Stephen "Kip" Tobin
@kiptobin.bsky.social
Assoc Adj Prof(e) of Mexican and Latin American literature and film, specializing in sci-fi, cli-fi, and posthumanism. Lover of song, animality, pranayama, narrative, and theory, infographics and mind-maps. Also digs felines and affect.
The cinematography is quite interesting, often opting for long shots with a single camera and foregoing shot-reverse shots for dialogue. It turns up the immersive / engaging quality (for me at least).
August 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The cinematography is quite interesting, often opting for long shots with a single camera and foregoing shot-reverse shots for dialogue. It turns up the immersive / engaging quality (for me at least).
Stay classy, 'brush.
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Stay classy, 'brush.
Stating "strong evidence" while not offering any evidence at all. Well played, sir.
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Stating "strong evidence" while not offering any evidence at all. Well played, sir.
Thank Noah Hawley, who has proven to be a master at taking great films / film franchises and reworking them into excellent television narratives. At this point, he has my unconditional support.
August 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank Noah Hawley, who has proven to be a master at taking great films / film franchises and reworking them into excellent television narratives. At this point, he has my unconditional support.
Years ago Duck Duck Go was presented by the right as al alternative to Google, so this is no surprise.
Ad Fontes Media remains the best way to determine media bias, reliability, and fact-based reporting. Stay within the green/yellow rectangle.
Ad Fontes Media remains the best way to determine media bias, reliability, and fact-based reporting. Stay within the green/yellow rectangle.
August 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Years ago Duck Duck Go was presented by the right as al alternative to Google, so this is no surprise.
Ad Fontes Media remains the best way to determine media bias, reliability, and fact-based reporting. Stay within the green/yellow rectangle.
Ad Fontes Media remains the best way to determine media bias, reliability, and fact-based reporting. Stay within the green/yellow rectangle.
I believe this is what they call a "bubble."
See Gizmodo's "Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist" by Luc Olinga, published July 17, 2025
See Gizmodo's "Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist" by Luc Olinga, published July 17, 2025
August 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I believe this is what they call a "bubble."
See Gizmodo's "Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist" by Luc Olinga, published July 17, 2025
See Gizmodo's "Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist" by Luc Olinga, published July 17, 2025
so climate change is a hoax then?
(joking...sorry, although some people do think like this)
(joking...sorry, although some people do think like this)
August 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
so climate change is a hoax then?
(joking...sorry, although some people do think like this)
(joking...sorry, although some people do think like this)
Congrats on the contract! I remember your mentioning it during UC Mexicanistas this past spring, so I'm very happy to hear it become official.
I wanted to be the first one to congratulate here in bsky, hence no comment over there. This way, it feels more valuable or impactful.
I wanted to be the first one to congratulate here in bsky, hence no comment over there. This way, it feels more valuable or impactful.
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congrats on the contract! I remember your mentioning it during UC Mexicanistas this past spring, so I'm very happy to hear it become official.
I wanted to be the first one to congratulate here in bsky, hence no comment over there. This way, it feels more valuable or impactful.
I wanted to be the first one to congratulate here in bsky, hence no comment over there. This way, it feels more valuable or impactful.
@fafnirjournal.bsky.social
Thanks so much for the review! I appreciated reading a careful consideration of my first monograph byMichael Pitts.
Thanks so much for the review! I appreciated reading a careful consideration of my first monograph byMichael Pitts.
July 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@fafnirjournal.bsky.social
Thanks so much for the review! I appreciated reading a careful consideration of my first monograph byMichael Pitts.
Thanks so much for the review! I appreciated reading a careful consideration of my first monograph byMichael Pitts.
Incredible that this quote was created over 30 years ago.
July 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Incredible that this quote was created over 30 years ago.
Not to mention this irony of ironies.
July 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Not to mention this irony of ironies.
Ad hominem attack. An argumentatively (very) weak retort to a serious accusation, but also par for the course in these post-truth times.
July 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ad hominem attack. An argumentatively (very) weak retort to a serious accusation, but also par for the course in these post-truth times.
What a great resource, Thanks for sharing.
June 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What a great resource, Thanks for sharing.
I've noticed a lot lately - that the news reports on extreme weather but makes no link to anthropogenic global warming and its major contributors. No wonder there's such a disconnect and no action, and why I feel like we're frogs in a pot water with the heat turned high.
June 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I've noticed a lot lately - that the news reports on extreme weather but makes no link to anthropogenic global warming and its major contributors. No wonder there's such a disconnect and no action, and why I feel like we're frogs in a pot water with the heat turned high.
sorry for your loss
May 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
sorry for your loss
I've rewatched the whole series out of sequence to prep for pt 8, and really been enjoying them. With some overall misses, it really is the best action franchise (next to Bond) in a market diluted with mediocre-to-bad films.
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've rewatched the whole series out of sequence to prep for pt 8, and really been enjoying them. With some overall misses, it really is the best action franchise (next to Bond) in a market diluted with mediocre-to-bad films.
I wholeheartedly agree that Trump + enablers are destroying the US and world post-haste. But to be fair, on CNN the world has been ending since at least 9-11-01, if not before. Maybe a screenshot of their front page is not the best proof of the Trumpapocalypse.
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I wholeheartedly agree that Trump + enablers are destroying the US and world post-haste. But to be fair, on CNN the world has been ending since at least 9-11-01, if not before. Maybe a screenshot of their front page is not the best proof of the Trumpapocalypse.
To be clear, it's just one university, and at that, it's the richest in the world.
April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
To be clear, it's just one university, and at that, it's the richest in the world.
One of those rare, excellent sequels, especially considering decades passed since the original one.
Still, it's not as good as the first.
Still, it's not as good as the first.
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of those rare, excellent sequels, especially considering decades passed since the original one.
Still, it's not as good as the first.
Still, it's not as good as the first.
Agreed, though it remains to be seen whether the WH will comply, which would bad, very bad, constitutional-crisis bad. Probably inevitable anyway.
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Agreed, though it remains to be seen whether the WH will comply, which would bad, very bad, constitutional-crisis bad. Probably inevitable anyway.
This sucks, then again, no expectation to converse. If the price comes down, I'd definitely take one every now and again.
Wait - CAN we even choose to take one if these? If do, that's news to me. This must be a trial run.
Wait - CAN we even choose to take one if these? If do, that's news to me. This must be a trial run.
March 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This sucks, then again, no expectation to converse. If the price comes down, I'd definitely take one every now and again.
Wait - CAN we even choose to take one if these? If do, that's news to me. This must be a trial run.
Wait - CAN we even choose to take one if these? If do, that's news to me. This must be a trial run.
We loved pretty much all of it, with the minor exception of the animation of the dog. For some reason the golden lab looked more two-dimensional, as if cardboard, than all the other animals.
March 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We loved pretty much all of it, with the minor exception of the animation of the dog. For some reason the golden lab looked more two-dimensional, as if cardboard, than all the other animals.