Lee Gardner
@leegee.bsky.social
Reporter at @chronicle.com, music nerd, lotsa other kinds of nerd too. Half of @essentialpod.bsky.social and all of @vgplusrecs.bsky.social. He/him
Top Five Favorite Documentary Genres
1. Following toxic men around with 16 mm cameras, cause who's ever gonna see this crap?
2. Films about people no one ever makes films about
3. Looks like a dangerous, tedious job (it is)
4. Great director portraits of great artists
5. Random Eastern Europeans
1. Following toxic men around with 16 mm cameras, cause who's ever gonna see this crap?
2. Films about people no one ever makes films about
3. Looks like a dangerous, tedious job (it is)
4. Great director portraits of great artists
5. Random Eastern Europeans
Top Five Favourite Documentary Genres
1. Oh wait, it was a Ponzi Scheme all along.
2. Terrible U.S. sportsperson is metaphor for entire country.
3. Unknown crackpot was greatest person who ever lived.
4. Old alcoholics talk about famous old alcoholic.
5. Nature is cute but evil.
1. Oh wait, it was a Ponzi Scheme all along.
2. Terrible U.S. sportsperson is metaphor for entire country.
3. Unknown crackpot was greatest person who ever lived.
4. Old alcoholics talk about famous old alcoholic.
5. Nature is cute but evil.
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Top Five Favorite Documentary Genres
1. Following toxic men around with 16 mm cameras, cause who's ever gonna see this crap?
2. Films about people no one ever makes films about
3. Looks like a dangerous, tedious job (it is)
4. Great director portraits of great artists
5. Random Eastern Europeans
1. Following toxic men around with 16 mm cameras, cause who's ever gonna see this crap?
2. Films about people no one ever makes films about
3. Looks like a dangerous, tedious job (it is)
4. Great director portraits of great artists
5. Random Eastern Europeans
I hardly ever spend time in bars anymore, but here’s my hot take: Bars should not have TVs. Sports bars, sure, that’s why they’re there, but a regular old bar should not have a TV on all the time. Sorta defeats the purpose.
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I hardly ever spend time in bars anymore, but here’s my hot take: Bars should not have TVs. Sports bars, sure, that’s why they’re there, but a regular old bar should not have a TV on all the time. Sorta defeats the purpose.
An excellent book about living under fascism, among other things.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An excellent book about living under fascism, among other things.
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
So I watched Nouvelle Vague, and while I respect Linklater for many reasons, the film basically reduces Godard to a Funko Pop. I suspect he would have despised it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So I watched Nouvelle Vague, and while I respect Linklater for many reasons, the film basically reduces Godard to a Funko Pop. I suspect he would have despised it.
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Not shoddy at all though.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Not shoddy at all though.
Interesting choice for Del Toro to style his Victor Frankenstein like Jaz Coleman.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Interesting choice for Del Toro to style his Victor Frankenstein like Jaz Coleman.
Pursuant to the piece I posted earlier about Nebraska, the Faculty Senate is now considering a no-confidence vote in Rodney Bennett.
UNL Faculty Senate to weigh ‘no confidence’ vote against campus chancellor Nov. 18 • Nebraska Examiner
Faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are set to consider a “no confidence” vote in Chancellor Rodney Bennett.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Pursuant to the piece I posted earlier about Nebraska, the Faculty Senate is now considering a no-confidence vote in Rodney Bennett.
I wrote about the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s recent proposal to cut six academic programs. Campus leaders say they need to close a budget gap. Professors say the process has been opaque and flawed.
U. of Nebraska’s Attempt to Measure Academic Programs’ Productivity Draws Faculty Ire
Administrators at the Lincoln campus say insufficient state aid and a decline in enrollment resulted in a $27.5-million budget deficit.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I wrote about the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s recent proposal to cut six academic programs. Campus leaders say they need to close a budget gap. Professors say the process has been opaque and flawed.
Baffling conference-hotel carpet du jour.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Baffling conference-hotel carpet du jour.
“The flipside of nonjudgment is nonaccountability.” Thank you for that truth bolt, conference-panel speaker dude.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“The flipside of nonjudgment is nonaccountability.” Thank you for that truth bolt, conference-panel speaker dude.
Thanks to a “rideshare” company, I’m taking my first trip in a self-driving Tesla, though there is a very pleasant guy behind the wheel THAT HE IS NOT TOUCHING ON I-75.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanks to a “rideshare” company, I’m taking my first trip in a self-driving Tesla, though there is a very pleasant guy behind the wheel THAT HE IS NOT TOUCHING ON I-75.
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I wrote a brief appreciation of the late Peter Watkins: davidhering.substack.com/p/peter-watk...
Peter Watkins: An Appreciation
Britain doesn’t appreciate its boldest filmmakers.
davidhering.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I wrote a brief appreciation of the late Peter Watkins: davidhering.substack.com/p/peter-watk...
RIP Peter Watkins. Not a super well-known filmmaker in this country, but watch the 53-year-old Punishment Park today and tell me he wasn’t a visionary filmmaker. Culloden and The War Game too.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
RIP Peter Watkins. Not a super well-known filmmaker in this country, but watch the 53-year-old Punishment Park today and tell me he wasn’t a visionary filmmaker. Culloden and The War Game too.
Is shoegaze the most tedious musical genre? Once you get past a handful of foundational bands, every gotdang one sounds exactly the same.
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Is shoegaze the most tedious musical genre? Once you get past a handful of foundational bands, every gotdang one sounds exactly the same.
We still like music, right? This one's for filling that Warpaint-meets-Julee-Cruise-shaped hole in your heart.
Night CRIÚ, by Hilary Woods
7 track album
hilarywoodsmusic.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We still like music, right? This one's for filling that Warpaint-meets-Julee-Cruise-shaped hole in your heart.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Fall is the time to queue up a nice Debussy and Ravel string quartet doubleheader. But then so is spring. And they sound pretty good in summer too.
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fall is the time to queue up a nice Debussy and Ravel string quartet doubleheader. But then so is spring. And they sound pretty good in summer too.
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The U.S. economy has grown by $20 trillion since 2000 … about $7.7 trillion of that (36% of all the growth in GDP) is spending related to recovering from or preparing for climate disasters per Bloomberg Intelligence #EconSky
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The U.S. economy has grown by $20 trillion since 2000 … about $7.7 trillion of that (36% of all the growth in GDP) is spending related to recovering from or preparing for climate disasters per Bloomberg Intelligence #EconSky