J.D. Connor
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Next fall's grad seminar will fall under "Narrative Theory" (we haven't taught it in forever; if we don't, we lose the number). Two wolves: an idiomatic triad of choice, control, and violence or a Back to the Roots of cultural expressionism: Leo Marx, Kracauer (Nietzsche!), Moten, etc. Thoughts?
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Lord forgive me but it’s time to go back to tha old me
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Lord forgive me but it’s time to go back to tha old me
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
The statue and the bomb, or, the Hall of Fame and the kinetic strike, or hosting a television show and carrying out a coup “literally like I was watching a television show”
It’s gonna be weird when this thing comes out in like 2029.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The statue and the bomb, or, the Hall of Fame and the kinetic strike, or hosting a television show and carrying out a coup “literally like I was watching a television show”
Here's a bit I wrote back in July about Trump, war, and Benjamin. It's supposed to be part of a forthcoming roundtable on Trumpian Aesthetics, but between the writing the publishing, all the predictions have come true or worse.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Here's a bit I wrote back in July about Trump, war, and Benjamin. It's supposed to be part of a forthcoming roundtable on Trumpian Aesthetics, but between the writing the publishing, all the predictions have come true or worse.
When will the Million Dollar Band disavow Hamas?
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
When will the Million Dollar Band disavow Hamas?
The everything app, and they do mean everything
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The everything app, and they do mean everything
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feeding One trader joe's horseradish & chive potato chip to my Corner Spider because he's a pretty cool dude
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
feeding One trader joe's horseradish & chive potato chip to my Corner Spider because he's a pretty cool dude
Maybe if I follow them both and wish real hard they'll get back together 🤞
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Maybe if I follow them both and wish real hard they'll get back together 🤞
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We’re hiring two postdocs at CARGC this year!
We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in Latin American or South Asian media cultures whose research engages media and creative industries, popular culture, and emerging forms of belonging and citizenship.
Deadline in two weeks:
We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in Latin American or South Asian media cultures whose research engages media and creative industries, popular culture, and emerging forms of belonging and citizenship.
Deadline in two weeks:
International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
www.asc.upenn.edu
January 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
We’re hiring two postdocs at CARGC this year!
We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in Latin American or South Asian media cultures whose research engages media and creative industries, popular culture, and emerging forms of belonging and citizenship.
Deadline in two weeks:
We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in Latin American or South Asian media cultures whose research engages media and creative industries, popular culture, and emerging forms of belonging and citizenship.
Deadline in two weeks:
My haters: Hey, J.D., that unverifiable hobbyhorse of yours where media objects allegorize their social conditions of production, that's all gonna go away with GenAI, right?
*me, from the top rope*:
*me, from the top rope*:
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
My haters: Hey, J.D., that unverifiable hobbyhorse of yours where media objects allegorize their social conditions of production, that's all gonna go away with GenAI, right?
*me, from the top rope*:
*me, from the top rope*:
Just get the calipers, George
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Just get the calipers, George
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1754
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1754
267,000 tickets but only 15,600 buckets of popcorn? If I was there, it wouldn't have went down like it did.
January 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
267,000 tickets but only 15,600 buckets of popcorn? If I was there, it wouldn't have went down like it did.
great moments in sports gambling history: safety as time expires!
January 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
great moments in sports gambling history: safety as time expires!
Sports but make it cinema (Ivan the Terrible Part I, SM Eisenstein, 1944)
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Sports but make it cinema (Ivan the Terrible Part I, SM Eisenstein, 1944)
My County Commissioner told me hikers keep dying on Mt. Baldy so I asked how many hikers and she said she just goes to the Forest Service office and gets a new hiker afterwards so I said it sounds like she’s just feeding hikers to the Devil's Backbone and then her daughter started crying.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
My County Commissioner told me hikers keep dying on Mt. Baldy so I asked how many hikers and she said she just goes to the Forest Service office and gets a new hiker afterwards so I said it sounds like she’s just feeding hikers to the Devil's Backbone and then her daughter started crying.
So preoccupied with whether or not they could etc etc
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So preoccupied with whether or not they could etc etc
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Went for a walks.
Saw a fox.
Saw a fox.
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Went for a walks.
Saw a fox.
Saw a fox.
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and for those who don’t like clicking links/reading:
10. Peter Hujar’s Day
9. Sinners
8. Marty Supreme
7. Henry Fonda for President
6. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
5. Castration Movie Anthology ii.
4. Eephus
3. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
1. 28 Years Later
10. Peter Hujar’s Day
9. Sinners
8. Marty Supreme
7. Henry Fonda for President
6. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
5. Castration Movie Anthology ii.
4. Eephus
3. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
1. 28 Years Later
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
and for those who don’t like clicking links/reading:
10. Peter Hujar’s Day
9. Sinners
8. Marty Supreme
7. Henry Fonda for President
6. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
5. Castration Movie Anthology ii.
4. Eephus
3. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
1. 28 Years Later
10. Peter Hujar’s Day
9. Sinners
8. Marty Supreme
7. Henry Fonda for President
6. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
5. Castration Movie Anthology ii.
4. Eephus
3. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
1. 28 Years Later
Television is a visual medium. We should get a downmarket Fonzie impersonator and that guy who always looks like he doesn't understand what the vet means when he says it's time to think about putting the dog down.
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Television is a visual medium. We should get a downmarket Fonzie impersonator and that guy who always looks like he doesn't understand what the vet means when he says it's time to think about putting the dog down.
This is great reporting. Behind it, the fuse that leads to this story is that the Supreme Court's pro-corruption rollback of what counts as bribery meant that the FBI had to wait to see if Homan fulfilled the quid pro quo before they could move.
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is great reporting. Behind it, the fuse that leads to this story is that the Supreme Court's pro-corruption rollback of what counts as bribery meant that the FBI had to wait to see if Homan fulfilled the quid pro quo before they could move.
OBAA awards campaign breaking new ground
Wyoming Freedom Caucus member allegedly admitted that "he drinks while driving for anxiety," Johnson County Sheriff's Office report says.
Rep. Bill Allemand arrested for drinking and driving - WyoFile
Wyoming Freedom Caucus member allegedly admitted that ‘he drinks while driving for anxiety,’ Johnson County Sheriff’s Office report says.
wyofile.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
OBAA awards campaign breaking new ground
Not to steal @annakornbluh.bsky.social's thing but: tolerably accurate versions of academia on screen, a syllabus
Erin Brockovich
And?
Erin Brockovich
And?
perennial complaint, i know: but c'mon if you're gonna spend all that time and money to make a movie and it's about academia, like spend twenty minutes talking to somebody to see if your script makes any sense. this is about sorry, baby.
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Not to steal @annakornbluh.bsky.social's thing but: tolerably accurate versions of academia on screen, a syllabus
Erin Brockovich
And?
Erin Brockovich
And?