David Bering-Porter
@atg-dbp.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Culture & Media @ The New School.
Living at the crossroads of Media Theory, Black Horror / Zombie Movies, and AI / Digital Culture.
Living at the crossroads of Media Theory, Black Horror / Zombie Movies, and AI / Digital Culture.
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It's about cruelty. It's only about cruelty and an enforcement of extreme poverty.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's about cruelty. It's only about cruelty and an enforcement of extreme poverty.
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
Starving the population rarely goes well for authoritarian regimes.
Also, I would love to hear from the many so-called Christians in the Republican party about what their beliefs say about feeding the hungry.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Also, I would love to hear from the many so-called Christians in the Republican party about what their beliefs say about feeding the hungry.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Starving the population rarely goes well for authoritarian regimes.
Also, I would love to hear from the many so-called Christians in the Republican party about what their beliefs say about feeding the hungry.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Also, I would love to hear from the many so-called Christians in the Republican party about what their beliefs say about feeding the hungry.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
A really harrowing visualization of just how rich Elon Musk is. Perhaps we should rethink the existence of billionaires?
engaging-data.com/how-rich-is-...
engaging-data.com/how-rich-is-...
How Rich is Elon Musk? - Visualization of Extreme Wealth - Engaging Data
This visualization shows how rich Elon Musk is by comparing his extreme wealth to other large quantities of money and showing them on the same scale.
engaging-data.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A really harrowing visualization of just how rich Elon Musk is. Perhaps we should rethink the existence of billionaires?
engaging-data.com/how-rich-is-...
engaging-data.com/how-rich-is-...
Interesting. It would be fascinating to see MTG and others move away from the extreme Right, and showing them to be political opportunists and their Right-wing discourse as something rooted in bad-faith arguments.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Wes Streeting, and Richard Hanania making moves away from the far right are my evidence that it's a spent force. Opportunists sensing a change in the direction of the wind.
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Interesting. It would be fascinating to see MTG and others move away from the extreme Right, and showing them to be political opportunists and their Right-wing discourse as something rooted in bad-faith arguments.
I can't even begin to say how pleased I am to have been a part of electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor of NYC!
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I can't even begin to say how pleased I am to have been a part of electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor of NYC!
Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Get out and vote tomorrow, NYC!
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Get out and vote tomorrow, NYC!
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I can’t stress this enough. They want to do inside the US the kind of extrajudicial murders they’ve been doing internationally. This has always been about normalizing the ability of Trump to smite his personal enemies without suffering legal consequences. Trump’s testing for compliance & resistance.
Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I can’t stress this enough. They want to do inside the US the kind of extrajudicial murders they’ve been doing internationally. This has always been about normalizing the ability of Trump to smite his personal enemies without suffering legal consequences. Trump’s testing for compliance & resistance.
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Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
Amazing headline.
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Amazing headline.
Teaching the first episode of The X-Files in class tomorrow as we consider the role of government and sovereign authority in the construction of conspiracy. We've been talking a lot about UFOs in class, and it will be interesting to hear their perspective on such an iconic TV show.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Teaching the first episode of The X-Files in class tomorrow as we consider the role of government and sovereign authority in the construction of conspiracy. We've been talking a lot about UFOs in class, and it will be interesting to hear their perspective on such an iconic TV show.
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Amazing!
New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.
Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.
Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Amazing!
So, this is happening now.
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So, this is happening now.
Excited to see this small piece I wrote on horror, possession, and opera come out in Calibano, the magazine of the Rome Opera!
www.operaroma.it/en/calibano/...
www.operaroma.it/en/calibano/...
In the Grip of the Past: Haunting, Possession, and Repetition in the Culture Industry |
www.operaroma.it
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Excited to see this small piece I wrote on horror, possession, and opera come out in Calibano, the magazine of the Rome Opera!
www.operaroma.it/en/calibano/...
www.operaroma.it/en/calibano/...
"From the dawn of civilization onwards, crowds have always undergone the influence of illusions ... The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them." -- Gustave Le Bon, _The Crowd_.
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"From the dawn of civilization onwards, crowds have always undergone the influence of illusions ... The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them." -- Gustave Le Bon, _The Crowd_.
This looks great!
September 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This looks great!
This, but the entire summer.
August 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This, but the entire summer.
I hope he's okay, but we need more of this.
August 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I hope he's okay, but we need more of this.
A nice refutation of Sam Altman's asinine comment that GPT-5 has "PhD level intelligence:" www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A nice refutation of Sam Altman's asinine comment that GPT-5 has "PhD level intelligence:" www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...
What are your favorite podcasts, YouTube channels, or other mass media platforms that engage in critical theory, cultural studies, media studies, etc.?
August 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
What are your favorite podcasts, YouTube channels, or other mass media platforms that engage in critical theory, cultural studies, media studies, etc.?
Proofreading has some real highs and lows. Sometimes you are reminded why your argument is actually pretty good and the next moment you see that you've misspelled "the" for the 15th time.
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Proofreading has some real highs and lows. Sometimes you are reminded why your argument is actually pretty good and the next moment you see that you've misspelled "the" for the 15th time.