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Chris Becker

@chrisbecker.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: sites.nd.edu/boc-project

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 7h
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 1h
And that five of them claim to be devout adherents of a religion whose doctrine makes clear that capital punishment is immoral and must be forbidden all while they rub their claims of devout adherence in everyone's faces.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 2h
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 1h
Arike Ogunbowale.
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 2h
A deeply profound post from @lizhynes.bsky.social primarily addressed to cishet men, but words that should be read and processed by all. Screenshotting just the ending here, but those words hit the hardest if you've read the ones that lead up to it. lizhynes.substack.com/p/free
i want you to think beyond yourself. beyond your mother or your sister or your daughter. i want you to finally see our common selves. i want you to imagine everything you are, everything you’ve ever said or done or seen or created, your proudest moment and your favorite song and the movies that make you cry and the hardest you ever laughed, reduced to

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2h
it would change nothing but it would still be stunning and important to see someone brave enough to withhold communion to certain justices over this
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3h
I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Falters! Appeared! Confusion! All word choices that evince a fear of reporting the truth.
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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is connected to the Schmitt debacle from earlier - the Republican Party now talks only to itself using language that only they employ, everyone else is expected to follow along or have the power of the state come down on them
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 29/09/2026
a lot of things could be fixed in this country with a few defamation suits (Schmitt being so stupid he repeated it while no longer protected by the speech & debate clause)
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Screenshot from SpongeBob SquarePants. In response to Squidward saying, “People talk loud when they wanna act smart, right?” Plankton responds loudly, “CORRECT”
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
AXios screengrab
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It also evokes memory of the actual Warner brothers, who in addition to being tenacious businessmen also seemed to give a shit about making movies for movie-loving audiences.
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the ethereal andie diane @andiediane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A very interesting thread especially if you remember even a few of these past mergers.
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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can write to Kare11 here to complain about the transphobic language: www.kare11.com/contact-us Hey cis allies! This is where you can ally!
kare11.com
Contact Us | kare11.com
Contact KARE 11
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Perhaps the ultimate #nottheonion entry
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A deeply human story about a deeply human work of art, welcomed at the end of another week of the worst voices taking the global stage.
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A show I loved so much I made a video essay about it with @justtanner101.bsky.social intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
Screenshot of Bluesky post from James Poniewozik: But the show I want to single out-the one on my personal 10-shows ballot that did not make the list at all—is this beautiful, and apparently now largely forgotten, creation. Do yourself a favor and seek it out.
(86 Ted Lasso to make room for it.)
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Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
accelerationism, but for hollywood
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent post on the vile Russell Vought. "Russell Vought is the kind of man who would deprive every child in America of a drug that saved his own daughter’s life because it advances his own."
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is Patrick Bateman raising a son
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 22/09/2026
Also, re: hot takes about how Caleb is weak, or a crybaby: Shove it. We ask our athletes to care as much as we do & when they do we mock them for that emotion. Dude wants to be the one that changes the QB position in Chicago & gets 4,000 yards - of course he’s bummed to get hurt and miss time.
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 21/09/2026
*dem consultant voice* so my advice is demonize the three trans girls who want to play softball
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder is Oct. 2.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Code Switch is *always* good, but this episode is truly a must-listen for anyone even remotely following what’s going on with the attempted poisoning of the WNBA and backlash against women’s sports. And it’s accessible: there’s an accompanying transcript.
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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"In every country in which there has been a loss of freedom, where does it begin? It begins in news media, in public print, in books, and on the proscenium. That's where they attack you first right there. That's the bread basket." —Rod Serling
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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
China buying our stuff seems to be a salient political issue but the country who funded 9-11? Meh.
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.
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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
and nobody stops him 😢
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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Jay Baller @jay-baller-reborn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If we don’t enact Justice upon him before he croaks, America will have psychic damage that will forever hinder us
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"
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Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Netflix: For the seventeenth time, we have recreated Squid Games from the hit Netflix show "Don't Create Squid Games"
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Like, you know there's an internal refugee crisis facing the US with trans people fleeing their home states, right? Can you understand why trans people might be more than a little on edge, stressed, angry because of the way we're treated? Perhaps extend a little understanding and empathy.
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Transgender Americans are fleeing hostile red states. Seattle says it’s overwhelmed
Seattle officials say anti-trans laws in red states are driving a queer migration crisis in the Pacific Northwest.
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Ripley🪽 @skullingway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hope widows bay dominating the Emmys inspires a lot more shows about lovable weirdos and way less “rich people are soooo fucked up haha” shows
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026
I can’t believe the Babadook tweet lady just won an Emmy lmao never tell me online isn’t real
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What would Alito and Thomas not agree to if Trump proposed it? Is there any line?
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This says it all: "Under the Trump administration, the E.P.A. has stopped estimating the public health benefits of reducing pollution in the cost-benefit analyses necessary for clean-air regulations. Instead, the agency has estimated only the costs to businesses of complying with the rules."
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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This man won his primary by 30 points.
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The entire presentation of conservative masculinity is elaborate fantasies about how you would do Taken if an immigrant/hip-hop thug/antifa sicko touched your daughter and when it actually happens they're like "it's very sad, he should go to the doctor :("
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The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Every anti-trans argument begins by refusing to acknowledge the reality of trans people. “ do you want men using women’s bathrooms?”
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.
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Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
 * Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
 * Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
we live in a world where Coyote vs Acme is the 2nd biggest release around while the execs try to kill it off for personal payoffs meanwhile that dipshit podcast the WaPo opinions does is in like its 800th episode with 1 listener
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