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@jakeadampitre.bsky.social
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i teach film studies. a very sensitive piece of horse flesh. unwantedutopias.substack.com. boxd.it/20r7.

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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it's film history week in my Intro class tomorrow, excited to see what they make of Battle of Algiers!
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Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
rejecting AI isn’t a failure to prepare children for an “inevitable” future, it’s a vital statement of belief in our agency to chose a future for them, rather than letting it be dictated to us by a small group of the richest men, who are increasingly - I wish this was just hyperbole - openly fascist
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
sounds exciting
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I get that Odd Lots has been pretty sadly AI-pilled but just having Nick Bostrom on for a softball interview is pretty pathetic lol
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Paul Hollywood has the best job in the world
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This NYT article that’s been going around is good & welcome, and yet a brutal takeaway is the fact that its v. basic points about the (obvious) relationship between thinking & writing and their (equally obvious) value is framed as counterpoint to the general discourse or common sense position. Dark.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
my screening list for my film & labour course this fall, full list of clips & recommended films here letterboxd.com/jakeadamp/li...
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
tokyo sonata
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
finalized my intro to film studies syllabus, even though “introducing” an entire medium in 12 weeks is an insane & impossible task! but im happy with the breadth i was able to get
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
great article on uni admin's eagerness to adopt AI everywhere hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...
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Artificial Negligence
Faculty sense that AI could make old-fashioned teaching and learning much more difficult to achieve, if not obsolete.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Cryptkeeper on commentary: PAIN have SCARED a GHOUL against SCARGENTINA
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
can undergrads handle Cecil B. Demented? it's honestly a perfect movie to show for the week on film production & the hollywood system lol
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Call for applications: Research Assistants at the Transgender Media Lab September 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027 Fully remote or hybrid (shared office available at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON) Salary: C$47.41/hour carleton.ca/transmediala...
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Day 1 of my Intro to Film class i'm telling them all it's cast. not casted. never say casted in this room or anywhere else. class dismissed.
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Dylan Cheung @dylancheung.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
RIP Tony Rayns, one of the few English-language critics who genuinely knew what they were talking about (most of the time) when it came to East Asian cinema, especially Hong Kong's.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
what if i begin my Intro to Film Studies course for undergrads with......They Live
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
man i don't miss twitter at all since deactivating, why did that website have such a hold on me for so long
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
had to pause & make sure while watching Aloners (2021) that yes that background actor's phone case is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). this is the kind of thing us film studies professors take note of, little easter eggs the filmmakers leave for sharp-eyed viewers
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
do we do this here? my fav first-time watches for June haru (1996) ariel (1988) full time (2021) snake eyes (1998) basic training (1971) revolutionary girl utena: the movie (1999) the man in the white suit (1951) absolute power (1997) la femme infidèle (1969)
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
the thing about being a cinephile with aphantasia is that i tend to remember how a movie or certain images made me feel, and then whenever i revisit the movie, it's almost like seeing it again for the first time because i haven't been able to recall the images themselves.
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 26/06/2026
Read @jakeadampitre.bsky.social on the Ellisons today
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
ayyyyy new bio 🥳🥳🥳🥳
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
starting January, i'll be teaching a new class to undergrads called The Future on Film. how do we visualize utopia/dystopia, how does art prepare us for the future, what is the future of cinema, etc. open to suggestions for screenings or readings!
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
With movies like Hackers (1995) and The Net (1995), the '90s were populated with media that grappled with the emerging internet. @jakeadampitre.bsky.social reflects on what the '90s predicted and prepared us for – and how that tech actually turned out:
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Looking Back on the '90s Films That Tackled Our Anxieties About New Technologies - Reactor
These movies gave us a language to voice our misgivings — but does the same formula hold up today?
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
wrote about Hackers, The Net, Ghost in the Machine, and how 90s tech anxieties mirror ours today reactormag.com/looking-back...
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Looking Back on the '90s Films That Tackled Our Anxieties About New Technologies - Reactor
These movies gave us a language to voice our misgivings — but does the same formula hold up today?
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
the exciting future of agentic AI...is color-coded work meetings. "it's like sci-fi"! reminds me of Zuck saying the exciting metaverse future was mainly going to result in fun work meetings. it's all these people can say!
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
i wrote about the rise of retro-style tech & what it might indicate about Silicon Valley's hold over our imagination www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: The rise of retro tech, and why Silicon Valley should be afraid
The public is pushing back on the inevitability of new tech they didn’t ask for
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
should be fine
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
some of you
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The Objective @objectivejournos.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“Silicon Valley has always been driven by hype, and sees the world in a different way and portrays it in a way that’s different from reality.” @jakeadampitre.bsky.social reports on how tech reporters have developed new codes of ethics as they report on artificial intelligence. buff.ly/nBF6Cm3
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Should journalism have a standard ethics policy for covering AI?
Tech journalists set their own standards as journalism organizations haven’t yet issued consistent guidelines on generative artificial intelligence.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
wrote about tech journalism's lack of consensus around ethics policies for AI, and how some reporters are finding their own way through the chaos, for @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2026/05/shou...
objectivejournalism.org
Should journalism have a standard ethics policy for covering AI?
Tech journalists set their own standards as journalism organizations haven’t yet issued consistent guidelines on generative artificial intelligence.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
wrote about the history of mummy movies! reactormag.com/the-many-evo...
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The Many Evolutions of the Cinematic Mummy - Reactor
Mummies have graced films for over a century — but their history is a bit wilder than other movie "monsters."
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
are you montreal-pilled after seeing Mile End Kicks? wow ok i listed some books set in the city you can read electricliterature.com/8-quintessen...
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8 Quintessentially Québécois Novels Set in Montreal - Electric Literature
These English and Francophone writers capture the breadth, diversity, and cultural wealth of Québec’s storied metropolis
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
one thought after finishing Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics is, if we accept that the institutional forms of old are unlikely to return (unions, churches, etc), what would new ones look like? he doesn't seem to have time in this slim book to say, but has anyone else? surely it begins offline...
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
wrote about The Pitt and fandom as moral responsibility (didn't write the headline, natch) metro.co.uk/2026/04/21/p...
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The Pitt is a phenomenal show – but the fandom is ruining it
As a fan of the show myself, I find these so-called ‘Pitt Bullies’ embarrassing.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
you'd be better off asking literally anyone else
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
for @fullstopmag.bsky.social i wrote about binging Homicide: Life on the Street and the perverse pleasures of copaganda TV www.full-stop.net/2026/04/02/f...
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“Homicide: Life on the Street” and the Perverse Pleasures of Copaganda
How do we come to terms with the undeniable pleasures of this blatantly ideological genre?
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
for @fullstopmag.bsky.social i wrote about binging Homicide: Life on the Street and the perverse pleasures of copaganda TV www.full-stop.net/2026/04/02/f...
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“Homicide: Life on the Street” and the Perverse Pleasures of Copaganda
How do we come to terms with the undeniable pleasures of this blatantly ideological genre?
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liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I despise when tech execs describe resistance to a new tech product or paradigm as "being scared" i.e. "I understand why musicians are scared but.." it's so condescending. being politically against something or exercising your right to opt out can come from many places other than "being scared"
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
there is a concurrent transformation occurring as media literacy dissipates at the same time as every art form deals with the abandonment of any sense of mass appeal that still existed. it's just most obvious on a cultural level with cinema
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
wrote about Polymarket/Kalshi and the financializing of the tides of war www.liberalcurrents.com/gambling-on-...
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Gambling on War
An insider made hundreds of thousands betting just before Maduro was kidnapped. This kind of behavior is becoming normalized.
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
wrote about some of sci-fi's best cities of the future (written with urban planners in mind) www.planetizen.com/features/137...
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Eight Sci-Fi Books That Teach Urbanists the Dos and Don’ts of the Future
Science fiction has long painted a picture of the city of the future. What if they’re our roadmap out of dystopia?
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
i love getting fan mail
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Folks, I'm in a position where I could really use any work. I'm an academic who can teach film, media & communications, and a writer who covers tech, film, and politics. Editors, etc hire me to do anything in those realms. Keep me in mind for anything you think I could be good for!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/03/2026
Many Hollywood projects responding to Trump’s first term were “direct, if unsubtle, approaches” to the moment—but now, films and TV shows are exploring in different ways what being alive feels like during a tumultuous period, Jake Pitre argues:
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Hollywood Isn’t Directly Attacking Trump. It’s Doing Something More Interesting.
Less “what we need right now” and more “what it feels like to be alive.”
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Wrote about the last year or so in mainstream political cinema, with the spectre of Trump haunting it all, and the films (and Tim Robinson) that look instead at what it means to "live through history." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Hollywood Isn’t Directly Attacking Trump. It’s Doing Something More Interesting.
Less “what we need right now” and more “what it feels like to be alive.”
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Folks, I'm in a position where I could really use any work. I'm an academic who can teach film, media & communications, and a writer who covers tech, film, and politics. Editors, etc hire me to do anything in those realms. Keep me in mind for anything you think I could be good for!
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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/02/2026
Concordia University, known for its excellent Fine Arts Dept. rolling out the carpet to the AI bros. They might be interested to know that the Fine Arts students by and large reject AI for all the right reasons. This is enraging. www.concordia.ca/cunews/finea...
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AI expert-in-residence initiative helps artists shape the future of creative work | News - Concordia University
Public conversations and a summer course examining AI and artistic agency coming to Concordia
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jake @jakeadampitre.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
the idiocy of AI boosterism in a sentence
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 11/02/2026
NEW from me today: Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come. xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
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