jake
@jakeadampitre.bsky.social
i teach film studies. a very sensitive piece of horse flesh. http://unwantedutopias.substack.com. http://boxd.it/20r7.
great article on uni admin's eagerness to adopt AI everywhere hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...
Artificial Negligence
Faculty sense that AI could make old-fashioned teaching and learning much more difficult to achieve, if not obsolete.
hedgehogreview.com
The Cryptkeeper on commentary: PAIN have SCARED a GHOUL against SCARGENTINA
can undergrads handle Cecil B. Demented? it's honestly a perfect movie to show for the week on film production & the hollywood system lol
Call for applications: Research Assistants at the Transgender Media Lab September 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027 Fully remote or hybrid (shared office available at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON) Salary: C$47.41/hour carleton.ca/transmediala...
Day 1 of my Intro to Film class i'm telling them all it's cast. not casted. never say casted in this room or anywhere else. class dismissed.
RIP Tony Rayns, one of the few English-language critics who genuinely knew what they were talking about (most of the time) when it came to East Asian cinema, especially Hong Kong's.
what if i begin my Intro to Film Studies course for undergrads with......They Live
man i don't miss twitter at all since deactivating, why did that website have such a hold on me for so long
had to pause & make sure while watching Aloners (2021) that yes that background actor's phone case is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). this is the kind of thing us film studies professors take note of, little easter eggs the filmmakers leave for sharp-eyed viewers
do we do this here? my fav first-time watches for June haru (1996) ariel (1988) full time (2021) snake eyes (1998) basic training (1971) revolutionary girl utena: the movie (1999) the man in the white suit (1951) absolute power (1997) la femme infidèle (1969)
the thing about being a cinephile with aphantasia is that i tend to remember how a movie or certain images made me feel, and then whenever i revisit the movie, it's almost like seeing it again for the first time because i haven't been able to recall the images themselves.
starting January, i'll be teaching a new class to undergrads called The Future on Film. how do we visualize utopia/dystopia, how does art prepare us for the future, what is the future of cinema, etc. open to suggestions for screenings or readings!
With movies like Hackers (1995) and The Net (1995), the '90s were populated with media that grappled with the emerging internet. @jakeadampitre.bsky.social reflects on what the '90s predicted and prepared us for – and how that tech actually turned out:
Looking Back on the '90s Films That Tackled Our Anxieties About New Technologies - Reactor
These movies gave us a language to voice our misgivings — but does the same formula hold up today?
reactormag.com
wrote about Hackers, The Net, Ghost in the Machine, and how 90s tech anxieties mirror ours today reactormag.com/looking-back...
Looking Back on the '90s Films That Tackled Our Anxieties About New Technologies - Reactor
These movies gave us a language to voice our misgivings — but does the same formula hold up today?
reactormag.com
the exciting future of agentic AI...is color-coded work meetings. "it's like sci-fi"! reminds me of Zuck saying the exciting metaverse future was mainly going to result in fun work meetings. it's all these people can say!
i wrote about the rise of retro-style tech & what it might indicate about Silicon Valley's hold over our imagination www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: The rise of retro tech, and why Silicon Valley should be afraid
The public is pushing back on the inevitability of new tech they didn’t ask for
theglobeandmail.com
“Silicon Valley has always been driven by hype, and sees the world in a different way and portrays it in a way that’s different from reality.” @jakeadampitre.bsky.social reports on how tech reporters have developed new codes of ethics as they report on artificial intelligence. buff.ly/nBF6Cm3
Should journalism have a standard ethics policy for covering AI?
Tech journalists set their own standards as journalism organizations haven’t yet issued consistent guidelines on generative artificial intelligence.
objectivejournalism.org
wrote about tech journalism's lack of consensus around ethics policies for AI, and how some reporters are finding their own way through the chaos, for @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2026/05/shou...
Should journalism have a standard ethics policy for covering AI?
Tech journalists set their own standards as journalism organizations haven’t yet issued consistent guidelines on generative artificial intelligence.
objectivejournalism.org
are you montreal-pilled after seeing Mile End Kicks? wow ok i listed some books set in the city you can read electricliterature.com/8-quintessen...
8 Quintessentially Québécois Novels Set in Montreal - Electric Literature
These English and Francophone writers capture the breadth, diversity, and cultural wealth of Québec’s storied metropolis
electricliterature.com
one thought after finishing Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics is, if we accept that the institutional forms of old are unlikely to return (unions, churches, etc), what would new ones look like? he doesn't seem to have time in this slim book to say, but has anyone else? surely it begins offline...
wrote about The Pitt and fandom as moral responsibility (didn't write the headline, natch) metro.co.uk/2026/04/21/p...
The Pitt is a phenomenal show – but the fandom is ruining it
As a fan of the show myself, I find these so-called ‘Pitt Bullies’ embarrassing.
metro.co.uk
for @fullstopmag.bsky.social i wrote about binging Homicide: Life on the Street and the perverse pleasures of copaganda TV www.full-stop.net/2026/04/02/f...
“Homicide: Life on the Street” and the Perverse Pleasures of Copaganda
How do we come to terms with the undeniable pleasures of this blatantly ideological genre?
full-stop.net
for @fullstopmag.bsky.social i wrote about binging Homicide: Life on the Street and the perverse pleasures of copaganda TV www.full-stop.net/2026/04/02/f...
“Homicide: Life on the Street” and the Perverse Pleasures of Copaganda
How do we come to terms with the undeniable pleasures of this blatantly ideological genre?
full-stop.net
I despise when tech execs describe resistance to a new tech product or paradigm as "being scared" i.e. "I understand why musicians are scared but.." it's so condescending. being politically against something or exercising your right to opt out can come from many places other than "being scared"
