J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 2hWould it surprise you to learn that with a different skin, this is the software that handles student advising? It should not. 121
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 2hWhen the campus cops want to send around pictures of potential suspects, they turn to Salesforce. Salesforce: the CRM stands for Criminal Relations Management. appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingD... 120
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 3hI assume you’ve seen his starring role on this season of Reacher 110
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 18hOh, hey, guess how Warners is going to wrap up 2026? That's right: Dune3 030
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 18hMeanwhile over on HBO, Lanterns is ends in the most Warnersy way possible: a white guy and a Black guy pledging their love to one another (nohomo) and the promise of Black liberation through "independent contracting" 130
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 18hIf Jesse Plemons in Digger is a utopian vision of David Ellison, Tom Rhys Harries in Clayface is his dystopian complement Both movies turn on petulant whiteboys lashing out at Black women (Naomi Ackie, Sophie Wilde) in precarious positions of power with whom they have made binding agreements 110
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One thing I am tired of is the ritual letting Trump flacks spout absolute lies before reporters get down to business in detailing the depravity of terror muppets like this prick www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comInside Bessent’s Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic GoalsAhead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, the secretary dresses down officials. 050
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That intersection is a disaster. Glad you're not seriously hurt! 100
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=r703...youtube.comFrench Police Confront Protesting Firefighters in ParisYouTube video by Voice of America 020
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every day I find out just how many of my sicko colleagues have played some puzzle thingy on LinkedIn, and all I can think is that Microsoft is running irl Ender's Game on their jobs 000
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not going to adhere to some hoity-toitiness built on top of a Renaissance misreading 010
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Newsom appointing Chancellor Herod to address the problem 000
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026(this may or may not be inspired by our outgoing provost) (this is the only bi erasure we admit) 040
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not to out this student, but she has a Rockabilly brother and a mariachi sister-in-law, and what they agree on is The Smiths. So do thousands of others, I guess www.laphil.com/events/insta...laphil.comMariachi Meets The SmithsWith their melodic and melancholic albums like Meat Is Murder The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths became one of the most fiercely adored bands of the post-punk era, with a legacy that extends deep into the ... 010
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have a student who is working on this and other adjacent postpunk/shoegaze things. It's complex! Formal crossover with mariachi (lyrics, tonalities, vocal/instrumental contrasts); longstanding institutional reasons like KROC playing Depeche Mode & Smiths from the jump; and he lived here 220
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comSix Flags Old Man DancingAlt: Six Flags Old Man Dancing 110
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sightglass. Packed. 12 minutes in: "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" 010
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026*runs into phone booth, emerges in SuperCavell costume* "Why, it's the melodrama of an unknown and unknowable woman! It's a remarriage horror!" 061
Reposted by J.D. ConnorMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/10/2026It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 3763093
Reposted by J.D. ConnorFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 06/10/2026TODAY: @annaleen.bsky.social on recovering from academia. “There is no simple way to talk about intellectual trauma, but it is very real.” flaminghydra.com/academia-bro...flaminghydra.comAcademia broke my heartSome people with doctorates like to show the world what they’ve done. They write their names with “Ph.D.” as a suffix, or refer to themselves as “Dr. So-and-so.” I do not. Instead I call myself a reco... 34814
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RFK Jr: "And if a ten ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine" DJT: Bobby, what the fuck are you singing? 470
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Baggy jeans + El Niño rains = wipeouts all over campus 000
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Even @manohladargis.bsky.social's pan is haunted by Digger's real interest. It's not just Plemons being Plemons (or Plemons being the WB Plemons from Game Night). This performance is the movie's making space for an unnerving accommodation to its impending patron, David Ellison. 020
Reposted by J.D. ConnorBilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My department has a new opening in Cinema Studies! Please spread the word. cuny.jobs/staten-islan...cuny.jobs 32821
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Buying 60-second spots to remind the New York Italians who moved south that the line from Garibaldi to Marti passes right through Ybor City. Mamdani-at-the-desk social media stuff 000
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026People will tell you the Russian Revolution went too far, that the excesses of the revolution led to Stalin, and, yes, but you know what they never had to deal with? Flavio Romanov 020
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I can’t do anything about Brazil but I hope the LiMu Emu eats Flavio’s liver 030
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How many layers of irony is the cafe on when they play Hatsune Miku? 030
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I have literally just removed it from the bag, but if it has a tenth the wit of the podcast then it will be worth it. As a Gen X dude, Who? Weekly is the way I can keep up with Millennials trying to keep up with Millennial and Gen Z fame. 000
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Media F’ing Studies You KNOW we preordered @whoweekly.bsky.social 150
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine going over to someone’s house for a dinner party. The kid falls asleep and you have to carry him to the car. World’s strongest man tire flipping 010
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I really thought that was going to be a fun day on set but those perfectionist Lumière brothers just kept screaming, "Un autre! Un autre!" and then we'd wait while the whole damn train backed up and then we'd roll back into the station and that dumbass Philippe would look right down the barrel 030
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t know what your home is like but the production design is amazing 120