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Ana Schwartz

@peonies.bsky.social

A few years ago, I wrote a history of sincerity (UNC 2023). In my day job, I teach Texan college students about the past.

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Mark Alan Mattes + Hot Brown Press@markalanmattes.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've been quiet here about my continuing work for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library-Louisville, but if anybody is interested in supporting, about a month ago I agreed to do another run of the posters from last spring: www.etsy.com/listing/4528... Rest in power.

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Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · last mo.

Not caring about criticism is, as it ever has been, pure affectation. The “not caring” is usually loaded with evidence of ongoing consumption & criticism is everywhere. If noBOdY cAReS aBoUt cRiTiCisM, there would be no podcast networks.

Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social · last mo.

The weird thing isn't that people say they only "care about story." It's that people who know better increasingly insist that that's a view that exists in opposition to "aesthetics." Everybody thinks movies are just stories until they learn different. This isn't a debate, but people act like it is.

a tweet that says, "I'll say one more thing. I've spent the last two weeks interviewing movie watchers and one of the reasons they do not read critics is because they do not care about the things critics write about (cinematography, color, aesthetics, pacing)... all they care about is story!" quote tweeted by Richard Brody with this text: "These movie-watchers are mistaken: the story, as they experience it, depends almost entirely on all the elements they think they don't care about; all the more reason for critics to emphasize those elements and to make clear the connection (even the possible misunderstanding)."
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · last mo.

If, ten years ago, someone had told you that people could subscribe to a service that can authoritatively fake everything from legal opinions and expert witness reports to determinations about recidivism and insurance claims you’d have said, “ban whatever that is immediately.”

cmrn knzlmn@ckunzelman.bsky.social · last mo.

Reminds me a lot of some of the claims that @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social has been making about what the real use of AI is -- deferment of responsibility and the broad filibustering of the basic functions of civil society.

Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

Blooms & Greens@bloomsgreens.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌱 I have almost 11,000 photos in my phone. With few exceptions, these are mostly plant, flower, insect, bird and cat photos 😱 Will have to move these to my backup drive soon. What’s the most number of photos you carried around with you in your phone?

Orange and yellow flowers (ca poppies) blooming in mass with some green trees and shrubs under blue sky.