Is anyone here affiliated with UC Berkeley and have a CalNet login? Would you like to do a favor for your ol' pal Dan? (Trying to get at a piece in their digital collections, vaulting over the walled garden, etc)

Part of the crisis of modern cinema might be that we struggle to make cinematic the miserable, screen-driven life that is the new normal. Life has betrayed cinema, in that sense. But of course the fundamentals remain true but our filmmakers just aren't searching, they're tinkering with the screen.

The director of Video Data Bank and two other staff members were removed by the administration at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where VDB is based. There are questions about the survival of this legacy institution for video art on the eve of its 50th anniversary.

CFP for upcoming special issue of @amianet.bsky.social's THE MOVING IMAGE journal! Topic: "Videotape in the Archive,” guest editors: @danerdman.bsky.social, Adam Charles Hart, Helena Shaskevich. Proposal deadline: March 31, 2026. amianet.org/resources/mo...

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

Studs’ Place: The Lost Sitcom That Put Working-Class Life on TV. Our latest blog post by scholar and guest author Jason J. Nebergall offers an analysis of how Studs Terkel's radical, working-class ethos was translated into the emerging television medium. Read more at: https://loom.ly/JDD26kA

tomorrow, free our caregivers

Last of the leather age / put me on stage and I’ll be Yesavage

Spooky Halloween music from the legendary Chic-A-Go-Go. Dance along with Miss Mia and Ratso to Chicago's Team Satan! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfm6...

90% of baseball players and 99.9% of pitchers have a Republican dog’s brain.

you said that was outside. - I did. It was outside. you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th. - ok, listen

You have until 11:59 PM tonight to buy a raffle ticket(s) for two tickets to World Series game 4. All the money goes to feeding LA. We are desperate for help as SNAP benefits will run out 11/1: givebutter.com/game4

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/

Very disappointed in weenie Jays fans not booing the Star Spangled Banner

1908 in cinema

This regular season was too fun to taint and the Cubs series was a fun cherry on top. I'm not angry or upset with this team at all. What else could they have possibly done against this?

At 37, Blake Treinen is getting up there for a ballplayer but he'd still be eligible for the Young Republicans

if your blake be snell, gosh you're doing well if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en

Shoutout to the cheesehead in the second row at Rogers Centre

What now playboy

The only A.I. art I respect:

He may have died from mustard gas in the tenches, but this guy's poems remain timeless. bsky.app/profile/razz...

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...

‪From “THEY’RE VIOLENTLY CAMPING OUT, SEND THE SWAT TEAM” to “where are the young protestors doing peaceful civil disobedience to stop authoritarianism 🥺‬”

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

Re-sharing & asking you to amplify: Every single fact about the South Shore federal raid just days ago is worse than the last. They kicked in doors & dragged Chicago families out in the middle of the night. I know we're all stressed but THIS IS VERY BAD blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...

cool to see matt shaw honor his friend charlie kirk in this game with his batting line (KKK)

There is apparently no way to ever fix this conflation. Even The Guardian can't catch it while proofreading. "The House committee, led by senator Joseph McCarthy, accused entertainment figures of being communist sympathizers, derailing many careers and casting a chilling effect on Hollywood."

a few small beers

Godzilla isn't naturally a Halloween monster but combine him w PBR and this art style and suddenly it's a perfect fit. I can't explain it www.complex.com/pop-culture/...

If you are at all inclined to watch the Jimmy Kimmel Show, I suggest doing to tonight (in like 8 minutes), as there will apparently be some footage from @mediaburn.bsky.social prominently featured

🎂 Happy birthday, Tom Palazzolo! Our tribute: this supercut of his varied and wonderful title cards.

I’m staying in Marina del Ray, which reminds me a lot of South Padre Island if it was populated by Gen Xers instead of boomers.

Feelin' classy.

Willian Gimenez was abducted by ICE yesterday in Chicago. He had been part of a lawsuit against off-duty police and Home Depot employees for abusing day laborers. Latino Union says he was targeted for advocating for his rights as a worker. @bloomekatz.bsky.social and I report.

What are some other good histories of exhibition in the vein of this killer book?

I am going to be shitting nickels during the playoffs aren't I?

the holy logos

Hi, just a reminder that I’m still very actively looking for stable work — any leads, etc. appreciated. www.elizabethpurchell.com

IMPORTANT PSA: If you find kittens all alone, keep tbis helpful flowchart in mind. And also: —neonatal kitten need to be on a heat source & kept warm at all times, they cannot regulate their body temperature and you can kill them by feeding a cold kitten. —NEVER feed a bottle baby kitten COW’S MILK!

Obsessed with images of a giant promotional statue of King Kong that accidentally caught fire

Wait, Gleaming Spires "Are You Ready For the Sex Girls?" is my real answer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku5s...

Van Halen - Hot for Teacher Erasure - Blue Savannah Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin ZZ Top - Velcro Fly

New CFS season is bookended by villains Erich von Stroheim on September 14 and Lon Chaney on December 16, with some good guys in between: www.chicagofilmsociety.org/calendar/cur...

One day—not so long from now—you will hear a symphony of car horns honking, and people cheering in the street, and music loudly playing in all directions. And after a brief moment of being perplexed, you will know exactly what has happened.

"Reporting from the Nippon-Ham Fighters vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks match at Es Con Field Hokkaido. Film director Mr Johnnie To making the first pitch."

Throughout Media Burn’s recordings of performance art, few performers stand out as much as the untouchable Gurlene and Gurlette Hussey (Randy Esslinger and Doug Stapleton). Their drag is, in Gurlene’s words, 'Hairy, horny, tattooed, shameless, saucy, mischievous.” Read more: https://loom.ly/g40Hb1I

RIP KingCobraJFS!