J.D. Connor
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USC Cinema & Media Studies
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USC Cinema & Media Studies
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J.D. Connor
@jdconnor.bsky.social
· Dec 28
Next fall's grad seminar will fall under "Narrative Theory" (we haven't taught it in forever; if we don't, we lose the number). Two wolves: an idiomatic triad of choice, control, and violence or a Back to the Roots of cultural expressionism: Leo Marx, Kracauer (Nietzsche!), Moten, etc. Thoughts?
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another thrilling field goal! a game of nonstop action!
a man wearing glasses and a brown jacket has the words triples is best above him
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a brown jacket has the words triples is best above him
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
another thrilling field goal! a game of nonstop action!
It has been the honor of a lifetime to be part of the Bad Bunny Super Bowl hedgerow
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
It has been the honor of a lifetime to be part of the Bad Bunny Super Bowl hedgerow
My AI agent loved that Coinbase ad so much that my retirement is now tied up in Fartcoin
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
My AI agent loved that Coinbase ad so much that my retirement is now tied up in Fartcoin
Big Hydration is no match for my B–complex. Who's with me?
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Big Hydration is no match for my B–complex. Who's with me?
If the past is any guide, after the Bad Bunny performance, the neighborhood will come alive with dog walking and post-football liberation
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
If the past is any guide, after the Bad Bunny performance, the neighborhood will come alive with dog walking and post-football liberation
America: a wasteland of racism and divorce, but with enough debt maybe you can buy a friend: Redfin
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
America: a wasteland of racism and divorce, but with enough debt maybe you can buy a friend: Redfin
another thrilling field goal! a game of nonstop action!
a man wearing glasses and a brown jacket has the words triples is best above him
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a brown jacket has the words triples is best above him
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
another thrilling field goal! a game of nonstop action!
Sand-man sitting with Sarandos goes unmentioned
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Sand-man sitting with Sarandos goes unmentioned
Joe "Mummenschanz" Montana!
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Joe "Mummenschanz" Montana!
Playing the Super Bowl, rebelling against the American mediascape. Containing multitudes, as one does.
Lord forgive me but it’s time to go back to tha old me
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
*pulls American Idiot CD out of cold storage*
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Playing the Super Bowl, rebelling against the American mediascape. Containing multitudes, as one does.
Playing Good Riddance for all the former MVPs is truly ominous
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Playing Good Riddance for all the former MVPs is truly ominous
Visiting Manzanar is enough to leave anyone shook, but those barrack blocks seem like bungalow courts compared with these Amazon Human Fulfillment Centers.
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Visiting Manzanar is enough to leave anyone shook, but those barrack blocks seem like bungalow courts compared with these Amazon Human Fulfillment Centers.
My dentist as a kid had a magic eye poster on the ceiling but I could never get it to work and he wouldn’t tell me what it was.
Our pediatric dentist has a drop tile ceiling with one tile taken out and a TV that plays cartoons while the kids stare up at it and get their teeth cleaned and I want to email my dentist and be like why don’t you do this
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
My dentist as a kid had a magic eye poster on the ceiling but I could never get it to work and he wouldn’t tell me what it was.
I gave blood yesterday so there would be plenty of room to put this directly into my veins
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I gave blood yesterday so there would be plenty of room to put this directly into my veins
I am not going to say Kaczynski had a point. You can’t make me.
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I am not going to say Kaczynski had a point. You can’t make me.
Gelertner’s defense is that he was just a pimp. “You keep the boss’s potential habits in mind”
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Gelertner’s defense is that he was just a pimp. “You keep the boss’s potential habits in mind”
Dennis Leary howling about how great season 3 is gonna be
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted in the Dutch Army as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
Dutch Queen Joins the Military
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Dennis Leary howling about how great season 3 is gonna be
Deadly Dust: Explosions at Didion Milling
YouTube video by USCSB
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The gluck-gluck 1851
There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The gluck-gluck 1851
Would love newspapers to return to the spiteful days of years gone by. A whole daily section on Bezos's Bozos. Pix that them look horrible. The Ghost of Robin Givhan ridiculing their stupid suits. The maniacal alt-weekly metro reporters who camped out a council meetings and had all the dirt.
Mackenzie Scott should buy the Washington Post.
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Would love newspapers to return to the spiteful days of years gone by. A whole daily section on Bezos's Bozos. Pix that them look horrible. The Ghost of Robin Givhan ridiculing their stupid suits. The maniacal alt-weekly metro reporters who camped out a council meetings and had all the dirt.
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Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
He doesn't even GO HERE!
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
He doesn't even GO HERE!
Often enough, pop song writers come up with one fantastic riff or one fantastic line and not much else. What Lolas "Trick Myself" proposes is that you should just repeat it over and over and then stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quCB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quCB...
Trick Myself
YouTube video by Lolas - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Often enough, pop song writers come up with one fantastic riff or one fantastic line and not much else. What Lolas "Trick Myself" proposes is that you should just repeat it over and over and then stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quCB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quCB...
Netflix is emailing me to watch a 10 year old Rob Reiner/Woody Harrelson movie about LBJ. The key art is singularly useless. The summary is semigrammatical slop. What sins have I committed, O Great Streamer, to deserve this?
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Netflix is emailing me to watch a 10 year old Rob Reiner/Woody Harrelson movie about LBJ. The key art is singularly useless. The summary is semigrammatical slop. What sins have I committed, O Great Streamer, to deserve this?
When scientists attempt to raise money from private donors do they not have development offices vet them? (Many such cases, etc..)
morningtrojan.com/p/usc-profes...
morningtrojan.com/p/usc-profes...
USC professor asked Jeffrey Epstein for money years after guilty plea
Antonio Damasio said he was unaware of Epstein’s sex crimes and wouldn't have met had he known. Epstein declined to fund him.
morningtrojan.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
When scientists attempt to raise money from private donors do they not have development offices vet them? (Many such cases, etc..)
morningtrojan.com/p/usc-profes...
morningtrojan.com/p/usc-profes...