Chris Becker
@chrisbecker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/
Failed to properly lock my bike up today on campus and found it up in a tree. I salute those keeping honored ND traditions alive. 🫡
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Failed to properly lock my bike up today on campus and found it up in a tree. I salute those keeping honored ND traditions alive. 🫡
How many iconic photos can one man have?
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How many iconic photos can one man have?
Fun scene at the Athens #NoKings protest that formed a corridor for UGA fans to walk through on their way to the football stadium. A few Trump fans shouted back as they walked through the chanting mass, but most just soaked it in.
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Fun scene at the Athens #NoKings protest that formed a corridor for UGA fans to walk through on their way to the football stadium. A few Trump fans shouted back as they walked through the chanting mass, but most just soaked it in.
Love those AI fact checks. Is this like Ceci n'est pas une pipe?
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Love those AI fact checks. Is this like Ceci n'est pas une pipe?
This kid here, he mattered. He didn’t think so, and he could no longer stand to be here. But he mattered, and I loved him.
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This kid here, he mattered. He didn’t think so, and he could no longer stand to be here. But he mattered, and I loved him.
In one of my classrooms this term, a screenwriting prof left this on the whiteboard after day one. No one ever erased it, so it looked like this on the last day.
The crumbling surface gives apocalyptic vibes, and “Bundlé Savé” probably is fitting for the last traces of this version of US humanity.
The crumbling surface gives apocalyptic vibes, and “Bundlé Savé” probably is fitting for the last traces of this version of US humanity.
May 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In one of my classrooms this term, a screenwriting prof left this on the whiteboard after day one. No one ever erased it, so it looked like this on the last day.
The crumbling surface gives apocalyptic vibes, and “Bundlé Savé” probably is fitting for the last traces of this version of US humanity.
The crumbling surface gives apocalyptic vibes, and “Bundlé Savé” probably is fitting for the last traces of this version of US humanity.
I got this one yesterday when the Cubs’ Jackie Robinson Day celebration made me wonder if they had any Black players on the roster. (Dear reader, Tucker and Suzuki are not Black.)
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I got this one yesterday when the Cubs’ Jackie Robinson Day celebration made me wonder if they had any Black players on the roster. (Dear reader, Tucker and Suzuki are not Black.)
When your article about the value of media that doesn’t have to privilege a return on investment to engage an audience really proves its point
April 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When your article about the value of media that doesn’t have to privilege a return on investment to engage an audience really proves its point
Didn't protest today but did step away from #SCMS25 to go to the Field Museum and support science & education. Walking there, I came across the Cancer Survivors’ Garden, and this plaque struck me. Government-funded scientific research has taken us so far. (birds also clearly did field research here)
April 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Didn't protest today but did step away from #SCMS25 to go to the Field Museum and support science & education. Walking there, I came across the Cancer Survivors’ Garden, and this plaque struck me. Government-funded scientific research has taken us so far. (birds also clearly did field research here)
Just got a photo of this from the cat sitter while I’m out of town. A clear sign that she doesn’t quite trust that guy yet.
April 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just got a photo of this from the cat sitter while I’m out of town. A clear sign that she doesn’t quite trust that guy yet.
Here is Coley discovering the magic of vinyl
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here is Coley discovering the magic of vinyl
For a timeline cleanse or some such, here’s my dear Livie (Olivia) and Coley (Colman) tonight
February 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
For a timeline cleanse or some such, here’s my dear Livie (Olivia) and Coley (Colman) tonight
Someone requested a transcript for the @aca-media.bsky.social episode featuring NPR's founding program director Bill Siemering, and putting that together offered a very profound listen/read right now. aca-media.org/aapbep6notes
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Someone requested a transcript for the @aca-media.bsky.social episode featuring NPR's founding program director Bill Siemering, and putting that together offered a very profound listen/read right now. aca-media.org/aapbep6notes
Powerful open letter from a @notredame.bsky.social student. It breaks my heart that feels so alone on campus and in writing this. Fr. Bob Dowd, we need to hear from you. What would you fight for? www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Powerful open letter from a @notredame.bsky.social student. It breaks my heart that feels so alone on campus and in writing this. Fr. Bob Dowd, we need to hear from you. What would you fight for? www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Livie looking at me like she knows what I’ve (not) done
January 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Livie looking at me like she knows what I’ve (not) done
Coley is huge scamp but he’s also afraid of people, so I love how cat sitter photos often bring out the nervous vulnerability in him that I can’t always capture
January 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Coley is huge scamp but he’s also afraid of people, so I love how cat sitter photos often bring out the nervous vulnerability in him that I can’t always capture
The sun actually came out today
December 31, 2024 at 1:49 AM
The sun actually came out today
Five years of life, early days and now (Livie on the left, Coley on the right. The kitten in the middle stayed with their momma.)
November 21, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Five years of life, early days and now (Livie on the left, Coley on the right. The kitten in the middle stayed with their momma.)
Who needs a groundhog when you’ve got cats telling you spring is in the air
February 2, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Who needs a groundhog when you’ve got cats telling you spring is in the air