@jenniferpete
@jenniferpete.bsky.social
Professor, film nerd, treehugger. 🥀🪵🌲🪲 Book in progress: “Conservation Motion Pictures”
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"The entire financial system, including government bonds and mortgages, is premised on the idea that tomorrow will look something like today. In a world that’s 3 degrees warmer, it assuredly will not"
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"The entire financial system, including government bonds and mortgages, is premised on the idea that tomorrow will look something like today. In a world that’s 3 degrees warmer, it assuredly will not"
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
I am revising my book introduction today, thus going down some rabbit holes. Including this:
SCMS = over 3,000 members
AHA = over 12,000 members
MLA = over 20,000 members
SCMS = over 3,000 members
AHA = over 12,000 members
MLA = over 20,000 members
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am revising my book introduction today, thus going down some rabbit holes. Including this:
SCMS = over 3,000 members
AHA = over 12,000 members
MLA = over 20,000 members
SCMS = over 3,000 members
AHA = over 12,000 members
MLA = over 20,000 members
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A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Anthology's series "Avant-Garde Ads” features "filmmakers – even those who seem [to exemplify] anti-commercial purity and radicalism[, e.g.,] Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Jordan Belson, Bruce Baillie, Nathaniel Dorsky – have made ads, corporate films, PSAs, or other sponsored works."
Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1
The particular realm of cinema that Anthology Film Archives was put on earth to preserve, present, and celebrate is one that has famously been difficult to label, with filmmakers, programmers, and sch...
www.screenslate.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Anthology's series "Avant-Garde Ads” features "filmmakers – even those who seem [to exemplify] anti-commercial purity and radicalism[, e.g.,] Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Jordan Belson, Bruce Baillie, Nathaniel Dorsky – have made ads, corporate films, PSAs, or other sponsored works."
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What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters #COP30 #climatechange https://therevelator.org/celebrity-catastrophes/
What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters • The Revelator
When catastrophe becomes celebrity, we stop witnessing and start scrolling, turning suffering into spectacle. But we can break that cycle.
therevelator.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters #COP30 #climatechange https://therevelator.org/celebrity-catastrophes/
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The Cop30 pavilion burning down is a little bit on the nose isn't it?
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Cop30 pavilion burning down is a little bit on the nose isn't it?
I showed early anime Spring Comes for Ponsuke in class yesterday before our feature screening of Mizoguchi’s Sisters of the Gion. The students loved both & we had a good discussion. Some teaching days are great. animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/vie...
Spring Comes to Ponsuke | Details of the work | Japanese Animated Film Classics
ポン助の春 (Spring Comes to Ponsuke) Prod. Year : 1934 Dir. : Ikuo Oishi。In the bitter cold winter, Ponsuke is having a hard time searching for food. Ponsuke finds a big bamboo shoot, but it runs away in ...
animation.filmarchives.jp
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I showed early anime Spring Comes for Ponsuke in class yesterday before our feature screening of Mizoguchi’s Sisters of the Gion. The students loved both & we had a good discussion. Some teaching days are great. animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/vie...
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Mind-boggling story here
The research shows overlap between whale calls and human language.
UC Berkeley leaps ahead in decoding whale talk with AI
The research shows overlap between whale calls and human language.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Mind-boggling story here
This is amazing. Monarch butterflies can now be tracked as they migrate. I grew up near a California monarch butterfly grove and its population decline has been heartbreaking. This could open up ways to generate public awareness & support. 🦋 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is amazing. Monarch butterflies can now be tracked as they migrate. I grew up near a California monarch butterfly grove and its population decline has been heartbreaking. This could open up ways to generate public awareness & support. 🦋 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
“I like to be chic,” he said. “I go to school like this.” ✨
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“I like to be chic,” he said. “I go to school like this.” ✨
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Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Great resource for public scholars to pitch their writing here ⬇️
Have an op-ed bubbling up about yesterday's results or an essay on Eugene Debs or a blog post on the concept of "hope" that you just have to write but don't know where to pitch it?
Head over to our Pitchables page to find over 50 public publications, sites, and podcasts open to pitches:
Head over to our Pitchables page to find over 50 public publications, sites, and podcasts open to pitches:
Pitchables - Black and White and Read All Over
Resource list of sites, blogs, magazines, and podcasts open to accepting pitches for public scholarship, essays, reviews, and expertise.
blackwhiteandread.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great resource for public scholars to pitch their writing here ⬇️
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Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!
✨democracy✨
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
✨democracy✨
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Seriously dreaming of an alternate life in which I had a spare month and 8000+ euros to enroll in Herzog’s filmmaking workshop in the Azores.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seriously dreaming of an alternate life in which I had a spare month and 8000+ euros to enroll in Herzog’s filmmaking workshop in the Azores.
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the dumbest person you know is being affirmed by Chat-GPT right now
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
the dumbest person you know is being affirmed by Chat-GPT right now
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With the Arctic Refuge back in the news (yes, Trump is trying once again to turn it into an oil field), maybe it’s a good time to check out Defending the Arctic Refuge. @uncpress.bsky.social #envhist 📗❄️🦌
Defending the Arctic Refuge
Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Consid...
uncpress.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
With the Arctic Refuge back in the news (yes, Trump is trying once again to turn it into an oil field), maybe it’s a good time to check out Defending the Arctic Refuge. @uncpress.bsky.social #envhist 📗❄️🦌
Just turned on the World Series and saw Colonel Sanders sitting there behind home plate. So naturally I looked it up here. You guys wtf? Is this “Colonel Curse” real?
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just turned on the World Series and saw Colonel Sanders sitting there behind home plate. So naturally I looked it up here. You guys wtf? Is this “Colonel Curse” real?
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The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
More by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social here:
More by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social here:
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
More by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social here:
More by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social here:
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.