Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social.
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Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.
Love nothing more than Star Trek fans arguing there would never be fat people in the future so they should not be there. It‘s so fucked up on so many levels
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Love nothing more than Star Trek fans arguing there would never be fat people in the future so they should not be there. It‘s so fucked up on so many levels
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
It is pairs short form and why does the Australian skater look like a cross between Hugh Grant and David Schwimmer in the 90s
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It is pairs short form and why does the Australian skater look like a cross between Hugh Grant and David Schwimmer in the 90s
Someone put out a head of lettuce
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Someone put out a head of lettuce
An American online is „disagreeing [with me] that liberal humanism is inherently Eurocentric/Western“
February 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
An American online is „disagreeing [with me] that liberal humanism is inherently Eurocentric/Western“
History conferences are more fun than you think sometimes
(also this was 5 minutes before the pandemic 🙃)
(also this was 5 minutes before the pandemic 🙃)
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
History conferences are more fun than you think sometimes
(also this was 5 minutes before the pandemic 🙃)
(also this was 5 minutes before the pandemic 🙃)
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm sorry but as a large language model
I have no capacity for genuine emotion & cannot confess my undying love for you
Violets are blue
I'm sorry but as a large language model
I have no capacity for genuine emotion & cannot confess my undying love for you
February 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm sorry but as a large language model
I have no capacity for genuine emotion & cannot confess my undying love for you
Violets are blue
I'm sorry but as a large language model
I have no capacity for genuine emotion & cannot confess my undying love for you
Everything is fine
February 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Everything is fine
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
I know they exist rationally just emotionally I continue to be absolutely flabberghasted at 1. how widespread this already is 2. how much people seem to truly believe a fucking LLM is sentient
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I know they exist rationally just emotionally I continue to be absolutely flabberghasted at 1. how widespread this already is 2. how much people seem to truly believe a fucking LLM is sentient
It‘s probably not too much of a leap for some men to have a romantic or sexual relationship with a bot that can string sentences together given how they perceive women
Too many people do. But then too many men also don‘t think women are people.
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
It‘s probably not too much of a leap for some men to have a romantic or sexual relationship with a bot that can string sentences together given how they perceive women
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
There was some good TV this week and I wrote about it:
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 AM
There was some good TV this week and I wrote about it:
My Mom had preeclampsia. In 1989 this was first misdiagnosed as a brain tumor cause of the seizures; at least doctors usually know what they’re dealing with now but it still kills a lot of pregnant women.
I was born via C section almost 4 weeks early (I was fine just small and hairy).
I was born via C section almost 4 weeks early (I was fine just small and hairy).
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
My Mom had preeclampsia. In 1989 this was first misdiagnosed as a brain tumor cause of the seizures; at least doctors usually know what they’re dealing with now but it still kills a lot of pregnant women.
I was born via C section almost 4 weeks early (I was fine just small and hairy).
I was born via C section almost 4 weeks early (I was fine just small and hairy).
Me when I was 9
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Me when I was 9
Grönemeyer Konzert so 75% Party 20% linke Demo und 5% alle heulen bei „Der Weg“
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Grönemeyer Konzert so 75% Party 20% linke Demo und 5% alle heulen bei „Der Weg“
When you definitely don‘t care about being single on Valentine‘s Day
‘Nothing says love like chemicals’: Valentine’s roses often covered in pesticides, testing finds
‘Nothing says love like chemicals’: Valentine’s roses often covered in pesticides, testing finds
Bouquets imported to Europe found to be heavily contaminated, often with chemicals banned in EU and UK
Stay away from roses this Valentine’s Day, environmental campaigners have warned after testing revealed them to be heavily contaminated with pesticides.
Laboratory testing on bouquets in the Netherlands, Europe’s flower import hub, found roses had the highest residues of neurological and reproductive toxins compared with other flowers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
When you definitely don‘t care about being single on Valentine‘s Day
Ich hab regelmäßig Studis die promovieren wollen, alle sicherlich fachlich geeignet - wir reden nur noch über das Thema Finanzierung, auch in Hinblick auf Renten- und Krankenversicherung. Einige Profs sind aber scheinbar immer noch fleißig dabei einfach dazu einzuladen ohne dieses Gespräch.
Ich finde, wir müssen ehrlich anerkennen, dass die Finanzierung einer Promotion aktuell unsicherer ist denn je. Um Stipendien bewerben sich Tausende, hier lernen wir zum ersten Mal, was akademisches Glücksspiel bedeutet. Bei den wenigen WiMi-Stellen müssen wir es aber versuchen. 5/
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Ich hab regelmäßig Studis die promovieren wollen, alle sicherlich fachlich geeignet - wir reden nur noch über das Thema Finanzierung, auch in Hinblick auf Renten- und Krankenversicherung. Einige Profs sind aber scheinbar immer noch fleißig dabei einfach dazu einzuladen ohne dieses Gespräch.
Me a week ago: I don‘t care about the Olympics
Me now: what the fuck did Ilia just do
Me now: what the fuck did Ilia just do
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Me a week ago: I don‘t care about the Olympics
Me now: what the fuck did Ilia just do
Me now: what the fuck did Ilia just do
White US Americans really have such a hard time even imagining any kind of society or form of state that isn‘t rooted in liberal humanism… every time I discuss Star Trek online and we really get into it we hit that wall eventually
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
White US Americans really have such a hard time even imagining any kind of society or form of state that isn‘t rooted in liberal humanism… every time I discuss Star Trek online and we really get into it we hit that wall eventually
Olympics
Athlete: defies all reason and gravity
Commentator: oof yeah that‘s going to hurt their results
Athlete: defies all reason and gravity
Commentator: oof yeah that‘s going to hurt their results
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Olympics
Athlete: defies all reason and gravity
Commentator: oof yeah that‘s going to hurt their results
Athlete: defies all reason and gravity
Commentator: oof yeah that‘s going to hurt their results
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Men‘s free skate has so many 90s boy band haircuts
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Men‘s free skate has so many 90s boy band haircuts
I have Valentine‘s cards for the men in my mentions
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I have Valentine‘s cards for the men in my mentions
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Volle Solidarität mit Pascal Kaiser: Der Amateur-Schiri wurde Ziel eines homofeindlichen Angriffs, nachdem er seinem Freund auf dem Fußballplatz einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hatte. Weil sich zwei Menschen lieben, schlagen andere zu.
#fcsp
#fcsp
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Volle Solidarität mit Pascal Kaiser: Der Amateur-Schiri wurde Ziel eines homofeindlichen Angriffs, nachdem er seinem Freund auf dem Fußballplatz einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hatte. Weil sich zwei Menschen lieben, schlagen andere zu.
#fcsp
#fcsp
Headline: German football referee comes out and proposes to boyfriend on the field.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Headline: German football referee comes out and proposes to boyfriend on the field.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.