The GLAM Incubator at the University of Toronto has announced its Call for Projects for 2026. Deadline is October 30. Check it out! glam.ischool.utoronto.ca?page_id=2
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Patrick Keilty
@patrickkeilty.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. 🏳️🌈 📚 🎥 🖥️ 🐈 http://patrickkeilty.com/
We are thrilled to announce a new book series on Adult Film and Media, published by @intellectbooks.bsky.social, edited by Peter Alilunas, Patrick Keilty, Darshana Sreedhar Mini. More information here: www.intellectbooks.com/adult-film-a...
A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
Texas Tech University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content (Gift Article)
Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
theguardian.com
Once again, I am offering the fabulous undergraduate course CIN339: Adult Film Histories this winter. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swi9... Trailer c/o Daniel Laurin.
CIN339H1S - Adult Film Histories in Winter 2027
YouTube video by Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto
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Montreal's tragic shooting follows established patterns of violence: angry young men who would deny womens' rights & bodily autonomy It's time to acknowledge the role of anti-porn rhetoric shaping hateful incel beliefs my latest for the @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The Montreal shooting revealed how antiporn rhetoric is being taken up by incels
The shooter’s 104-page manifesto made clear that misogyny was the clearest of his motivations
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The success of the SpaceX's recent IPO seems to have been driven, in possibly large part, on revenue from Grok porn. "Two recent xAI employees estimated that well over half of Grok’s overall traffic was driven by pornographic images and videos, adult role-play chats or other NSFW activity."
XAI Bets on Grok’s Racy Side
SpaceX’s xAI is doubling down on video- and image-generating tools, people familiar with the project said. That’s seizing on an opening left by OpenAI and Anthropic, which offer fewer visual capabilit...
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Job opportunity in Oakland, California: Assistant Director, Digital Transgender Archive. Apply: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Assistant Director, Digital Transgender Archive
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) seeks to hire a full-time Assistant Director to continue a recently established project hub at Northeastern University (NU) in O...
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FSC Condemns UN for Pro-Censorship Proclamation — Free Speech Coalition
Late last week, two United Nations volunteers (known as Special Rapporteurs) issued a press release calling for the prosecution of adult platforms that allow user-generated content. They accuse ad...
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The Supreme Court is not evidence based, and it is determined to despoil queer lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
nytimes.com
Hey @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social members! Please join @fsc.bsky.social, the trade organization for the adult industry. For 30+ years, FSC has fought the legal, legislative, & cultural battles that determine what gets made, what gets seen & now, what gets studied. www.freespeechcoalition.com/scholars
Fantastic interview from @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. Josh Cheon of Dark Entries Records has created a record label that resuscitates and honours the music of gay porn composers, whose work helped pave the way for techno and other electronic dance music. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Come see my talk, "Artificial Tumescence: AI's Porn Fantasy" at the Centre for Culture & Technology on March 23 from 6 - 8pm
"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society."
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.
theintercept.com
Fellow adult industry scholars, join @fsc.bsky.social! For over 30 years, FSC has fought the legal, legislative, and cultural battles that determine what gets made, what gets seen – and, now, what gets studied. We need their support, and they need ours! www.freespeechcoalition.com/scholars
Scholars — Free Speech Coalition
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Thank you to all the fabulous people who helped make this happen!
This fantastic collection will support screenings of adult film. It will be an invaluable resource when I teach Adult Film Histories next year. The publisher is offering a 20% discount with the code 26AFLY1. @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social
