jenniferpete
@jenniferpete.bsky.social
Professor, film nerd, treehugger. 🥀🪵🌲🪲 Book in progress: “Conservation Motion Pictures”
This episode is clarifying and well-told, with villains and secret plans worthy of a film adaptation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Secret Plan to End U.S. Climate Regulations
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 02/12/2026 · Subscribers Only · 31m
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February 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This episode is clarifying and well-told, with villains and secret plans worthy of a film adaptation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How not to pitch a film, lesson 1.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
How not to pitch a film, lesson 1.
RIP Frederick Wiseman. I recommend starting with HIGH SCHOOL if you’re looking for a gateway film. www.kanopy.com/video/2332161
February 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
RIP Frederick Wiseman. I recommend starting with HIGH SCHOOL if you’re looking for a gateway film. www.kanopy.com/video/2332161
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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As a historian of science, I was raised to think rejecting science was a pathology of anti-democratic governments. Well, this might be the proof of that.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
As a historian of science, I was raised to think rejecting science was a pathology of anti-democratic governments. Well, this might be the proof of that.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Grim scientific truth about the approaching overshoot of irreversible tipping points. "It took until the 2025 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, for U.N. negotiators to acknowledge the need to address how to handle an overshoot." e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...
Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice...
e360.yale.edu
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Grim scientific truth about the approaching overshoot of irreversible tipping points. "It took until the 2025 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, for U.N. negotiators to acknowledge the need to address how to handle an overshoot." e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
Another lesson in how media visibility ≠ action. The Axolotl's new iconic status ought to spur better habitat protection, but so far it hasn't. "In 1998, Lake Xochimilco had 6,000 axolotls per square kilometre. By 2008, there were only 100, and in 2014 just 36..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Every time I look at one, I smile!’: how axolotls took over the world
Our passion for these cute-looking salamanders means they are everywhere – except in the wild, where the species is under increasing threat
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Another lesson in how media visibility ≠ action. The Axolotl's new iconic status ought to spur better habitat protection, but so far it hasn't. "In 1998, Lake Xochimilco had 6,000 axolotls per square kilometre. By 2008, there were only 100, and in 2014 just 36..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excellent resource, thank you!
The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Excellent resource, thank you!
Yes, we watch entire films in my current classes (20-25 students) and they seem to like the long format.
Class size is a huge issue. It’s a struggle to get students to pay attention to a *lecture* in large courses too.
Class size is a huge issue. It’s a struggle to get students to pay attention to a *lecture* in large courses too.
Nice to see lots of colleagues quoted, but notable that almost all are talking about teaching at large universities, where it's always been tough to get most of huge classes to engage. In my experience, most of my smaller classes will effectively watch films, but it does a bit of teaching how.
On a trend us film professors have seen. Free link to “The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films” from THE ATLANTIC yesterday.
archive.ph/GFWzW
archive.ph/GFWzW
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Yes, we watch entire films in my current classes (20-25 students) and they seem to like the long format.
Class size is a huge issue. It’s a struggle to get students to pay attention to a *lecture* in large courses too.
Class size is a huge issue. It’s a struggle to get students to pay attention to a *lecture* in large courses too.
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Conservationists warn that realistic AI-generated wildlife images are fueling misinformation — making dangerous encounters seem normal, wasting authorities’ time on false sightings, and stoking fear of animals.
Experts say it risks eroding trust, encouraging persecution, and harming conservation.
Experts say it risks eroding trust, encouraging persecution, and harming conservation.
Wildlife attacks and strange animal behavior — fake images spark conservation concerns
When Houssein Rayaleh received a WhatsApp message from a local ecotourism guide showing footage of a lioness in Djibouti, he was excited. The video showed the big cat running directly in front of a…
news.mongabay.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Conservationists warn that realistic AI-generated wildlife images are fueling misinformation — making dangerous encounters seem normal, wasting authorities’ time on false sightings, and stoking fear of animals.
Experts say it risks eroding trust, encouraging persecution, and harming conservation.
Experts say it risks eroding trust, encouraging persecution, and harming conservation.
Imagine being the one person who attended this premiere screening.
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Imagine being the one person who attended this premiere screening.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
❤️Minneapolis!❤️
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:56 PM
❤️Minneapolis!❤️
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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imagine waiting on history to voice its displeasure on things i hate today
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
imagine waiting on history to voice its displeasure on things i hate today
An ecocinema masterpiece
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
An ecocinema masterpiece
Dolly Parton channeling Delphine Seyrig 🍎🥔
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Dolly Parton channeling Delphine Seyrig 🍎🥔
Good article by @resnikoff.bsky.social In general I agree with this (unfashionable?) take, which gets at a central political contradiction. Seems important to imagine collectives working toward common goals, rather than monadic subjects wearing leftist capes! dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Good article by @resnikoff.bsky.social In general I agree with this (unfashionable?) take, which gets at a central political contradiction. Seems important to imagine collectives working toward common goals, rather than monadic subjects wearing leftist capes! dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Zoom in 🐑
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Zoom in 🐑
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on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI -
against-a-i.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
Yes, it’s war in the attention economy. Among other things.
Fascinating (repellent) new dynamics of explicitness in this era of media spectacle.
Fascinating (repellent) new dynamics of explicitness in this era of media spectacle.
For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela
The Trump-Flavored Content Administration
Understanding the administration as a content mill
cooperlund.medium.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Yes, it’s war in the attention economy. Among other things.
Fascinating (repellent) new dynamics of explicitness in this era of media spectacle.
Fascinating (repellent) new dynamics of explicitness in this era of media spectacle.
Look at these AI fireworks added by Grok. It’s like that old app, the Michael-Bayifier.
www.manmadediy.com/497-boring-p...
www.manmadediy.com/497-boring-p...
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Look at these AI fireworks added by Grok. It’s like that old app, the Michael-Bayifier.
www.manmadediy.com/497-boring-p...
www.manmadediy.com/497-boring-p...