jake pitre
@jakeadampitre.bsky.social
a very sensitive piece of horse flesh. technically a doctor (of film studies). http://unwantedutopias.substack.com. http://boxd.it/20r7.
for @artukdotorg.bsky.social i wrote about Norman McLaren's drawings, prints, and paintings & how they sit alongside his animation work artuk.org/discover/sto...
Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 700,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.
artuk.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
for @artukdotorg.bsky.social i wrote about Norman McLaren's drawings, prints, and paintings & how they sit alongside his animation work artuk.org/discover/sto...
wrote about Canada's first queer film, Winter Kept Us Warm www.inthemoodmagazine.com/issue-14/win...
A Revolution Can Be Small and Tender: Winter Kept Us Warm by Jake Pitre — In The Mood Magazine
In 1965, 22-year-old David Secter, a student at the University of Toronto, directed what is now known as English Canada’s first feature film to deal with queer themes: Winter Kept Us Warm.
www.inthemoodmagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
wrote about Canada's first queer film, Winter Kept Us Warm www.inthemoodmagazine.com/issue-14/win...
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David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
hosting trivia tonight and making everyone listen to Dragula
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
hosting trivia tonight and making everyone listen to Dragula
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NEW: Trump’s tariffs & threats to make Canada “the 51st state” have sparked boycotts of U.S. products & may have even swung Canada’s April election. But anti-American fervor has a long, colorful history in Canada, writes @jakeadampitre.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/essays/anti-...
newlinesmag.com/essays/anti-...
Anti-Americanism in Canada Is Nothing New — It’s a Tradition
Trump’s tariffs and threats have sparked boycotts and motivated voters north of the border, but Canadians’ desire to distance themselves from the US has deep roots
newlinesmag.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
NEW: Trump’s tariffs & threats to make Canada “the 51st state” have sparked boycotts of U.S. products & may have even swung Canada’s April election. But anti-American fervor has a long, colorful history in Canada, writes @jakeadampitre.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/essays/anti-...
newlinesmag.com/essays/anti-...
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“If an LLM recommends a pesticide that ends up killing an entire crop, it’s hard to know who’s to blame.”
Offrange writer @jakeadampitre.bsky.social looks into the promise and peril of farmers embracing AI:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Offrange writer @jakeadampitre.bsky.social looks into the promise and peril of farmers embracing AI:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
A Cautious Embrace of LLMs - Offrange
Like virtually every industry, farmers are feeling pressure to integrate AI into their everyday workflows. But even early adopters remain wary.
ambrook.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“If an LLM recommends a pesticide that ends up killing an entire crop, it’s hard to know who’s to blame.”
Offrange writer @jakeadampitre.bsky.social looks into the promise and peril of farmers embracing AI:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Offrange writer @jakeadampitre.bsky.social looks into the promise and peril of farmers embracing AI:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
i wrote about our greatest living documentarian and run down his best films about cities and what it means to manage them
Frederick Wiseman: Cinema’s Greatest Chronicler of the City
Frederick Wiseman: Cinema’s Greatest Chronicler of the City
For over 60 years the legendary documentarian has quietly chronicled the urban American experience. The result is a subtle, stubborn celebration of the unsung hero of civic life: process.
dlvr.it
July 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
i wrote about our greatest living documentarian and run down his best films about cities and what it means to manage them
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“10 years ago, Quebecers could easily find a place to live without spending more than 25% of their income on rent. Today, someone making minimum wage in Montreal would be lucky to spend 50%. Our rent-to-income ratio has gotten shamefully out of control.”
When will landlords and speculators answer for their role in the housing and affordability crisis?
When will landlords and speculators answer for their role in the housing and affordability crisis in Montreal and elsewhere?
cultmtl.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“10 years ago, Quebecers could easily find a place to live without spending more than 25% of their income on rent. Today, someone making minimum wage in Montreal would be lucky to spend 50%. Our rent-to-income ratio has gotten shamefully out of control.”
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Read our latest feature from @jakeadampitre.bsky.social. www.hnn.us/article/war-...
War Stories Without the History
Films about the Iraq War prize “truth-telling,” but don’t offer many insights about the war itself.
www.hnn.us
July 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Read our latest feature from @jakeadampitre.bsky.social. www.hnn.us/article/war-...
celebrate canada day by reading my new piece on how Iraq war films, like Warfare, fetishize "authenticity" but leave aside history www.hnn.us/article/war-...
War Stories Without the History
Films about the Iraq War prize “truth-telling,” but don’t offer many insights about the war itself.
www.hnn.us
July 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
celebrate canada day by reading my new piece on how Iraq war films, like Warfare, fetishize "authenticity" but leave aside history www.hnn.us/article/war-...
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wrote for @fastcompany.com about the AI boosters in Hollywood & the rifts the technology is creating in the industry, including for unions www.fastcompany.com/91360193/is-...
Is this Hollywood’s moment of AI reckoning?
As studios, stars, and startups race to harness GenAI, a rift is forming within the industry. Some see opportunity; others see existential threat.
www.fastcompany.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
wrote for @fastcompany.com about the AI boosters in Hollywood & the rifts the technology is creating in the industry, including for unions www.fastcompany.com/91360193/is-...
wrote for @fastcompany.com about the AI boosters in Hollywood & the rifts the technology is creating in the industry, including for unions www.fastcompany.com/91360193/is-...
Is this Hollywood’s moment of AI reckoning?
As studios, stars, and startups race to harness GenAI, a rift is forming within the industry. Some see opportunity; others see existential threat.
www.fastcompany.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
wrote for @fastcompany.com about the AI boosters in Hollywood & the rifts the technology is creating in the industry, including for unions www.fastcompany.com/91360193/is-...
wrote about how disappointing Canada’s first AI minister already is www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Is Canada’s AI Minister just an industry spokesman now?
Evan Solomon appears to be focused on touting the importance of the AI industry, instead of imposing safeguards on this technology before it’s too late
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
wrote about how disappointing Canada’s first AI minister already is www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
i wrote this!
What are Canada’s governing Liberals going to do about AI?
What are Canada’s governing Liberals going to do about AI?
Although Prime Minister Carney has appointed Evan Solomon as AI minister, what the Liberals actually plan do with AI is unclear and some proposals are risky.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
i wrote this!
Tech For Us? my latest newsletter open.substack.com/pub/unwanted...
Tech For Us?
Possibly, maybe
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Tech For Us? my latest newsletter open.substack.com/pub/unwanted...
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spent months speaking to small indie theatre owners in Canada & looking into the vampiric, dominating Cineplex monopoly we all suffer under this.org/2024/12/21/m...
Movie monopoly
“This industry is corrupt,” Lisa Milne, owner of The Royal Theatre in Trail, B.C. (population 7,920), told me, referring to the film exhibition industry in Canada, before I’d even been able to start r...
this.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
spent months speaking to small indie theatre owners in Canada & looking into the vampiric, dominating Cineplex monopoly we all suffer under this.org/2024/12/21/m...
dammit i forgot about bluesky again, y'all good?
February 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
dammit i forgot about bluesky again, y'all good?
rest in peace David substack.com/home/post/p-...
Blue Skies and Golden Sunshine
All along the way
substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
rest in peace David substack.com/home/post/p-...
spent months speaking to small indie theatre owners in Canada & looking into the vampiric, dominating Cineplex monopoly we all suffer under this.org/2024/12/21/m...
Movie monopoly
“This industry is corrupt,” Lisa Milne, owner of The Royal Theatre in Trail, B.C. (population 7,920), told me, referring to the film exhibition industry in Canada, before I’d even been able to start r...
this.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
spent months speaking to small indie theatre owners in Canada & looking into the vampiric, dominating Cineplex monopoly we all suffer under this.org/2024/12/21/m...
well ryan has basically (& much more succinctly!) made the argument about tiktok here that i do in my dissertation. we've been so desperate to see it as social media with social implications when it has always been focused on ecommerce which only filters down into the social
I know this is hard to hear, but TikTok does not need the US. American users and lawmakers still think TikTok is a social app that makes money from advertising. It's not. It's a global e-commerce platform and our content has always been meaningless filler.
www.garbageday.email/p/tiktok-doe...
www.garbageday.email/p/tiktok-doe...
January 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
well ryan has basically (& much more succinctly!) made the argument about tiktok here that i do in my dissertation. we've been so desperate to see it as social media with social implications when it has always been focused on ecommerce which only filters down into the social
as someone who researches tiktok, on one hand a ban is an insane overreach into limiting free expression, but on the other hand, it is a cesspool and the world would be better without it lol. multiple things can be true...
January 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
as someone who researches tiktok, on one hand a ban is an insane overreach into limiting free expression, but on the other hand, it is a cesspool and the world would be better without it lol. multiple things can be true...
watching a movie on netflix with ads in montreal is great because i see the same WWE Raw ad every time but you never know if it's gonna be the english or french version, you can turn it into a little game
January 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
watching a movie on netflix with ads in montreal is great because i see the same WWE Raw ad every time but you never know if it's gonna be the english or french version, you can turn it into a little game
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The way that university officials have begun to treat “peaceful” and “disruptive” as antonyms, when they in fact are not antonyms, is the kind of violence to language that one expects of authoritarians
December 21, 2024 at 1:36 AM
The way that university officials have begun to treat “peaceful” and “disruptive” as antonyms, when they in fact are not antonyms, is the kind of violence to language that one expects of authoritarians
can i just copy and paste my tweets here? otherwise i forget to open this app lol
December 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM
can i just copy and paste my tweets here? otherwise i forget to open this app lol
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I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...
The phony comforts of useful idiots
On Casey Newton and the shallowness of anti-skepticism.
thetechbubble.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...