Is mar gheall ar ghrúpaí ar nós Muslim Sisters of Éire nach bhfuil cúrsaí níos measa fós sa tír. An dream sin a mhaíonn gur cheart "tús áite a thabhairt d'Éireannaigh", léiríonn siad arís is arís eile gur cuma leo dáiríre faoi dhaoine eile, níl sa mhaíomh sin ach iarracht an ciníochas a cheilt.

My monthly post to say I am still searching for lecturing roles & post-docs. Open to research collaborations and voluntary academic work. Times are tough out there but I’d appreciate any leads. 🏹

My monthly post to say I am still searching for lecturing roles & post-docs. Open to research collaborations and voluntary academic work. Times are tough out there but I’d appreciate any leads. 🏹

Look what the Easter Bunny brought you! doi.org/10.3167/proj... Our paper with @cynthiacabanas.bsky.social et al. is part of PROJECTIONS' 'David Bordwell special issue,' in which "authors ... assembled ... [to] take up specific topics related to Bordwell's prodigious record of film scholarship"

I haven’t met many (maybe any?) film scholars who use Letterboxd regularly to track their movie-watching.

Watching one of my favourite films of the past few years before it leaves Netflix.

A reminder you can read my latest open-access article 'TikTok Wes (AI)nderson: Fan Participation and the Auteur in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction' in Makings Journal, as part of a special issue on the 'creative audience'. makingsjournal.com/tiktok-wes-a...

As the racist rapist Trump presides over apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians, the disgusting Board of Peace and the destruction of Lebanon and Iran, it is utterly shameful that Micheál Martin would shake the hand of this war criminal. Not in our name. #FreePalestine

This piece goes so hard:

American decadence.

First bit of research post-PhD. Working on something cool for Routledge.

Classrooms of children in Iran. Hundreds of people in Lebanon. The ongoing genocide in Gaza. The message from our political and media class is clear: their lives are less valuable than others. Every human being matters, and every human being deserves a life of peace.

I don't speak as a Trekkie, or even as someone who would watch "Star Trek" at home. But I've had it on when I was unpacking or washing my hair in a hotel room and there was nothing else on the box that wasn't a car chase or a preacher. (1982)

I have officially completed my PhD and submitted the final hardbound thesis to Trinity Library. It has been a privilege to study here for 8 consecutive years. My thesis is the first major scholarship on the subject of Alexandre Astruc’s theory in the digital age.

I have officially completed my PhD and submitted the final hardbound thesis to Trinity Library. It has been a privilege to study here for 8 consecutive years. My thesis is the first major scholarship on the subject of Alexandre Astruc’s theory in the digital age.

I'm happy to announce you can now read my article 'Wes (AI)nderson: Fan Participation and the Auteur in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction'. makingsjournal.com/tiktok-wes-a...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

People are now using Grok to «verify» videos of attacks, and as expected, each time Grok delivers different, mutually exclusive but plausibly sounding versions of the «facts.» And yes, this is essentially the same AI model now being used by the US military in classified operations #WildForensis

I'm happy to announce you can now read my article 'Wes (AI)nderson: Fan Participation and the Auteur in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction'. makingsjournal.com/tiktok-wes-a...

Many in academia feel so gaslit by the higher ed institutions that claim to be progressive and inclusive while peddling the gimmicky toys of racist tech bros. No, I don’t think AI can help me grade essays or design modules. Leave me alone.

Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it. The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it

New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41... We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance 1/

Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study. There are no excuses. It was obvious at the time that Israel was engaged in the mass slaughter of civilians. The guilty men and women will pay the price.

Today I am thinking about Wiseman and among his many films — Meat (1979) — which I have only been able to watch once. Its genealogy starts with Franju and recently Andrea Arnold’s Cow (2022).

Watching one of my favourite docs (with the best soundtrack).

Published my first piece at @wired.com today, about a string of AI thrillers that have bombed (most recent being the hopelessly naive Chris Pratt vehicle 'Mercy'), the backlash to Darren Aronofsky's YouTube slop take on the American Revolution, and a grotesque nostalgia-bait Super Bowl ad:

Thank you, Lidl!

These laws mandate unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and data harvesting, rewarding Big Tech with even more power and money, and giving the government sweeping authority to decide what content is “harmful” and should be removed. zeteo.com/p/trump-tikt...

Israeli strikes kills scores of Palestinians in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strikes-kill-scores-palestinians-gaza

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww

100 years of television.

Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television

It was absolutely necessary to upset myself with this evening’s viewing.

Honoured to be part of the Internet Archive’s Public Domain Film Remix Contest 2026. Proof that the public domain fuels new creativity. @archive.org Full announcement: blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2...

NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses. He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs. futurism.com/artificial-i...

I use Google Maps to "imagine" what it's like living in the cities I apply for jobs in, and when I get rejected I have to forget them like lost possible lives.

🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂 A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍 🧵⬇️ (1/5) #Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org

“Vertical video is a format of necessity that rewards users’ inattentiveness…Instead of making something worth the mild inconvenience of rotating a phone, posters go for whatever is safest, easiest…It’s a design choice that sacrifices artistry so users don’t have to use their wrists.”

From Ireland to Gaza, starvation has been normalised - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ireland-gaza-starvation-has-been-normalised

Mélenchon’s snow pic is very Renoir-esque.

Thinking about the admin’s view that ICE are the “victims” and citizens are the “enemy” here. Remember the viral videos of cops performing “overdoses” of fentanyl by just … being in vicinity of the substance. They even flipped the “I can’t breathe” slogan from BLM to make themselves the victims.

The cinephilic spirit with which all notable filmmakers should treat their own work/legacy.

Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍

Israel is waging a reproductive genocide against Palestinian mothers in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-waging-reproductive-genocide-against-palestinian-mothers-gaza

Afternoon tea.

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

The early web was driven by curiosity & openness, not monetization. Audrey Witters reflects on that era, using her now-famous animated alien GIF as an example of how playful, freely-shared work helped shape digital culture & why preserving it matters. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/a...