mynt marsellus
@myntaford.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in cinema studies at the university of Toronto - studying authorship and ordinary language philosophy.
https://myntmarsellus.wordpress.com
https://myntmarsellus.wordpress.com
this whole thread is incredible, but this one is by far the best
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
this whole thread is incredible, but this one is by far the best
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Ben Shapiro: The Dumbest Man Alive
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ben Shapiro: The Dumbest Man Alive
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We cannot see Christianity or Newtonianism or the Romantic movement or political liberalism as a tool while we are still in the course of figuring out how to use it. For there are as yet no clearly formulatable ends to which it is a means.
CIS p.55
#Pragmatism
#Rorty
#Vocabulary
CIS p.55
#Pragmatism
#Rorty
#Vocabulary
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We cannot see Christianity or Newtonianism or the Romantic movement or political liberalism as a tool while we are still in the course of figuring out how to use it. For there are as yet no clearly formulatable ends to which it is a means.
CIS p.55
#Pragmatism
#Rorty
#Vocabulary
CIS p.55
#Pragmatism
#Rorty
#Vocabulary
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‘The Death of the Author’ and Ordinary Language Philosophy
Visit the post for more.
sites.cardiff.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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This year’s volume features:
Hilary Thompson on Roland Barthes and Sumana Roy;
Mynt Marsellus on Barthes and Ordinary Language Philosophy;
Lennard J. Davis and Trevor Pateman on studying with Barthes in the 1970s;
David Johnson on inspiration, photography, notebooks,
and the beginning of writing.
Hilary Thompson on Roland Barthes and Sumana Roy;
Mynt Marsellus on Barthes and Ordinary Language Philosophy;
Lennard J. Davis and Trevor Pateman on studying with Barthes in the 1970s;
David Johnson on inspiration, photography, notebooks,
and the beginning of writing.
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This year’s volume features:
Hilary Thompson on Roland Barthes and Sumana Roy;
Mynt Marsellus on Barthes and Ordinary Language Philosophy;
Lennard J. Davis and Trevor Pateman on studying with Barthes in the 1970s;
David Johnson on inspiration, photography, notebooks,
and the beginning of writing.
Hilary Thompson on Roland Barthes and Sumana Roy;
Mynt Marsellus on Barthes and Ordinary Language Philosophy;
Lennard J. Davis and Trevor Pateman on studying with Barthes in the 1970s;
David Johnson on inspiration, photography, notebooks,
and the beginning of writing.
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This actually helps, thank you
well, at least Drake lost a ton of money tonight
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This actually helps, thank you
it is 5am in Paris and I am watching via anxiously refreshing the game page/bluesky
![two frames:
- first frame: lady yells "Why can't you be normal?"
- second frame: Game 7 of the World Series with the caption "[screaming]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vc7f4oafdgxsihk4cry2xpze/bafkreig5uzy6ezdmsey5ykembgorvrvib52jmdtskvbwgkv3vuccpks534@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
it is 5am in Paris and I am watching via anxiously refreshing the game page/bluesky
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so, the Louvre, yeah, 100% worth spending an entire day developing deep blisters to see as much as you can
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
so, the Louvre, yeah, 100% worth spending an entire day developing deep blisters to see as much as you can
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A treasure trove!
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
www.filmbuffonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A treasure trove!
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Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren in a publicity still for the 🇬🇧British gangster movie "THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY" (1980) dir. John Mackenzie
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren in a publicity still for the 🇬🇧British gangster movie "THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY" (1980) dir. John Mackenzie
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Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
Misanthropic Thoughts
What follows is not quite something I believe, nor even something I fear. It is something I fear I believe, my worst tendencies as a think...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
There's been a lot of great music this year, but it's pretty likely at this point that my favourite song of the year is this: youtu.be/6dcfVnz9Mg8?...
"TikTok Baby!" FULL SONG (Leaking Our Own Track)
YouTube video by OCT
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There's been a lot of great music this year, but it's pretty likely at this point that my favourite song of the year is this: youtu.be/6dcfVnz9Mg8?...
Is Idris Elba the first actor to play both the Prime Minister of the UK and the President of the United States in the same calendar year (or ever??)
October 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is Idris Elba the first actor to play both the Prime Minister of the UK and the President of the United States in the same calendar year (or ever??)
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1) Know your values, frame the debate
2) Repetition is key to persuasion
3) Communication, public speaking, and on-camera performance are skills you need to train at to be good at bsky.app/profile/theb...
2) Repetition is key to persuasion
3) Communication, public speaking, and on-camera performance are skills you need to train at to be good at bsky.app/profile/theb...
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
1) Know your values, frame the debate
2) Repetition is key to persuasion
3) Communication, public speaking, and on-camera performance are skills you need to train at to be good at bsky.app/profile/theb...
2) Repetition is key to persuasion
3) Communication, public speaking, and on-camera performance are skills you need to train at to be good at bsky.app/profile/theb...
My favourite part of the NYC mayoral campaign has to be how progressive New Yorkers look at Sliwa and say "Yeah he's an idiot, but he's our idiot! That man is a true New Yorker."
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
My favourite part of the NYC mayoral campaign has to be how progressive New Yorkers look at Sliwa and say "Yeah he's an idiot, but he's our idiot! That man is a true New Yorker."
My first peer reviewed publication just dropped at Film Philosophy - talking about genre, Cavell and Scorsese's gangster films doi.org/10.3366/film...
Desire for Life: Stanley Cavell, Martin Scorsese and the Gangster Genre | Film-Philosophy
This article argues that cinema studies should return to Stanley Cavell's conception of genre-as-medium for its promise as a method for engaging with film genre philosophically. Through a reading of C...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My first peer reviewed publication just dropped at Film Philosophy - talking about genre, Cavell and Scorsese's gangster films doi.org/10.3366/film...
it's funny how when I tell friends that I started rewatching the walking dead on a whim recently everyone just completely understands why
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
it's funny how when I tell friends that I started rewatching the walking dead on a whim recently everyone just completely understands why
kinda want to mess around and write about the strangest album of the 2000s pop punk moment - Sum 41's Chuck
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
kinda want to mess around and write about the strangest album of the 2000s pop punk moment - Sum 41's Chuck
okay but it should be
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums https://theonion.com/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-tums/
October 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
okay but it should be
gonna need to hold on to this!
Robot personhood/rights is conceptually bogus and legally puts more power/rights in the hands of those that develop and deploy robots/AI systems
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
October 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
gonna need to hold on to this!
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I screened this in today’s class on action cinema, and the response it got from my students just blew me away. 😲✊🏻
Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I screened this in today’s class on action cinema, and the response it got from my students just blew me away. 😲✊🏻