iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Adam Golub

batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You’ve been warned, parents.

MOVIE REVIEW
I Called Him Morgan
*** (Out of four stars)
• Directed by Kasper Collin.
Distributed by Submarine Deluxe.
• Running time: 1 hour, 29 mins.
• Parent's guide: Not rated (adult themes, drug use, murder, jazz).

[I circled JAZZ in red]

43716117

Reposted by Adam Golub

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

4093496310534

Reposted by Adam Golub

Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The not quite happening may be more meaningful

04812

Reposted by Adam Golub

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind.

37990326

Reposted by Adam Golub

Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BIG news this morning- the FSNNA 2026 #FanStudies Conference Program is now live! 🔗 tinyurl.com/y53dae2z We've also got a single page accessible version: tinyurl.com/36u58ku3 Whether you’re joining us for the first time or are a veteran participant we hope you’ll join us at FSNNA26!

tinyurl.com

2026 Conference - Fan Studies Network North America

Get Ready— FSNNA 2026 is coming up! Conference Program 2026 If you haven’t already, make sure to: Register today! Spotlight Speakers of FSNNA 2026 Dr. Jinyging Li Author of Anime’s Knowledge Cultures:...

057

Reposted by Adam Golub

sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The UT-Austin Core Curriculum Task Force is requiring that Gen Ed courses draw 50% of their readings from this list of 50. Unfortunately, it seems to think that the “Great Questions of Human Life” can only be explored through the canon of Western civ (token exception: Confucius).

2912428

Reposted by Adam Golub

Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

261185284899

Reposted by Adam Golub

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

10704261

Reposted by Adam Golub

kay of the triffids @kaywithfire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September 30 October 1

0358

Reposted by Adam Golub

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

119115972877

Reposted by Adam Golub

ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

178125042679

Reposted by Adam Golub

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

1455001468

Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anecdotal, but in my GE courses this semester, more students than usual are asking me to read rough drafts, coming to office hours, emailing to share ideas, talking in class. Among these students, at least--who come from all different majors--there seems to be a desire to still write and think. 🤞

080

Reposted by Adam Golub

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.

jessica.substack.com

Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

141126312

Reposted by Adam Golub

Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've always been captivated by the "Freedom" sculpture on Vine St., of a figure breaking free of a wall in 4 stages, with the final figure on the sidewalk, arms outstretched and faced lifted. I think it makes our city more interesting, which is the most any of us who love Philly can hope to do. 🧵1/3

1415935825

Reposted by Adam Golub

Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

131250269

Reposted by Adam Golub

Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. These are the same #CornellUniversity officials who let rapists off with apology essays. 😑

12618

Reposted by Adam Golub

Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026

Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products.

321701507

Reposted by Adam Golub

I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

“On Tuesday, department chair Danielle Clealand told faculty in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department that the provost’s office rejected all women’s and gender studies courses from counting toward UT’s core, according to an email reviewed by the Statesman.”

statesman.com

UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes

The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.

914589

Reposted by Adam Golub

Simeon Wilkins @robotoperator.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey folks! Just a small sampling of the storyboard work I did on Resident Evil! Much more to show! #residentevil

032

Reposted by Adam Golub

Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

4397411239

Reposted by Adam Golub

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Congratulations to Mellody & George on the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! 18 years in the making, it is 5-stories high, filled with some of the greatest artwork, props & memorabilia you'll ever see. An instant Los Angeles LANDMARK Thanks (again), George!!!

426197332856

Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Apricot actually posed for a photo.

A man on the couch with a Pomeranian reclining on his lap

020

Reposted by Adam Golub

Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.

17972157

Reposted by Adam Golub

Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is great. The most clear-headed and informed essay on the state of criticism I’ve read in a long while. www.hearingthings.co/what-does-it...

hearingthings.co

What Does It Even Mean to Be a Music Critic Now?

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

1226

Reposted by Adam Golub

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

imagine being a menswear writer and having to go back to writing about this fall’s best socks after reading anthropic employees say AI might destroy humanity in a few years

2004966439

Reposted by Adam Golub

Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness.

44691862019

Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Disappearing into the new Interpol and Phoebe Bridgers albums...

010

Reposted by Adam Golub

MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

17526226011512

Reposted by Adam Golub

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP

64120383685

Reposted by Adam Golub

Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

7243894011284

Reposted by Adam Golub

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 25/08/2026

it's possible to live a life where everyone grieves its end

164842684

Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Starting my 20th year at Cal State Fullerton. Teaching in-person Intro to American Popular Culture (x2) and advising the student journal. American Studies is vibrant here. 3,900 students enrolled in our courses this fall. We have 150 undergraduate majors & minors. And we hired a new TT colleague.

0110

Reposted by Adam Golub

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...

10154571823

Reposted by Adam Golub

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“Tounesseo” 🤦🏼

1871844725

Reposted by Adam Golub

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So here's today's Birthday Best compilation, 44 favorite posts from 2020-21 on AmericanStudier--featuring all those Guest Posts, Katrina's 15th anniversary, follow-ups to the release of my book Of Thee I Sing, & a special tribute to my Dad's websites! blackwhiteandread.com/august-11-20...

blackwhiteandread.com

August 11, 2026: Birthday Bests: 2020-2021 – Black and White and Read All Over

[On August 15th, this AmericanStudier celebrates his 49th birthday. So as I do each year, here’s a series sharing some of my favorite posts from each year on the blog, leading up to a new post with 49...

233

Reposted by Adam Golub

Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Everybody loves a stack of books, so here are the sixteen books we’re reading in my US since 1965 grad course this fall.

A stack of sixteen books:
1. Brandon M. Terry, Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope
2. Casey D. Nichols, Poverty Rebels
3. Jesse Montgomery, It is Not Enough to Survive:
4. Cecilia Márquez, Making the Latino South
5. Sam Klug, The Internal Colony
6. Michelle Adams, The Containment
7. Nic John Ramos, Health as Property
8. Kathryn Cramer Brownell, 24/7 Politics
9. Bench Ansfield, Born in Flames
10. Danielle Wiggins, Black Excellence
11. Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
12. Dylan Gottlieb, Yuppies
13. René Esparza, From Vice to Nice
14. Katie Batza, AIDS in the Heartland
15. Nicole Hemmer, Partisans
16. John Bodnar, Divided by Terror

1112717

Reposted by Adam Golub

Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Aca-Serial-Killer-Colleagues Short essays (2,5-3K words) for a Companion on Serial Killers: • Cinema, psychopathy, and social commentary • Indian true crime cinema, and • Celebrity serial killers, myth-making, and cinema portrayals, Full details of the CFP in attached photo

022

Reposted by Adam Golub

Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

16431350

Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We lost my sister Danielle to breast cancer this summer. She was 53. With two sons, 17 & 20. I was with her in hospice and told her how much she meant to me. We had grown much closer in recent years. It's never too late to deepen your relationships. I miss her. www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/4...

tributearchive.com

Danielle Ruth (Golub) Caterino Obituary | William J Leber Funeral Home | Chester, NJ

View Danielle Ruth (Golub) Caterino's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

162

Reposted by Adam Golub

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” MTV goes live 45 years ago today. 🤘🏼 🎸 $VIAC $TWX $PARA

2873802702

Reposted by Adam Golub

Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So happy to finally share the news that my book, “A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe,” will be out in Spring 2027 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. I still can't believe it's now beyond my hands and on its way to meeting its readers.

510924