Oriana
@orianabklyn.bsky.social
writer, editor, cultural hipstorian [sic]
Head of Publishing @ Kickstarter
bylines: Vice, Artsy, Gothamist, NY Post, Hyperallercic, &c
Head of Publishing @ Kickstarter
bylines: Vice, Artsy, Gothamist, NY Post, Hyperallercic, &c
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The NYT has a heavy house style that prevents me from using more, shall we say, colorful, language to describe Hulk Hogan but I think I still got my central point across here www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/o...
Opinion | What Hulk Hogan Left Behind
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The NYT has a heavy house style that prevents me from using more, shall we say, colorful, language to describe Hulk Hogan but I think I still got my central point across here www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/o...
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It’s been a while! Here’s what we’ve been up to ✨
We’re KSR United, the union behind Kickstarter. We’re organizing for a stronger, more sustainable workplace. We’ve made real progress, and there’s more on the horizon. Stay tuned.
We’re KSR United, the union behind Kickstarter. We’re organizing for a stronger, more sustainable workplace. We’ve made real progress, and there’s more on the horizon. Stay tuned.
July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s been a while! Here’s what we’ve been up to ✨
We’re KSR United, the union behind Kickstarter. We’re organizing for a stronger, more sustainable workplace. We’ve made real progress, and there’s more on the horizon. Stay tuned.
We’re KSR United, the union behind Kickstarter. We’re organizing for a stronger, more sustainable workplace. We’ve made real progress, and there’s more on the horizon. Stay tuned.
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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This is Mamdani's night and I'm so happy but also my god this man is a hero
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is Mamdani's night and I'm so happy but also my god this man is a hero
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Best city in the world, baby!
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Best city in the world, baby!
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Starting a thread of some favorite books published by small presses that just lost their NEA grants. Please chime in! I'll start with this incredible work of true crime / fiction that reminds me of Saidiya Hartman's work. coffeehousepress.org/collections/...
When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold
Nonfiction by Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. Sophie Hughes April 5, 2022 • 5 x 7.75 • 256 pages • 978-1-56689-633-7 A genre-bending feminist account of the lives and crimes of four women who committed th...
coffeehousepress.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Starting a thread of some favorite books published by small presses that just lost their NEA grants. Please chime in! I'll start with this incredible work of true crime / fiction that reminds me of Saidiya Hartman's work. coffeehousepress.org/collections/...
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I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I…
lithub.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
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If cyclists posed a 'clear and regular' danger to pedestrians we would see that in accident and fatality statistics. We don't.
bsky.app/profile/wils...
bsky.app/profile/wils...
April 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If cyclists posed a 'clear and regular' danger to pedestrians we would see that in accident and fatality statistics. We don't.
bsky.app/profile/wils...
bsky.app/profile/wils...
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ME: *sits at desk and works* Just focus. Just focus. Don't look around. Do NOT look around.
THE NEWS:
THE NEWS:
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ME: *sits at desk and works* Just focus. Just focus. Don't look around. Do NOT look around.
THE NEWS:
THE NEWS:
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One second from every episode of Twin Peaks.
September 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM
One second from every episode of Twin Peaks.
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Plz repost this 1st one!
Daily🧵of editorial cartoons: when you get to last one, click on Continue Thread.
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Steve Brodner @brodner.bsky.social
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January 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Plz repost this 1st one!
Daily🧵of editorial cartoons: when you get to last one, click on Continue Thread.
If you save a cartoon for reposting, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Steve Brodner @brodner.bsky.social
Daily🧵of editorial cartoons: when you get to last one, click on Continue Thread.
If you save a cartoon for reposting, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Steve Brodner @brodner.bsky.social
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Here's another photo that could be used to illustrate 2025.
More fun with driverless cars: this one drove into wet cement.
January 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here's another photo that could be used to illustrate 2025.
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So this queer bookshop has a 'Pay it Forward' scheme where you can buy someone else a book they might need but can't afford. A nice thing to do for Christmas.
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
Sorry to say we're closed today (Tuesday) 😔
Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶
All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open
Merry bloody Christmas 😥
Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶
All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open
Merry bloody Christmas 😥
December 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM
So this queer bookshop has a 'Pay it Forward' scheme where you can buy someone else a book they might need but can't afford. A nice thing to do for Christmas.
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
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Unsure which bookstores are unionized? Our friends @ilwulocal5.bsky.social made a map for that: bit.ly/UnionBookstoreMap
Unionized & Unionizing Bookstores - Google My Maps
Created by members of ILWU Local 5. Help us complete this map! Please send additions and corrections to UnionBookstoreMap@gmail.com.
bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Unsure which bookstores are unionized? Our friends @ilwulocal5.bsky.social made a map for that: bit.ly/UnionBookstoreMap
Introduce yourself with jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
1. Oreo the Clown
2. Matchmaker for ghostwriters
3. Romance novel proofreader
4. Bookstore manager
5. Steakhouse waitress
6. Crossword puzzle editor
1. Oreo the Clown
2. Matchmaker for ghostwriters
3. Romance novel proofreader
4. Bookstore manager
5. Steakhouse waitress
6. Crossword puzzle editor
Introduce yourself with jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now:
1. Mural painter
2. CFO’s assistant in Private Equity
3. College Professor
4. Museum professional
5. Editor of medical anthropology journal
6. Medical humanities grand rounds
7. Senior Research Associate in medical history
1. Mural painter
2. CFO’s assistant in Private Equity
3. College Professor
4. Museum professional
5. Editor of medical anthropology journal
6. Medical humanities grand rounds
7. Senior Research Associate in medical history
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
1. Itinerant social worker in rural AZ
2. Firearms instructor
3. Network & USENET administrator
4. Journalist (science, military affairs, finance--three different stints)
5. Tech writer
1. Itinerant social worker in rural AZ
2. Firearms instructor
3. Network & USENET administrator
4. Journalist (science, military affairs, finance--three different stints)
5. Tech writer
November 10, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Introduce yourself with jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
1. Oreo the Clown
2. Matchmaker for ghostwriters
3. Romance novel proofreader
4. Bookstore manager
5. Steakhouse waitress
6. Crossword puzzle editor
1. Oreo the Clown
2. Matchmaker for ghostwriters
3. Romance novel proofreader
4. Bookstore manager
5. Steakhouse waitress
6. Crossword puzzle editor
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This is a critical moment to support independent media, especially local independent media, which plays a vital role in political accountability and keeping communities informed. This starter pack includes a rich array of publications to check out.
November 6, 2024 at 5:35 PM
This is a critical moment to support independent media, especially local independent media, which plays a vital role in political accountability and keeping communities informed. This starter pack includes a rich array of publications to check out.
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FRIENDS, TODAY I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO:
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
The Flytrap: Bringing Back the Feminist Blog
Worker-Owned, Reader-Supported Intersectional Feminist Journalism to Unfuck Your Algorithm
www.kickstarter.com
October 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
FRIENDS, TODAY I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO:
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
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Have you ever dreamed of backing a Kickstarter for an independent media project that rules and is good? Now you can!! www.google.com/url?q=https:...
FLAMING HYDRA: The SWAG Fundraiser and ARCHIVE PROJECT
A fiery cooperative for press freedom, NOW with gorgeous SWAG. Plus, help preserve THE AWL and THE HAIRPIN archives!!
www.google.com
September 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Have you ever dreamed of backing a Kickstarter for an independent media project that rules and is good? Now you can!! www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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FLAMING HYDRA has got some wild surprises in store for you starting today at our new subscription drive!!!!!!
You are not gonna belieb.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
You are not gonna belieb.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
FLAMING HYDRA: The SWAG Fundraiser and ARCHIVE PROJECT
A fiery cooperative for press freedom, NOW with gorgeous SWAG. Plus, help preserve THE AWL and THE HAIRPIN archives!!
www.kickstarter.com
September 23, 2024 at 5:32 PM
FLAMING HYDRA has got some wild surprises in store for you starting today at our new subscription drive!!!!!!
You are not gonna belieb.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
You are not gonna belieb.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...