SFGATE readers! Did you have big plans to visit national parks this spring/summer and now you're reconsidering because of what you've been reading in the news? Are you willing to talk about it in a brief interview w/ our journalist @adriannanine.bsky.social? Reach out: adrianna.nine@sfgate.com

Are you feeling uncertain about whether you "should" visit a national park in the near future? Do you have a trip to a national park planned that you're now reconsidering? I'd love to hear from you for an upcoming #nationalparks story!

Federal science grants worth $812M could be caught in Trump’s DEI dragnet at Arizona universities President Trump’s effort to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs is squeezing research at Arizona universities in areas with little or no connection to DEI, like wildfire prevention, air pollu...

Research at Arizona universities in biology, chemistry, engineering, sound, opioids, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and more face cuts due to President Trump's orders targeting DEI.
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Beyond excited to be a part of this beautiful new chapter!