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oriana schwindt

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WGAE writer of television &c. sightunseen.xyz

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 23d

hey, followers in NYC, what are you doing on 10/16?

exactly, you're coming to see me and @sssparkers.bsky.social's indie haunted house feature SIGHT UNSEEN at the chelsea film festival!!!!

chelseafilm.org/sight-unseen/

SIGHT UNSEEN | Chelsea Film Festival

Chelsea Film Festival | An International Festival That Features Filmmakers From All Over the World. Buy In-Person and Online Passes Now.

chelseafilm.org

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 1h

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

i just can't imagine how bleak that dude's existence is. absolutely gorgeous day, kids playing, farmer's market joyfully busy, and you're noise polluting bullshit clearly trying to pick a fight. fuck, man

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

the other day i was riding a bike on a beautiful open street and this guy was walking around blasting some kind of fascist rap song glorifying donald trump and glowering and going "YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT" at random passers-by, and like...

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

UH-OH: a drum set has appeared on the patio across the street

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

makes me want to believe in an afterlife so i can know at least they'll go to hell

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

a screenshot of an article suggested on my empty firefox tab from The Kitchn [sic], with a photo of a fluffy puck of scrambled egg with herbs on top on a pink plate with parmesan and herbs scattered on the plate. the headline reads "This Famous Chef's 3-Ingredient 'Mayonegg' Is the Egg Hack I'm Making on Repeat for Breakfast"

george michael bluth (michael cera) from Arrested Development saying "she calls it a mayonnegg"

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 capitalism as totalizing ideology 🎶

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

calls to mind a person who got fired from their last EIC position for being a sex pest and is trying to win over the newsroom by showing how cool they are, actually

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

this is a whole article about how the LLM avatar needs a publicist. fuck out of here

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 1d

the trade coverage of the LLM avatar known as "tilly norwood" has been so reprehensibly credulous. don't misgender the computer! we're going to just print that Hot Bonzi Buddy identifies as "she/her," weaponizing the language of actual human struggle to cover for evil acts

a screenshot of a Variety article: "The company that created Tilly claims the actress does not identify as a they or an it, which has been more commonly used in press coverage. “Her pronouns are she/her,” says Particle6, adding that “Everyone wants an interview with Tilly.”"

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

the crazy thing about this is the money isn't real, and not in the "money is a social construct" way. it's all companies saying they're "investing" $80B by giving OpenAI GPUs that it can mark down as sales or $40B but it's actually just credits for server use

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

am i the only person who never thought this stuff was fun and who would be really fucking upset if a friend deepfaked me? nymag.com/intelligence...

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

the tours need more pie tossing!!!!

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

elf-marriage is so weird!!!

By-the-Bywater @bythebywater.bsky.social · 2d

Anyway, our latest episode is live! This time around it's marriage as portrayed in Tolkien's works, which is far less straightforward than it might seem. Art as ever by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social here showcasing Galadriel's travails with the Purse...

79. Some People Flip Houses, They Flip Kingdoms. | By-The-Bywater

On marriage in Tolkien.

megaphonic.fm

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

reminder that you don't have to keep seeing google AI search results if you don't want to. these folks have a very easy way to make all your google searches just run through google web search:

tenbluelinks.org

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

tenbluelinks.org

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

realizing that peter thiel invested in facebook specifically because of its potential as a mass surveillance tool and feeling like a big, big sucker for being so eager to sign up in 2005 www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

peter nO

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

and a boomer! really not sure where that came from

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

a whole bunch of flags in one's profile feel like a big tell. a... red flag, some might say

oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 2d

have a mildly popular post that started attracting what can only be bots before i nipped it in the bud, surely this style of person isn't real, right?

a poster named "amber (blue wave)" with like 8 or 9 different flag emojis in their bio. the description in their bio reads "Taking refuge on Bluesky since Twitter was bought my [sic] literal fascist Nazis [Black middle finger emoji]
Elon couldn't handle the truth
Protect trans kids [trans flag emoji]
Pro-Antifa Pro-abortion Pro-communist
Pro-Tylenol Pro-mental illnesses

BLACK LIVES DO MATTER [two Black fist emojis]"

the same account quote-posting my post about greta thunberg feeling like a modern-day saint with:

"You heard it here first

Greta Thunberg, the spoiled European with a mental disability, and sock puppet child of international climate groups

Has this poor boomer [ed. note: i am 38] so blinded and fooled by the immature tricks, that she's gushing over her on Bluesky

Bluesky is an echo chamber of gullible scholars [cry-laughing emoji]"

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · 3d

why am i not part of the flotilla to gaza? that is the morally correct thing to do. why am i not doing it? realizing one is the leo character in One Battle After Another instead of the benicio del toro character

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