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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

we're approaching the point where it's cheaper to just rent a car, go visit the in-laws, and grab a couple jugs at renys

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

going to sue mark z for copying this

stickers of an anthropomorphic popcorn bag cheekily showing us his butt

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

are we calling "an investment fund bought the building" "gentrification"? www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/...

a screenshot from the linked article that reads:

"The case has brought new attention to an ongoing housing crisis in major cities across Spain, as gentrification has caused rents to skyrocket and the stock of affordable housing to shrink, leading to growing public anger."

"An investment fund acquired Abascal's building in 2018 and sought a steep increase in her rent, and she had been fighting eviction for more than five years, according to the Madrid tenants union."

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

why is the ritz carlton yacht collection advertising on youtube. who's doing their media planning

a pre-roll ad on youtube for the ritz-carlton yacht collection, with an image of a giant lit-up yacht at dusk in a peaceful bay surrounded by lit-up towns

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh my god the kids’ stuff is so cute, got these for a forthcoming nibling

a popcorn guy strutting his stuff on a teeny blue tee for a child and popping out of an orange ring on a white onesie for babies

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"AI abuela bean recipe" is so grim it defies my ability to process it

a screenshot of a youtube video that showed up in my recommended column with 913,000 views, uploaded 3 weeks ago, titled "Most People Are Cooking Beans Wrong! Try These Mexican..." by a channel called "Bertha Cooks." the thumbnail has a realistic but expressionless latina-looking lady in her late 50s or early 60s maybe? holding her index finger in front of her lips and a giant brown-glazed ceramic pot of very ai-generated-looking beans with what i swear are fucking pine needles in the center as "herbs." oh and there's a red box with "MEXICAN TRICK" in white and a red arrow pointing to the beans

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

america will keep building planes that carry 150 people instead of electrified high-speed rail that can carry 5x that, more safely

a screenshot of a post that links to an article about the largest all-electric plane. the post reads "The world's largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace's 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. #ShareGoodNewsToo"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if any fellow filmmakers were thinking of doing NYC screenings at murmrr, i recommend... not

a screenshot of an email that reads: "

Murmrr and Utopia present the NY premiere of About A Hero, directed by Piotr Winiewicz and based on the story written by an Artificial Intelligence Agent inspired by Werner Herzog.

7 PM - Doors

8 PM - Screening

9:30 PM - Q&A with director Piotr Winiewicz and KASPAR,

the artificial intelligence behind the About A Hero story.

Join us for a special screening of ABOUT A HERO, Piotr Winiewicz’s genre-bending film created from a story generated by KASPAR, an AI trained - with Werner Herzog’s permission - on Herzog’s body of work.

Following the screening, Winiewicz will participate in a one-of-a-kind Q&A alongside KASPAR, exploring the film’s central questions around authorship, originality, consent, creativity and the limits of machine-made meaning. The conversation will offer audiences a rare opportunity to hear directly from both the filmmaker and the AI system that helped generate the story behind the film"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

me seeing there's a journalist named oriana with venezuelan heritage on bluesky

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

my mom sent this to me, from a parking lot in red-ass central florida

a maroon, kinda beat-up ford F-250 pick-up truck with "FUDJT" written in big white letters on the back window. underneath that is "fuck you donald trump" in smaller but very clear letters! the truck tailgate also seems to have had a yellow "support the troops" ribbon peeled off at some point

there's also a weird white squiggle that i think was an accidental edit

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"While Norwood doesn’t particularly feel fresh, there is no denying the bot generates traffic and serves as an emblem for Hollywood’s AI panic."

the older guy from i think you should leave going "oh my god, he admit it!"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a good case study in recognizing ai-generated images here. the lettering on the posters in the background (and mug)

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this is the thought process of someone who needs to go outside. yes, of course, people would die if your fucking software turned off various power grids. but the entire human species? no! no it would not!

question from wired: "So, people are kind of skeptical of this claim that AI will kill us all. I think the main question I get from people is, well, how will AI actually kill us all? And is that the right question to be asking?"

answer, from the anthropic guy who quit: I think it's a really natural question to ask, because, as I've said many times, this stuff sounds like science fiction. But the classic example is, like, synthesizing a new virus or taking down critical infrastructure by doing some sort of hacking spree—the latter might be less likely to kill literally everyone.

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

happy Labor Day labor is entitled to all it creates

A photo of a black baseball cap on a table in a warmly lit living room bearing the words “WGA CAPTAIN” in white letters all-caps

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

hoodie season just around the corner, 10% off for you bbs fixer-upper-films-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/BSKY10

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

the end of the main story in the 7th book is the protagonist wondering if he can get his inherited slave—from a literal race of slaves who, one "weirdo" aside, LOVE being slaves—to make him a sandwich

three posts from a guy named peter sagal. the first one reads: "I've said it before, and I've said it again: the Harry Potter books are terrific, especially when read aloud. They appeal to any child who is told they are special, and great things are expected of them, and yet they have no idea how to live up to that.

I heard the author died. Not sure. Too bad."

the second one reads: "also, there are complete sets of the books available at most garage sales, every library sale and a lot of antique/junk shops. Failing that, I recommend your local public library."

the third post reads: "Further! One of the powerful messages of the books is inclusion. The villains are aristocratic racists who want to dominate "lesser" humans, and there are characters who are unfairly discriminated against because of their innate nature. I would recommend them are [sic] curatives to any form of bigotry."

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

what's so funny is that a decade ago viceland (vice's cable tv channel) was doing these numbers and it was CATASTROPHIC

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

what happens when you're raised in florida but have lived longer above the mason-dixon

the "your dialect map" which has a lot of blue in the dakotas and PNW and yellows everywhere but the east coast, with heavy red on the floridian peninsula and around the mid-atlantic. it says i talk most like someone from delaware, lmao, but that's only a 54% match

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

$200 to edit videos that are... *checks channel* OVER 40 MINUTES LONG, on a 24- to 48-hour turnaround, is probably not even minimum wage, depending on where the editor lives

a screenshot of a taylor lorenz youtube video about "secret data center deals" (thumbnail) and title "Inside the Towns Saying Hell No to AI Data Centers"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

lol only second row seats available for coyote vs acme

This doesn’t even look as bad as it is watching the big movie screen from like 10 feet away

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

got a bunch of spices to start making Indian food from scratch, super psyched

a dingy countertop with seven bags of spices on it: black and green cardamom pods, turmeric powder, kashmiri chilli powder, mustard seed, sumac, pearl sugar. Also a jar of date and tamarind chutney

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

place by me has empanadas made on-site by the owner's mom—i have personally seen her make them!—and yet this is their menu online

ai slop menu with empanadas that are incomprehensible, a passable beef hotdog, chicken fingers and first that look like breadsticks, a green salad with what looks like green tomatoes? or grapes? it's rough, man

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ah, this is really it, isn't it? www.wired.com/myplots-jack...

"Rachel, a Culver City–based mother of a 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter, says both of her kids and their friends attend ticketed parties thrown by other teens, which are promoted on social media; her son’s friend has a “business” throwing parties at other people’s homes. Teenagers in the LA area “can stay out really late and, you know, just take a Waymo and be very independent,” she says. The fact that “everyone has their parents’ credit card on their phone” is a game changer, she adds. “Kids are just kind of absent-mindedly spending a lot of money.”"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

six years ago i found a photo of this dog and saved it. he reminds me to just do my best. thank you, sebastian

a photo of a VERY overweight dog who might be a sort of terrier-collie mix? white body with brown flecks and brown floppy ears. he is sitting a bit splayed, head turned toward the camera, mouth open, a very derpy expression on his face

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

the absurdity of thinking these for-marketing-purposes-only film stills are of any actual value, let alone $300

a person holds up two "strips" of film that are actually just 3 single frames from The Odyssey, one of the frames being a promotional version of the title on the far right of each strip, and the frame on the far left of each strip being half-obscured by a circular sticker that says "IMAX AMC". the middle frame of each strip is the burning of the temple at troy (top) and odysseus' ship on the sea (bottom). these strips are listed for $140 (formerly $300 lol) and are located in hoboken, NJ

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i cannot imagine a single production company that would want to option a script that has, however poorly, already been made www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

a screenshot of a paragraph from the linked Verge article that reads:

"Cully Hill Boys tells the story of three struggling rappers from East London whose lives are turned upside down when they accidentally steal a crime lord’s money. The project is codirected by Adilet Abish and Aitore Zholdaskali — who also helmed Higgsfield’s Hell Grind feature — and is based on a script that was initially written by Tim Planagan before it landed on the Black List screenplay submission service for unproduced projects. After acquiring the script’s AI production rights, Higgsfield tapped streamer Mikyle “N3on” Rafiq, basketball content creator Matt Kiatipis, and UFC fighter Israel Adesanya to “star” as its leads. Though none of Cully Hill Boys’ actors shot any scenes on set, each of them signed licensing agreements with Higgsfield for their likenesses to be used in the project. And while Planagan gave Higgsfield the ability to adapt this story using generative AI, he still retains the rights necessary for it to be produced traditionally." the last sentence has been highlighted

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

who is the "thank you" for. does he think the trump administration is on this website looking for appreciation

a post on this very website from eric lipton, alleged investigative reporter at the new york times: "One you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

sometimes i just re-read the script for the chernobyl finale

LEGASOV: "I've already trod on dangerous ground. We're on dangerous ground right now. Because of our secrets and our lies. They are practically what defines us. When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we cannot even remember it's there. But it IS still THERE. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. (beat) Sooner or later, the debt is paid."

Legasov turns back to the six scientists. His colleagues. His peers. His secret jury. His hope.

LEGASOV: "That is how an RBMK reactor core explodes. (beat) Lies."

LEGASOV (VO ON TAPE): "To be a scientist is to be naive. We are so focused on our search for truth, we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it. But it is always there, whether we can see if or not, whether we choose to or not. The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants. It doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions. It will lie in wait, for all time."

We RISE UP HIGHER - as the car disappears down the road.

LEGASOV (VO ON TAPE): "And this, at last, is the gift of Chernobyl. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

throwing the book across the room at this description

Page 7 of Philip K Dick’s The Simulacra, the focus of which is this paragraph: “In the front room, at her desk, his receptionist Amanda Conners raised her head and said, ‘Good morning, doctor.’ Her bright red hair glowed, tied by a ribbon, and, from her lowcut mohair sweater, her breasts protruded divinely.”

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

examples of other items that i am personally super pleased with are the big popi out on the town tote (ludicrously capacious) and the big popi unisex tank (comfy, fun)

a woman in her late 30s in her "dissolute art commune" era smiles as she shows off a large tote bag with a repeating patter of a happy weird little ambulatory popcorn bag on a white background and a yellow strap on her shoulder

the same woman wearing a size medium tank top with the same kooky anthropomorphic popcorn guy really big on it under a chambray longsleeved shirt and black cutoff denim shorts. it's a mirror selfie

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

what's everyone's favorite bumper sticker printer (steve made this, not me)

a bumper sticker shape, light yellow background, reading:

YEAH, I'M INTO AI
ARTHOUSE and
INDEPENDENT THEATERS

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

speed/red light camera opponents being normal i see

an absolutely unhinged response to someone saying that speed and red light cameras (which only take a photo of vehicles that are speeding or running a red light) that reduce crashes and fatalities is good, actually:

"Ok, so in your mind speeding is bad but completely unaccountable police who rape children with impunity is good

Because I'm not sure why I would feel bad about speeding while cops routinely get away with child rape, or why I'd want to give child porn loving cops access to cams to save some speeders"

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

how long until this thing induces/exacerbates postpartum psychosis that leads to the death of a child

a screenshot of an ad for amazon's "health ai" app or chat or whatever, with one half of the screen saying "Introducing HealthAI" "Care has entered the chat." and the other half depicting a woman nursing a baby

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

if you live in new york and you're not subscribed to @hellgatenyc.com you really should be!!!

"When Hell Gate purchased a $3.50 Coke Zero from the robot arm, we noted that the vending machines may be a hair slower than your average subway retailer accustomed to handing over goods in a hurry. (Alternately: In our recollection, there also existed some lackadaisical retail guys who simply could not give a shit if you were trying to make this N train Uptown, they were going to take their sweet time grabbing your copy of XXL Magazine from behind the counter.) We witnessed this problem in action Thursday evening, after one woman in a pink sweatsuit asked us breathlessly whether the vending machine takes credit cards—but just as she was about to make her selection, her train rolled into the station. "Oh shit! Excuse my language!" she exclaimed, before racing down the steps and yelling, "Hold the train! Hold the train!""

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

btw i really don't love A24 hiding the writer here (Ajon Singh). how hard is it to add the writer (Ajon Singh) under the director even just in your youtube description

a screenshot of the description for the Primetime trailer on youtube that includes a ton of information about the movie, like the director, release date, cast... but not the writer, for some reason. the writer is Ajon Singh and they deserve credit god damnit!

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

this looks exactly like jeff zucker holy shit did ajon singh or lance oppenheim work in broadcast TV in the 2000s

a still from the trailer for the upcoming movie "primetime" of a bald man in a tan suit, with glasses, looking a little red in the face

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your friend oriana @schwindter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

oh my god the scheduling wall in the trailer for the robert pattinson chris hansen movie!!!!

thick colored... plastic? strips bearing the names, in white, of shows playing at certain times on certain broadcast networks. the names are veronica mars, studio 60, lost, and criminal minds, and you can maybe just make out "house" on top of veronica mars

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