Mark Bould
@markbould.bsky.social
Professor of Film, Literature and Poor Life Choices. Full-time duck chaperone. Part-time author of things about films and books.
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Here are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...
Some example academic book proposal forms in case they help
A pivotal moment in my academic career, or at least one I remember clearly, was when a very senior professor in the US sent me his book proposal for an acade...
eve.gd
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Here are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...
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Book for @slapstickfest.bsky.social event on The Likely Lads 6 February here. Lots of clips in store. slapstick.org.uk/events/the-l...
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Book for @slapstickfest.bsky.social event on The Likely Lads 6 February here. Lots of clips in store. slapstick.org.uk/events/the-l...
Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
26/725 John Sayles, The Anarchists’ Convention (1979)
26/725 John Sayles, The Anarchists’ Convention (1979)
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
26/725 John Sayles, The Anarchists’ Convention (1979)
26/725 John Sayles, The Anarchists’ Convention (1979)
Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
25/725 Nicola Griffith, Ammonite (1992)
25/725 Nicola Griffith, Ammonite (1992)
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
25/725 Nicola Griffith, Ammonite (1992)
25/725 Nicola Griffith, Ammonite (1992)
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January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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OK what if Ethiopia gives him the Ark of the Covenant?
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
OK what if Ethiopia gives him the Ark of the Covenant?
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Buy the music you love.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Buy the music you love.
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify
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Every cool song is surely in that 88%.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Every cool song is surely in that 88%.
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.
Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.
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Nietzsche: "The Übermensch is the one who transcends all values."
Trump: "By stealing awards, right?"
Nietzsche: "No, by not caring about awards."
Trump [pointing gun]: "By stealing awards, right?"
Trump: "By stealing awards, right?"
Nietzsche: "No, by not caring about awards."
Trump [pointing gun]: "By stealing awards, right?"
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Nietzsche: "The Übermensch is the one who transcends all values."
Trump: "By stealing awards, right?"
Nietzsche: "No, by not caring about awards."
Trump [pointing gun]: "By stealing awards, right?"
Trump: "By stealing awards, right?"
Nietzsche: "No, by not caring about awards."
Trump [pointing gun]: "By stealing awards, right?"
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The great David Lynch departed our theater of the absurd one year ago today. 💔
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The great David Lynch departed our theater of the absurd one year ago today. 💔
It's unbelievable! GoFundMe is allowing people to raise money for the legal defense of Renee Good's killer. Fundraisers for people accused of committing violent crimes are banned according to company policy. So why is this happening? GoFundMe needs to take them down. app.sosha.ai/s/FfDKxn2O
No fundraisers for Renee Good's killer
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January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It's unbelievable! GoFundMe is allowing people to raise money for the legal defense of Renee Good's killer. Fundraisers for people accused of committing violent crimes are banned according to company policy. So why is this happening? GoFundMe needs to take them down. app.sosha.ai/s/FfDKxn2O
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And this is who the government is selling our NHS data to
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
And this is who the government is selling our NHS data to
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Thank you, California! A three-judge panel overseeing the California Proposition 50 redistricting case has rejected attempts by Republicans and the Department of Justice to halt the state’s newly adopted congressional map.
Federal court rejects GOP bid to block California redistricting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Thank you, California! A three-judge panel overseeing the California Proposition 50 redistricting case has rejected attempts by Republicans and the Department of Justice to halt the state’s newly adopted congressional map.
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Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Reform should buy the whole album in one go because its cheaper than buying individual tracks.
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Reform should buy the whole album in one go because its cheaper than buying individual tracks.
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This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case
The article (Caroline Downey, The Telegraph, 14 January) somehow contrives to be even more vile than the headline. (You can find it online easily enough with visiting the Telegraph)
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The article (Caroline Downey, The Telegraph, 14 January) somehow contrives to be even more vile than the headline. (You can find it online easily enough with visiting the Telegraph)
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Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act this is a dangerous escalation.
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act this is a dangerous escalation.
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...