Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
@cbkenkar.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, adaptation, Agnès Varda, amateur video essayist. Not necessarily in that order. Trying my best to pay attention.
🇺🇸 born, studied 🇫🇷, teaching in 🇹🇷 Bilkent COMD
Co-host @ymmwtpodcast.bsky.social
Co-chair @adaptstudies.bsky.social
🇺🇸 born, studied 🇫🇷, teaching in 🇹🇷 Bilkent COMD
Co-host @ymmwtpodcast.bsky.social
Co-chair @adaptstudies.bsky.social
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Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
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🌻 Varda mentioned 🌻
2/10/65: Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur
Our Varda appreciation: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...
More:
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
Amy Taubin: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social: www.vaguevisages.com/2016/05/31/v...
Our Varda appreciation: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...
More:
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
Amy Taubin: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social: www.vaguevisages.com/2016/05/31/v...
Vague Visages on Agnès Varda’s 88th: ‘Le Bonheur’
Vague Visages on Agnès Varda’s 88th: ‘Le Bonheur’ | Vague Visages (Vawg-Vee-Sawj)
vaguevisages.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
🌻 Varda mentioned 🌻
as I've been saying!
and those amount to a LOT of asides!!
and those amount to a LOT of asides!!
All the reports showing it either decreases productivity or increases workload or both aside, ethics of incorporating The Great Plagiarist Bot into a university curriculum aside, destroying the planet aside: students do not know enough about anything to even use genAI for its theoretical potential.
February 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
as I've been saying!
and those amount to a LOT of asides!!
and those amount to a LOT of asides!!
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please listen as I enter my fourth decade of not shutting up about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). RIP to a real one, long live Bernadette!
🎉 NUMBER 100 🥳 in memory of the one & only Terence Stamp, recommending The Hit (1984) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994), while both catching up with The Limey (1999) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
ep. 100 | Terence Stamp
Podcast Episode · You Made Me Watch That?! · 02/08/2026 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
please listen as I enter my fourth decade of not shutting up about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). RIP to a real one, long live Bernadette!
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
please listen as I enter my fourth decade of not shutting up about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). RIP to a real one, long live Bernadette!
🎉 NUMBER 100 🥳 in memory of the one & only Terence Stamp, recommending The Hit (1984) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994), while both catching up with The Limey (1999) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
ep. 100 | Terence Stamp
Podcast Episode · You Made Me Watch That?! · 02/08/2026 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
please listen as I enter my fourth decade of not shutting up about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). RIP to a real one, long live Bernadette!
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
I see what you did there, Le Monde
Super Bowl 2026 : les Seattle Seahawks au nirvana après leur succès sans appel sur les New England Patriots
Super Bowl 2026 : les Seattle Seahawks au nirvana après leur succès sans appel sur les New England Patriots
Les Seahawks se sont appuyés sur une défense de fer pour remporter le deuxième Super Bowl de leur histoire (29-13). Sacrés six fois à l’époque de Tom Brady, les Patriots ne deviendront pas cette fois-ci la franchise la plus titrée de NFL.
www.lemonde.fr
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 AM
I see what you did there, Le Monde
my feed is at least a dozen bad bunny halftime analyses that run a minimum five skeets deep
and no one posting the score
and no one posting the score
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 AM
my feed is at least a dozen bad bunny halftime analyses that run a minimum five skeets deep
and no one posting the score
and no one posting the score
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free them all
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
free them all
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Looking forward to AAS 2026 at Burman University, Canada & dreaming of what comes next...
If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...
If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...
Annual Conference Archives - The Association of Adaptation Studies
The annual Association of Adaptation Studies conference.
www.adaptation.uk.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Looking forward to AAS 2026 at Burman University, Canada & dreaming of what comes next...
If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...
If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...
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gonna tell our students this is the 21st century's cinema of attractions (Gunning)
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
gonna tell our students this is the 21st century's cinema of attractions (Gunning)
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The French government raided the offices of X in Paris due to Grok's regular creation of CSAM. Musk claimed he was being persecuted & the official French Foreign Ministry responded with the following:
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The French government raided the offices of X in Paris due to Grok's regular creation of CSAM. Musk claimed he was being persecuted & the official French Foreign Ministry responded with the following:
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The Last Duel (2021) nailed this dynamic exactly. The rapist went into the duel entirely convinced he was blameless (and his opponent was more keen on defending himself than the actual victim).
People who defend others accused of having done horrible things on the basis of „but he‘s been my colleague for so many years and does such great work and was nice to my dog once“ - yeah most rapists and abusers just live among us and don‘t even think they are in the wrong.
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The Last Duel (2021) nailed this dynamic exactly. The rapist went into the duel entirely convinced he was blameless (and his opponent was more keen on defending himself than the actual victim).
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NEW EPISODE on the classic British TV series The Avengers, featuring a *very* special guest you have to hear to believe... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
ep. 99 | The Avengers (1961-1969)
Podcast Episode · You Made Me Watch That?! · 02/01/2026 · 1h 22m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
NEW EPISODE on the classic British TV series The Avengers, featuring a *very* special guest you have to hear to believe... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
Happy Groundhog Day from a granddaughter of Punxsutawney ❄️ 🌱 🌞
When Phil is said to have seen his shadow upon emergence from a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, that's considered a forecast for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, an early spring is said to be on the way. n.pr/3ZdeNLN
Groundhog Day puts Punxsutawney Phil's forecast about winter's length in the spotlight
When Phil is said to have seen his shadow upon emergence from a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, that's considered a forecast for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, an early spring is said to be on the way.
n.pr
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Happy Groundhog Day from a granddaughter of Punxsutawney ❄️ 🌱 🌞
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
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How can a paper that was never written end up with 60+ citations in multiple journals and books with several different author and co-author credits? Maybe it started with human error/malpractice, but AI is clearly reproducing and amplifying the zombie infection.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
How can a paper that was never written end up with 60+ citations in multiple journals and books with several different author and co-author credits? Maybe it started with human error/malpractice, but AI is clearly reproducing and amplifying the zombie infection.
🐋 finished 📖 🎉 🍻
in conclusion, if we take a spin on Melville's Wheel of Morality:
- Bartleby = vet your employees
- Moby Dick = vet your employers
in conclusion, if we take a spin on Melville's Wheel of Morality:
- Bartleby = vet your employees
- Moby Dick = vet your employers
January 31, 2026 at 9:53 AM
🐋 finished 📖 🎉 🍻
in conclusion, if we take a spin on Melville's Wheel of Morality:
- Bartleby = vet your employees
- Moby Dick = vet your employers
in conclusion, if we take a spin on Melville's Wheel of Morality:
- Bartleby = vet your employees
- Moby Dick = vet your employers
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Last call, literary translators. It will only take you 5 minutes!
Hi everyone,
If you are a literary translator, please fill our survey ! It only takes a few minutes and we need your feedback to get a clearer picture 😊
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If you are a literary translator, please fill our survey ! It only takes a few minutes and we need your feedback to get a clearer picture 😊
www.ceatl.eu/ceatls-ai-su...
CEATL's AI survey
CEATL is reaching out to invite you to participate in a survey regarding literary translation and artificial intelligence.
www.ceatl.eu
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Last call, literary translators. It will only take you 5 minutes!
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Less than one week to submit pedagogical materials for our special issue on teaching adaptation, Adaptation and Comics! Deadline is February 1st, we want to heard from you! adaptationtoday.com/resources/pe...
CFPs for Pedagogical Publications
The following CFPs are current calls for pedagogical materials that will be published on Adaptation Today. All materials will be peer-reviewed before publication. For questions about the CFPs or pe…
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January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Less than one week to submit pedagogical materials for our special issue on teaching adaptation, Adaptation and Comics! Deadline is February 1st, we want to heard from you! adaptationtoday.com/resources/pe...