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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I had the opportunity to speak with Matthew I. Thompson - @quickpickles.bsky.social - about his new book with @uminnpress.bsky.social, On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s. Full interview on @nichecanada.bsky.social here: niche-canada.org/2026/04/28/t...

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“Soylent Green is people”… but that’s not the scariest part. What if the real horror isn’t the future—it’s the ideas we used to imagine it? Today Matthew Thompson joins in to break down Soylent Green, eco-dystopian cinema, and the unsettling politics hiding beneath it. 🎧 Listen now

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Civic Tech Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

👉 Tue May 12 → 7pm • in-person & online A frustrating search for places to play badminton led Ann Chen to build a drop-in programs finder with open data. She’ll share what she learned creating a tool to save people time when life gets busy. ✚ discussions & breakouts! guild.host/events/civic...

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Leah Pennywark @lpennywark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s by Matthew I Thompson @quickpickles.bsky.social is out today! Read about whales, plants, Soylent Green, fear and desire, and more! www.upress.umn.edu/978151791733...

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On Life Support

Finding strategies for today’s environmental movement in classic science fiction filmsWhat can science fiction film tell us about the course of the modern ...

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