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Justin Rawlins

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Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · Nov 29

Today's a good reminder to support your authors. In that spirit, U Texas Press is having a big holiday sale right now where you can buy beautiful books like mine for 40% off! The book's good imo, and the sexy Brando cover is even better.
Follow the link👇 to buy!
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Imagining the Method

A revisionist history of Method acting that connects the popular reception of “methodness” to entrenched understandings of screen performance still domin...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN

OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.”

ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 1d

Ok who did this

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

This administration is a dull-minded, paranoid, gullible old man surrounded by twenty cranks, thousand-year-reich zealots, and single-issue lunatics, all with phones, running around saying, "Show him this! He'll like this! Make sure he sees this!"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 2d

This is far and away the best take on this ridiculous "compact" for higher ed and a must read.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 2d

You can relax everyone, they're out, now we can just enjoy baseball!

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 2d

ALCS bound!!!!!

a blue jays logo with the words next level

ALT: a blue jays logo with the words next level

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 4d

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Motion Picture Association Blasts OpenAI Over Sora 2 Video Copyright Opt-Outs

The Motion Picture Association argued that OpenAI - and not copyright holders - is responsible for keeping infringing material off its platform.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 7d

Haven't seen this shared a lot - but yes, 26 out of 30 of the scholars on the NEH Council just got axed - and surprise, what do you know about the 4 left? ⬇️

Janay Kingsberry @janaykingsberry.bsky.social · 10d

The National Council for the NEH had 26 scholars and leaders serving humanities efforts across the U.S. After today’s White House firings, it’s down to just 4 Trump-appointed White men, one terminated member told me.

From me, @travismandrews.bsky.social and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
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White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities

The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 8d

"United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—raw material to be transformed into intelligence for deportation arrests and raids."

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 9d

"No one’s going to lose a Hollywood deal...All they lost is any credibility on lecturing anyone else on right and wrong ever again. But that’s a real loss...When they handed over their credibility to MBS, they handed it over here, too, and for free."

ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 9d

My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia

It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

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Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 9d

THE SMASHING MACHINE deserves to launch Dwayne Johnson into the Oscars pantheon − which makes it a shame that The Rock is cooking something that smells like a whole lotta BS on the film's press tour. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Dwayne Johnson crushes expectations with the surprising, subversive drama The Smashing Machine

As real-life mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr, Johnson is meticulous in his emotional and physical calibrations

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🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 10d

The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S. and other countries. #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S. | CBC News

The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11d

But Thune is refusing to negotiate when the government is open too. So no negotiation - open or closed. Got it.

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 11d

The amazing thing about the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on AI development is it doesn't even include all the externalized costs like higher electricity prices for hundreds of millions of people.

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 11d

"In the rush to cash in on the generative artificial intelligence gold rush, one possible outcome of AI’s future rarely gets discussed"
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Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing

GenAI does some neat, helpful things, but it’s not yet the engine of a new economy — and it might not ever be.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 11d

Was this written by The Midwest?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Mayonnaise is perhaps the most polarizing condiment humanity has yet to whip up. But love it or hate it, it’s an undeniable culinary marvel. We tested 25 jars of mayonnaise to find the best. nyti.ms/3VEdQuh

Small containers of different kinds of mayonnaise. Headline: The Best Mayonnaise

Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks I hate it

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 12d

Our nation's worst pipeline might well be the "football coach to federal representative" one
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Paul Finebaum considering leaving ESPN to run for U.S. Senate as a Republican

SEC Network host Paul Finebaum told OutKick he's considering leaving ESPN to run for U.S. Senate in Alabama as a Republican.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 12d

Good news everyone

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed

In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender people

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 16d

Oklahoma state superintendent of education and far right goon Ryan Walters is resigning. Turns out being a societal cancer who celebrates school bomb threats and enjoys child suffering pays better in the private sector.
www.koco.com/article/ryan...

Ryan Walters to resign as Oklahoma state superintendent for private sector job

State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he will resign from office and take a job in the private sector.

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