Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa
@benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
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Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
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Given recent developments:
April 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Given recent developments:
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These are the questions I tell students to ask themselves when they see animals in an ad:
1. What is the product? How do people use it? How is it made? How do these factors impact environmental, natural, and animal ecosystems?...
1. What is the product? How do people use it? How is it made? How do these factors impact environmental, natural, and animal ecosystems?...
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
These are the questions I tell students to ask themselves when they see animals in an ad:
1. What is the product? How do people use it? How is it made? How do these factors impact environmental, natural, and animal ecosystems?...
1. What is the product? How do people use it? How is it made? How do these factors impact environmental, natural, and animal ecosystems?...
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"Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses by a diverse collection of scholars. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PkD02nj
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses by a diverse collection of scholars. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PkD02nj
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I happened to have just taught a class on the use of animals in ads. Hoping my students were all doing the Leo pointing at the TV thing.
fuck this Ring commercial hiding fascism behind dogs
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I happened to have just taught a class on the use of animals in ads. Hoping my students were all doing the Leo pointing at the TV thing.
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8. Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (1987). A short televisual poem (adapted from Georg Heym's 1911 piece by the same name). This is Farocki at his most oblique and terrible. Somehow, despite its simplicity, the film manages to be incredibly grim.
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 AM
8. Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (1987). A short televisual poem (adapted from Georg Heym's 1911 piece by the same name). This is Farocki at his most oblique and terrible. Somehow, despite its simplicity, the film manages to be incredibly grim.
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I honestly don't know what the Democrats are promising to do if they win in November (either in the House or Senate).
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I honestly don't know what the Democrats are promising to do if they win in November (either in the House or Senate).
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Never forget that the same war that saw the US gaining control over Puerto Rico is the same war that enabled thugs in suits to gain control over Hawaii.
And if you were jamming to "Lo que pasó a Hawaii," Hawaii Public Radio was already here for you
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
A tale of 2 islands: Bad Bunny song about Hawaiʻi sends a message to Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s latest album has been charting on the Billboard Hot 100. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio reports one song referencing Hawaiʻi has drawn reaction from Native Hawaiians and Puer...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Never forget that the same war that saw the US gaining control over Puerto Rico is the same war that enabled thugs in suits to gain control over Hawaii.
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Sugarcane production was brutal work that left workers subjected to horrendous conditions for barely any pay while US sugar barrons became unimaginably wealthy. They siphoned wealth from the island while leaving it impoverished. Attempts to fight for better wages resulted in violent crackdowns.
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Sugarcane production was brutal work that left workers subjected to horrendous conditions for barely any pay while US sugar barrons became unimaginably wealthy. They siphoned wealth from the island while leaving it impoverished. Attempts to fight for better wages resulted in violent crackdowns.
Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
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This is what firing 30% of your staff does.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This is what firing 30% of your staff does.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
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My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
That's belly-laugh levels of stupidity.
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
That's belly-laugh levels of stupidity.
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Yes, she's that stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Yes, she's that stupid.
I happened to have just taught a class on the use of animals in ads. Hoping my students were all doing the Leo pointing at the TV thing.
fuck this Ring commercial hiding fascism behind dogs
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I happened to have just taught a class on the use of animals in ads. Hoping my students were all doing the Leo pointing at the TV thing.
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was the most-watched halftime performance of all time with over 135 million viewers.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Fox news: the channel for white people who start yelling when there's someone on line at the grocery store speaking Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Fox news: the channel for white people who start yelling when there's someone on line at the grocery store speaking Spanish.
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Extraordinary footage. Police pulling off people engaged in peaceful prayer.
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Extraordinary footage. Police pulling off people engaged in peaceful prayer.
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For any editors looking for commentary or a musical breakdown of the Bad Bunny halftime performance: I’m a music scholar with expertise in Latin and Caribbean popular music. I’ve written dozens of pieces on the subject and also host a podcast on a closely related subject.
Hit me up!
Hit me up!
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
For any editors looking for commentary or a musical breakdown of the Bad Bunny halftime performance: I’m a music scholar with expertise in Latin and Caribbean popular music. I’ve written dozens of pieces on the subject and also host a podcast on a closely related subject.
Hit me up!
Hit me up!
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We ALL know that's Ricky Martin singing in front of the bananas
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 AM
We ALL know that's Ricky Martin singing in front of the bananas
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
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Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
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This Puerto Rican Jew is feeling pretty verklempt.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This Puerto Rican Jew is feeling pretty verklempt.
Fox news: the channel for white people who start yelling when there's someone on line at the grocery store speaking Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Fox news: the channel for white people who start yelling when there's someone on line at the grocery store speaking Spanish.