Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 28/09/2026We left Bluebird and stood under the gibbous moon as the chimney swifts swarmed in dizzy orbits around the Avenue and our hands found each other's as a man sitting in a Civic parked under an elm tree practiced his didgeridoo. 050
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 28/09/2026Gonna share an esoteric, outdated music take but I’d love to hear a Pedro the Lion cover of Lucy Dacus’ ‘Night Shift.’ 000
Reposted by Michael WristonMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026BLAMMO. buff.ly/pykYN6fbuff.lyIt’s Decorative Gourd Season, MotherfuckersFor the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads. 113923
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 28/09/2026Ravens omgstatic.klipy.comPepe The Frog's Tears of HappinessALT: Pepe The Frog's Tears of Happiness 040
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 28/09/2026Ravens wtfstatic.klipy.comApe ShockALT: Ape Shock 030
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 28/09/2026Is this going to be another season of 4th quarter nailbiters for the Ravens?? 220
Reposted by Michael WristonProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 24/09/2026Arizona: tune in to KJZZ’s The Show tomorrow during the 9:00 am PT hour. I’ll be discussing GardaWorld’s new construction contract with hosts Lauren Gilger and Mark Brodie.kjzz.orgKJZZ's The ShowThe Show is a stream of curated stories from Phoenix, our region and around the country. With the help of reporters and producers around the region and globe we’ll mix the stories and news to keep you... 03418
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 22/09/2026I did not set out to be a person who knows about things but unfortunately the times demand people who know about things. 0132
Reposted by Michael WristonMonroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFreedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdownMedia workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported 123
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 20/09/2026Was not aware you could find Pete Hegseth at Walgreens. 010
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 20/09/2026Yes, a very rare find here. This one is usually covered, so I was pleased to find it out on the street without its tarp. 020
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 18/09/2026Beach House covering Robert Lester Folsom is gonna get you through today.youtube.comBeach House - April Suzanne (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by BeachHouseVideoZone 010
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 17/09/2026Yeah this was from 2024. I think it was designed by Eyeball Fortress www.design-watson.com/illustrationdesign-watson.comDevin Watson - Professional Freelance Illustrator in Baltimore, Maryland - Album Artwork - Posters — Watson Design - Baltimore, Maryland Graphic Designer & Illustrator for HireSpecializing in book cover design, logo creation, craft beer branding in Baltimore, Maryland and DC. 110
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 17/09/2026In the meantime, here's me driving around West Baltimore last night with the windows down to let in the crisp September night air and cranking the new-ish Mediæval Bæbes album.static.klipy.comVaporwave Sunset CruiseALT: Vaporwave Sunset Cruise 010
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 17/09/2026Just want to say that the Baltimore Book Festival logo always goes hard. I'd love for a standalone poster of those rowhouse books to go in my reading room. 1112
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 15/09/2026Such a pleasure to share my street portrait work with @photochronicle.bsky.social! 0143
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 11/09/2026I have 20 years of experience in military intelligence and this is red flags all the way down. 051
Reposted by Michael WristonProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/09/2026Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt. 451357352
Reposted by Michael WristonMidatlantica @midatlantica.com · 09/09/2026Too liberal to get Buc-ee's/too conservative to build a working transit network: the Maryland story. 1488
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 09/09/2026If you’d like to tell the board of directors how you feel, the email address is info@marylandstatefair.com 043
Reposted by Michael WristonProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 08/09/2026Thursday, June 11, 2026. Baltimore, Maryland.wmar2news.comGovernor Wes Moore calls ICE arrest on Baltimore City School campus 'deeply disturbing'ICE agents conducted an immigration enforcement operation at a Baltimore elementary/middle school Thursday morning, multiple sources tell WMAR-2 News. 45434
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026I'm replying to you because I have nowhere else to scream. 1. Yes, glad I skipped the fair this year. 2. I hereby call their emailed defense the "Shit of Theseus" defense. 120
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026I AM NOW BEEFING WITH THE STATE FAIR. Apparently "embellishment" means "made up entirely by AI, inspired by a real photo." 1132
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026It's so objectively horrible by any measure that I can only surmise that the judge(s) had never before heard the term "photograph," nor had it defined, and indeed may have been born from the deep murky waters of a dark and soulless swamp mere moments before the contest. 030
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026An open letter to the board of Directors of the Maryland State Fair, or, THE ONLY SLOP I WANT TO SEE AT THE STATE FAIR IS IN THE PIG PEN.michaelwriston.substack.comAn open letter to the Board of Directors of the Maryland State FairTo the Board of Directors, 0102
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026This matters for all creatives whether they do or don't enter contests. Every time a contest rewards AI slop over real human work, it insults true artistry, devalues the effort behind real work, and normalizes lazy, deceitful shortcuts. People's livelihoods depend on this. 040
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026There's a Reddit thread on the matter, and people are well and truly pissed off. Rightfully so.reddit.comFrom the maryland community on Reddit: AI image wins first prize in State Fair Photo ContestExplore this post and more from the maryland community 150
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026The rules for the contest have all kinds of stipulations on paper type, use of Photoshop, categories, etc... but have no rules on the use of AI? That feels incredibly lazy, shortsighted, and ignorant. More, this was a CASH PRIZE. MSF basically snubbed an actual photographer in favor of AI slop.marylandstatefair.com 170
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026It doesn't matter that the MSF isn't the ultimate voice in photo contests. Real human beings took the time to create something with their own tools and vision, and they lost to a machine and a lazy 'artist.' 160
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026If true—and seeing the image, it certainly appears to be—then this is an outrage and the Maryland State Fair ought to be ashamed. 170
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026Rumor has it that the first place winning photo at the Maryland State Fair in the special "Neon" category is a completely AI-generated image. 260
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026I'm sorry. I said "imagery" in the above post. If Bluesky had an edit option, I'd change it to "slop." 030
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026A powerful letter from the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists to the @baltimoresun.bsky.social for its confounding and ludicrous use of AI imagery instead of human artists. Or better yet, just shutting down out of shame for insulting the talent of generations of journalists and artists.editorialcartoonists.comAn Open Letter to the Publisher and Editors of the Baltimore Sun from the AAEC - AAECOn September 4, 2026, The Sun published what can only technically be called an “illustration” it intended its readers to accept as an editorial cartoon. Whatever the intent, the only message The Sun ... 131
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 08/09/2026"In both cases the thing being 'optimized' was throughput for somebody else’s agenda, and a thriving connection between neighbors was not the goal. It was the cost."michaelwriston.substack.comOn disconnectednessA highway, a bridge, and a photographer I used to know. 030
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 07/09/2026WAS I WRONG? Fujifilm X100VI vs. Hello Kitty Interactive 4x Zoom Kids Toy Camera with Video, MP3, Games, 2" Screen, Pink. 010
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 07/09/2026It's actually eight hours, all shot on the Fujifilm X100VI, and played at double speed on YouTube. Paid Patreon subscribers can watch it at 2/3 speed to stretch it out to 12 hours. 110
Michael Wriston @michaelwriston.com · 07/09/2026I've got a four hour YouTube video essay in the works going over some very rigorous field testing I did to prove that this thing is absolutely camera. 221