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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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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18h
shes saying this on the same network that just interviewed a guy who said he spent 18 days in heaven chilling with jesus christ
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White Plains Rich @whiteplainsrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
She can't tolerate living with this lying philanderer, but wants you to spend the next six years with him.  If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need to rephrase the whole discussion in terms of hazardous products, instead of "minds". And then we need to make sure that there's liability. A model hacks someone? Put a C-suite guy in jail. A model produces sexual harassment material? Put a C-suite guy in jail. Watch how fast things get safe
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Actual quote from Musk in here: “Any CEO who deliberately damages the company he runs due to some random personal gripe doesn’t deserve to run their company!” 🤔
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 02/10/2026
Another moment when sports is useful, when it gets right at the truth of things. People want so damn badly to move on from reports of harm, from having to even think about the harm that men have done to women. Playing well in a game allows that. It's crude, yes, but it's common. ANYTHING to move on.
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Alex Carson ☘️💅 @adcars.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Fever were -39 in this series with Sophie Cunningham on the floor and +21 with her on the bench.
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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 02/10/2026
people are unfair about Sophie Cunningham’s stats because they don’t understand she’s a role player. that role? game loser
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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People who voted for Trump because they thought he was a good businessman may as well have voted for Mayor McCheese because he had experience in local government.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
Arike Ogunbowale.
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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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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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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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @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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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good note!
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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!
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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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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fall joy!
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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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