Eric Shmeric
@ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
Film/Media/Comm/Sound @ UC & UA
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
It's just tannis root, Charlie Brown.
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's just tannis root, Charlie Brown.
Now I'm a rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Now I'm a rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
We are a nation in decline. And it began when we allowed kids to call biopics "bi-opics" rather than "bio-pics."
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We are a nation in decline. And it began when we allowed kids to call biopics "bi-opics" rather than "bio-pics."
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Post a movie where you are from
We invent categories all the time to explain patterns. Doesn't mean they aren't useful or real.
Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
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From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We invent categories all the time to explain patterns. Doesn't mean they aren't useful or real.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
Remember the 90s?
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Remember the 90s?
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
I can't comment on the historical accuracy of the new transfer, but something that most cinephiles have a hard time grappling with is that when films are released, there is infinite variations from theater to theater...
turning a big dial taht says "Teal & Orange" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I can't comment on the historical accuracy of the new transfer, but something that most cinephiles have a hard time grappling with is that when films are released, there is infinite variations from theater to theater...
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
Sleep regression sucks so much.
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sleep regression sucks so much.
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Grateful to Michael Keaton, who lost a nephew to overdose, to come out swinging for my campaign—and for what is right!
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Grateful to Michael Keaton, who lost a nephew to overdose, to come out swinging for my campaign—and for what is right!
How does an amazing Congressional candidate like @bethmacy.bsky.social only have a few hundred followers??
Can we get her to 10k by Thanksgiving?
Can we get her to 10k by Thanksgiving?
Beth Macy never thought she would run for Congress. But she knows democracy is on the line and couldn't resist the pleas of those who believe she's the only candidate who can beat the awful Ben Cline.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
Update your bingo card
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How does an amazing Congressional candidate like @bethmacy.bsky.social only have a few hundred followers??
Can we get her to 10k by Thanksgiving?
Can we get her to 10k by Thanksgiving?
I think a lot about that moment in Murakami's NOVELIST AS VOCATION, where he admits that even his best books are uneven, but that the bad parts of these books make the good parts seem that much more impressive in comparison.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I think a lot about that moment in Murakami's NOVELIST AS VOCATION, where he admits that even his best books are uneven, but that the bad parts of these books make the good parts seem that much more impressive in comparison.
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Mixtapes given to one's romantic interests or received from suitors had strange titles like (as pictured here) "Psychomorph," "Andrea's Hostage Tape," "The Moo Tape," and "Don't Lose Your Temper," because everyone had to act somewhat disinterested.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mixtapes given to one's romantic interests or received from suitors had strange titles like (as pictured here) "Psychomorph," "Andrea's Hostage Tape," "The Moo Tape," and "Don't Lose Your Temper," because everyone had to act somewhat disinterested.
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Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Shortchanged
How Advanced Placement Cheats Students
www.press.jhu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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"Some projects I worked on:
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
The Boring Part of Bell Labs
How Bell Labs supported itself between moonshots
elizabethvannostrand.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Some projects I worked on:
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
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Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now
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Imagine being Andrew Cuomo watching this lmao
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Imagine being Andrew Cuomo watching this lmao
Yeah, he's not kicking those Bubba theories anytime soon.
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yeah, he's not kicking those Bubba theories anytime soon.
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absolute beast mode
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
absolute beast mode