iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026

In short, I worry that AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into our civilization's walls, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1... 16/

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Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Having a blast at British Popular Culture(s) at the University of Falmouth. My first conference in 2 years (heeeey mat leave) and this one is a breath of fresh air. So much cool work going on.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Fave thing about Doom: The Dark Ages so far is the "yes, I'm aware the King is about to be overrun by a demon hoard, but there's a plushy hidden in this tower and I NEED IT" vibe.

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

NEWS I Launched today in the @sotauol.bsky.social library, a vital new online safety resource for political parties and their communications teams. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/09/u... @digipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @local.gov.uk

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'm excited to attend the launch event of the Safer Politics Online Safety Tool Kit, headed up by my brilliant colleagues in @commmedia.bsky.social @harm365.bsky.social @rosalynd.bsky.social

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Prof Diane Negra to give the Keynote address at our COSME PGR conference. @commmedia.bsky.social

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Registration now open!! COSME PGR conference, Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries, University of Liverpool, 19th May. Keynote speaker Prof Diane Negra. Programme & registration: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cosmepgrconference2025 @commmedia.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Hey, @therookandtheraven.com please can I message you about an outstanding order? I tried to email but it keeps bouncing back. Thanks!

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social members striking today. ✊✊✊✊

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Richard Stupart @richardstupart.com · 14/04/2025

By complete accident, I happen to be in #Sumy this week in my personal capacity, visiting friends I made as part of an academic exchange between Sumy State University and the University of Liverpool.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

My Brilliant colleagues doing brilliant things

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Daredevil Born Again continues to absolutely slap. Bullseye is *such* an epic villain.

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It gets worse… Members back at work today after taking lawful strike action are now being threaten with disciplinary procedures if their auto-replies mention the reason for their absence during future strikes. In what trade union world is this acceptable?

Extract from email to members threatening disciplinary action if they mention strikes in future out of office replies.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Dept of History, University of Liverpool - two fully-funded (fees and maintenance) PhD studentships; one studentship will be ring-fenced for Black applicants; the other for History of Race, Health and Medicine, 1700 - present. www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la... #skystorians 🗃️

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Postgraduate research | School of Histories, Languages and Cultures | University of Liverpool facebookThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on InstagramLivUni on YouTube...

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

📢📢📢 CALLING ALL PGRS 📢📢📢 Check out the #CFP for our forthcoming conference: 'Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries' with Keynote speaker Prof. Diane Negra! Abstracts and bio to cosmepgr@liverpool.ac.uk. Deadline Friday 18th April.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I got a Mimic for Mother's Day. This is peak happiness.

A wooden chest carved to look as though it has teeth and eyes to look like a Mimic from Dungeons and Dragons.

A wooden chest carved to look as though it has teeth and eyes to look like a Mimic from Dungeons and Dragons. The lid/mouth is open.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

D&D with friends is good for the soul.

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Jacob Engelberg @jacobengelberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

119 film and media scholars from 61 institutions across 16 countries have written to Travis Bell (The Movie Database) and Matthew Buchanan (Letterboxd) to make the case to reinstate early moving image works in their catalogues. Thank you to everyone who signed.

A letter that reads the following:

Petition from scholars of film and media to reinstate early moving image works on TMDB and Letterboxd
13 March 2025
Dear Travis Bell (TMDB) and Matthew Buchanan (Letterboxd),
We are scholars of film and media writing to you as representatives of The Movie Database (TMDB) and Letterboxd to express our dismay at the decision taken by TMDB to remove photographic motion studies/chronophotography from its database.
Following an update in February 2025, TMDB’s New Content Bible began listing “photographic motion studies (chronophotography)” among the list of types of content not allowed in the database. Shortly thereafter, these works began to be removed from the database. We are writing to request that this decision be reversed.
TMDB and Letterboxd, which uses the former’s database, are preeminent resources in film cataloging, used globally by millions each year. Up until recently, one of the great advantages of this database has been the extensive number of entries documenting early moving-image experiments by the likes of Charles Comte, Georges Demenÿ, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Eadweard Muybridge, among others. Whereas TMDB’s New Content Bible, in its justification of these works’ removal, draws attention to the fact that there are over 100,000 works by Muybridge, we fail to see how this renders them unsuitable for the database. Instead, such a figure only reveals the extensivity of these moving-image works and encourages curiosity around them.
We are well aware of the debates around when cinema can be said to have begun, what constitutes film, and the disagreements that persist on these topics. Rather than act as the arbiter of what among early moving-image cultures constitutes film and what does not, we urge you to take a more capacious approach. Such an approach would be in line with TMDB’s ethos as a “community built” endeavour and Letterboxd’s articulation of itself as a network for “ grass-roots film discussion and discovery”; t…

Sincerely,
1. Richard Abel, Emeritus Professor, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2. Dr. Leslie Abramson
3. Prof. François Albera, Université de Lausanne
4. Lauren Alberque, film archivist, Kimbell Art Museum
5. Yousef Alghawi, University of Southern California
6. Jacopo Barbero, University of Amsterdam
7. Dr. Cory Barker, Penn State University
8. Prof. Martin Barnier, Université Lumière Lyon2 France
9. Giorgio Bertellini, University of Michigan
10. Erica Biolchini, University of Amsterdam
11. Assoc. Prof. Amy E. Borden, Portland State University
12. Marta Braun, Emeritus Professor and Director, Toronto Metropolitan University
13. Quin Bright
14. Dr. Cüneyt Çakırlar, Nottingham Trent University
15. Nick Carbone, New York Public University
16. Diana Cardenas, UCLA Film & Television Archive
17. Prof. Erica Carter, King’s College London
18. Bárbara Carvalho, CESEM/NOVA University of Lisbon
19. Barbara Cattaneo, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence
20. Asst. Prof. Palita Chunsaengcha, University of Minnesota
21. Laurel Day, George Blood LP
22. Asst. Prof. Doğa Çöl, Istanbul Medipol University
23. Prof. Allison Cooper, Bowdoin College
24. Dr. Keith Dando
25. Prof. Nicholas de Villiers, University of North Florida
26. Eileen DiPofi, University of Southern California
27. Prof. Kevin Donnelly, University of Southampton
28. Stephanie Dykes
29. Desirae Embree, Texas A&M University
30. Dr. Jacob Engelberg, University of Amsterdam
31. Dan Erdman, Media Burn
32. Dr. Victor Fan, King’s College London
33. Dr. Kathy Feeley, University of Redlands
34. Augustin Ferrari Braun, University of Amsterdam
35. Assoc. Prof. Allyson Nadia Field, University of Chicago
36. Asst. Prof. Roberto Filippello, University of Amsterdam
37. Dr. Ian Fleishman, University of Pennsylvania
38. Dr. Charles Forceville, Universiteit van Amsterdam
39. Dr. John Fullerton, Emeritus Professor, Stockholm University
40. Luis Alonso García, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
41. Dr. Philippa Gates, Laurier University
42. Dr…

47. Prof. em. Thomas Gunning, University of Chicago
48. James Haberl, Niles North High School
49. Dr. Gert Jan Harkema, University of Amsterdam
50. Benjamin Harry, Brigham Young University
51. Sarah Hartzell, The Ohio State University
52. Mirko Heinemann
53. Prof. Maggie Hennefeld, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
54. Scott Higgins, Wesleyan University
55. William E. Hill III
56. Prof. Laura Horak, Carleton University
57. Amanda Howard, CA, University of Arizona Libraries
58. Prof. Daniel Humphrey, Texas A&M University
59. Dr. Rhys Steven Jones, University of Amsterdam
60. Tien-Tien Jong, University of Chicago
61. Tara D. Kelley, Rutgers University
62. Dr. Laurence Kent, University of Bristol
63. Jane Keranen, University of Chicago
64. Susan Kerns, PhD, Milwaukee Film
65. Prof. em. Dr. Frank Kessler, Utrecht University
66. Ben Kiem, University of Toronto
67. Dr. N.H. de Klerk, Utrecht University/Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History, Wien
68. Katerina Korola, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
69. Reto Kromer, AV preservation by reto.ch
70. Prof. Thomas Lamarre, University of Chicago
71. Christine Lamy
72. Mary Lane
73. Dr. Michael Lawrence, University of Sussex
74. Dr. S. Lenk, Philipps-University Marburg
75. Jim Leonard
76. Kristin Lipska, Prelinger Archives
77. Loiseau, freelance researcher
78. Hugo Ljungbäck, University of Chicago
79. Letícia Magalhães
80. Dr. Cat Mahoney, University of Liverpool
81. Anne-Marie Malthête-Quévrain, Cinémathèque Méliès
82. Andronika Martonova, Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
83. Michael Mazzacane
84. Dr. Robert J. Mills, University of Southampton
85. Juliëtte Molenaars, Universiteit van Amsterdam
86. Prof. Daniel Morgan, University of Chicago
87. Charles Musser, Yale University
88. Gary Needham, University of Liverpool
89. Arcadio Andrea Oranday, University of Chicago
90. Prof. Federico Pierotti, University of Lausanne
91. Eric Pitz, UCLA
92. D Plumer
93. Prof. Karen Redrobe, University of Pen…

94. Valentine Robert, Maîtresse d'enseignement et de recherche, University of Lausanne
95. Steve Ruffin
96. Daniel Sánchez Salas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
97. Kendra Lee Sanders, University of Chicago
98. Dr. Maria San Filippo
99. Michael Seeber
100. Dr. Martha Shearer, University College Dublin
101. Dr. Elyse Singer, City University of New York
102. Dr. Thomas Slater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
103. Dr. Hannah Spaulding, University of Liverpool
104. PD Dr. Simon Spiegel, University of Zurich
105. Prof. Aurore Spiers, Texas A&M University
106. Dr. Katherine Spring, Wilfrid Laurier University
107. Distinguished Prof. Shelley Stamp, University of California, Santa Cruz
108. Prof. dr. Eliza Steinbock, Maastricht University
109. Alex Thelen
110. Dr. Michael L. Thomas, University of Amsterdam
111. Maria Tortajada, Professeur ordinaire, Université de Lausanne
112. Prof. Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool
113. Prof. em. William Uricchio, MIT
114. Dr. Tjalling Valdés Olmos, University of Amsterdam
115. Dr. Gwendolyn Waltz, independent scholar
116. Vanessa Weller, Michigan State University
117. Dr. Grant Wiedenfeld, Sam Houston State University
118. Dr. Maryn Wilkinson, University of Amsterdam
119. Prof. Michael Williams, University of Southampton

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Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

In these hard times it's good to find things that offer hope. If you're anywhere near London's Euston Road do call in to the Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice exhibition at the Wellcome Library. Inspired by Dr Lea Cooper's PhD. wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...

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Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice

Discover how self-published zines have been used to share individual expriences of disability and disabled identity. You can see, touch, listen to and create your own zines in this display, drawn from...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“The majority of people who are forced to come to our food banks are disabled.. there is an incredible level of hardship out there & we are appalled the government looks at that situation & appears to be deciding to make huge cuts to the support people get" Helen Barnard @trusselluk.bsky.social

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

THE MEMES WRITE THEMSELVES AT THIS POINT. (also: UUK: that's your job.)

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

📢📢 WE ARE RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS📢📢 If you are interested in Dungeons and Dragons or TTRPGs more generally and would like to be involved in research seeking to create accessible and inclusive games and resources for players and GMs then check out this #CFP @commmedia.bsky.social

A poster giving details and scannable QR codes to recruit participants for a research project at the University of Liverpool into the creation of accessible and inclusive spaces and resources for TTRPGs.

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Dr Eve Benhamou @evebenhamou.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The 2025 @baftss.bsky.social New Connections Schedule is now available! Showcasing research undertaken by ECRs in Film, Media and Screen Studies, providing them with bursaries to present their work to new audiences. Thanks to our sponsor Manchester University Press www.baftss.org/new-connecti...

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New Connections Schedule

Information about research talks in 2025 is given below. We would like to thank our ECR members for applying to take part and colleagues at the various host universities for being so welcoming. ...

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ulivucu.bsky.social @ulivucu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Feelin Good! Definitely Not Demoralised! ##FeelGoodFebruary

Poster in the style of such initiatives (smiley faces and pastel colours) referencing the University's feel good February scheme but adding the voluntary severance and mandatory return to campus policies rather than the bake sales and yoga sessions you'd usually see. It ends with Join your union

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ulivucu.bsky.social @ulivucu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This is fine 🔥🔥🔥

Distracted boyfriend meme. Boyfriend is 'university of liverpool'. Girl he's dis by is '60% mandatory return to work and voluntary leavers scheme'. Girlfriend is 'staff Wellbeing'

Gru meme. First three pages of his plan say 'demand 60% return to campus. Offer no valid reasons. Announce voluntary severance scheme'. The final one where is realises the plan is going wrong says 'motivate more staff than ever to join a union'

Ryan Gosling hey girl meme. Text says 'hey girl happy Valentines Day. Have you thought about voluntarily leaving me? Oh cuz I've thought about you voluntarily leaving me'. Tim Jones the VC is Ryan here

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ulivucu.bsky.social @ulivucu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Management do love to treat us around this special time of year...💖🥰💐🌹🍫💖 Happy Valentines Day everyone!

4 posters from ucu with hearts and flowers on highliting the mandatory return to campus and voluntary severance policies that Liverpool uni have announced lately asking people to join the union if they are worried about this

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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Didn't expect the defining image of 2025 to turn up quite so quickly.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Someone posted a New Year's Resolution to try more pasta shapes and I can really get behind that. #NewYearsResolutions

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Our annual Christmas Eve trip to @chesterzoo.bsky.social was magic, as always.

A boy in a blue coat and bobble hat sits on a man's shoulders looking towards some elephants at a zoo.

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Michelle Henning @michellehenning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I can now announce my book A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire is going to be published by University of Chicago Press in Fall 2025.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I'm super excited to have been awarded an IAA grant from the AHRC to explore accessibility and inclusion in Dungeons and Dragons. I'll be working with the fantastic Bulwark Games so if you're a D&D player, DM, venue, society etc. and have thoughts about creating inclusive gaming spaces get in touch!

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a cartoon of a monster with many eyes flying through the air with rays coming out of its eyes .

ALT: a cartoon of a monster with many eyes flying through the air with rays coming out of its eyes .

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

💯 As I tell my students, having AI write your philosophy paper is like sending a robot to the gym for you and expecting to reap the health benefits.

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Dr Eve Benhamou @evebenhamou.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

BAFTSS is now inviting proposals for next academic year’s ‘New Connections' Programme: a series of research talks at universities across the UK. Of interest for early career researchers and academics on fixed-term contracts: bursaries available. Further info: www.baftss.org/new-connecti...

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I am exhausted after a semester packed with things but I'm basking in the happy glow of lovely students doing smart, bright things and feeling good that I helped them get there.

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James Leggott @jegleggott.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A starter pack of nice folks working in British Film and TV Studies, assembled from members of the BAFTSS British cinema/TV SIG.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Small boy is eating a jam bagel for breakfast, which means I'm now deciding how much jam we can both be spattered with and still go to work/nursery without an outfit change.

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Dr Liam Mcloughlin ☕ @leelum.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It was a pleasure to speak with Rima Amhed on BBC Radio Leeds about the migration of politicians and journalists from X/Twitter to Bsky this morning! #commsky youtu.be/ha1KWB2d1ZM

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BBC Radio Leeds "The Migration from X/Twitter to BSky" Dr Liam McLoughlin Interview - Rima Ahmed

YouTube video by Leelum

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great interview with @leelum.bsky.social from @commmedia.bsky.social about all things social media 👇

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Dr Ellie Tomsett @ellietomsett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A good excuse for my first post! Super happy to share a call for chapter abstracts for an edited collection on representations of adult children and their parents in TV comedy. Some excellent people on board already and we are looking for more. Take a look #comedystudies

For a version of this call for abstracts that can be read by assistive software please contact Ellie.tomsett@bcu.ac.uk

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Between the constant drilling and the looming threat of all the lights going off, my office is not the tranquil workspace that I might wish it to be.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Be careful out there on the snow while you're enjoying how pretty campus is ❤️⛄

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