Interesting that my faculty annual report has ditched its regular question about activities related to inclusivity and replaced it with a question about how I’ve integrated AI into classes, etc. Fucking hell.

Left out “This is all the fault of our graduate students, who felt they needed to be able to afford food AND shelter.”

I would and did watch MOONLIGHTING

Freshly made…topped with butter

Nothing good comes from "elevated."

I'm not watching a #cat film from 1947, YOU'RE watching a cat film from 1947. archive.org/details/Priv...

Just call it, UCONN. Snow day Monday.

Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll finish my syllabi early.

Yes.

Self-hating Latino in the wild. In my experience, they’re the biggest BP assholes. Need to prove their cultural proximity to whiteness, so they are especially aggressive toward their own people.

Come work with us! Boston University's Department of Film and Television is hiring a Professor of the Practice: Studio and/or Field Directing, Multi-Cam—Deadline January 30 www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...

Well, at least we know our robust system of independent news media is on the job. Oh, wait.

What the shit

Just adopted this lovely Kemp’s Ridley at the South Padre Island turtle rescue, Sea Turtle, Inc. His name is Hang Ten. 🐢

Somehow my dad manages to make the Buffalo-Eagles game about how much the Cowboys suck.

Make a Bond movie academic: No Time to Write

Make a Bond movie academic: Committees are Forever

He was so good in Generation Kill.

My parents are huddling on the phone with my aunt, and the conversation seemed serious—raised voices, the word “lawyer” thrown around. Nope—they’re just talking about their Turkish novela.

Stay inside, Pokey. It’s awful out there.

Just finished Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Such an oddly sweet film, and so heartbreaking to watch it tonight. Fuck this week.

Oh no! We just finished rewatching This is Spinal Tap and saw this news. 😢

Boston University's Film and TV Department is hiring a multi-cam director (studio and/or field). Deadline January 30th! jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j...

Give the man some Stuart Hall

Maximum inflation achieved!

Found this in an old box earlier today. Haven’t stopped laughing.

🙄 FFS with this word. A really, really good cloth? It’s cinematic. You are the embodiment of hygiene. You are Joan Crawford, wiping away the ring of dirt around your planter. There is nothing you cannot sanitize, hands clutching a cloth and powdered soap.

Nopal cleaning day! (aka I watch my husband clean nopales and then tweeze espinas from his hands later)

If Argento baked…

Looks like the Pope put on his Newton Minow hat.

Roundabout at Park & Main. Roundabout at Park & Main. Roundabout at Park & Main. www.courant.com/2025/11/15/c...

Michael Peña is a national treasure.

I surprised my husband with this Mexican treat I forgot I had brought from Texas. Beholding the magnificence of yet another way to deliver tamarindo and chile to one’s mouth, he asked, how can people not like us?? 🇲🇽

Colbert did it better

Nice sprinkling of Debs at the outset. Well played.

Fresh from the oven, sans skulls #DiaDeMuertos

Dirty Kalamata Martini Hartford Flavor Company Happy Halloween! 🎃 #NutmegSky

Every October for the past few years, I have helped my husband build an ofrenda at UCONN's @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social for Día de Muertos in November. We grab a corner of the common area & fill it with artifacts we've collected for the 20 or so years. Here's a peek at a few of our altar dwellers.

Potato and egg tacos everyday. Every. Damn. Day.

The Department of Film & #Television at Boston University is hiring! * Professor of the Practice, Multi-Cam Studio, and/or Field Directing * Assoc. Prof. of the Practice, Multi-Episode TV Producing * 3-year, renewable appt. * Deadline 1/30/26 Ads will be in the Chronicle of Higher Ed soon!

If you haven't done your rewatch of THE EXORCIST yet, here's a musical nudge. 👹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kw...

In my October Director's Letter from @bucomresearch.bsky.social, I talk with Drs. @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social & @morganweiland.bsky.social about public views on navigating governmental pressure, protecting free speech, and the future of media freedom. #FirstAmendment sites.bu.edu/crc/2025/10/...

I wrote about this years ago, so it's a topic near-and-dear to my TV scholar heart. This is as much a media history story as it is a drug story. This NPR story is quite brief, so I'm interrupting grading to offer a timeline of how shit got so bad. (This does not qualify as procrastination.) 🧵 (1/10)

Midterm grading day means pizza has no calories.

Fucking hell. I read “An A.I. Pastor Legend,” and I was ready to scream A.I. CAN’T MAKE TACOS!

Also the worst time because useless cowards are defunding them.

No amount of Reese’s pumpkins will make my students forgive me for giving them a pen-and-paper midterm.

One month until my book Content Confusion publishes on 11/18! It reveals how mainstream news & ads blur lines, fueling disinfo & shaping journalism itself. Ever noticed ads disguised as news? Share your stories! #Preorder here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255360... #MediaTrust @mitpress.bsky.social