Another reminder that, amidst the myriad challenges facing academia, researchers also have to re-imagine the political economy of publishing. The biggest academic publishers (Wiley, Springer, Elsevier, etc) are also among the most restrictive and rapacious.

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2h ago

"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

Thanks! Plus 100 minisodes! So, 250 podcast eps where we rate songs on the Yachtski Scale. Tonight, we’ll be doing our 2500th rating.

ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA@bowsnonk.bsky.social · 4h ago

@hollywoodsteve.bsky.social @jdryznar.bsky.social congratulations on 150 episodes of Yacht or Nyacht! 🎂

And that's to go along with the previous run of 100 Yacht or Nyacht "minisodes," which are functionally the same thing!

ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA@bowsnonk.bsky.social · 4h ago

@hollywoodsteve.bsky.social @jdryznar.bsky.social congratulations on 150 episodes of Yacht or Nyacht! 🎂

@hollywoodsteve.bsky.social @jdryznar.bsky.social congratulations on 150 episodes of Yacht or Nyacht! 🎂

@labuzamovies.com found the facebook post that started it all. And it was a Tubi original, Twisted by Love, not a microdrama. Here's the video again

J.D. Connor@jdconnor.bsky.social · 12h ago

A couple months ago a scene from a microdrama circulated where the actors flubbed the take, the director called go again, and they redid the scene—the whole thing just dumped into the series without being edited. This is somehow like that, but also chopped within an inch of its life

Now unlocked— @tomharrison.bsky.social joined us to view one of Corey Haim's finest performances! Get it wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or FREE at our Patreon! patreon.com/haveyouseenthis

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · last wk.

Now up for patrons! @tomharrison.bsky.social joined us for one of Corey Haim's finest roles, the reluctant skater hero of the early 90s schlockfest PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

Now up for patrons: we braved the opposite of a James Cameron movie, a work of pure outsider cinema called DRACULA'S ANGEL. A pledge as low as $2 gets you access and ad-free episodes! www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

If you haven't read it yet, please check out this public statement by creators from Silver Sprocket. Share the word and find out how to support the artists: cartoonist.coop/sprocket-art...

Cartoonists United@cartoonist.coop · 3w ago

Creators at Silver Sprocket have released a public statement regarding longstanding concerns with the business practices of the company which alleges issues around payment of royalties, poor treatment of staff, and lack of professionalism. Please read their statement: cartoonist.coop/sprocket-art...

Come learn about the post-apocalyptic antifascist rollerblading teen sci-fi movie that was greenlit specifically because of how easy the screenplay was to understand! To be fair, it is really easy to understand.

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · 2d ago

Now unlocked— @tomharrison.bsky.social joined us to view one of Corey Haim's finest performances! Get it wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or FREE at our Patreon! patreon.com/haveyouseenthis

We have the best subscribers on the whole internet 😎

Mike Lund@lowbacca.bsky.social · 2d ago

I realize after the fact that I should make it clear that it's because HYST covers the crazy nonsense I would watch anyway. Nnot that the question in judgement was about listening to @haveyouseen.us, which is quality content about more questionable movies.

how your email finds me

Now unlocked— @tomharrison.bsky.social joined us to view one of Corey Haim's finest performances! Get it wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or FREE at our Patreon! patreon.com/haveyouseenthis

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · last wk.

Now up for patrons! @tomharrison.bsky.social joined us for one of Corey Haim's finest roles, the reluctant skater hero of the early 90s schlockfest PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

me and @timtoon.com after watching this

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · 3d ago

Now up for patrons: we braved the opposite of a James Cameron movie, a work of pure outsider cinema called DRACULA'S ANGEL. A pledge as low as $2 gets you access and ad-free episodes! www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

Two points for Corey Haim and PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS: 🛼 Anti-fascist 🛼 Pro-rollerblading

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · last wk.

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definitely one of the worst things we've ever watched, but still not as bad as Pervy the Clown

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · 3d ago

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my old high school friend, Poser 3D Rendering Software, made a movie?!

Have You Seen This?@haveyouseen.us · 3d ago

Now up for patrons: we braved the opposite of a James Cameron movie, a work of pure outsider cinema called DRACULA'S ANGEL. A pledge as low as $2 gets you access and ad-free episodes! www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

Now up for patrons: we braved the opposite of a James Cameron movie, a work of pure outsider cinema called DRACULA'S ANGEL. A pledge as low as $2 gets you access and ad-free episodes! www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

attn: @timtoon.com

Eric@uwebollocks.bsky.social · 4d ago

My public service for today is to inform everyone that the TV show Sledge Hammer! is streaming on both Prime video and Plex now

Brand new at @flaminghydra.com : in the latest in a series of interviews with writer Alan Moore, we talk about rock and roll, magic, and Joe Meek in his novel I HEAR A NEW WORLD.

Crouching in the long grass

Alan Moore on the invention of history, interviewed by Zach Rabiroff

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"I believe Bullwinkle has something that he wants to say to you." (Clip from the subject of our latest episode, PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS starring Corey Haim)

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285 - Prayer of the Rollerboys | Have You Seen This?

Tim and Jen welcome Tom of the Anime Sickos podcast to roll with a movie stocked with a single Corey, Prayer of the Rollerboys.

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HELLO. WE ARE A UNION SHOP.

this is actually just how much hard drives cost now

Merrill Barr@merrillbarr.com · 6d ago

This is insane. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The lady version of this is Smiley Face

TIMtheTOON@timtoon.com · last wk.

Finding inspiration for RPG scenarios in unlikely places: you’re out of work, but your friend has a can’t-miss bet on a horse, only you have no money, but theres a safe you can break into, if you bring in another guy… unable to turn back, the risks keep compounding out of desperation and hope

Lest you doubt @timtoon.com’s commitment to capital-C cinema

TIMtheTOON@timtoon.com · last wk.

Oh, you watched a three-hour movie this weekend? That’s cute.

Finding inspiration for RPG scenarios in unlikely places: you’re out of work, but your friend has a can’t-miss bet on a horse, only you have no money, but theres a safe you can break into, if you bring in another guy… unable to turn back, the risks keep compounding out of desperation and hope

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

Fired from their jobs and short on cash, two cousins and small-time crooks make a big score, unaware that the safe they cracked belongs to the mob.

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Now unlocked! We looked at a real sleeper from Nicholas Ray and producer/star James Mason, the harrowing melodrama BIGGER THAN LIFE www.patreon.com/haveyouseent...

284 - Bigger Than Life | Have You Seen This?

Jen and Tim look back at a dark entry from the often astonishing oeuvre of Nicholas Ray, the thrilling melodrama Bigger Than Life. Also Tim

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I Dream of Jeannie takes on a whole new angle if you read Major Nelson as a beleaguered asexual

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 11mo ago

The GenZ mind cannot comprehend the I Dream of Jeannie/Bewitched Power Hour. An entire ½hr of Veteran & Submissive Magic Wife Who Leaves When Your Friends Show Up followed by Salaryman & Mischievous Magic Wife Whose Mother Never Leaves These were The Two Lifestyles. And we used to masturbate to it