Reposted by jenniferpeteTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Apropos of nothing, I get a lot of mileage out of this meme. 61143105
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 22h"Silent film historian with specialization in early nonfiction dreams of monetizing their object of research..." #SilentCinema #SlowCinema theankler.com/zone-out-tv-...theankler.comZone-Out TV Is Becoming Big Business - The AnklerFireplaces, nature scenes: Samsung, Disney and YouTube find audience and money in shows barely meant to be watched 030
Reposted by jenniferpeteBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 4751362268
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Boosting this post with link to watch The Flower Fairy (which is in the post but here it is again). You know you want to watch this. #flowers #fairies #silentfilm www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL5...youtube.comThe Flower Fairy / La Fee Aux Fleurs (1905)YouTube video by NFSA Film Australia 042
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another marine heat wave "Blob" is shaping up this year. Bad news, sadly not surprised. e360.yale.edu/features/mar...e360.yale.eduA Surge of Marine Heat Waves Threatens to Scramble Ocean LifeFueled by climate change and a strengthening El Niño, record-setting marine heat waves are gripping oceans worldwide and playing havoc with sea life. Mounting evidence from recent events suggests the ... 031
Reposted by jenniferpeteJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000. 151360303
Reposted by jenniferpeteAlan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For the anniversary of Silent Spring, published on this day in 1962. This Peanuts cartoon is from February 1963. #envhist @carsoncenter.bsky.social 03417
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"It’s the definition of climate injustice, and in some ways it’s the latest iteration of the great game of imperialism, of world-making and world-destroying. It’s laying bare all the same structural inequalities." e360.yale.edu/features/jul...e360.yale.eduFrom Indigenous Loss, a Potent Legal Argument on ClimateIn an interview, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon explores how climate change is undermining the cultural traditions of Indigenous peoples. He is citing these injuries in legal actions, including in a... 020
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yay books. This is a good comfort watch. Formulaic doc, but good content. Gets better after the opening VO. youtu.be/oM17mX_C0Cw?...youtu.beThe Booksellers | Full Documentary | WATCH FOR FREEYouTube video by Samuel Goldwyn Films 130
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Honestly this is how I feel at the end of a particularly long day, like today 030
Reposted by jenniferpeteEarthjustice @earthjustice.org · 23/09/2026The Trump admin's latest attack on endangered species is a memo saying that as long as you claim you didn’t mean to kill an endangered species, the law can’t and won’t stop you. It’s an absurd and illegal misreading of the Endangered Species Act. The @nytimes.com ’s The Daily podcast breaks it down.nytimes.comThe Trump Administration Defangs the Endangered Species ActA new interpretation of the law would mean that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, would be illegal. 42820
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What has escaped containment is not the AI but the narratives around it. More evidence of how storytelling actually does matter, a lot. www.wired.com/story/why-ai...wired.comWhy AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With BioweaponsOf all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low. 060
Reposted by jenniferpeteBob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#fungi season has definitely started 05111
Reposted by jenniferpeteMartin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ten years in the making, my new book traces how corporations successfully infiltrated the movies in the early 20th Century in spite of scandal and massive audience resistance. Out in December, but you can order it (with a discount!) now. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... 73012
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sometimes I cheat on Bluesky with Instagram for a few weeks 110
Reposted by jenniferpeteEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So how about this for a "pause AI" proposal: "pause credulous AI reporting". No more media about "breakthroughs" or "rogue agent swarms" or ... UNLESS and UNTIL that media demands the actual empirical evidence and/or focuses on the motivations of & harms by these companies. 4744198
Reposted by jenniferpeteFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/09/2026everyone stop what they’re doing and watch the classic Log Driver’s Waltz animation right nowyoutu.beThe Log Driver’s Waltz. A Canadian favourite from 1979.YouTube video by Life in Canada 28346119
Reposted by jenniferpeteLyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Customs and Border Protection claimed construction at Big Bend National Park in TX was only “survey and design” work. That's a lie. Using satellite images to track the activity found patrol roads and vehicle barriers already being built. Watch video (fascinating): www.nytimes.com/video/us/100.... 🌎nytimes.comVideo: Satellite Images Contradict Border Agency on Construction in Big BendCustoms and Border Protection claimed that construction on a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas was limited to “survey and design” work. Visual Investigations’ satellite specia... 23933
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just another Manatee Monday. #InternationalManateeDay 011
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Madly searching for news of You Can See Everything, and this dog post comes up. Never underestimate comedy genius Nathan Fielder. (jk) (about the first sentence not the second one) 010
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I recently taught a media authorship course on Alfred Hitchcock and Ida Lupino. It’s a lopsided comparison, but that’s the point. Ive taught all-Hitch classes before but wanted to try something new. We watched Lupino as an actor shifting into directing, contrasting her career opportunities with his. 4273
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is good! 🔥 The U.S. is the only country that voted no on this nonbinding resolution. 012
Reposted by jenniferpeteKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If noise pollution were visible, there would be a giant plume of black smoke pouring out of this data center. 1105
Reposted by jenniferpetejenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Dolly Parton channeling Delphine Seyrig 🍎🥔 15617
Reposted by jenniferpeteThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP, Dolly Parton. 71264215
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Snidley Whiplashes proliferatingstatic.klipy.comSnidely Whiplash KaiamiAlt: A gif of cartoon villain Snidely Whiplash tying innocent Nell Fenwick on the railroad tracks with rope. Oh where is our hero Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties?! 020
Reposted by jenniferpeteJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Put my hand on a bison rubbing stone today. It’s been sitting here since it was dropped by a retreating glacier at the end of the last ice age. The sides are smoothed from generations of bison rubbing on it. Good to think about that now and then 351932315
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In researching the early 20th century use of film to promote nature conservation in the U.S. (practices which were later exported around the world), I try to keep up with current developments in conservation and land use. This is an excellent article on that topic. therevelator.org/conservancies/?therevelator.orgWho Really Benefits from Community Conservancies? Rethinking Equity in Kenya’s Conservation Model • The RevelatorMany pastoralist households see little benefit from conservancy revenue, despite millions of dollars flowing into the region. 021
Reposted by jenniferpetecait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yall are always trying to pit two bad bitches against each other and for what 513266418
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 11/08/2026“Catering cart” as search term not yet yielding the jokes I’m looking for. 220
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 02/08/2026My 12 year old is watching a streamer called CaseOh who is doing reaction content to a sponsored film about Kokuhu rice production. It’s actually kind of great. #nontheatricalfilm 030
Reposted by jenniferpeteProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026My time lapse of the Gironde #fire near Bordeaux, viewed on Friday afternoon from about 20 km distance. One minute compressed into 5 seconds. #GlobalHeating 311253452
Reposted by jenniferpeteManohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Movie lovers it’s time to nominate your faves for the LOC’s National Film Registry! It’s fun, easy and way to champion women and people of color. H/T @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social www.loc.gov/programs/nat...loc.govHow to Nominate Films | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs | Library of CongressWe are accepting nominations for the 2026 National Film Registry. 34425
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I’ve been away from Bluesky for about 10 days, what did I miss? 091
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Our movie mogul dreams just got $20 million cheaper. share.google/Fi3uQEuCYvgP...share.googleCentury-Old Hollywood Soundstage Complex Cuts Listing Price From $45 Million to $25 MillionOccidental Studios, which bills itself as the longest continuous operating studio lot in Los Angeles, is back on the market with a reworked listing. 181
Reposted by jenniferpeteThe Onion @theonion.com · 15/07/2026Last-Ever Global Warming Report Released For Posterity 191072230
Reposted by jenniferpeteEric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 16/07/2026If only a dedicated group of scientists had warned us about the record heat, torrential flooding, continental scale wildfires, and apocalyptic orange skies 693257891
Reposted by jenniferpeteLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Hard to describe the sorrow I feel watching the boreal forest burn, summer after summer. I was paddling on a lake yesterday when the smoke came in, and knew what was happening despite not having cell reception. Climate change is a heartbreaker. 7405127
Reposted by jenniferpeteJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Brits are like “Look who’s boiling vegetables now.” 694044524
Reposted by jenniferpeteCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 10/07/2026In 'Death Knell for America's Wildlife,' Trump Admin Guts Habitat Protections for Endangered Speciescommondreams.orgIn 'Death Knell for America's Wildlife,' Trump Admin Guts Habitat Protections for Endangered SpeciesTrump administration weakens Endangered Species Act, allowing corporations to destroy habitats. Environmental advocates vow legal challenges. 10135105
Reposted by jenniferpeteCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/07/2026BREAKING: The Trump administration just finalized a rule today that removes nearly all habitat protections for endangered species. More details: biodiv.us/4gQ90WL 148683
Reposted by jenniferpeteMicah @rincewind.run · 09/07/2026the biggest positive story on climate is that it doesn’t seem to matter how much of the world is run by reactionary fascists: the rise of solar is unstoppable 4953181298
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This seems like a big deal! “The gradual erosion of search traffic in recent years has, paradoxically, given publishers more agency to consider walking away from the platform.” 030
Reposted by jenniferpeteScam Ghouldin @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one. 7294683633
