Brad Congdon
@brcongdon.bsky.social
Wrote a book about American literature, masculinity, and magazines
https://utorontopress.com/9781487522162/leading-with-the-chin/
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https://utorontopress.com/9781487522162/leading-with-the-chin/
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
Why aren’t more Hideo Gosha films available on disc? Criterion has a bunch streaming, but even there they’re missing GOYOKIN and TENCHU! #filmsky
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Why aren’t more Hideo Gosha films available on disc? Criterion has a bunch streaming, but even there they’re missing GOYOKIN and TENCHU! #filmsky
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I really enjoyed the first season of Last Samurai Standing, but I got the impression that the show did not think it was as silly as it obviously is.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I really enjoyed the first season of Last Samurai Standing, but I got the impression that the show did not think it was as silly as it obviously is.
I really enjoyed the first season of Last Samurai Standing, but I got the impression that the show did not think it was as silly as it obviously is.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I really enjoyed the first season of Last Samurai Standing, but I got the impression that the show did not think it was as silly as it obviously is.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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There’s a reason there’s audio of Orson Welles complaining during the Findus’ froze peas commercial, but none of him complaining during TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE. That reason? Great writing.
August 23, 2024 at 7:09 PM
There’s a reason there’s audio of Orson Welles complaining during the Findus’ froze peas commercial, but none of him complaining during TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE. That reason? Great writing.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
I’ve been trying to figure out when I became aware of Udo Kier. And, as a teenager in Canada in the 1990s, I realize that I saw ACE VENTURA, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, and BARB WIRE in theatres. At some point, I must have wondered who this magnificent weirdo was.
We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out when I became aware of Udo Kier. And, as a teenager in Canada in the 1990s, I realize that I saw ACE VENTURA, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, and BARB WIRE in theatres. At some point, I must have wondered who this magnificent weirdo was.
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We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
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v cool thing to say right after you’e been murdered.
![Benma Hidari: [Ogami Itto has bested him and slashed him across the neck with a sword; blood is starting to flow from the wound, making a certain sound] My neck... my own neck... It sounds like it's wailing. My neck was sliced open diagonally. The cut wails like a cold winter wind. They call it "mogari-bue," - the whistle of a fallen tiger. I've always wished to kill someone, just once, and create such a fine cut and to sing this tune. Now I'm hearing it from my own neck. What a laugh.
[rolls over dead, with blood spurting out from his neck wound onto the sand](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b657bmpyrnxr3ayyxd4ywla3/bafkreif3lsbmd2kni5bqgtkya4auiwxmzhhrlqcdns6nxoztrhzafrmora@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
v cool thing to say right after you’e been murdered.
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Now playing (08:20 PM PST):
"The Grapes of Death" (1978)
By Jean Rollin
Runtime: 91 min.
"The Grapes of Death" (1978)
By Jean Rollin
Runtime: 91 min.
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Now playing (08:20 PM PST):
"The Grapes of Death" (1978)
By Jean Rollin
Runtime: 91 min.
"The Grapes of Death" (1978)
By Jean Rollin
Runtime: 91 min.
v cool thing to say right after you’e been murdered.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
v cool thing to say right after you’e been murdered.
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Amazing choice on the part of European painters to spend centuries making children look as creepy as possible.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Amazing choice on the part of European painters to spend centuries making children look as creepy as possible.
Sometimes I remember that Americans had the opportunity to vote against Trump, Vance, RFK jr, and Musk all in one single election.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sometimes I remember that Americans had the opportunity to vote against Trump, Vance, RFK jr, and Musk all in one single election.
How much coffee can you productively drink in one day.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
How much coffee can you productively drink in one day.
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Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Last Samurai Standing really should have opted for a jazz funk soundtrack.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Last Samurai Standing really should have opted for a jazz funk soundtrack.
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I do not need to see Tom Hanks in anything else unless he’s playing Dashiell Hammett.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I do not need to see Tom Hanks in anything else unless he’s playing Dashiell Hammett.
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
These immediately jump out.
These immediately jump out.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
These immediately jump out.
These immediately jump out.
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🚨 NEW - The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
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#NewAtBroadview
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨 NEW - The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
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Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.