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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

terrifying story here on a teenager who died of an overdose after asking chatgpt for drug advice. brilliant reporting from my colleagues @leddder.bsky.social and @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

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A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.

"Who on earth gives that advice?"

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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

As the nation turns to the best college football programs in the country this weekend, we turn our attention to one of the worst: Lincoln University, a downtown Oakland school whose head coach, and athletic director, threatened me at the end of our interview. www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

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For Calif.'s worst college football team, a 0-287 slump is the tip of a scandal

Are the Oaks an aspiring folktale or an ill-fated fantasy?

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

finally, somewhere I can really listen to that mariah carey christmas song. alone, in a robot car in san francisco

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Private Bay Area island that once held an illegal kitesurfing club with two helipads and a lounge — who guests included Sergey Brin and Larry Page — is now a death trap according to its new owners. But they’re ready to save it. via @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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'Death trap' in SF Bay: New owners take over controversial private island

The island was once a billionaire kitesurfing club with two helipads.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 07/11/2025

Congratulations, @andrewchamings.bsky.social! Read Andrew's @longreads.com story, "Madness, Melancholy, or Murder," in which he returns to his childhood home in the UK to investigate the mysterious deaths of the Luxton siblings. longreads.com/2025/03/06/m...

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Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery - Longreads

Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mystifying deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Some exciting news. My first book, Bodies in a Windswept Land, will be published by @stmartinspress.bsky.social. It’s about the mysterious tragedy of the Luxton deaths that happened near my childhood farm in Devon, and the myths that linger in the fields there. Big thanks to my agent Jessica.

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The same week the Trump administration announced that federal agents were to be sent to the Bay Area, one of the city’s most cherished institutions — City Lights Bookstore — raised banners with a message on defying authoritarianism. via @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

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SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area

"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."

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dangentile007.bsky.social @dangentile007.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Last year editor at large @andrewchamings.bsky.social unpacked the legacy of Girls' frontman Christopher Owens. A generic band profile won't work for us, this is such a good story because it revisits an important era of SF music history with a new hook (and killer hed) www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

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The return of the San Francisco star who lost it all

"A journey to get to this point that I think most people would find unbelievable."

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dangentile007.bsky.social @dangentile007.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Here's a PITCH CALL for the #freelancewriters out there. I'm looking for Bay Area stories on venues, characters, trends and historical stories, TV/movies/music with SF ties. $250-$400+. Email me with an angle, not just a topic, and include a headline. cc @studyhall.bsky.social Here's examples... 🧵

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

the first seven seconds of this track is too much. imagine making that sound open.spotify.com/album/4pocTD...

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L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Lift to the Scaffold) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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horse massacre @torqpenderloin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Dignity Health. good lord.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This is a real life horror story. Two sisters told me they searched in drains and ditches for their missing sister, until her body was found in a warehouse. They weren’t the only ones. Dignity Health has been accused of losing bodies and worse. Investigation here: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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'It will haunt them forever': California hospital accused of losing bodies

Families searched for loved ones. A Calif. hospital allegedly knew they were dead.

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Robin Stuart @rcstuart.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Journalists writing about one of the most notable & popular American institutions - our National parks - drives readership.

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“As the evening wore on, some of the friends allegedly started taking what they thought was cocaine. By the morning, four were dead. A man known as ‘Frog’ has now been arrested on suspicion of supplying the friends fentanyl.” via @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...

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Shocking details emerge about Tahoe Super Bowl party that left 4 dead

A man known as "Frog" has been arrested on suspicion of supplying the friends fentanyl outside a South Lake Tahoe church.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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...

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A San Francisco mother of 7 vanished in 1966. Her mystery is finally solved

Nearly 60 years after she vanished, the mystery of Dorothy Vaillancourt's disappearance has been solved.

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

"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...

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A family of 9 lived in a San Francisco Painted Lady, then the mother disappeared

Nearly 60 years after she vanished, the mystery of Dorothy Vaillancourt's disappearance has been solved.

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Adrianna Nine @adriannanine.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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!

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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...

sfgate.com

'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad

In 2005, Sony spent over a million dollars to swarm SF streets with 250,000 bouncy balls, breaking windows and destroying cars in the process.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 06/03/2025

"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:

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Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery - Longreads

Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mysterious deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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...

longreads.com

Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery - Longreads

Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mysterious deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?

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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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...

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How the Bay Area became the home of an international sporting craze

The single-largest tournament for the hit 2000s video game 'Super Smash Bros. Melee' takes place each year in the Bay Area — and started in a barn in Antioch.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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...

sfgate.com

Strange new details emerge about the Bay Area Zizian 'death cult'

A sprawling web of violence across America has been linked to a fringe group of radical Berkeley pseudo-intellectuals known as the Zizians.

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Agreed.

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stephen council @stephco.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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...

sfgate.com

String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult'

A string of recent killings across the United States have been tied to fringe online group the Zizians, described as a "death cult."

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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...

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Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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...

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A 2000s craze is having an unexpected Bay Area revival

Beyblade, one of the most popular toys of the early 2000s, is having an unexpected revival in the Bay Area thanks to an underground summer party.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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vladchoc @vladchoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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.

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The Pale Space Rider? @truegritrumble.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

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

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nicky the friendly shark @mostlysharks.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

did you see the stuff online. it’s crazy

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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...

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Mystery and rebirth at the strangest house in Santa Cruz

In Santa Cruz, SFGATE took a look inside 515 Fair Ave., also known as the Court of Mysteries, to debunk the myths and meet the new owners.

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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

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Nate @thenatewolf.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

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*

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“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...

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Dear Spotify, nobody asked for this

Spotify Wrapped's new artificial intelligence podcast somehow manages to be an even more uncomfortable listen than the standard AI slop.

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

wow my neighbor is really proud of his dog, he’s put posters up everywhere asking if we’ve seen it. yes, I’ve seen your fucken cockapoo craig, she’s gorgeous

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

In an alternate universe there’s only one movie about falling in love, but thousands about swapping faces with john travolta

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Andrew Chamings @andrewchamings.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

sometimes the people that hurt us the most are the people with nunchucks

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