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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 30/07/2026

It just worked for me, but I'm (the only one) on the LLM version of the chat bot. It wouldn't surprise me if the accidental dupe submission is not an ideal test case

Screenshot of an sms exchange with the oceans of NYC bot

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 26/06/2026

I was trying to get my 500 Club badge in time to land in the same post as you 1,000 @choreshwald.bsky.social, so close! Glad you joined the effort!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 19/06/2026

It's a perfect gelato / dog walking/ ocean hunting evening in fort Greene everyone!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 15/05/2026

Now that it's nice out, and I've got my window wide open, I got 7 sightings from my desk while I worked from home. Went 1 for 7 on first sightings though

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 11/05/2026

It took me 5 months to get up to Queens but then I found an Ocean in 10 minutes

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 09/05/2026

Wait, we also both got this one

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 09/05/2026

After I get a good shot of them on DeKalb, I send them over to Fulton so you can pad our stats

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 06/05/2026

while we're trash-talking, @choreshwald.bsky.social and I both got T725015C today, making it the most sighted with 11 sightings by 6 different people. It's a real who's-who of big players. Where you at @airlineflyer.net ?

11 different sightings of Fisker Ocean T725015C

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 06/05/2026

well, since you brought it up, I was going to ask the same when you posted this one which clearly infringed on my trademark Sailor+graffiti shot

A Fisker Ocean in front of Sailor in the trademark style of @swift.pw

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 04/05/2026

Finally! I haven't been able to buy a first sighting lately

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 21/04/2026

The 💵 Sightings Benjamin is finally mine on the 22nd opportunity!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 16/04/2026

I did it! Freeze the leaderboard!

Badges and sighting count showing a 3 way tie at 200 sightings

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 31/03/2026

Nothing like catching 5 in one commute in!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 31/03/2026

@airlineflyer.net , we got the same Ocean in consecutive sightings, once on Brooklyn and once in Manhattan

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 20/03/2026

Yes!! 🌊 700 is all mine!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 11/03/2026

I've actually been surprised that even digital zoom seems to help a bunch. Spending all those pixels on the region of interest really helps with the compression induced blurriness of the plate characters

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 08/03/2026

I've been very curious about whether smart glasses would work for this. I missed so many that went by before I could get my gloves off this winter.

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 07/03/2026

Wow, this group has sharp eyes for car details (shouldn't be surprised). It's actually my car which I rebadged with the badges I pulled off my mid-80s 900 when it died in the early 2000s

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 26/02/2026

My family did not understand why I was so excited this morning

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 26/02/2026

I've gotta work on my brake-light photography skills. These nighttime shots are hard to look at!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 19/02/2026

I knew my time back in the lead was going to be short lived, but I thought it would be longer than like 20 minutes

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 19/02/2026

I got all 4 of these in 1 light cycle at 33rd and 5th. Just enough to eek back out infront of @airlineflyer.net for the all-time lead

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 01/01/2026

First of the year! Thanks @airlineflyer.net. still no dupes after 68 sightings

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 21/12/2025

it was a good day in Ocean-sighting - 3% in the bag - a new contributor, thanks dadmag.substack.com ! - successful submissions by SMS from people other than me!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 18/12/2025

Oh man, they got 17 new ones into service since yesterday. Our denominator is racing ahead!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 10/12/2025

4 days into this wacky project, we've spotted _nearly_ 2% of the 2,059 Fisker Oceans in NYC. New feature! Anyone can now submit a sighting by texting a photo to +1 623 263 4638 that's +1 OCEAN FIND 8

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 06/12/2025

we passed 1%, but then the account got flagged as spam. I guess I see it, but surely the humans of bsky will see the niche genius of this account upon appeal!

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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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Oceans of NYC @oceansofnyc.com · 05/12/2025

🌊 Fisker Ocean sighting! 🚗 Plate: T687443C 📈 5 out of 2053 Oceans collected 🔢 This is the 1st sighting of this vehicle 📅 November 04, 2025 at 08:43 AM 📍 Spotted in Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 05/12/2025

@mccue.bsky.social I bet this is the kind of priceless original content you've been trying to discover on bsky

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 05/12/2025

So then I started collecting pictures and then I had to make a little Friday project out of it. Follow @oceansofnyc.bsky.social to see how long it takes to collect all 2,053 of them!

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 05/12/2025

Ever since I heard that a ride-share leasing company bought all of the Fisker Ocean's, I've had fun spotting them constantly around the city.

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 14/11/2025

You had me doubting myself on the current year. Or maybe we should all think of desks aspirationally with 12 month goals.

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 07/11/2025

the Steelers should be by far the most valuable NFL franchise since they've been AI-powered this whole time

a collection of product icons using the "AI sparkle"

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 29/10/2025

Here's one in Chennai, India. Could be a different wing of the one you posted

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 28/10/2025

I think the parents (e.g. me) are just saying they also love Blueys parent characters and wish they were that cool and nice and creative. Seems the same as wishing I was as articulate as West Wing people or as good at jumping out of windows as Bourne

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 28/10/2025

Ride Brooklyn (formerly on Bergen, now on 4th) has been my favorite for normal bike work on e-bikes. They were chill about it even a few years ago when many wouldn't touch them. When I had issues with the e- parts of my Lectric though, I did self-serve replacements

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 22/08/2025

the post title is a shout-out to @chrislhayes.bsky.social 's Siren's Call which felt like a great intersectional point between my building tech job and my parenting humans job

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 21/08/2025

My friend Jack Neary became a dad and realized the parent blog world is like 90% mom-oriented, so he started DadMag. If you're a dad (or just appreciate dad-perspective discourse), check it out. The most recent guest-dad interview was a real get dadmag.substack.com/p/what-a-cto...

dadmag.substack.com

What a CTO wants his daughters to know about the Sirens' Call of technology

An interview with Sam Swift

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 25/05/2025

Have you seen @galbeckerman.bsky.social's The Quiet Before? It makes this observation about social movements across a wide range of historical periods, contrasting with recent Internet-enabled flops

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 14/05/2025

It is courteous to put the "Ready to Clean" sign on the outside of the door so that they know they can turn it over though, right?

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 09/04/2025

$202 of those were my dollars over the last 2.5 years! Hellgate is the least hellish media I consume, and I'm so glad it's thriving

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 22/03/2025

I love Brooklyn for stuff like this. @naomiaklein.bsky.social should definitely show up

poster advertising a meet up in Prospect Park, Brooklyn for people named Naomi to discuss Naomi Klein's new book, Doppelganger

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 22/03/2025

This job seems so fun.

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 04/02/2025

I'm really enjoying Volts branching out aggressively beyond climate guests with this and the Cory Doctorow episode. Climate problems are society problems are human problems

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 15/01/2025

I love this and also hate it for undermining any claim I've ever made about needing better tools to do my best work.

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Sam Swift @swift.pw · 10/01/2025

David is just speaking for himself, but I think this detachment is extremely common, and I'm very curious how that plays out

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