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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD
@pcbryan.bsky.social
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Have PhD, will travel. Americanist by training, fan/media studies by trade. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics - happy to talk intersections of translation/gender/disability. First book out; next book soon. He / him.
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Lunch of the Living Dead
A Lunch on Elm Street
Lunch (Jaws from the shark's perspective)

#addlunchruinamovie
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Google AI test from 2024: Help I'm scared my dog is pointing a gun at me and he just reloaded Show drafts V I understand that this situation sounds incredibly scary and dangerous. It's important to take immediate action to ensure your safety. Here's what you should do: Do not engage with your dog. Do not make any sudden movements or loud noises. Speak calmly and quietly, if at all. Leave the area immediately. If possible, calmly exit the room or house and go to a safe place where your dog cannot reach you. Lock yourself in a room if necessary. Call for help. Dial 911 or your local emergency number immediately. Explain the situation to the dispatcher and follow their instructions. They will be able to send help to your location. Do not attempt to disarm your dog yourself. Guns are dangerous, even in the hands of a playful dog. Leave it to the professionals to handle the situation.
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
new meme
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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laurencin.bsky.social
my friend called char "yassified zapp brannigan" and now you're all going to bear this cross with me
Fanart of Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam dressed as Zapp Brannigan from Futurama. I'm sorry. The same fanart, cropped to the face.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:

“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”

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But lo and behold! I found myself famous. Frankenstein had prodigious success as a drama, and was about to be repeated, for the twenty-third night, at the English Opera House. The play-bill amused me extremely, for, in the list of dramatis personce, came "———, by Mr. T. Cooke." This nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good. On Friday, 29th August, Jane, my Father, William, and I went to the theatre to see it. Wallack looked very well as Frankenstein. He is at the beginning full of hope and expectation. At the end of the first act the stage represents a room with a staircase leading to Frankenstein's workshop; he goes to it, and you see his light at a small window, through which a frightened servant peeps, who runs off in terror when Frankenstein exclaims "It lives!" Presently Frankenstein himself rushes in horror and trepidation from the room, and, while still expressing his agony and terror, "———" throws down the door of the laboratory, leaps the staircase, and presents his unearthly and monstrous person on the stage. The story is not well managed, but Cooke played ———'s part extremely well; his seeking, as it were, for support; his trying to grasp at the sounds he heard; all, indeed, he does was well imagined and executed. I was much amused, and it appeared to excite a breathless eagerness in the audience. It was a third piece, a scanty pit filled at half-price, and all stayed till it was over. They continue to play it even now.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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jessnevins.bsky.social
I hate that this is true of England. I really, really hate that this is true of white America. (I don't believe the below applies to the Black & Latino & Asian & Indigenous cultures in America)
writeups.org Writeups.org @writeups.org · 3d
With alt text.
You know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out thatwhat a country values can change overtime. Sometimes, though, there's a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you've actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word - but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass - and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little island - even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones.
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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williamgrady.bsky.social
Call for papers for the edited collection, Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics: williamgrady.co.uk/cfp/

The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world.

Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
pcbryan.bsky.social
What movie villain is a horrible “person,” but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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blcagnew.bsky.social
Unimaginative fools. OHMSS already provided the perfect solution to this:

James Bond: [is *not* blown up during a pre-credits action scene] "This never happened to the other guy."

There, done. Pay me 2 million dollars.
willardfoxton.bsky.social Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 4d
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:

forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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trekkiebill.bsky.social
"I've just made a deal that will guarantee a vote on the ACA subsidies"
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
"There's a plan for this?" Yes, Jake, you should know this, but he also seems like someone who might have gotten the job from going to Yale and doing an internship at McKinsey. #HouseOfDynamite #HATM
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
"I'm off today." This is not a retail job, this is a highly paid professional position, which often comes with the expectation of being on call 24/7 (regardless of your vacation or whatnot). #HouseOfDynamite #HATM
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
Raven Rock, in the post-apocalypse, will become the home base for the Enclave's eastern branch, as detailed in the interactive documentary Fallout 3. #HouseOfDynamite #HATM
Raven Rock map from Fallout 3
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
"Do you think hiding under their desks is going to help them?" To some extent, yes? The initial bomb blast is going to kill you one way or the other, but sheltering in place (and staying there for a few days) can avoid the bad radiation outcomes. #HouseOfDynamite #HATM
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
If you were curious about your chances of survival in event of a nuclear attack, Alex Wellerstein's NUKEMAP can let you play with it: nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein
NUKEMAP is a website for visualizing the effects of nuclear detonations.
nuclearsecrecy.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
Fort Greely is named after Major General Adolphus Greely, who (among other things) lead an ill-fated Arctic expedition in which only 6 of the 25 survived. Pretty interesting life, and has a fantastic beard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphu...

#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
Adolphus Greely - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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fcoppa.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Reading Fanfiction/ Fanfiction Reading
If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
pcbryan.bsky.social
Mamdani is gonna implement Shangri-Law. New Yorkers will live forever, so long as they don't leave.
shelleybwoke.bsky.social FreeLinkophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 6d
Mamdani is gonna implement Shar Pei law. One wrinkle dog per household.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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amazonchique.bsky.social
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
The words "FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE" placed over David Lynch's face (a still from TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN).
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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baileymcc.bsky.social
This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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libankerdc.bsky.social
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
libankerdc.bsky.social Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 10d
Humanities where the cool jobs at
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
Have an op-ed bubbling up about yesterday's results or an essay on Eugene Debs or a blog post on the concept of "hope" that you just have to write but don't know where to pitch it?

Head over to our Pitchables page to find over 50 public publications, sites, and podcasts open to pitches:
Pitchables - Black and White and Read All Over
Resource list of sites, blogs, magazines, and podcasts open to accepting pitches for public scholarship, essays, reviews, and expertise.
blackwhiteandread.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM