Matt(hew)
@dmatthew.bsky.social
Professor (Film, Literature, Communications). But mostly a cat owner.
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Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
10 AI Prompts for Academics
making those hard jobs a little easier ...
profserious.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
This. Always this.
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This. Always this.
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I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
Seconded
I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
June 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Seconded
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There’s a clip from the show Landman that’s gone viral, where Billy Bob Thornton’s character delivers some ‘hard truths’ about how rubbish wind turbines are.
Here’s Rollie Williams, my favourite climate commentator, chewing up those arguments and spitting them out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_...
Here’s Rollie Williams, my favourite climate commentator, chewing up those arguments and spitting them out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_...
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town
YouTube video by Climate Town
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May 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There’s a clip from the show Landman that’s gone viral, where Billy Bob Thornton’s character delivers some ‘hard truths’ about how rubbish wind turbines are.
Here’s Rollie Williams, my favourite climate commentator, chewing up those arguments and spitting them out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_...
Here’s Rollie Williams, my favourite climate commentator, chewing up those arguments and spitting them out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_...
Great opportunities at this winter's Newport MFA residency. Free and open to the public. #creativewriting #publishing
January 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great opportunities at this winter's Newport MFA residency. Free and open to the public. #creativewriting #publishing
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I can't recommend Steve Earle's show on Outlaw Country (Sirius XM) enough. His Labor Day show (playing right now) couldn't be more perfect for my current project.
September 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I can't recommend Steve Earle's show on Outlaw Country (Sirius XM) enough. His Labor Day show (playing right now) couldn't be more perfect for my current project.
Wrap it up, everyone. Joe Walsh on PBS wants to hear more specifics. And not the cool Joe Walsh.
August 22, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Wrap it up, everyone. Joe Walsh on PBS wants to hear more specifics. And not the cool Joe Walsh.
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After nearly dying due to Tennessee's extreme MAGA abortion bans, my friend Allie Phillips is running to unseat a republican stronghold. Her odds are really really good, Google her.
Women here, like women everywhere, are fed up!
Women here, like women everywhere, are fed up!
August 17, 2024 at 4:46 PM
After nearly dying due to Tennessee's extreme MAGA abortion bans, my friend Allie Phillips is running to unseat a republican stronghold. Her odds are really really good, Google her.
Women here, like women everywhere, are fed up!
Women here, like women everywhere, are fed up!
This is quite good. Really. I mean it. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
Biden's Decision
FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.
www.pbs.org
August 15, 2024 at 5:33 PM
This is quite good. Really. I mean it. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Fun compilation of Dave Rubin getting predictions wrong. You can get far (or could, in the video podcast boom) by being a dunce who'll say what the interviewee/audience wants to hear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrMZ...
All of Dave Rubin's Predictions
You might be thinking, "There's no way someone can get EVERYTHING wrong." Well, Dave Rubin accepts the challenge. X/Twitter: @daveclips @clipsdave #daverubin #rubinreport #predictions #2024predictions #2020predictions #midterms2018 #midterms2022 #timwalz #daverubinreacts #wrong
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August 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Fun compilation of Dave Rubin getting predictions wrong. You can get far (or could, in the video podcast boom) by being a dunce who'll say what the interviewee/audience wants to hear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrMZ...
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Please sign this petition, it takes two seconds.
August 8, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Please sign this petition, it takes two seconds.
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This is how you report on a 'press conference' like the one that happened yesterday:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump holds seemingly pointless press conference filled with false claims
Ex-president rambles for an hour with no discernible purpose
www.independent.co.uk
August 9, 2024 at 1:47 PM
This is how you report on a 'press conference' like the one that happened yesterday:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Happy International Cat Day from the squad
August 8, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Happy International Cat Day from the squad
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This is one of the coolest innovations in internet organizing ever
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July 20, 2024 at 1:06 PM
This is one of the coolest innovations in internet organizing ever
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PROJECT 2o25 current numbers
In case you wondered, the Heritage Foundation has a phone number you can call. Definitely don't bomb their line and take up all their time by letting them know how much everyone hates them: 800-546-2843
Also call the #1 donor! The Scaife Family Foundations, 412-392-2900
In case you wondered, the Heritage Foundation has a phone number you can call. Definitely don't bomb their line and take up all their time by letting them know how much everyone hates them: 800-546-2843
Also call the #1 donor! The Scaife Family Foundations, 412-392-2900
July 12, 2024 at 8:18 PM
PROJECT 2o25 current numbers
In case you wondered, the Heritage Foundation has a phone number you can call. Definitely don't bomb their line and take up all their time by letting them know how much everyone hates them: 800-546-2843
Also call the #1 donor! The Scaife Family Foundations, 412-392-2900
In case you wondered, the Heritage Foundation has a phone number you can call. Definitely don't bomb their line and take up all their time by letting them know how much everyone hates them: 800-546-2843
Also call the #1 donor! The Scaife Family Foundations, 412-392-2900