@dpickettny.bsky.social
Formerly: @swingleft.bsky.social Regional Organizing Coordinator
Always: Writer/Photographer/Smartass
Easily distracted by planes.
Always: Writer/Photographer/Smartass
Easily distracted by planes.
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Just imagine if I’d created the Outsiders Project on homelessness by typing prompts into a computer. The images may have been striking but the whole thing would be meaningless. Documenting real and tangible human experiences, the emotions, stories, joy and sadness is something AI can never do.
This is what those who have fallen into the trap of generative AI simply can’t grasp. Photography isn’t about making a clever image it is rooted in the subject - the thing itself - and in the absence of that all AI images are by definition shallow, transient and meaningless.
The Thing Itself: The fundamental principle of photography by Bill Jay. If you are a photographer and haven’t read this then you should.
unitednationsofphotography.com/2018/06/16/b...
unitednationsofphotography.com/2018/06/16/b...
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Just imagine if I’d created the Outsiders Project on homelessness by typing prompts into a computer. The images may have been striking but the whole thing would be meaningless. Documenting real and tangible human experiences, the emotions, stories, joy and sadness is something AI can never do.
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
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techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
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it is incredible that legalizing watergate has been the overriding ideological project of the american right for fifty years
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
it is incredible that legalizing watergate has been the overriding ideological project of the american right for fifty years
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
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i once made podcasts for pbs masterpiece so my interest in this topic is deeper than most, BUT! this @tvmojoe.bsky.social intw w/ the head of britbox is good stuff
‘Crime and Corsets’: The Great British Streaming Strategy
How BritBox forged a “profitable, enduring” bond with its audience — without leaning on hits.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
i once made podcasts for pbs masterpiece so my interest in this topic is deeper than most, BUT! this @tvmojoe.bsky.social intw w/ the head of britbox is good stuff
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Every time I see an excerpt from this Nuzzi production I think of Mencken's lines re: Harding's writing: "It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Every time I see an excerpt from this Nuzzi production I think of Mencken's lines re: Harding's writing: "It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
September 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
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RT if u agree
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
RT if u agree
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Brave Sir Bobby ran away, bravely ran away away
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Brave Sir Bobby ran away, bravely ran away away
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When you organize everywhere, you can win anywhere. Tuesday night was a testament to that, and we’re excited to continue our work.
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When you organize everywhere, you can win anywhere. Tuesday night was a testament to that, and we’re excited to continue our work.
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For real tho… I’mma need a “Turn the volume UP” t-shirt for me and my kids.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For real tho… I’mma need a “Turn the volume UP” t-shirt for me and my kids.
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🤌🤌🤌🤌
A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🤌🤌🤌🤌
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There's an element of the smart set that doesn't give a crap about volunteering and ground game, thinks it's meaningless. Mamdani's campaign had 104,400 volunteers and knocked on 3 million doors and it sounds like they're just getting started.
"Engagement doesn't matter" is such a dumb opinion.
"Engagement doesn't matter" is such a dumb opinion.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
There's an element of the smart set that doesn't give a crap about volunteering and ground game, thinks it's meaningless. Mamdani's campaign had 104,400 volunteers and knocked on 3 million doors and it sounds like they're just getting started.
"Engagement doesn't matter" is such a dumb opinion.
"Engagement doesn't matter" is such a dumb opinion.
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We did it for you Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We did it for you Dick Cheney
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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