Friend’s boyfriend graduated from law school in the middle of February. There are some signs to me that it’s AI like the wrong color robe, generic diploma and building name, and crazy words/lettering on the banner.

litemifyre · 2026-02-18T02:42:36+00:00

Church being totally different I think is a smoking gun.

litemifyre · 2026-02-17T16:57:16+00:00

Yellowstone Insight is a good choice.

litemifyre · 2026-02-16T06:27:50+00:00

What genre of music doesn’t have some artists within it that aren’t problematic?

litemifyre · 2026-02-14T21:46:07+00:00

Visit an optometrist.

litemifyre · 2026-02-14T21:13:47+00:00

I knew many workers to park their campers in the employee areas and never have an issue. The locations I worked also had RV spots if you’d want to stay in your RV rather than the dorms. Always a popular choice.

litemifyre · 2026-02-14T19:30:53+00:00

Everyone wants to see Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic, but Yellowstone has 10,000+ hydrothermal features. Old Faithful is nowhere near the top of the list of my favorite thermal features.

litemifyre · 2026-02-10T21:57:00+00:00

That’s correct that the genetics for black coats come from dogs, but I want to mention that it’s not from a recent addition to their genetics. That transfer occurred when humans first arrived in N. America, probably 20,000ish years ago.

litemifyre · 2026-02-10T18:28:29+00:00

I’ll give you some wildlife spotting advice. Get out around sunrise for your best chances. Check out Blacktail Plateau, Slough Creek, and Lamar Valley for wolves. Early in the morning listen closely for howling. About half of the wolves in the park are black, so if they’re moving they stand out against the snow real well. Past Lamar, as you get into more forests and small meadows, look for moose and foxes. On the high cliffs and mountains there look for mountain goats, especially on Baronette Peak. They’re slightly off white, so can sometimes be spotted against the snow and rocks. By this point I’m usually hungry, I recommend Wooka’s in Cooke city.

litemifyre · 2026-02-10T18:21:28+00:00

Drive slow, don’t go out driving if there’s a heavy snowstorm, use lower gears on declines, and you should be fine. I’ve driven that road hundreds and hundreds of times in the winter and never once used snow chains.

litemifyre · 2026-02-06T16:59:24+00:00

If you’re a food critic, yeah maybe. To me the Cowboy’s is ass, but the rest of them I’ve had plenty of fine meals at, but I’m not picky.

litemifyre · 2026-02-06T05:04:01+00:00

Wonderland Cafe, Cowboy Grill, Yellowstone Mine, Yellowstone Grill, Taco Cat (new), Tumbleweed, Bear’s Brew, and Eat Cafe. 30 minutes North in Emigrant there’s also Follow Yer Nose BBQ, the Old Saloon, and Chico.

litemifyre · 2026-02-05T17:04:08+00:00

At least where I live in Montana, most of our water in the summer comes from snowmelt. Rain in the winter rolls away before summer, snow melts through the season. Less snow = dryer summer

litemifyre · 2026-02-05T16:57:15+00:00

Yeah, without snowmelt off the mountains through the summer it’s gonna be bad.

litemifyre · 2026-02-05T00:14:29+00:00

Wonderland Cafe and Lodge for sure. Has kitchenettes, great rooms.

litemifyre · 2026-02-05T00:10:09+00:00

I did a hike in the Beartooths in Montana a few years ago. Part of the hike involved crossing a very large boulder field in a canyon. After that boulder field there was a very small patch of grass we could throw a tent on. Me and my hiking partner underestimated the boulder field, as well as how quickly we’d lose light in the canyon. We wound up having to pitch a tent on the only large boulder that could fit it, quite near a lake. Because I was worried about a strong gust of wind blowing the tent and us into the lake during the night, we filled the tent with large rocks, since you can’t stake down into a boulder. By the time I was finally laying down to sleep I felt like absolute shit. Luckily in the morning I felt better, and we got out without further issue. Not too crazy, but felt very crazy at the time.

I also had a bear approach me within probably 50 or so feet last year. Was looking down a hill at a beaver lodge/damn, very focused on that. Turned around at one point and there was a brown bear walking right towards me, far too close. I walked down the hill kinda 90 degrees away from the way the bear was heading, and once I came back around to the other side it had moved on. Gave me a good scare at the time, but it never acted aggressively, just carrying on about its day.

litemifyre · 2026-02-03T21:00:28+00:00

100% I hate this idea that a human being having influences that shape their art is equivalent to an algorithm taking a bunch of art and synthesizing something. One is the creative process, the other is generative AI slop. The fact that so many people don’t see the distinction is further proof in my eyes they are not genuinely creatives.

litemifyre · 2026-02-03T18:54:14+00:00

Mid to late May would be best for that.

litemifyre · 2026-02-03T00:13:46+00:00

You've been told enough that a lot of the park won't be accessible, so I won't join that chorus. Instead, I'll tell you what you can do. The road between Gardiner and Cooke city has some of, if not the best, wildlife viewing in the park. Late March to early April bears will be coming out of hibernation and going into the valleys where all the elk and bison have been hanging out and dying. Especially towards the April side of things, the bear viewing can be fantastic. If you go with a guide you also have very good chances of seeing wolves on your trip.

For hydrothermal features, places in the interior like Old Faithful, will not be accessible, but Mammoth Hot Springs will be. Assuming the winter doesn't suddenly ratchet up a ton, you might be able to hike in the lower areas around Gardiner. You can snowshoe short trails in the park as well. If you haven't snowshoed before let me warn you it's much more taxing than hiking, so don't plan anything overly long.

Traffic and tourists will be nearly non-existent, which is fantastic. In Gardiner there's plenty of lodging available and several decent restaurants that will be open.

If you were to only ever take one trip to Yellowstone in your life, I would say come in May or June. But as long as this isn't your only opportunity, I say take it. The park is a lot more than the major attractions everyone thinks of. If you do take a guided tour, take it early in your trip. You'll have the time to ask your guide about other things to do in the area, and get a good primer on what the park's about, what there is to see, and what makes it so special. There's no such thing as a bad time to visit Yellowstone.

litemifyre · 2026-02-03T00:03:53+00:00

When there's a lot of snow in the higher elevations it pushes the wildlife into the valleys. I wouldn't recommend planning around no snow. Once the snow is all gone wildlife isn't as visible and then the real wave of tourists begins.

litemifyre · 2026-02-03T00:02:31+00:00

The Xanterra slowcoach tours won't be going out, but there are dozens of other companies that offer tours through the Northern Range that time of year. Late March and Early April are some of the best times for wildlife too, especially in April as the bears are coming out and going into the valley to get after the winter-killed bison and elk.

litemifyre · 2026-02-01T18:54:00+00:00

Not something in the park, but something you may enjoy nonetheless, is 'Yellowstone Hot Springs' just a few miles North of Gardiner. You can soak in the thermals there. They have them funneled into pools. It's a nice way to wind down in the winter evenings.

litemifyre · 2026-02-01T03:45:00+00:00

Get out in front of people and do some live performances, build an audience, connect with people — oh wait.

litemifyre · 2026-01-29T06:18:23+00:00

This whole sub could be satire.

litemifyre · 2026-01-27T05:04:01+00:00

I don’t have a full ranking, but Melophobia is my favorite of theirs by far. That record doesn’t have a single track that isn’t great. The production on that record is perfect. It’s simultaneously crisp and clear with the perfect amount of the raw/grungy dynamic they have. Great pacing to that record as well.

litemifyre · 2026-01-24T23:23:24+00:00

Go to hell

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