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@thetrudz.photo
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photographer. writer. film/tv. vinyl records. music. art. 📷✍🏾 bio.site/thetrudz

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 17h
Job hunts really makes you sad There’s an added thing of me getting feedback that I need to “sell myself and speak up more” and I’m just like Do you see how much trouble I get it for that ?
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/09/2026
🩵 Hi. I really could use some immediate support as I’m dealing with major income loss + ongoing health issues. A lot has changed for artists + finding other work has been tough thus far. tysm. • thetrudz.com/shop • patreon.com/thetrudz • cash.me/$thetrudz • paypal.me/thetrudz • venmo.com/u/thetrudz
Photography-themed and music-themed t-shirts. White one with film cameras on it. Black audiophile one with white text. And two white ones that mention vinyl, blue and pink text. Shirts and images of shirts by thetrudz.Vinyl collector-themed poster prints, music-themed stickers and my book, Insights: Film & Television (Reflections, Reviews & Resources) which is ten years (2013-2023) of indie writing on film, television, music and more. Includes essays and also film reviews. All work by thetrudz.
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josh @joshjenks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
60 seconds of Jasmine Guy being an absolute icon.
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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 18h
During my year of chemotherapy, and the two years after of bodily recovery, having some next-day delivery options would have drastically improved my life. That said, these things should be local business run, not megacorporations and monopolies.
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Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 18h
As of this repost, I’m @ $105/200 needed ASAP so that I can buy groceries and pay my Internet bill. If I can get 19 subscribers @ the $5 tier, I can make it happen. I plan to post a new custom song (“Hire Brian”) and start recording another one this week! 🎶❤️ #HelpFolksLive2026
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 19h
Finally saw 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It is excellent. After watching Little Woods earlier this year and Hedda last year, gotta add Nia to fave directors list. I didn’t start 28 franchise until last year, yet ends up being one of my fave franchises.
Poster for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Orange gradient backhand with characters on left and title on right in bold capitalized text.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You have a better chance of going bankrupt than of becoming a millionaire. Wake up!
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 23h
It’s like telling someone whose neighborhood Robert Moses is about to bulldoze that the Interstate Highway System will boost GDP and in the long run lead to more connection in America. I’m happy for y’all but that’s my house they’re about to knock down, etc
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 23h
Generally speaking I do need AI boosters to understand that I’ve lost my career and future plans entirely to AI-based cost cutting. so any time you’re talking about tech you have to understand people whose livelihoods were destroyed by a thing they didn’t choose to adopt they’re gonna be prickly lol
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 20h
In the past, I shared a macro photograph of kale that I made; a mutual into farming wanted custom print. Shipped her one + added to my site permanently if others are interested. thetrudz.com/shop (Adding more macro food prints soon.)
Macro photograph of a lacinato kale leaf with stem in the middle. Dark green and highly textured close-up. Photograph by thetrudz.
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 23h
🎧so good
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Workin' Woman Blues by Valerie June on Apple Music
Song · 2013 · Duration 3:09
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/09/2026
What's on your bookshelf that the Internet Archive doesn't have? There's an app for that. Scan a book's barcode or ISBN to see whether the Internet Archive needs it for preservation and digitization. Scan your shelves. Save a book. help.archive.org/help/donate-... 🧵
Four "Tools You Can Use" Upload campaign tiles arranged in a 2x2 grid. Top left, a cream and yellow tile with a folder icon reading "Upload" and "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share." Top right, a cream tile with bold black text: "Upload digital materials to help preserve and share knowledge with people around the world." Bottom left, a cream tile with a screenshot of the Internet Archive's Upload files page, with the "UPLOAD" nav link and "Choose files to upload" button circled in red. Bottom right, a cream tile with bold black text, "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share," and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GoFundMe, the largest crowdfunding site, has seen an over 20 percent increase in fundraisers for tuition and related expenses over the past year
insidehighered.com
GoFundMes for College Tuition Are Up This Year
Students facing acute challenges affording their tuition are increasingly turning to crowdfunding. Experts warn it’s a temporary fix to systemic affordability issues.
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Jacky Alciné @jacky.wtf · 29/09/2026
Apple is about lay off a bunch of people:
bloomberg.com
Apple’s New CEO Seeks to Make Company Run Faster and Leaner
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, just weeks into the role, is moving to overhaul the iPhone maker in an effort to accelerate product development, broaden its range of devices and create...
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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Everyone is conditioned and none of us believe we are part of the everyone.
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✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI cannot create art. The term “AI art” is a misnomer. AI has no creativity, no consciousness, no ideas or feelings, and no artistic ability. It does not create art. It reproduces images it’s seen. That’s all.
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 29/09/2026
Wordle 1,928 2/6 🟨⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.
engadget.com
Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget
Sure, seems safe.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 29/09/2026
New from Jesús @jankcurbelo.bsky.social: @violetalvarezphoto.bsky.social, an experienced music photographer, turns her camera inward toward her own roots. Born in Texas to Mexican parents, she set out to explore the experiences that connect immigrant families, starting with her own family.
texasobserver.org
Houston's 'Living Archive' of Migration
At Fresh Arts, photographer Violeta Álvarez created a space where immigrant families in Houston can see their own histories reflected back to them.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIv
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 29/09/2026
🥀RIP Saved by the Bell was like “my stories” the way AMC and GH etc. were for the elders. I loved this show so bad. Mr. Belding loved those kids, even Zack who uses to drive him up a wall. An interesting character, an authority figure that was actually dynamic and not one-dimensionally cruel.
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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lemme tell y’all something: Helen Folasade Adu knew we would need this.
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Sade - When Am I Going To Make A Living - Official - 1984
YouTube video by SadeVEVO
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The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Apprenticeship, retreats, learning has to go back to some kind of public forum. Ppl putting their money where their mouth is via PATRONAGE! Donating to funds for grants and stipends for artists of all sorts to pay to live and work. Residencies! Traveling circuits- theater, music, visual art
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 29/09/2026
I am at the “I watch videos of a guy who does skits as a chicken singing in a classic nightclub” level of needed distraction from stress.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 28/09/2026
In Against Tech Oligarchy, two leading labor organizers chronicle the past decade’s tech worker movement.
bayareacurrent.com
The Book Your Tech Boss Doesn't Want You to Read
In Against Tech Oligarchy, two leading labor organizers chronicle the past decade’s tech worker movement.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 28/09/2026
The AI infrastructure boom hits the same wall in Africa that it’s hitting in Northern Virginia: local resource limits restofworld.org/2026/south-africa-a…
restofworld.org
South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers
“A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.”
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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Now I obviously haven't seen the film but from what I'm reading it sounds like some kinda vendetta against Jada.
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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
"Misty Green is a woman’s story told entirely in a man’s voice, and that voice seems to hate her on a level that feels intensely personal and perverse."
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Social media is full of people who seem to like almost nothing.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 28/09/2026
cornellsun.com
Support the Sun! - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 28/09/2026
I know the basic beats to the Cornell story but I haven't been able to make myself read through the whole thing. I'm so proud of the Cornell Sun staff and sent them a donation to support. Just want to let fellow survivors out here know it's ok to need to protect yourselves. PTSD is a bear. 💗
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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
boosting this because i don't have any assignments to work on this week. looking for anchor clients i can develop a relationship with & produce work monthly.
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Mega Thee Tron @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My birthday is TOMORROW! If you would like to get me 🎂🎁 I have a wishlist! 🎉 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Or if you like~ Cash App 💵 $MariaCJ PayPal 💰 www.paypal.me/mcj Venmo💲 @MCJackson33 Even better, help my friend out. bsky.app/profile/unho... (no pressure)
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Vernon Reid @vurnt22.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yesterday, one of the world’s greatest singer songwriters, the undisputed King 👑 of Calypso, & pioneer of Soca, The Mighty Sparrow of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹, has gone on. Everyone with a Caribbean background knows his name, and many more besides. Rest In Power to the GOAT 🐐.
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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
This song sounds like fall to me. youtu.be/HHmrJv4e6pE
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Take Me with U
YouTube video by Prince - Topic
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Malcolm X’s Goatee ✊🏾🌱🧿 (aka Chief Skeet) @longlivethechief.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ginger beer has healing properties. It’s science.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
look at this complete unseriousness.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
tech ceos are openly salivating about the idea of kids losing basic literacy and numeracy. this tells you pretty much all you need to know
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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Red-winged blackbirds always look like they're ready to fight. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Red-winged blackbird perched on a cement pillar as it shows off its glossy black feathers with bright red and yellow patches on its wings.
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"My hope is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here." Jim Henson (1936-1990) was born on this date.
Jim Henson and the Muppets.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
“Sure, it’s true that many Black people have reclaimed the word. But the lawsuit is about non-Black Tesla employees and managers abusing Black workers — including allegedly hurling the slur at them in ways that don’t sound like anything resembling gestures of ‘respect and endearment.’”
futurism.com
Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances
An important trial in California kicked off with Tesla's lawyers arguing that the n-word is a term of "respect and endearment."
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
lemonde.fr
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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☀️ @tscrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 25/09/2026
Turning off Apple Intelligence isn’t a single button in iOS 27 or macOS 27 like in 26. iPhone: www.cnet.com/tech/service... | www.threads.com/share/_iFQxA... Mac: discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250...
cnet.com
Disabling Apple Intelligence Just Got Harder With iOS 27. Here's How to Opt Out - CNET
Since Apple Intelligence is all about Siri AI now, here's what you need to know to de-AI your iPhone.
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 24/09/2026
The new series from Hijack's George Kay debuts early next year. www.avclub.com/the-wanted-m...
avclub.com
Hugh Laurie is The Wanted Man in first look at Apple TV series
Hugh Laurie is The Wanted Man in first look at Apple TV series
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 24/09/2026
Tequila Mockingbird, L.A. punk's great archivist, is still pissed off and spectacular
latimes.com
Tequila Mockingbird, L.A. punk's great archivist, is still pissed off and spectacular
Mockingbird's archives are on display at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, depicting a raucous era of music and defiance.
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Carolyn Hinds @carriecnh12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm so excited and proud to be a contributor for this edition of The Great Unwatched. Thank you so much to @plumeriapics.bsky.social for thinking of me to be part of this project.🙂 To read my selections, and those of other film critics taking part, place your pre-orders now.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 23/09/2026
You see this cast?!?!?! Delroy coming for necks.
hollywoodreporter.com
Winston Duke, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Wendell Pierce Starring in Delroy Lindo’s Directorial Debut ‘Jabari’s People’ (Exclusive)
Rising actor Seyi Andes-Pelumi is also starring in the intergenerational family drama that Lindo has described as filled with "pinch me moments."
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