Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAVirginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has appointed Richard Linton as the university’s 17th president. Linton, an alumnus, will succeed Tim Sands, who will continue as president until Linton assumes office at the start of the spring semester. ➡️ go.vt.edu/utpP7 031 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFADavid Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 11hJames Spader looks like he is preparing for a role as Karl Marx in Vision Quest 2112 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 9hif there were ever a video specifically targeted to my interests, well, here it is. beer, midwest autumn agriculture, a basso profondissimo, audio technology and analysis, did i mention beer? youtu.be/vb-bzsyBviMyoutu.beWorld's Largest PUMPKIN SUBWOOFERYouTube video by ALPHA SOUND 0221 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 9hIt is a film everyone should see, it breaks my heart that there is something universal discussed at the very end of the movie but you can't clip it and show it to someone because it requires having watched all three hours prior to it 1613 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAHazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Great to see the Newham Recorder looking into pressing local issues like: have they tradwifed Aunt Bessie? 5182 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 20hWhat do movies like What Does That Nature Say to You, A Poet and Late Fame reveal about how we view poets?bit.lyWhat Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and PoetryWe probably already have the definitive film about an artist for this decade, in Ira Sachs’s Peter Hujar’s Day. The idiosyncratic biopic makes the right choices, giving us in a sliver of time the d… 041 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFANeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 11/10/2026My wife and I just watched the closing episode of 70 Up and we both felt a sudden and overwhelming sense of loss. We saw 28 Up in Santa Monica when we'd been married a year and have followed ever since. What a privilege to follow these lives. Our thanks to everyone responsible. 1553 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFASally McSurly @sallymcsurly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Shoutout to all my friends who still bartend in downtown Blacksburg, your night is about to get #worse 021 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAGarden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026First October friday night in Blacksburg produced a ghost 011 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 03/10/2026giving northwestern money to spend was a mistake 1442 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFABrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here. 3142881147 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 30/09/2026The “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and Prejudice (2005). “I want to talk about how director Joe Wright created some of the best extended tracking shots, ones, long takes, that I've ever seen." [kottke.org]kottke.orgThe “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and PrejudiceI love 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightly & Matthew Macfadyen and directed by Joe Wright. So I really enjoyed Danny Boyd’s video essay about the great cinematography in the film. Pride & Prejudice isn 0265 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAMatthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How the gaming term "larping" became a word for posers.nytimes.comHow LARPing, a Gaming Term, Became a Word for PosersLive-action role playing was associated with games like Dungeons & Dragons. Now, it’s a way to call someone out for being inauthentic. 013 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 01/10/2026Ominous Thunderstorm Rolling Across the Fields, a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. And the channel has lots more atmospheric videos like it. [kottke.org]kottke.orgOminous Thunderstorm Rolling Across the FieldsThis is a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. The rest of the channel is loaded of similar (and similarly long) atmospheric videos: thunderstorms, blizzards, 0244 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you, like Alix Earle, have never read a book, we would like to offer you this guide. buff.ly/LTQa94ebuff.ly9 books to read if you, a fully grown adult, have never read a book.In a recent interview with Interview magazine, influencer Alix Earle admitted that she has never read a book. Speaking for myself and the collective reaction in the Lit Hub Slack, this was shocking… 181 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026The death of web development education. “The income from my book sales went from being enough for me to live off (2024) to zero (2026).” [molily.de]molily.deThe death of web development education – Rescuing a field from disappearingRescuing a field from disappearing 23112 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/09/2026i dunno what it says about me or the ACC that it's Tuesday night and I'm just finally figuring out that the last two minutes of a one-score VPI-BC game are lost forever because ESPN lost power at the broadcast site & nobody will ever see it 4272 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026After 26 years, Cyberselfish, Paulina Borsook’s prophetic look at big tech, is more relevant than ever. buff.ly/TCxeCCwbuff.lyA Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in PrintPaulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot in Silicon Valley in the 1990s, and in her book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, she set out… 0136 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 25/09/2026Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s upcoming album, While the Flood Rages, which will be available wherever you stream your music on Oct 16. [youtube.com]youtube.comMax Richter - Now We Can Sing (Visualiser)'Now We Can Sing', the first single from Max Richter's new album 'While The Flood Rages', out 16 October. 1103 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFADre Harrison @dreharrison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Let's talk about the main sticking point from Azerbaijan - Franco Colapinto, and the abuse his fanbase dishes out in the name of Argentina. #F1 3279 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFA#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*Cracking down on rave parties as apparently France in 2026 has no greater national-security issues mixmag.net/feature/pari...mixmag.netAs France cracks down on free parties, 350,000 people dance in protest at Paris’ Techno ParadeFollowing a two-year hiatus, the return of Paris’ Techno Parade couldn’t be more timely. The French RIPOST law, adopted this summer, threatens organisers of undeclared free parties with eye-watering f... 411022 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJoseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Olive Garden to replace former Portage Quaker Steak and Lube as demolition commences nwitimes.com/news/local/a...nwitimes.comOlive Garden to replace former Portage Quaker Steak and Lube as demolition commencesThe landmark Quaker Steak and Lube, a longtime fixture on Portage's dining scene, is being torn down to make way for an Olive Garden. 011 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAMatthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Visitors to Paris are returning home with French butter stuffed in their luggage. They buy it at La Grande Épicerie behind the Bon Marché on the Left Bank.wsj.comThe High-Stakes Pursuit of Smuggling Butter Home From ParisTourists are lugging their own insulated bags and ice packs and asking hotels for freezer favors to make sure their golden bars make it back in one piece. 012 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How a pop star vs. bookseller clash drove Bonnie Slotnick to jail. buff.ly/Tm6yJL6buff.lyHow Harry Styles drove a bookseller to jail.Harry Styles, the amphibious pop star who’s just coming off a 30 day engagement at Madison Square Garden, has made a new enemy. And I’m not talking about Channing Tatum. Meet Bonnie Slo… 171 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 24/09/2026Kids who are too young for social media are chatting in the comments section of NPR’s podcasts on Spotify. Kid says: “I think we just like looked for podcasts that didn’t have many comments." Nature finds a way. [kottke.org]kottke.orgThe 🔥🔥🔥 New Social App: NPR Podcasts Comments Section on Spotify{Ira Glass voice} On this week’s episode of This American Life, the story of middle schoolers too young for social media chatting in the comments section of NPR’s podcasts on Spotify. From the transcript: And it was j 0269 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 23/09/2026Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera, Doc? was made. “To get the extra work done, Jones and his crew secretly shaved a couple weeks off other, easier films and faked their time cards. It was something they did on occasion.” [animationobsessive.substack.com]animationobsessive.substack.comWhy ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ Looks Like ThatIt’s one of the really famous cartoons. If you’re reading this newsletter, you’ve probably watched it yourself. After almost 70 years, What’s Opera, Doc? endures. 314945 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Katie Clapham on the joys of eavesdropping as a bookseller, hearing everything from “the worst of all the swears” to...wigglers? buff.ly/g0BVMDvbuff.lyThe Joy of Eavesdropping as a Bookseller in an English Seaside TownFriday, September 6 Honestly, the first thing I heard this morning as someone walked past the bookshop door I cannot even type because it includes the worst of all the swears, but I will tell you t… 041 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJoseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lubeznik to bring sample of Detroit's famed Heidelberg Project to Region nwitimes.com/life-enterta...nwitimes.comLubeznik to bring sample of Detroit's famed Heidelberg Project to RegionDetroit’s internationally known Heidelberg Project is coming to Northwest Indiana, with works by artist Tyree Guyton going on display in Michigan City next spring. 011 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 23/09/2026The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is to build an exhaustive, authoritative compendium of every art project that uses time as part of the work.” [motba.art]motba.artThe Museum of Time Based ArtCelebrating artists who commit to long-duration and daily creative practices. 0202 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJoseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026East Chicago’s first female Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100 nwitimes.com/news/local/l...nwitimes.comEast Chicago’s first female Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100Rosemarie Gomez, East Chicago’s first Hispanic woman to serve on the City Council, died Sept. 19 at age 100. 011 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJoseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Gary food event to celebrate community's post-storm resilience nwitimes.com/news/local/l...nwitimes.comGary food event to celebrate community's post-storm resilienceBrunchin’ on Broadway returns Saturday with food, music and art while highlighting Gary businesses recovering in the aftermath of the Aug. 11 storm. 021 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAHazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026tired of everything being shit? want a nap? bored out of your nut? inexplicably missing F1? well sounds like you should be watching the all-day stream of the British hillclimb title decider; easy to get the hang of, you've got to get up the hill fast www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqt...youtube.comLIVE British Hillclimb Championship TITLE DECIDER - Prescott 2026YouTube video by HillClimb.TV 294 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 21/09/2026I love these login.jp_ videos; this one features English DJ & producer Bonobo playing some downtempo ambient electronica in a Shinjuku dyeing workshop. [kottke.org]kottke.orgMusic for the DyeingI believe I have featured login.jp_ here before — they pair electronic music with different locations around Japan to highlight the Japanese experience. For their latest video, they had English DJ & producer Bonobo play 3213 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“When the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage” with the wider press corps and networks around the world." Stelter: "Last I checked, this president likes to be on camera." www.cnn.com/newsletters/...cnn.com 1512728 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAJoseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rita's Italian Ice & Custard opening across from Pat's Ice Cream Parlor in Valpo nwitimes.com/news/local/b...nwitimes.comRita's Italian Ice & Custard opening across from Pat's Ice Cream Parlor in ValpoRita's Italian Ice & Custard plans to open in downtown Valparaiso. 011 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFARodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The director/camera crew having the idea to locate a SeatGeek sign in the stadium and zoom in on GEEK and get it on the broadcast within 10 seconds of Benetti nerding out is the pinnacle of sports broadcasting 1060962 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 15/09/2026With a new installment every seven years since 1964, the Seven Up series has followed a group of 14 British schoolchildren from adolescence to adulthood. The final installment, 70 Up, directed by Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy), is out this week. [theguardian.com]theguardian.com‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 UpThe ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground for 63 years – and changing TV for ever 0194 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFALit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Who actually benefits in an MFA workshop? Devon Halliday explores why these spaces might need “a greater clarity of purpose.” buff.ly/DIZ5opglithub.comWho Are MFA Workshops *Really* For?How many writers does it take to fix a short story? The premise of the creative writing workshop is that it takes a room full of writers, reading and offering feedback and working through the kinks… 051 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 16/09/2026Usenet-Rewind: search over 1 billion Usenet text posts from 1981 to the present. [usenet-rewind.com]usenet-rewind.comUsenet-RewindSearch Usenet news text-message archives from 1981 to present across hundreds of thousands of newsgroups. 23412 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 17/09/2026This is fun: Red Bull took over one of the karting tracks at Silverstone (home of the British Grand Prix), put 100 regular folks in karts, positioned four-time F1 champ Max Verstappen at the back of the pack, and gave him 75 minutes to pass everyone. [kottke.org]kottke.orgMax Verstappen vs. 100 Normies in Go-KartsThis is fun: Red Bull took over one of the karting tracks at Silverstone (home of the British Grand Prix), put 100 regular folks in karts, positioned four-time F1 champ Max Verstappen at the back of the pack, and gave hi 2201 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFADre Harrison @dreharrison.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The first woman (Abbi Pulling) doing an Indy NXT Evaluation test on Monday. Neat. www.motorsport.com/indylights/n...motorsport.comAbbi Pulling headlines 11-driver Indy NXT test at IndianapolisUSF Pro Championships standout G3 Argyros and former Mercedes F1 junior Alex Powell are among the prospects set to test with five teams at the Brickyard 1101 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 17/09/2026Using a Railway as a Massive Flatbed Scanner. By taking a camera, pointing it out the window of a train, and keeping track of how fast the train is moving, you can create very wide panoramic scans of the scenery. [kottke.org]kottke.orgUsing a Railway as a Massive Flatbed ScannerBy taking a camera, pointing it out the window of a train, and keeping track of how fast the train is moving, you can create very wide panoramic scans of the scenery. It’s a little more complicated than that — all 0314 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFANeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 17/09/2026It's never been easier to locate and borrow or buy out of print books. Never in the entire history of books. Yet 99.9999% of all book talk on social media is about books that are in print. Centuries of gold awaits. But hardly anyone takes the chance. I just don't get it. 77215 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 18/09/2026From our own Edith Zimmerman for the New Yorker, some Updated Jane Austen Titles like Dead-Ass Karen and Red-Flag Baddie and Brain-Rot Third Space. [newyorker.com]newyorker.comUpdated Jane Austen TitlesIncluding “Brain-Rot Third Space” and “Based and Vibey.” 051 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAkottke.org @kottke.org · 18/09/2026Instant click for me: how NYC street signs are made. “The sign shop…has a staff of 46 workers, including seven letterers who lay out signs by hand and a blacksmith who makes custom brackets to securely attach signs to traffic poles.” [nytimes.com]nytimes.comThere Are Over 1 Million N.Y.C. Street Signs. Here’s How They Are Made.From Cornelia Street to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the 46 workers in this Queens building bring to life the words and symbols that guide the city. 0235 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/09/2026I do NOT remember there ever being four simultaneous primetime broadcast TV kickoffs before 4314 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFAPaul Ford @ftrain.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I just really want to not get off the train at my stop, which is about twenty seconds from where I am now, but instead stay on until Coney Island and sit on a bench and watch a family dance to bluetooth while the ocean comes across in scalloped glimmers. 71202 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFA#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 19/09/2026*Is Keaton's train crash "funny," the audience at the time didn't think so *It's not a joke about a train crashing, it's actually a Keatonesque joke about cinema and its ability to command apparent reality "Comedians do funny things, great comedians do things funny" youtu.be/sn9AdwQr2jE?...youtu.beThe General (1926)- Train crashYouTube video by O-Dog Kubrick 0201 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFARadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 19/09/2026To brighten your timeline. 311910 0
Reposted by Josette Torres, MFATimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/09/2026AS CALLED BY ANDREW ALLEGRETTA ON VANDERBILT RADIO AND MATT CHAZANOW ON NC STATE RADIO: 920748 0