Jackie Charniga
@jackiecharniga.bsky.social
Writer. Bookseller. Heartbreaker. Dreammaker. Lovetaker.
Autonomous driving has glistened beyond the horizon for more than a decade, yet we're still not quite there:
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Despite industry promises, self-driving cars remain out of reach
Autonomous driving has glistened beyond the horizon for more than a decade, with automakers promising vehicles that would revolutionize mobility.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Autonomous driving has glistened beyond the horizon for more than a decade, yet we're still not quite there:
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more like degenerative AI !
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
more like degenerative AI !
Might be one of my longest pieces to date, but I'm pretty proud of it. Read it here: www.freep.com/story/money/...
Automaker influencers are changing the landscape of car-shopping
Automakers are recalibrating their communications strategies, and advertising budgets, to focus on influencers to get product messages to consumers.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Might be one of my longest pieces to date, but I'm pretty proud of it. Read it here: www.freep.com/story/money/...
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SFGATE columnist Drew Magary took Tesla's infamous Cybertruck for a spin around San Francisco — and called it “a loud, lonely car for loud, lonely people.”
I drove a Cybertruck around SF because I am a smart, cool alpha male
"This is a loud and lonely car for loud and lonely people."
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October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary took Tesla's infamous Cybertruck for a spin around San Francisco — and called it “a loud, lonely car for loud, lonely people.”
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Searching for catharsis at Planet Hollywood: defector.com/seeking-clos...
Seeking Closure At Planet Hollywood, Where My Life Once Exploded | Defector
Nostalgia is the only reason why there’s a new Planet Hollywood in Times Square. But my nostalgia is different from everybody else’s. While the caretakers of this functionally dead brand are trying…
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August 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Searching for catharsis at Planet Hollywood: defector.com/seeking-clos...
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RSVP to Defector's 5th birthday party in Brooklyn: www.eventbrite.com/e/defectors-...
August 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
RSVP to Defector's 5th birthday party in Brooklyn: www.eventbrite.com/e/defectors-...
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I feel like @laurentheisen.bsky.social should write a romance novel I think she has what is needed for the task
August 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I feel like @laurentheisen.bsky.social should write a romance novel I think she has what is needed for the task
Proof I know the coolest girl in the big city
August 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Proof I know the coolest girl in the big city
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I was looking at the linesman for icing but it wasn’t called, and then I was scored upon. Unfair. Bad game to play as a novice if it so happens your girlfriend grew up with this game in her basement. 27/100.
August 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I was looking at the linesman for icing but it wasn’t called, and then I was scored upon. Unfair. Bad game to play as a novice if it so happens your girlfriend grew up with this game in her basement. 27/100.
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Read what my girlfriend wrote
on escapist fantasy, pop music, and being in love defector.com/taylor-swift...
Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight | Defector
I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really love it,” though I do mean that a little bit. I mean I get it get it. Like, I...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Read what my girlfriend wrote
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what if you took one of the most miserable hobbies and made it sound significantly worse with each additional clause
July 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
what if you took one of the most miserable hobbies and made it sound significantly worse with each additional clause
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GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY!!!!
Very excited to announce that WORTHY OF THE EVENT by @vivianblaxell.bsky.social will be coming to your 👂ears👂 soon via
🎧 AUDIOBOOK 🎧
Thanks Audrey Beatty and @tantoraudio.bsky.social for making this happen.
🎧 AUDIOBOOK 🎧
Thanks Audrey Beatty and @tantoraudio.bsky.social for making this happen.
June 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY!!!!
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on Brian Wilson and having some indescribable restless feeling deep inside you defector.com/brian-wilson...
Brian Wilson Was The Sound of Something Just Out Of Reach | Defector
It’s impossible for me to think about Brian Wilson, who died on Wednesday, without picturing myself awake in my teenage bedroom at some sort of goblin hour. I still have very late nights, but they loo...
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June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
on Brian Wilson and having some indescribable restless feeling deep inside you defector.com/brian-wilson...
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Happy pub day to @vivianblaxell.bsky.social and @aaantons.bsky.social!
WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books.
Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv
Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant
WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books.
Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv
Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant
April 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy pub day to @vivianblaxell.bsky.social and @aaantons.bsky.social!
WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books.
Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv
Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant
WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books.
Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv
Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant
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if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
April 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
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Extremely excited that Defector has a bit from Vivian Blaxell's WORTHY OF THE EVENT today. It's the kind of book I'm looking forward to rereading, because nobody's brain is really working quite like hers is. defector.com/get-the-fuck...
“Get The Fuck Off This Corner. It’s Mine.” | Defector
In Vivian Blaxell’s Worthy Of The Event, out Tuesday, a trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence. The book includes philosophical investigations of the nature...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Extremely excited that Defector has a bit from Vivian Blaxell's WORTHY OF THE EVENT today. It's the kind of book I'm looking forward to rereading, because nobody's brain is really working quite like hers is. defector.com/get-the-fuck...
GM to build new presidential limousine
The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”
www.freep.com/story/money/...
GM to build new presidential limousine
The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”
www.freep.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
GM to build new presidential limousine
The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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I’m recapping some SNL for @vulture.com! Starting with this solid Lady Gaga-hosted episode, which is pretty endearing even when it isn’t laugh-out-loud funny. www.vulture.com/article/satu...
Saturday Night Live Recap: Lady Gaga Returns
Lady Gaga’s easy charm and commitment make for one of the more animated episodes of season 50.
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March 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m recapping some SNL for @vulture.com! Starting with this solid Lady Gaga-hosted episode, which is pretty endearing even when it isn’t laugh-out-loud funny. www.vulture.com/article/satu...
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This week, I wrote about Candy Darling, floating paintings, "exotic" trans women, and more thoughts from the Warhol museum. defector.com/lost-at-the-...
Lost At The Warhol | Defector
PITTSBURGH — I was a little surprised by the seriousness of The Andy Warhol Museum. For an artist I associate with playful experimentation, the seven-story building off the northwest bank of the Alleg...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This week, I wrote about Candy Darling, floating paintings, "exotic" trans women, and more thoughts from the Warhol museum. defector.com/lost-at-the-...
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there was one part of the Warhol museum that I hated, and a few things I really liked defector.com/lost-at-the-...
Lost At The Warhol | Defector
PITTSBURGH — I was a little surprised by the seriousness of The Andy Warhol Museum. For an artist I associate with playful experimentation, the seven-story building off the northwest bank of the Alleg...
defector.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
there was one part of the Warhol museum that I hated, and a few things I really liked defector.com/lost-at-the-...
Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out!
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How UAW benefits shaped an immigrant family
He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.
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February 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out!
www.freep.com/story/money/...
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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Hire Alanis for all the things! One of the best editors I’ve ever worked with.
Anyway hmu if you want to work together (projects or otherwise) or talk about YouTube channel sponsorship!
I’m self-employed baybeeee
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I’m self-employed baybeeee
youtube.com/@alanisking
Alanis King
The cat lady who drives cars.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hire Alanis for all the things! One of the best editors I’ve ever worked with.