Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 23hI like this: In regulated industries, [properly resources linguistic and cultural consultancy] can support compliance. In competitive markets, it supports brand consistency. In community-facing communication, it builds confidence. 000
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanCreative Europe Desk Ireland @creativeeuireland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Creative Europe MEDIA has opened a new round of funding calls for 2027! Includes funding for Slate Development, Co-development (single project), Video Games & Immersive Content, TV & Online Content, and more. #film #TV #VideoGames #Animation #Documentarycreativeeuropeireland.euNew MEDIA funding calls for 2027 are now open! | Creative Europe Desk IrelandCreative Europe MEDIA has opened a new round of calls from 30 September 2026. All the open calls can be viewed at a glance on our MEDIA strand funding page. See below for a list of calls ordered by... 044
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Funding call opens for applications for research visits to the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social in Exeter! www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/new-sti... #film #filmhistory #filmephemera #researchfundingbdcmuseum.org.uk New Stipends Call to Research at the Museum The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter, UK, www.bdcmuseum.org.uk is both a public museum and a rich research resource for scholars of moving image history. It was recently designat... 110
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Job posting for a Research Associate in Fan Cultures at the University of Bristol (with a focus on music fandom): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTA850/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Associate in Fan Cultures at University of BristolRecruiting now: Research Associate in Fan Cultures on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 011
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Job posting for a digital archivist (fixed term) at University of Galway (deadline 8 Oct 2026): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW995/d...jobs.ac.ukDigital Archivist at University of GalwayDiscover Digital Archivist jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board. 003
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanIan McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cumbria Deaf Association are running a ‘Deaf Awareness Course for Small Businesses and Volunteers’. There are two courses left, on 7th October and 4th November. Drop them an email if you are interested. #Cumbria #Volunteering @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wcmbarrow.bsky.social 033
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To understand and counter disinformation, language skills, area studies expertise, historical knowledge and a wide range of arts, humanities & social science disciplines are requisite. SHAPE subjects are strategically vital for national interests. Is it strategic to let 'the market' shrink them?thebritishacademy.ac.ukMapping SHAPE provision in UK higher educationThis new project from the British Academy maps changing provision of SHAPE subjects in UK higher education institutions. It uses data to visually depict contractions and expansions in provision by a v... 13023
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"While shrinking provision in Russian language?" An excellent question! 000
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This. I'm also getting PhD and postdoc proposals that show signs of having been written with AI. Deeply depressing, and how can we expect funders to cope with the deluge? 131
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI saves scientists time but adds ‘verification tax’, paper finds. Google study also finds AI pushes researchers towards “safer, more incremental projects”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...researchprofessionalnews.comAI saves scientists time but adds ‘verification tax’, paper finds - Research Professional NewsGoogle study also finds AI pushes researchers towards “safer, more incremental projects” 024
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A recurring theme in the gutting of higher ed is eliminating anything distinctive or regionally or nationally unique. Turning a hearth of the Scottish Enlightenment into just another place you can get a degree in “AI prompt generation for maximizing shareholder value and right thinking.” 14316
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18/09/2026The University of Edinburgh is a world-class institution and our members are determined to protect it. With an estimated 1,800 jobs at risk, staff are ready to strike for 25 days to defend jobs and the future of the university. Management can end this dispute: rule out compulsory redundancies. 04127
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“If we don’t address the way we, as the scientific community, think about ourselves, we will never again get trust.” (Peter Gluckman) Will the scientific community think of itself as including area studies specialists, experts on languages, literatures, law, politics and history, for example? 081
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026UK-based postdoctoral – or equivalent – researchers in the humanities and social sciences can still apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The deadline is 4 Nov for institutional applicants and 28 Oct for independent scholars. Find out more: bit.ly/4iwQQtI 02029
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh, this is bitter news. Because of course who would ever need to study contemporary history? /sarcasm/ Solidarity with colleagues at Edinburgh University. Let us know what we can do do help push back. 021
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 17/09/2026New research & toolkit: Professionals often miss or misunderstand autistic motor difficulties, so people do not always get the help they need. Part of the [problem] is that the types of tests we use can be uncomfortable or confusing for autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #autismjournals.sagepub.comValid when Valued: A Community-Engaged Framework and Toolkit to Improve Identification of Autistic People’s Motor Difficulties in Research and Practice - Haylie L. Miller, Priscila M. Tamplain, Miri T...Many autistic people experience clinically significant motor differences that pose lifelong physical health risks including physical inactivity, cardiometabolic... 24312
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026'Staff at the University of Essex are set to strike next week over cuts to 400 full-time jobs. The union, Unison, said admissions advisors, IT technicians, admin workers and other professional services staff would walk out on Monday over the proposals.'bbc.co.ukEssex University staff to strike over plans to cut 400 jobsStaff will walk out over a plan to cut 400 jobs, which the university says will protect its future 14640
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This film is a Wild. Ride. and one of my guilty pleasures... 020
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanFilm Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Have you got your tickets yet for our special #FilmNoir Alfred Hitchcock double bill in November?! #SilentFilm The Lodger (1927) and the 4K of Vertigo (1958) both on the biggest and loudest screen in the south west! More info here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri... 184
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is why distributors should make sure that there are two sets of subtitles - one for people watching against the dub track, and one for people watching with the original soundtrack #opinionsaboutsubtitles 051
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026one for my occasional #opinionsaboutsubtitles series :) 020
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This made me happy today. #filmtranslationhistory #tvtranslationhistory #wonkysubtitles 010
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This looks like a fantastic resource! Looking forward to getting stuck into it! 000
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanBonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A beautiful, reflective, informative, essay about teaching under austerity by @johannawinant.bsky.socialbostonreview.netThe Claims of Close ReadingLiterary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical. 99236
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Glad to see this trend apparently continuing! One of the most fun parts of my MA module on translation and film distribution is the 'obsolete media' bit, where we look at VHS tapes, laserdiscs, reels of film etc. I get the sense that even DVDs are decidedly retro for some of my students... 130
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanCinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of THE GRIFTERS boxd.it/ge7QGL Chum in the water... Caught in an Oedipal triangle, Huston, Cusack, & Bening prove some people are sharks, others fish food. Down-&-dirty, both hard-boiled & quite playful. A few leaps of logic, but cast sells it! #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1246boxd.itA ★★★★ review of The Grifters (1990)We all know it... Anjelica Huston is one bad bitch! As the platinum-blonde Lily Dillon in Stephen Frears' clever neo-noir THE GRIFTERS, a great actress finds an iconic character. Try not to be mesmeri... 6374
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanSimon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Please, again, stop using AI to construct your outreach email. Please. They stand out like a fart in a car. 1133
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I met a lot of lovely lovely people two years ago when I was rummaging in the movie scripts at the NYSA archives. And now apparently there's a job opening there :) 010
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanArchives Gig @archivesgig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Albany, NY: Archivist – NYSA Archival Services, New York State Archivesarchivesgig.comAlbany, NY: Archivist – NYSA Archival Services, New York State Archives 012
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ooh, I didn't know that @archive.org did this! Nifty! 120
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanBloomsbury Film & Media @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Enjoy an unmissable Sunday of classic cinema in Bristol! With @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social introducing A Hard Day's Night and signing copies of her new BFI Film Classic book. 📅Sunday 13 Sept, 12pm 🎟️Tickets: hdfst.uk/e157636 @swsilents.bsky.social #silentfilm #thebeatles 047
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Cinema Museum in London is a fantastic place which contributes to UK film culture in all sorts of ways. Check out their phenomenal events list: cinemamuseum.org.uk/schedule/cat... and donate this weekend to have your funding matched! #film #cinema #filmculture #silentfilm #silentcinemacinemamuseum.org.uk 040
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanThe Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Cinema Museum still needs help to secure their premises; there's a donor who, all this bank holiday weekend, is going to match donations, so if you haven't given yet, throw in a bit now, and claim gift aid so it can do the most good!crowdfunder.co.ukThe Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOMEAfter 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it! 059
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I note that changing the name of Lake Ontario turns the acronym I learned at school for the Great Lakes (HOMES) into HAMES. ...as in the Irish expression 'He's making a total hames of it'. 010
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Fascinating thread on VCR technology, the US Supreme Court Betamax case and the enshittification of tech... 000
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Are you a researcher looking to fund projects that engage the public with the humanities and social sciences? Apply for the SHAPE Involve and Engage 2027-28 programme. Find out more: bit.ly/43JR4oA 01318
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanFilm Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Hey #FilmNoir Fans, we'll be announcing the first load of titles for #FilmNoirFest 2026 via our newsletter this evening. Plus... we have two extra strands to announce! Making 2026 the biggest edition of the festival yet! Get yourselves signed up here: www.southwestsilents.com/subscribe 0112
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanLucile Danilov @locdandloaded.net · 14/08/2026Translators seldom have access to the dev builds of the games they work on. About 95% of the time, we get (at best) a couple of screenshots and a few paragraphs explaining the concept. The rest is just rawdogging Excel files and a million queries 617969
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today's subtitling snafu brought to you by the Netflix show Legends (otherwise well subtitled). The Italian subtitle says 'Football hooligans. Pieces of shit.' but the English was '[a] piece of piss' (= 'very straightforward'). #subtitling #subtitleerrors 140
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#WITmonth display preparation to kick off August 1st in style 0267
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026There are lots of barely-promoted and/or undistributed domestic and foreign films out there that are just as worthy of attention as the ones that win awards at big festivals, get a distro deal & are widely covered. What sites or critics specialize in such movies? I want to expand my field of vision. 86620
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanAdam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This would be another big blow for UK science. It's also a threat to a #WorldHeritage site which was only listed by the UK in 2019 after nearly a decade of work by scientists, advocates & government. Now it should go on the World Heritage "in danger" list. @unesco.bsky.social @icomos.bsky.social 🧪🌏theguardian.comJodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts supportScientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities 14212
Reposted by Carol O'SullivanFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Coming up soon: The fourth annual Silent Movie Week at MoMA, brainchild of the mighty @davekehr.bsky.social. Opening night brings one of Lillian Gish's greatest performances in D.W. Griffith's WAY DOWN EAST (1920) — with a 10-piece orchestra. 7/29 at 7 pm www.moma.org/calendar/eve...moma.orgWay Down East. 1920. Directed by D. W. Griffith | MoMAWay Down East. 1920. USA. Directed by D. W. Griffith. Screenplay by Anthony Paul Kelly, Griffith, based on the play by Lottie Blair Parker. With Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr... 24311
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Please sign this petition against mass redundancies at the University of Exeter, affecting a large number of posts in the Humanities and Social Sciences. These cuts are unnecessary and unjustified. Sign to support alternative solutions: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #ucu #solidaritychange.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 012
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Loving Cinema Rediscovered, aka @cineredis.bsky.social, at @wshed.bsky.social! Favourite films so far have been In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), subtitled by Day to Night & WW2 propaganda feature Pastor Hall, rereleased by @indicator.bsky.social.bbc.co.ukIn Which Annie Gives It Those Ones: Indian writer Arundhati Roy's cult classic college film returns to spotlightNearly 40 years on, the Booker prize-winning writer's debut campus satire is set to be screened in Berlin. 2134
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026High-stakes copyediting question: do superscript numbers for footnotes precede punctuation, or follow it? #copyediting #academicwriting 270