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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 19h

sure hungry caterpillar is great but don't miss mr. seahorse who travels around, encouraging all the dad fish caring for the babies and eggs

A page from Mr seahorse, which reads: But before long, Mr seahorse met another fish. "How are you Mr. Tilapia?" Asked Mr. seahorse. Mr. Tilapia couldn't answer. His mouth was full of eggs. "I know, I know," said Mr seahorse. "Mrs. Tilapia laid her eggs. Now you take good care of them...you must be very happy "

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 3d

my kid won a black gaiter with his school's logo on it as a prize for good behavior and that thing is so ICE coded that it immediately disappeared forever

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 7d

congratulations to my pal Paul on his extraordinary and beautiful (!) new book. everyone should read it + get their libraries on the case!

German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...

Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed

From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse's diagnosis as a “melo-maniac,” Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed explores the extr…

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 8d

i started writing this ~5 years ago and, at last, it is in world. i owe thanks to so many people who read and responded to what was (and remains) a pretty weird piece about poe, benjamin, and AI. i am especially grateful to the readers and editors at JCMS for nurturing this piece into existence

Maximizing Our Losses: Anna Ridler, Fall of the House of Usher, and the Ruins of AI

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 9d

Ezra Klein: There's a Rick & Morty quote I really like.

Ezra Klein: It goes like this, "Why would a pop-tart want to live inside a toaster? That would be like the scariest place for them to live."

Ezra Klein: Because in the episode they go to a neighborhood where everyone is a pop-tart and they live in toaster-houses.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 9d

Hello pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10d

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.

Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 10d

30% drop year over year!

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 10d

there's a chain restaurant in my small-ish city that sells crabs and lobsters. according to my hairdresser, one of her other clients raises the lobsters (for this particular restaurant) in her home. i would like a documentary about this lady and her living room lobsters. please + thank you

☠️mawls slaughter☠️ @oddletters.bsky.social · 10d

who is provisioning all these lobsters!!

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 11d

the closets and cabinets of universities used to be filled with dead projectors. now they are brimming with *so many* broken down 3d printers. the closets are coming for you next, vr headsets.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 17d

my partner was listening to a song from teenage-hood and then he was advertised orthopedic shoes. the algorithm just murdered him

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 18d

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 19d

just tumbling around in the llms

the best faculty photo of all time. matthew mcconaughey is wearing a green hat with the word "alright" in yellow. he is smiling v widely. academic life looks amazing

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25d

As an archivist, this keeps me up.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 25d

LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.

Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.

Many implications for knowledge 🧪

A line chart showing that 38% of webpages from 2013 were no longer accessible one decade later.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 29d

early this morning, i asked my students how they would describe the experience of the 21st century. first answer was "death"

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · 29d

For the morning folks: Lafayette is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies for 1.5 years. Area of specialization is open. Position begins spring '26. Please share widely; I am happy to field questions. Laf is a small liberal arts college w excellent FAMS facilities + support

Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Sep 10

film and media studies friends, we are hiring! we are an inclusive + supportive program, one hour from philly and nyc. position starts end of january; review starts october 17. please spread the word and reach out w/ questions. provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-film...

2026-27 Film and Media Studies Program, Visiting Assistant Professor · Provost · Lafayette College

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Sep 10

film and media studies friends, we are hiring! we are an inclusive + supportive program, one hour from philly and nyc. position starts end of january; review starts october 17. please spread the word and reach out w/ questions. provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-film...

2026-27 Film and Media Studies Program, Visiting Assistant Professor · Provost · Lafayette College

provost.lafayette.edu

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Sep 5

As a historian of computing, can confirm, this is exactly what happened

BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Sep 4

the dailup sound was a protection spell the computer said for us every time we went online but we thought we were too good for it. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time and now we’re fucked

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Aug 31

Of course, I forgot to tag the wondrous @kamifirumu.bsky.social!

Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Aug 31

Lehigh Valley, NYC, Philly Friends: Lafayette College's Williams Center for the Arts will host the Japanese Paper Film Project on Friday, September 12 @ 7pm! Prof Eric Faden will intro the program. Live musical accompaniment by Duo Yumeno. Please join us! williamscenter.lafayette.edu/event/japane...

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Aug 31

Lehigh Valley, NYC, Philly Friends: Lafayette College's Williams Center for the Arts will host the Japanese Paper Film Project on Friday, September 12 @ 7pm! Prof Eric Faden will intro the program. Live musical accompaniment by Duo Yumeno. Please join us! williamscenter.lafayette.edu/event/japane...

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Aug 31

an interesting semester for anyone teaching media theory www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Opinion | The Unreal Spectacle of Trump’s Authoritarianism

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Aug 30

remembering the last time I felt this way and then the guy popped up in the rose garden to say the word "regeneron" 100 times

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks to Karen Hao's brilliant book Empire of AI, I learned that potable water is the only type of water that can be used to cool data centers.

Saltwater or wastewaster isn't useable.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · Aug 27

So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 27

children in minneapolis shot while praying, children in DC passing armed military when they take the metro to school, this country is so sick

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