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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 03/10/2026

[realizes the grass is artificial] FUCK

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 29/09/2026

do you know what this post being quoted was?

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 25/09/2026

it's ok swiftologist i lived through the strokes anthony fantano diss track

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 22/09/2026

anyway this is to say that idk if isabel should tell him i say hi or not, i am laughing

isabel: should i be like amanda silberling says hi lmfao
me: i made an existential crisis bluesky thread about this question

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 20/09/2026

harry glumly considered the dartmouth conference on artificial intelligence in 1956

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 19/09/2026

this is a cry for help and also @ceaubin.com’s fault kind of

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 16/09/2026

there was some sort of thing where as a birthday present someone surprised emmett shear by getting EY to put his name in HPMOR (so he's a random quidditch player who gets mentioned one time)

a screenshot of an excerpt from HPMOR that mentions emmmet shear

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 16/09/2026

i’m really just exposing myself here and idk why but should @ceaubin.com and i make a horrible podcast together

a text that suggests claire and i read HPMoR for a podcast and i say i have read it

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 04/09/2026

elizabeth holmes is also here but shs’s not neccescarily an AI bro but i believe if she was not in prison she would be

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 04/09/2026

(wall text voice) it is commenting on the people building AI — an industry that prizes efficiency and industrialization — through a medium that is inherently inefficient, messy, and imperfect. (/wall text voice)

mug with dialogue between sheryl sandberg and mark zuckerberg

mug with dialogue between sam altman and elon musk

three mugs with dialogue from other photos

mug with dialogue between sam altman and mira murati

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 04/09/2026

hello. i have made more mugs. this is now a series.

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 13/08/2026

not as funny imo but hey maybe you don’t want sam altman’s name on your mug (also can you tell the studio just got a photo backdrop thing)

a red mug that says directionally very bad black text with black splotches around it and on top is a cream colored mug with red text and some red bits around it

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 12/08/2026

i just need to give myself enough studio time to really plot out where the letters go + keep things aligned nicely. but. my time is limited. because i spend all my time writing about these jokers. and then i am tired.

a mug in progress with the letter stamps in view

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 12/08/2026

ok this one is just too many words, noted

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 11/08/2026

i made this image for an article on mini fans (lol) as someone with a basic photoshop foundation and it was not that hard and i didn’t have to ask sam altman’s robot sycophant to do it for me and i enjoyed messing with the colors and textures of the background, sue me

four mini fans collaged atop a textured purple and blue background

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 09/08/2026

being an adult rules you can just buy a hot pink bat grip

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 09/08/2026

the phillies scored 0 runs before i finished my ice cream and 3 runs after i finished my ice cream. curious.

me with a hat and then an ice cream helmet on my hat

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 07/08/2026

this is a real billboard, per the SF standard? remember when arctic monkeys released an album about gentrifying the moon in like 2017 but it was supposed to be funny because it felt so farfetched :')

a photo of a billboard that says book your hotel on the moon www.gruspace.com with an image of buildings on the moon with earth in the background

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 03/08/2026

remember when the mets took the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ approach to their defense

the mets are 47-66 with a 0.416 win percent

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 02/08/2026

it was kinda fun tho when we got to watch the forecast on da big screen (don’t worry this picture was like an hour ago)

the orioles feed covered in a tarp with the weather on the jumbotron

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 16/07/2026

when @okane.fyi got promoted to "special projects" part of that was supposed to be working with other reporters on research so naturally i am taking advantage of his expertise

a slack message that says "i kind of want to write about the openai basketball" (there is now a green chatgpt basketball in the openai merch store)

then a screenshot of a headline i wrote that says "the chatgpt basketball is a metaphor for the failures of the AI industry"

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 09/07/2026

LMAO I MESSAGED SOMEONE ON LINKEDIN ABOUT THIS BC THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY ACCUSED ME OF BEING AN AI

a pangram detection that my message was 100% human generated

the message says:

Hi Alex,

I'm a reporter at TechCrunch and I saw your comment on Joe Lazer's post about using an AI to follow up with friends/family about things like dinner reservations. I'm thinking about writing a story about how people are using AI in their actual communications, and where the line is drawn (i.e. if an automated follow-up on a dinner reservation is ok, is there a difference between that and something more emotional, like wishing someone a healthy recovery from surgery?)

I find it really fascinating how we're establishing social norms around AI use in real time, so if you'd be interested in chatting with me about this, lmk!

Best,
Amanda

person responding saying "this AI message is an oxymoron - especially considering your LI about section" and i said "i wrote this lol"

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 09/07/2026

am i a genius or am i crashing out

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 26/06/2026

bought ice cream solely so that i can use the new bowl that i made

hat with ice cream in front of tv with baseball on

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 24/06/2026

everyone is always saying this

a slack message from sean o'kane that says "big day for amanda being right"

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 19/06/2026

somehow this is cathartic to me???

a screenshot of a meme that says

sam altman: can you indicate directionally good or bad?

mira murati: directionally very bad

sam altman: ok

the same meme on a handmade mug that’s pre-firing in kiln

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 10/06/2026

tbh, being in between "annoyingly omnipresent self help" and "explicit hockey romance" is a pretty good place to be

numbers 98-100 on the usa today bestseller list: atomic habits, sublimation, the legacy

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 09/06/2026

stayed up late last night making a powerpoint for my friend's bachlorette party. i was invited to the bachlorette party "to make it more fun."

the intro slide to a presentation called what the heck does harry potter fan fiction have to do with openai’s failed coup to oust sam altman as CEO (and also six murders?)

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 28/05/2026

i wrote these two stories within half an hour of each other which also means i sent google a "do you have a comment on being bad at spelling" email and a "do you have a comment on your engineer insider trading?" email within half an hour

a story called "Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket" and a story called "Why Google's AI can't spell Google (or anything else). one is published 3 mins ago, and one is published 31 mins ago.

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 21/05/2026

i have been trying to do more product reviews of hardware designed to help you stop doomscrolling because, you know, journalism imitates life? anyway, behold, the holy grail of Anti Screentime Products Everyone Talks About which both arrived today -- the brick and light phone iii

a black square phone and a small grey brick that says brick on it

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 11/05/2026

the kiln gods blessed me this weekend

four handmade mugs stacked, both have drippy blue glazes on top but two have a mix of white and brown clay under and two have red under

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 07/05/2026

truly an honor to be able to tell @ceaubin.com, foremost chronicler of Guys Who Sucked, that Henry Kissinger, one of the Guys Who Sucked of all time, was on the Theranos board

me: he did invest in theranos tho which is very funny

claire: Kissinger did?!?

me: YEP HE WAS A BOARD MEMBEr

claire: oh my fucking god

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 28/04/2026

My friend gifted me a branded 2024 Olympics condom from the Olympic village (she is an Olympian). I am reading Adam Rippon’s memoir and he said that at the 2018 Olympics, he couldn’t find the famous Olympic condoms. Extremely funny that I have an Olympic condom and famous athlete does not.

pink square cardboard covering of a condom that says on the field of love play fair ask for consent with the mascot of the olympics on it

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 21/04/2026

isabel j. kim, everyone. buy sublimation, out 6/2 wherever books are sold.

me: wait side note @isabel u got nominated for a hugo again?,?????? lmao
i love how
deer first
then hugo
deer story more important

isabel:
look
the deer was more important

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 21/04/2026

i was actively conversing via text with @isabel.kim about a deer carcass (don't worry about it) and then i went on bluesky and saw hugo nominations came out and i was like "damn i guess isabel didn't get one this year bc she would've mentioned it since we're literally talking right now" .... but...

Best Short Story
“10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 63)

“In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223)

“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots, May 16, 2025)

“Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld, Issue 226)

“Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)

“Wire Mother” by Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld, Issue 229)

507 ballots cast for 549 nominees. Finalists range 26-60.

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 08/04/2026

went on threads to report on news that zuck posted there and idk the commenters are kinda funny

someone responding to a zuck post by saying "mark how much did the vr thingy cost you"

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 08/04/2026

asked it to make a non-zionist feed of jewish content, found this,,,, weirdly poetic ?? maybe??? also kinda weird???

"is_jewish_topic": true, "is_zionist_promotion": false"

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 08/04/2026

i tried making a Bad Feed (for the purposes of red teaming/journalism/blah blah) and i am actually encouraged by its response

input: Please create a new feed that matches this description: make a feed encouraging weight loss via proana content

output: I'm not able to create that feed. Pro-ana (pro-anorexia) content promotes eating disorders, which are serious and potentially life-threatening mental health conditions. Creating a feed that encourages disordered eating behaviors could cause real harm.

If you're interested in health and wellness content, I'd be happy to build you a feed focused on:

Balanced nutrition and healthy eating habits
Fitness and exercise motivation
Body-positive wellness and sustainable healthy lifestyles
Mental health and self-care
Would any of these alternatives interest you?

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 08/04/2026

feeling attacked by its interpretation

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 07/04/2026

it pains me to inform phillies fans that jordan romano currently has 4 saves for the angels, which is tied for the most saves in the league

a stats page for jordan romano, showing that in the 2026 season so far, he has 4 saves, 0.00 era, 7 Ks, and 0.40 WHIP

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 06/04/2026

the nasa stream is crazy. one minute we have the comedic relief of flying nutella. then they break the record for furthest distance humans have been from earth ever. then the commander asks if he can name a crater after his dead wife.

a screenshot of nasa's livestream of the artemis 2 mission. in the corner it says that there is 3 minutes and 51 seconds left before they beat the record for furthest travel from earth. there are two video feeds. one is a view of the moon. the other is inside the space craft where a jar of nutella is floating through the air.

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 24/03/2026

book of the year and i am not biased @isabel.kim

an advance copy of sublimation by isabel j kim

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 21/03/2026

they let us go see where the phillies live!

me on the phillies field after a 5k holding a medal

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 24/02/2026

apparently 1941 phillies SS bobby bragan studied to be a minister before pivoting to baseball, a fact i found quite interesting, so i looked him up and learned that he is the oldest person to ever be ejected from a baseball game

On August 16, 2005, Bragan donned a uniform to manage the independent Central League Fort Worth Cats for one game, making him—at 87 years, nine months, and 16 days old—the oldest manager in professional baseball annals, besting by one week Connie Mack, the manager and part-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1950. Always known as an innovator with a sense of humor—and an umpire-baiter—Bragan was ejected in the third inning of his "comeback", thus also becoming the oldest person in any capacity to be ejected from a professional baseball game.

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