iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Eric Weisbard @eweisbard.bsky.social · 18h

The 2027 Pop Conference CFP is now out, info here: note that proposals are due pretty soon, as in Nov. 1 popcon2027.sched.com/info?fbclid=...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

tfw Michael Clayton takes a picture of you with his flip phone

Katie Britt realizing that Eric Schmitt made an ass of himself at the Jack Smith hearing

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Digger and The Devils is October’s hottest end-of-Warner Bros. double feature

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Before you see the restoration of Ken Russell's The Devils, read this excellent blog post that chronicles the long, troubled history of its US exhibition projectorhasbeendrinking.blogspot.com/2026/06/disp...

A mid-1970s local newspaper ad that ties The Devils to the popularity of The Exorcist

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I would kindly suggest that if you have enough money to lobby and flatter and bribe theologians into saying a computer has a brain then that money should be taken away from you

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Considering the genre’s history with critics, I can’t tell if Verity’s mixed-to-negative reception means the studio campy erotic thriller is back or not

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Since it is late and I have been thinking about Paramount–Warner Bros., and I have a lingering take, I'll dump it here. After the trauma of the integration, the thousands of layoffs, the likely federally subsidized bump in Hollywood production, what will happen with this company?

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My dept is hiring a full prof! The committee (which I’m not on) is looking for someone in “media entrepreneurship,” broadly defined. There’s a fair bit of jargon here, but I want folks On Here to know that humanities-oriented media industries folks should def apply. careers.ua.edu/jobs/ccis-so...

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CCIS - Southern Progress Professor of Media Entrepreneurship, Journalism and Creative Media - 530646 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Department/Organization207451 - Journalism and Creative Media RankProfessor Position SummaryThe Department of Journalism & Creative Media in the College of Communication & Information Scienc...

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Near-record late September box office not due to 1 blockbuster but 5 films taking in 8 figures each. This is the way.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I cherish that my first drive-in movie was Twister, appropriately

A twister hitting a drive-in playing The Shining (1980) in Twister (1996)

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Note that these rules make it impossible to “interview” “Tilly Norwood”

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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026

eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I keep seeing things trying to convince me that The Social Reckoning is a "real movie" that is going to "be released" but I'm not gonna fall for it

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Nontheatrical Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group SCMS @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big news! The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive has digitized + made available 450 film catalogs from Professor Gregory A. Waller's collection. Catalogues represent 16mm film sector, mostly between 1940s to '70s. Explore them here! digitalcollections.iu.edu/collections/...

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Dr. Gregory A. Waller film catalog collection, 1915-1992, bulk 1940-1971 // Digital Collections

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My "I am not complicit" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My weather app has been in this cycle of being like, “in 10 days you’re finally getting a drop in temperature, hooray!” followed by “jk, sending that right back up to the 90s.” Hellish, in multiple senses

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of Bob Mackie's many Emmy wins for costume design was for Motown's 1969 TV special 'GIT on Broadway.' For one sequence where Diana Ross sang a Broadway medley, he designed a costume for each number. He then costumed her in Motown's first movie, Lady Sings the Blues, earning his first Oscar nom.

Ross singing “Doin’ What Comes Naturally” from Annie Get Your Gun while in a cartoonish cowprint cowboy costume

Ross singing “I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair” from South Pacific as she poses in a cocktail dress surrounded by an enormous statue of black curls and flowers

Ross singing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from Gypsy while donning an Afro, a sequined, form-fitting outfit, and fur stretching from arm-to-arm

In Lady Sings the Blues, Ross as Billie Holiday performs at Carnegie Hall, with a white dress, silk gloves, and a gardenia in her hair

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve never seen an actual news broadcast feel more like a news clip within a movie

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Harry Caul is really the most Gene Hackman character name

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I would like to vote for someone who knows what nouns are

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Reading the wiki page for Newsies (1992) and excuse me

During production, multiple cast members also wrote, directed, and starred in a satire horror short film named Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square (alternatively Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square). The satire film featured Mark David as , a disgraced actor wanting to star in Newsies for his big career comeback; after being rejected by director , Knotts decides to murder everyone involved in Newsies production, including Ivan Dudynsky, Trey Parker, and .

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Reupping this list of labor films today

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The kids at my screening of Coyote vs. Acme cheered when Peter Lorre showed up and started chanting “You may have the falcon, but we certainly have you!”

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Werner Herzog has a new film called Bucking Fastard. Which made me realize there are a number of Herzog titles that also sound like deep bench Coachella acts: My Best Fiend, Grizzly Man, Ghost Elephants, Happy People, Theatre of Thought, Family Romance LLC

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There has never been a more The Cut headline than ths

An image of two women in an embrace to accompany the headline self
"Would My Marriage Be Better If I Stopped Writing About It?" and the subhead "After blowing up my love life on a lesbian cruise, I now wonder if I said too much." By Shannon Keating

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Honestly have been surprised that in this country we actually have maintained a federal holiday honoring the labor movement so this sounds about on time

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Someday soon hes going to be over and trans folk will continue to exist and, hopefully, thrive, for as long as there are humans on this planet.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

okay, that’s enough of the weeks upon weeks of terrible heat all day and night. it’s almost september, you can stop now

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

AI interferes with accomplishing goals

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There should be a term for the work that everyday people do to uphold standards under late capitalism that is then used to justify not improving conditions -- e.g., air travel staying statistically safe despite exhausted air traffic controllers and Boeing employees meeting awful production schedules

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Jordan S. Carroll 🌹 @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The study of the humanities depends on the radical idea that anything that humans think, feel, or create has value independent of any immediate utility or appeal to the people who study it.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Whenever you watch 9 to 5, you get to vicariously join human history's greatest-ever blunt rotation www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lsj...

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9 to 5 Pot Scene

YouTube video by Bloop Doopy

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

so you're telling me i'm supposed to be "writing" because it's "my job" when there's a perfectly good wikipedia page waiting to be read about the 1997 John Leguizamo motion picture The Pest

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

One reason you couldn’t have an actual Paw Patrol is the impractical turnover rate. You’d have to train an entirely new group of dogs in vehicle and rescue operations every decade or so

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

On Ken Russell's The Devils 21 years ago, I was shown a 35mm print of the R-rated version in a college class. I had no clue what I was in for. Other students walked out rolling their eyes (as was the knee-jerk response to almost everything at my film school) but I felt like I'd ascended.

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Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Essential reading to confront a new academic year

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