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oriana schwindt

@schwindter.bsky.social

WGAE writer of television &c. @bythebywater.bsky.social cohost sightunseen.xyz

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β€œThe forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

28.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2493    πŸ” 1094    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 32

we were in fact about to try a dirty dancing before realizing at the last second i was NOT strong enough

27.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5 years ago i married @sssparkers.bsky.social and it remains the best decision i’ve made and i’ll keep making it until i die

27.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we need like 10 more LICs' worth of housing in western queens i know but i'm making less than i did in 2010 when a 1-bed was $1200, help a girl out

27.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i want them to build all of the housing but can they please also stop my landlord from trying to match the subsequently inflated "market rate" rent

27.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

literally what happened to oxtail (minus the vitamin A part)

27.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a beautiful painting of shin Godzilla with his spines lit up blue and doing his atomic breath and β€œmaybe it will happen today” in blue on his back

a beautiful painting of shin Godzilla with his spines lit up blue and doing his atomic breath and β€œmaybe it will happen today” in blue on his back

27.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

you really can just say anything on the internet!

27.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

but judy their partner agreed with them

27.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

remember the other day when someone was like "i don't like this show, which i've never personally watched, because it clearly treats the patients like parasites"

27.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

melkor actually won fΓ«anor's silmarils fair and square in a bet on a tulkas-oromΓ« fight

27.02.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah it's frustrating not to be able to manifest the exact thing in your head into the real world. that's the whole history of art and arguably the point of it. what happens when what's in your head smacks into reality?

27.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œIn the traditional media industry, it would take a lot of climbing up for me to become a director and make an impact with my works,” Candy Lin, who was in charge of post-production for Sign, told me. β€œNow we get to tell people about what we are thinking about, our stories, and our interesting thoughts.” 

Lin and two other Chinese media professionals, all around 30 years old and based in London, created Sign in their spare time. They used video generators including Runway, Google’s Veo, and Kuaishou’s Kling. The score was made with AI music generator Suno. The director, Jiaze Li, had run thousands of prompts before landing on the right clips β€” a compute-intensive and unpredictable process that AI users compare to buying lottery tickets. The production cost less than 5,000 pounds ($6,750), mostly used to pay for the AI tools. 

It took Li more than a month to work out how the road-sign apocalypse would unfold, while Lin’s editing required constant creative judgment. The filmmakers say originality and copyright have always been the most important priorities for the team.

β€œIn the traditional media industry, it would take a lot of climbing up for me to become a director and make an impact with my works,” Candy Lin, who was in charge of post-production for Sign, told me. β€œNow we get to tell people about what we are thinking about, our stories, and our interesting thoughts.” Lin and two other Chinese media professionals, all around 30 years old and based in London, created Sign in their spare time. They used video generators including Runway, Google’s Veo, and Kuaishou’s Kling. The score was made with AI music generator Suno. The director, Jiaze Li, had run thousands of prompts before landing on the right clips β€” a compute-intensive and unpredictable process that AI users compare to buying lottery tickets. The production cost less than 5,000 pounds ($6,750), mostly used to pay for the AI tools. It took Li more than a month to work out how the road-sign apocalypse would unfold, while Lin’s editing required constant creative judgment. The filmmakers say originality and copyright have always been the most important priorities for the team.

you could have easily made a short film with people for this amount of time and money

(from today's Rest of World newsletter, always worth reading restofworld.org/newsletters/...)

27.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have literally no patience for anyone saying that trans Kansans "just" have to go to the DMV and get a new license. There was no time given for that. There was no process in place for that. There were letters sent out to some people whose licenses were invalidated, but not all.

26.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1390    πŸ” 383    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 15

how many new yorkers have died because of free street parking and carbrain?

26.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

every single day in this city i see an ambulance that can't make its way down streets with no bike lanes because there is parking on both side of the street and some fuckhead is double-parked for 10+ minutes

26.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta call bullshit. Note how this concern is never brought up for one-way, one-lane streets with no bike lane with parking on both sides leaving no room for drivers to pull over to make way for emergency vehicles. Same thing with big arterials such as Flatbush or Atlantic that are often jammed.

26.02.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7562    πŸ” 8330    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 104
26.02.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what do you mean a snowball fight during which a couple cops got hit by very soft snow has become a "political flashpoint." who outside of the press is talking about this. is the political flashpoint in the room with us now, should we invite bella hadid

26.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i bought one of these shirts and the quality is fantastic! can't wait until it's warm enough to wear visibly

26.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

watching this non-story mutate in the press has turned me into the joker

26.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's time to fire Jessica Tisch.

26.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.

28.01.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4524    πŸ” 1966    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 53
Trans Continental Pipeline Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3607    πŸ” 3567    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 160

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

26.02.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10786    πŸ” 5220    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 339

Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.

25.02.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3411    πŸ” 1027    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 98
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2443    πŸ” 1163    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 351

i swear to god the co-founder of this capitalistic pustule was just at some conference talking about how insider trading is the whole point of the platform? or was that they other one?

25.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

actually let's be real these were the forensics guys who would bring their trophies up to the stage every assembly and take up 10 minutes talking about what they won in some random competition

25.02.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0