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Film & Digital Media: Assistant Professor of Narrative Film and Media Production

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

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The Discarded Boyfriends of Legacy Sequels - 2026 Edition

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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QUESTION: is there any footage of data centers IN Canada and their noise output that you know of that’s legit? please send me the info if you do!!

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Call on Councilor Kandavel and Mayor Chow to pause all hyperscale data centres now . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/call...

Call on Councilor Kandavel and Mayor Chow to pause all hyperscale data centres now

Hyperscale data centres, like STACK, create more strain on an already existing affordability crisis. Ratepayers will pay the price of high demand, and it puts one of our most precious resources, water...

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What are your reading/project/scholar recs on public humanities, public scholarship, academic-non profit partnerships, and oral history?

BREAKING: I am suing Northwestern University, a member of congress, two cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the United States. I explain why in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/when-we-figh...

When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government

Yesterday, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Michigan Cong…

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I'm sorry what do you mean you don't blast techno while you're formatting citations so that busy work feels like cool hacking work

Hackers 90s

Alt: Johnny Lee Miller sits at a 90s laptop typing from the film Hackers

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Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...

Heartwarming story of Buffy's Giles going out of his way for a young trans fan

Tired: J.K. Rowling supporting a woman with anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans.

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CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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Did you know? CP 2027 convenes in Amsterdam!

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.

40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

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My new article is out open access in Television & New Media-"Here Comes the Future: Black Women and Early Digital Culture in Essence" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Just saw this fascinating new #history of #computing article from @myrnamoretti.bsky.social — looking forward to reading the rest of it and seeing if I can work it into one of my classes: “Here Comes the Future: Black Women and Early Digital Culture in Essence” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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🇺🇸 Minnesota, Jan 23 is a general strike. Workers, students, families refusing business as usual after raids, disappearances, and deaths. How many lives must be destroyed before you join? Stand up. Demand justice.

Wrote a short post about class and income and widows and mid life romance in popular culture for CST Online cstonline.net/bradshaw-and...

Bradshaw and Jones: Representing Midlife Romance, Work, and Widowhood by Myrna Moretti

Two of the most beloved gen-x writer heroines have been widowed in recent years: Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). With the death of Big in the series…

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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Please join us on Dec. 12 @ 1pm EST to discuss alternative assessment with contributors to the recent JCMS Teaching Media "Experiments in Ungrading" double-issue. @stephbrown.bsky.social @briannajc.bsky.social @lisawj.bsky.social @jennblaylock.bsky.social Register here: forms.gle/vZrY7NH5Yk6X...

My faculty is hiring... again! The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is looking for an Assistant Professor (Tenure Steam) in Knowledge Systems, Infrastructures, Communities, and Cultures. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Without humanities studies, I would not have been a very good scientist. My humanities classes were a master class in creativity, envisioning new futures and how to think. The skills we learned in our humanities classes brought creativity to all our endeavors. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Gutting humanities signals the end of innovation in business and STEM

Lose the humanities, and you lose the very ground of science and business that depend on it.

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Hey, hey... @sigcisconf.bsky.social--@shothisttech.bsky.social's Special Interest Group for Computing, Information & Society--is on Bluesky! Follow them if you're interested in #ComputerHistory or the social & political impact of digital technologies like #AI. #histsci #histtech #histSTM 🗃️📜📚

a man wearing glasses is sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor .

ALT: a man wearing glasses is sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor .

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Sharing creative stuff is scarier and more vulnerable than sharing research stuff but I worked with an amazing team to make this queer hopeful weird essay film and it's FINALLY screening online til June 29. Check out the link for details: becomeingotherwise.my.canva.site#screenings

Film + media history folks, I'm early in a new project that covers golden studio era Hollywood (1930-early '50s ish) and the maturing silent era (1910s-ish); what are your recs for labour/contract/women in these eras and/or feminist film history projects that have compelling methods (any era).

Now THIS is a syllabus #booksky #blackbooksky www.aaihs.org/the-sinners-...

The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus - AAIHS

The 'Sinners' Movie Syllabus is a curated educational resource inspired by the 2025 film 'Sinners,' directed by Ryan Coogler. This syllabus delves into the multifaceted historical, cultural, and socia...

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“In a world of polycrisis, the #climateemergency must not be neglected. Let’s continue to ensure our children’s future isn’t on the backburner, but front of mind, as we enter the voting booth.” @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #CanadaVotes2025

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦@jvipondmd.bsky.social · last yr.

I got to write something with the amazing @sethdklein.bsky.social on the need for questions on climate to be asked at the debates tonight and tomorrow. Please read and share. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Corey Booker is at hour 15 on the senate floor and there are over 36,000 live viewers on YouTube alone right now.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data: