LonelyPhDs
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Two friends who also happen to be film professors break down new films each episode of the podcast
Alfred, I will miss you always 2012-2025
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Alfred, I will miss you always 2012-2025
My mind is heavy with the thought “‘Twas the only time in my life I have felt that surrender to power, upon which, as I have learned after, to my sorrow, all government is founded”.- Mason and Dixon, page 312, Thomas Pynchon
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My mind is heavy with the thought “‘Twas the only time in my life I have felt that surrender to power, upon which, as I have learned after, to my sorrow, all government is founded”.- Mason and Dixon, page 312, Thomas Pynchon
Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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What the fascist tech bros get wrong about Prometheus. (And yes, they do want to build a 450-foot statue on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay).
What the Fascist Tech Bros Get Wrong About Prometheus
Those crypto boys are at it again, this time proposing a giant, 450-foot-tall statue on of San Francisco Bay’s Alcatraz Island, according to local outlet KRON4. The statue would be of Prometheus, w…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What the fascist tech bros get wrong about Prometheus. (And yes, they do want to build a 450-foot statue on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay).
Bless you Neighborhood Listen on @cbbworld.bsky.social for giving me the phrase, “Do you want to see Frances McDormand shit in a coffee can?”
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Bless you Neighborhood Listen on @cbbworld.bsky.social for giving me the phrase, “Do you want to see Frances McDormand shit in a coffee can?”
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Today is the 1st day of Prison Banned Books Week, a week examining the catastrophic impact of censorship on information access in carceral facilities. Go to prisonbannedbooksweek.org for updates & actions this week, and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKS TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS GROUP via books, $, volunteering!
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today is the 1st day of Prison Banned Books Week, a week examining the catastrophic impact of censorship on information access in carceral facilities. Go to prisonbannedbooksweek.org for updates & actions this week, and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKS TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS GROUP via books, $, volunteering!
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When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
Thank you @bestshow4life.bsky.social for the phrase, I’m the Mike Schmidt of making shit up.
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you @bestshow4life.bsky.social for the phrase, I’m the Mike Schmidt of making shit up.
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Trump’s Layoffs Gut Office of Postsecondary Ed
College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result. https://bit.ly/4qetVVm
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result. https://bit.ly/4qetVVm
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trump’s Layoffs Gut Office of Postsecondary Ed
College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result. https://bit.ly/4qetVVm
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result. https://bit.ly/4qetVVm
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
RIP to artist Drew Struzan, who made the posters of our movie dreams
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
RIP to artist Drew Struzan, who made the posters of our movie dreams
Excellent documentary
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Excellent documentary
RIP Diane Keaton. 😭 what a loss
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
RIP Diane Keaton. 😭 what a loss
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One of the bravest things you can say during your PhD:
"I don’t know."
#PhDDailyThought #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
#PhDDailyThought #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
One of the bravest things you can say during your PhD:
"I don’t know."
#PhDDailyThought #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
#PhDDailyThought #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
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No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for.
Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.
🗃️
Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.
🗃️
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for.
Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.
🗃️
Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.
🗃️
Glad to know Dragons Lair on my phone is just as frustrating as the arcade version
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Glad to know Dragons Lair on my phone is just as frustrating as the arcade version
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Evening viewing recommendation? Watch THEY LIVE (1988).
A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
October 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Evening viewing recommendation? Watch THEY LIVE (1988).
A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
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Happy Birthday Remembrance Donald Pleasence Born October 5, 1919 🎂
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Happy Birthday Remembrance Donald Pleasence Born October 5, 1919 🎂
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What are the best movies or documentaries about government and public administration?
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What are the best movies or documentaries about government and public administration?
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Horror fans: I have a question I don't know how to put succinctly.
You know how Picnic at Hanging Rock evokes something unique about the Australian landscape and psyche, touching on Aboriginal sacred spaces and colonialism?
Can you think of any horror movies that do that for the US landscape?
You know how Picnic at Hanging Rock evokes something unique about the Australian landscape and psyche, touching on Aboriginal sacred spaces and colonialism?
Can you think of any horror movies that do that for the US landscape?
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Horror fans: I have a question I don't know how to put succinctly.
You know how Picnic at Hanging Rock evokes something unique about the Australian landscape and psyche, touching on Aboriginal sacred spaces and colonialism?
Can you think of any horror movies that do that for the US landscape?
You know how Picnic at Hanging Rock evokes something unique about the Australian landscape and psyche, touching on Aboriginal sacred spaces and colonialism?
Can you think of any horror movies that do that for the US landscape?
Kicked off Spooky Season last night with Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness”, will roll into Ken Russell’s “Altered States” this evening depending on my mood if the Cubs win or not
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kicked off Spooky Season last night with Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness”, will roll into Ken Russell’s “Altered States” this evening depending on my mood if the Cubs win or not
Book Banning is a harbinger of fascism www.popmatters.com/the-libraria...
Check Out 'The Librarians' Before It's Banned » PopMatters
The Librarians is a vital David and Goliath documentary of the fight against book banning, a harbinger of fascism, in America.
www.popmatters.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Book Banning is a harbinger of fascism www.popmatters.com/the-libraria...
@markwaid.bsky.social bravo to your story in this latest issue of Metal Hurlant!
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@markwaid.bsky.social bravo to your story in this latest issue of Metal Hurlant!