CFP for the next issue of G|A|M|E – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment, on “Queer and Trans Game Studies in Global and Local Contexts” is out! This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies. For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...

will profit from getting others to believe that their technology is similar to humans...Sometimes the people selling these tools seem to believe their own marketing...but what really matters is that they can sell it that way." #ai 2/2 www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Very glad to be part of this conference next week at Ca'Foscari!

Soll Deutschland dem Beispiel Italiens folgen und versuchen, Asylverfahren an Drittstaaten auszulagern? Eva Tennina von der italienischen Anwalts-NGO Progetto Diritti rät davon ab. www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/blog/

An underrated part of this video is you can watch the Dow go down in real time in the bottom right

Breaking News: The U.S. opposed a UN resolution backed by most of Europe to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine, a sharp shift in American policy. The Trump administration voted against that resolution and introduced its own that simply called for an end to the conflict.

New on The New York Times : “A New Look at the History of ‘S.N.L.’”

Excellent data and graphics work, as usual. Support @propublica.org here www.propublica.org/propublicans

Finalmente il Parlamento è riuscito a eleggere i nuovi giudici della Corte Costituzionale. Dopo 14 tentativi, deputati e senatori si sono accordati per sostituire i membri della corte che hanno terminato il loro mandato mesi fa.

Finally my article on Sandokan tv series on Super8 is out! riviste.unimi.it/index.php/ci...

New on The New York Times : “All of the Trump Administration’s Major Moves in the First 100 Days”

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

DeepSeek è una formidabile macchina di disinformazione. Secondo un report di NewsGuard l’IA cinese contribuisce a promuovere la posizione del governo di Pechino su molti temi.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

This is illegal. These are crimes!

I’m gathering a list of #OpenAccess or #freelyaccessible #Film, #Television, #ScreenStudies, #audiovisualmediastudies Publications, Editors and Advocates People at Bluesky. Please let me know if you’d like me to add you. go.bsky.app/NBipNnW

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New on The Guardian : “‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley”

Elon Musk vuole arruolare le pagine “bomberiste” italiane nella propaganda trumpiana? Ad annunciarlo è stata Welcome to Favelas, pagina consacrata al degrado che sostiene di aver incontrato gli emissari di Musk. Ma la notizia va presa con le pinze.

New in #openaccess! STRETCHING THE ARCHIVES TOWARD A GLOBAL FILM WOMEN’S FILM HERITAGE. Eds. Lizelle Bisschoff, Ana Grgić, Stefanie Van de Peer. Book has particular emphasis on feminist cultural memory and film heritage in the Global South. www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...

Breaking News: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker, has died at 78. He was known for his surreal style in films like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive,” as well as the TV series “Twin Peaks.” nyti.ms/3WphQj8

More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv

Per la prima volta un'indagine istituzionale ISTAT e UNAR fotografa la situazione lavorativa delle persone trans e non binarie, e le discriminazioni che subiscono. Ne ho parlato con l'attivista trans/femminista e scrittore Isa Borrelli per @skytg24.bsky.social tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2025...

Welcome to the public domain, BLACK AND TAN (1929)! 🎞️ Sound technology made films a platform for performers like Duke Ellington. This short blends jazz, drama & music culture. 🎹🎷 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025

Just published on L'avventura. Italian Journal Italian Film and Media Landscapes www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.17397...

Very glad I contributed to this!

Hack the platform :)

Per la prima volta una ricerca studia l’uso delle app di monitoraggio del ciclo mestruale a livello globale, anche nel Sud, dove è più sentito il bisogno di strumenti efficaci per il controllo di fertilità e i download crescono. Feat @chiccorampazzo.bsky.social :) tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2024...