Excited to share this critical essay I wrote after checking out EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES at the Stanford Art Gallery -- had the chance to think through questions of AI and imperialism through the AICA-USA art critics fellowship alongside wonderful writers and mentors. www.aicausa.org/magazine/mej...

Heyyyyy Bay Area folks! I'll be celebrating the launch of my book Muñeca at Pegasus Books, one of my favorite bookshops since I was a Cal student. I'd love to see a bunch of you there. pegasusbookstore.com/gomez

Two very different kinds of hauntings delivered via StoryHour last night!

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot" HELL. YES.

This thread. As my uni cuts & cuts, I argue - let’s double down on being a home for all the students who will come here from other places - be a place that’s safe for trans students, welcome immigrants, support disabled students - we are a good place for them already, and should stand up & say that…

I'm enjoying taking some time off from watching a film a day, but I think I might do something similar to this with Harun Farocki in February. Everything I've seen by him has been amazing and, like Obomsawin, he's got shorts, so it feels doable.

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good

The Democrats are cowards, structurally cowards, since their legitimacy as a ruling class party is anchored in their commitment to reproducing us imperialism. I get this, yet it continues to be disappointing to see the result of their spineless politics

pros and cons of using 3 different books to study something: pros: - 3 different perspectives, approaches, and explanations - regular repetition cons: - sometimes you forget about 1 of the 3 books for a few days

Some people are responding to criticisms of this as if people were saying “impeachment is obviously the right strategy.” No. The point is that “impeachment isn’t the right strategy because the GOP may start to be responsible” is an unfathomably stupid and insulting lie.

and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave. People care.

I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.

I cannot wait to confront any supporters (past or present) of the US president, insist they watch this video, and that they explain which sector of America this is going to make great (rich, powerful) again

You might want to read this but it also might make you sick with fury.

Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.

Watched this last night for the first time, preparing for 16mm cinematography workshop next semester. I know the film is known for Alton’s DP work, but I was digging the conflict around (gendered?) notions of “objectivity” between Christine and Martin, like the scene where the seance get interrupted

Very excited this critical essay I co-wrote with Ellie Vanderlip is out in the experimental film journal, Found Footage Magazine. foundfootagemagazine.com/online-issue...

Great fun: testing an entirely new film emulsion in Super 8 application. First samples were made from “hand coated” [loop pilot coater] film strips spliced together to reach 50ft full cartridge length. Perfectly processed by @super8.nl (despite the splices!) 🙏👍❤️😍

How 13 CSU presidents got up-to-20 percent raises despite huge budget cuts and layoffs: www.calfac.org/how-csu-trus...

We are watching the second season of Twin Peaks at my house and I had only watched it once before -- and i happened to have been super sick in like February of 2020 (who knows if I had COVID) and it was on a TV which stretched the aspect ratio to 16:9. I realized this time its actually 4:3. But,

Watching Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew today while standing, bouncing, and sitting with the newborn in the carrier. The musical selections are incredible example of audio and visual elements creating space for imaginations to explore. Love Jesus' unibrow as well.

Congratulations to the 13 presidents of the California State University system who were given 5-20 percent raises! (retroactive to July 2025)🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏Don’t let a $144 million budget cut to the CSU harsh their glow up!

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

今年も旅する蝶が舞い降り フジバカマの上をヒラヒラ舞う その美しさ･･･ 2000キロもの旅の途中 どうぞご無事で･･･(*´˘`*)♡ #photography #photo #フジバカマ #アサギマダラ #旅する蝶

My latest for Mindplex, an interview with STELARC

Tonight, Sat. 9/27, at 7:30pm I am super honored to be collaborating with Michelle Segura to present a night of poetry and cinema from Guatemala and the Guatemalan diaspora as part of Other Cinema’s Fall Season at @artiststelevisionaccess (992 Valencia Street, corner of Valencia and 21st Street)!

WSJ just retracted its report that the shooter’s ammo was engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.” It smelled like bullshit from the beginning, and every conservative who ran with it should be shamed into obscurity.

looting the employees' pensions sounds wack af

NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Want to take your mind off the news for an hour? Register now for the @bookcritics.bsky.social NBCC-sponsored “Conversation on Poetry Criticism” on Thurs. June 26 at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT. Via zoom us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

FPP Podcast 344 - In this episode Owen McCafferty gives his list of recommended vintage Super 8 cameras that won't break your bank! Also, Mat Marrash talks about the Pluri Bloom sync motor for the Arriflex S 16mm camera. open.spotify.com/episode/6OZj...

Screened last night, this film was digitized, frame by frame, at SF State through an ongoing collaboration with the Cinemateca in Guatemala City. This collab is the product of many hours of work, planning, and solidarity on the part of participants, and this is the culmination of an *initial* phase.

Over 100 arrested tonight in SF protesting ICE! Head to 425 7th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 for jail support! Please support Bay Area Anti Repression Committee for bail support!

Greta is a great educator and filmmaker — stoked to check out these programs of her work

Grateful to have collaborated with SF State’s Bay Area Television Archive to digitize these important films produced by the Taller de Cine. They produced collective works of militant cinema in the late 1980s that responded to the tensions and threats facing insurgent movements.

I am excited to share a new publication in the Latino Studies journal titled, “Tienen la diferencia: Geographies of Distinction Among Maya‐Mam Youth”.

I’m excited that my film –Franciscan Contradictions– is an official selection for the San Diego Latino Film Festival – it will screen at the Raíces short film program at the Digital Gym Cinema on Saturday, March 22nd.

Release of An Elsewhere Anthropologist on #substack tomorrow! Learn of a bestiary of the #anthropocene from medieval unicorns to cell towers hidden as trees, & the blending of categories that make our world. #anthropology #fiction #writingcommunity #speculativezoology #specfic #ethnofiction

As someone with a lot, like a lot a lot, of academic trauma, @workshops4gaza.bsky.social has been a true gift in creating new modes of engaging and being with thought and art and writing over the last year. Make a donation, take a workshop, gift one to someone else. You will not regret it.

It's #throwbackthursday already? Our blog holds a decade's worth of nonfiction pedagogy resources, right there for you! Today, we're going back to Heidi Czerwiec's lesson plan for Ross Gay's The Book of Delights. Got your own idea for a Lesson Plan post? Send it to us!

Did you know you can *watch* the sausages getting made for @kzsustanford.bsky.social’s Day of Noise live on YouTube? Yes, yes you can! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_d...

It's that time of year: KZSU's annual 24-hour live-on-air noise music festival is this Saturday, midnight to midnight PT. I'm taking the much-coveted 5:30–6:30 a.m. slot, playing a duo set with synth wizard The All Electric Smart Grid. Tune in if you're awake. kzsu.stanford.edu/dayofnoise/2...

Today, Ben Sachs considers an unexpected but critical question for labor law: by removing Gwynne Wilcox from her seat on the National Labor Relations Board, did Trump unintentionally open up space for states and cities to engage in labor lawmaking?

helps put things into perspective

ICYMI: Our "We Love Short Shorts Contest for Creative Nonfiction" is open for subs 'til Feb. 28! Grand prize $250 + pub. 250 words. No theme. Get full details here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/we-love-short-shorts-contest-for-flash-creative-nonfiction-2025/

The 20th KZSU Day of Noise coming up: Fri midnight to Sat midnight! Tune in! kzsu.stanford.edu/dayofnoise/2...

Fascinating

I can’t believe* that the Chicago Boys of the U.S.’s right wing coup is a group of adolescent engineer bros 😭 *yes I can.