Issue 11.1 of @mediapolis.bsky.social is now published! Along with organizing the “Mediapolis at 10 and Beyond” dossier, I wrote an introductory essay and chatted with past/present co-managing editors in the Mediapolis Now podcast. Here’s my intro essay! www.mediapolisjournal.com/2026/06/intr...

Just received my contributor copy of FLYOVER FICTIONS: POLARIZATION IN U.S.-AMERICAN CULTURE, MEDIA, AND POLITICS – I’m thrilled to be part of this very timely collection! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Five-year anniversary of my book being published! Or at least of when I received my author copies… It's exciting that scholarly attention to region and nostalgia keeps expanding, and I’m glad to be part of this trend… Thanks to everyone who’s read my book! iupress.org/978025304597...

Carl Sagan’s decades-old reflections on the photograph of the Earth as a “pale blue dot” have been on my mind this week…

“It’s a dream world / Dark dream world”… A favorite non-film/TV work by David Lynch: title track for the DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (2010) project with Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous) and Danger Mouse. It seems filtered through a staticky radio from another dimension or time… www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtU...