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andrewchamings.bsky.social
British journalist in California. SFGate editor-at-large. also the Atlantic, Vice, SF Weekly. I write about crime and history and misfits and buildings. dm story tips
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"I live in a country that lived fast and is now dying young." from @drewmagary.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

In 1959 a bloodied and beaten woman approached the front steps of one of the most famous homes in San Francisco. The nurse who saved her would disappear a few years later. The recent identification of the ‘Marin County Jane Doe’ has unraveled a decades long mystery www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

"Once a happy family living in one of SF’s most famous homes — the Blue Painted Lady — the Vaillancourts’ perplexing case involves a brutal attack in Alamo Square, an orphanage in Ukiah & a mysterious Nazi sergeant who can’t be found." via @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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!

I remember this ad airing in the UK so clearly, it was a year or two before some friends and I moved to San Francisco. That beautiful José González cover too. Wonderful dive into a real cultural touchstone from two decades ago from @dangentile007.bsky.social. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

This story started as an investigation into the mysterious deaths of three siblings on a farm near my childhood home. But it’s really about the countryside where I grew up, the beautiful rolling hills of Devon and the secrets they sometimes hide.

"What happened in those hours, between the gunshot at dawn waking Robbie and Frances and their final moment in the garden must have been pure hell." Growing up on an English farm, @andrewchamings.bsky.social heard tales of the violent deaths of three local siblings:

Growing up on the farm in England I heard stories about the mysterious shotgun deaths of three siblings a few miles down the valley. I went to the old farmhouse where the bodies were found to investigate the tragedy, and my childhood, for @longreads.com longreads.com/2025/03/06/m...

For SFGATE I wrote a dispatch from Genesis X2 the country’s largest and most prominent Super Smash Bros tournament that has become a Bay Area esports institution thanks to the boys from NorCal who started it and the legacies it’s helped create. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

We spoke with some people close to the Zizian death cult to learn about their past. After a string of killings across America, three members, including the leader, are on the run. Read here: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Agreed.

I wrote about the most photographed tree in the world, and why we should let it fall into the ocean @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...

The Bay Area tech scene-tied "Zizian" group has been linked to two recent killings, one in California and one in Vermont. from @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

The long, messy war over a private island in the SF Bay — fascinating drama involving billionaires, smelt, and kiteboarding, via @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

still haven’t sneezed this year

one of san francisco’s best is back tonight, playing a sold out show at the chapel. It’s been a long road. I recently spoke to chris about homelessness, Girls, and the end of that mission scene www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

For @sfgate.com I had the pleasure of covering the burgeoning Beyblade scene in the Bay Area that got kicked off this summer with an underground tournament that was one of SF's hottest parties this year www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

sometimes when i go jogging i like to listen to a portable cd player so people think i’ve been running for 20 years

accidentally opened my eyes during prayer at church and saw jesus doing the worm

Are you tired of greasy pots and pans? Stubborn kitchen stains? Messy sponges and sprays? Me too. I wish the sun would devour the earth.

*explaining to the plastic surgeon what i want and just waiting till he realizes i’m describing a minion*

did you see the stuff online. it’s crazy

[putting the wrong type of shampoo on my enemy’s voodoo doll] enjoy a dry scalp you son of a bitch

Me: Hmm, what should I read today? @andrewchamings.bsky.social: "According to legend, during the perfect sunset, light reflected from a matching triangle on the gate in the courtyard would stream through a very small window in the wooden door and create world peace." www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...

I’ve promised coworkers that I’ll stop drinking if they put me in charge of the military.

the person who seems most upset about my Friends obsession is my daughter, gunther

If big bird was real we’d kill him in seconds and everyone knows it

Sorry, babe, it's over. *I get on my motorcycle but I can't get it to start so I use my feet to scoot away*

“It’s always hard to stare down your warped reflection in Spotify’s funhouse mirror. This year, the streaming giant made it harder.” a glorious rant on spotify being kinda creepy this year from @bimonthly.bsky.social @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

I told my mum at dinner that my daughter was talking in a made up language and my mum said all languages are made up and I dropped a potato