[Warning: CSAM] Sometimes whisper networks are not enough—since this is my field (and the person was unknowingly floated as an event guest recently) I'm sharing this news. I'd really appreciate reading recs on the in/exclusion of bad actors from syllabi. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/justic...

Former UO professor gets 16 months in prison in child pornography case

Andrew Goble, a former professor who retired from the University of Oregon, told investigators he was collecting the visual recordings for a future presentation, but a prosecutor said there was “no ac...

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It's scary season and as usual I have not had (or made) time to do much, but here's a thread of ten of my favorite recent, somewhat-lesser-known horror films. 2022 was apparently a banger year.

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Sesame Street: Patrick Stewart Soliloquy on B

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As long as we're all sharing our favorite P-Stew deep cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjQ2...

Picard is Adorable

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Share your favorite: Vampire film: Dracula (1931) Zombie film: White Zombie Haunting/ghost story: Dark Water Creature feature: Jaws Found footage: Blair Witch Slasher: Halloween Cosmic horror: Mandy Psychological horror: The Invisible Man (2020) Horror comedy: One Cut of the Dead

Ghoul-in’ Dickey@colindickey.com · 3d ago

Share your favorite: Vampire film: Vampyr (32) Zombie film: Night of the Living Dead (68) Haunting/ghost story: Under the Shadow Creature feature: Annihilation but just for the bear Found footage: Blair Witch Slasher: n/a Cosmic horror: Solaris Psychological horror: The Tenant Horror comedy: Hausu

Call for Applications: Ways of Doing—Place and Positionality University of British Columbia, Vancouver | July 10–18, 2027 Application deadline: November 30, 2026 Portal live! waysofdoing.com/vancouver-20...

Showing these four photos to my son if he ever asks me what masculinity looks like

thucksgiving@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d ago

rip to one of history's great bromances

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GUEST ROOM | Reason vs. Repression: Inside the Faculty Senate Debate of No Confidence

The “Passionate” Women of the Cornell Faculty, a a group of women faculty in attendance at the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 14, describe their experience during the meeting and call out the administ...

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My somewhat monstrous article (it's long!) on Godzilla Minus One and Yamazaki Takashi has just been published at Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. It analyzes the film through the structures evident in Yamazaki's many kamikaze narratives (particularly The Eternal Zero). #ゴジラ #山崎貴

Late Spring The Descent The Love Witch Raise the Red Lantern

optiMSTie@optimstie.bsky.social · 4d ago

Let's go Letterboxd-style with this: If you had to name your four favorite movies on the spot, which movies would you select?

Had idlis for the first time, they were yummy.

When your student from 7 years ago who made a short film as a final project for your class contacts you with an invite to their first feature-length film screening at a local film festival. 😊

Not sure about the new staff at Shiodome station.

Love the alt text here.

Powderbum75@powderbum75.bsky.social · 6d ago

The listing for this 160 year old home in Nagano, not far from Lake Nojiri, notes that while it has been renovated and is ready to be lived in, it may be cold in winter and viewings are only possible before the winter snows arrive. www.realtokyoestate.co.jp/estate.php?n...

I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

If you need to capture the feeling of Halloween, this stop-motion Sam short is the cutest Jack-‘o-lantern attack you’ve ever seen.

FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · last wk.

FANGORIA spoke with Mike Dougherty and Trent Shy about their delightful stop-motion short, SAM'S HARVEST. Be warned, if you disrespect jack-'o-lanterns, you'll only have yourself to blame...

Can confirm that this soup does wonders for a stuffy nose and sore throat. If you can't find a whole chicken (not often available in J. grocery stores), just throw in a selection of bone-in drumettes and wings with the cabbage, carrots, ginger, and garlic. onehappybite.com/chicken-esse...

Chicken Essence Soup (No Water Added) - One Happy Bite

A deeply nourishing chicken essence soup made with no water added—rich, concentrated, and traditionally enjoyed as a healing remedy for recovery and strength.

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Getting over a cold/severe allergy attack and am floating in a thick brain fog, which means it might be time to indulge in a bleak-as-fuck comfort movie rewatch. Maybe Aniara.

*Such* a staple of "movies that were on TV constantly when I was a kid" and just generally great movies. M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun, Space Camp, Poltergeist III, Steel Magnolias, Poison Ivy, Contact. He had RANGE and yet was always comfortingly recognizable. ew.com/tom-skerritt...

Tom Skerritt, ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Picket Fences’ star, dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor known for his roles in projects like ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Top Gun,’ has died at 93.

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Is it cause I didn't say please or use proper 敬語?

We will be having another Kanto Manga Loc (and More) Meetup on October 29th in Tokyo! If you would like to attend or hear more about the meetups, please feel free to message me.

Contest for newbie J-->E translators, run by the JAT. This year's piece is a news article about Kokuhō （国宝）, the blockbuster movie about backstage kabuki intrigue in today's world. Have to have less than 3y of "professional translating experience," so good for students or the student-at-heart...

Twenty-third Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators (Oct.1-Nov.7) Source Text and Guidelines | Japan Association of Translators

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Made a cheese, leek, and cauliflower pie. Don't often cook with pastry crusts and this one was a bit too small for the dish but it turned out nice and golden.

Nice writeup here from Tokyo Filmgoer about films that might be of interest at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival. As usual I probably won't be able to get tickets to any of them (everything sells out SUPER fast at TIFF), but will be on the lookout after the festival. tokyofilmgoer.com/39th-tokyo-i...

39TH TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026| 39TH TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026

The 39th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) demonstrates just how borderless the world of filmmaking has become. Many of the 200+ titles in its lineup list more than a single coun...

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things for Tax Purposes

David Ambaras@borderlander62.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Room of One's Own For Tax Purposes

Recent horror movie watches: loved His House (2020), mainly for Wunmi Mosaku's devastating performance, but wow, that movie is a ROUGH watch, just heartbreaking and anxiety-inducing for its entire runtime, and something happens in the 3rd act that plunges the knife in even deeper.

My video essay "Tokyo Venice unimaginable," created at Videographic Venice 2026, got an honorable mention at the Adelio Ferrero film festival! Congratulations to all the other winners, honorable mentions, and selections!

Watched Kim Ki-young's The Housemaid for the first time last night and wow, that particular combination of lurid melodrama + gorgeous shot compositions + performances with just the right amount of weirdness really worked for me.

Daniel Raim's The Ozu Diaries is playing at Bunkamura with English subtitles until the end of October. tokyofilmgoer.com/ozu-diaries/...

OZU DIARIES | tokyofilmgoer.com

Few filmmakers have exerted an influence on world cinema as enduring as Yasujiro Ozu’s. More than six decades after his death, his deceptively simple portraits of family life, generational change and ...

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Touching grass in Todoroki valley.