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.
I turned on Olympian figure skating and I have no clue about anything other than nobody here is straight and they‘re all doing things gravity shouldn‘t allow
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I turned on Olympian figure skating and I have no clue about anything other than nobody here is straight and they‘re all doing things gravity shouldn‘t allow
From Olivie Blake‘s „Girl Dinner“. Ouch.
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
From Olivie Blake‘s „Girl Dinner“. Ouch.
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New #Shrinking recap, it‘s a doozy of Goldstein/Braff collab feat Jessica Williams‘ Emmy reel:
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
Recap: Shrinking 3x02 – “Happiness Mission” - The Spoilist
Written by Brett Goldstein Directed by Zach Braff You know a Goldstein/Braff collab is going to be a doozy. Goldstein writes his own character’s goodbye, continuing with this season’s motif of moving...
www.thespoilist.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
New #Shrinking recap, it‘s a doozy of Goldstein/Braff collab feat Jessica Williams‘ Emmy reel:
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
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Read my recap of Starfleet Academy‘s fifth episode now: open.substack.com/pub/latestar...
#StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek #TrekSky
#StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek #TrekSky
Recap: Starfleet Academy - 1x05 - “Series Acclimation Mil”
What They Left Behind...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Read my recap of Starfleet Academy‘s fifth episode now: open.substack.com/pub/latestar...
#StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek #TrekSky
#StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek #TrekSky
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I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
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You're not producing a novel with AI. You're using an algorithm powered by other people's stolen novels to lie and pretend you're a writer. Being a writer requires WRITING, you pathetic fucks.
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
You're not producing a novel with AI. You're using an algorithm powered by other people's stolen novels to lie and pretend you're a writer. Being a writer requires WRITING, you pathetic fucks.
Super Bowl half time with two bisexual/sexually fluid men and a lesbian headlining is honestly something I didn‘t think was ever going to happen, „f*gg*t America“ alright 😍 I have seen less MAGA backlash on that than on the fact Bad Bunny‘s Puerto Rican and sings in Spanish but I guess priorities 😒
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Super Bowl half time with two bisexual/sexually fluid men and a lesbian headlining is honestly something I didn‘t think was ever going to happen, „f*gg*t America“ alright 😍 I have seen less MAGA backlash on that than on the fact Bad Bunny‘s Puerto Rican and sings in Spanish but I guess priorities 😒
Sunday, February 8, 2026. I‘m listening to Bad Bunny, drinking Cherry Coke, eating Sour Patch Kids while editing a manuscript. This is my Super Bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Sunday, February 8, 2026. I‘m listening to Bad Bunny, drinking Cherry Coke, eating Sour Patch Kids while editing a manuscript. This is my Super Bowl.
Wäre das aber nicht genau der Grund warum wir mehr Erbschaftssteuer zahlen sollten aber vielleicht denke ich bei sowas halt an Fairness für die Gemeinschaft anstatt Fairness für das Individuum…
February 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Wäre das aber nicht genau der Grund warum wir mehr Erbschaftssteuer zahlen sollten aber vielleicht denke ich bei sowas halt an Fairness für die Gemeinschaft anstatt Fairness für das Individuum…
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Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
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Kenn ich jemanden der ein Grönemeyer Ticket für 14.2. in München sucht? Sitzplatz
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Kenn ich jemanden der ein Grönemeyer Ticket für 14.2. in München sucht? Sitzplatz
Endless fascination with the fact that most Americans still don‘t know what Whatsapp is despite Meta owning it
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Endless fascination with the fact that most Americans still don‘t know what Whatsapp is despite Meta owning it
Can‘t make this shit up
February 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Can‘t make this shit up
Kenn ich jemanden der ein Grönemeyer Ticket für 14.2. in München sucht? Sitzplatz
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Kenn ich jemanden der ein Grönemeyer Ticket für 14.2. in München sucht? Sitzplatz
Pretty convinced I get AI written or at least „polished“ student emails by now when they‘re asking me to be their advisor or some other favor. My question is mostly who continues to scare them so much that they‘re afraid to use their own voice?
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Pretty convinced I get AI written or at least „polished“ student emails by now when they‘re asking me to be their advisor or some other favor. My question is mostly who continues to scare them so much that they‘re afraid to use their own voice?
Open Facebook and it‘s full of butthurt middle aged white men who claim that nobody likes Starfleet Academy an observation based on themselves and the very Facebook group they‘re posting this in
Starfleet Academy hate is so fucking forced, hyperbolic and frankly often toxic racist and bigoted, it just angers me that the algorithm STILL rewards this kind of rage-baiting bullshit. Not that they will, but YouTube needs to fix its shit with rewarding this assholery.
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Open Facebook and it‘s full of butthurt middle aged white men who claim that nobody likes Starfleet Academy an observation based on themselves and the very Facebook group they‘re posting this in
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
Immerhin promoviert man dann nicht 3-5 Jahre motiviert und stellt dann fest dass es keine Postdoc Stellen gibt sondern kriegt sofort ALG /s
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Die Universität Leipzig setzt Kürzungen des eigenen Haushalts durch die Nichtverlängerung von laufenden Promotionsstellen um, meine ist auch betroffen. kreuzer-leipzig.de/2026/01/29/l...
Genug ist genug
Leipzig. Subjektiv. Selektiv.
kreuzer-leipzig.de
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Immerhin promoviert man dann nicht 3-5 Jahre motiviert und stellt dann fest dass es keine Postdoc Stellen gibt sondern kriegt sofort ALG /s
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One thing on Discovery I was always pushing for, but could never get through, was representation of queer culture in the 32nd century. Glad to see it finally rearing its fabulous head!
Another delightful thing about this week’s #StarfleetAcademy is seeing that the art of drag is alive and well in the 32nd century. What a fun gig for Canada’s own Jackie Cox 💖
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
One thing on Discovery I was always pushing for, but could never get through, was representation of queer culture in the 32nd century. Glad to see it finally rearing its fabulous head!
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Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’##startrek #starfleetacademy #tawnynewsome #exclusive
https://bit.ly/sfa105newsome
https://bit.ly/sfa105newsome
Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
The 'Lower Decks' star co-wrote the latest episode of 'Starfleet Academy.'
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February 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’##startrek #starfleetacademy #tawnynewsome #exclusive
https://bit.ly/sfa105newsome
https://bit.ly/sfa105newsome
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I am always surprised by Trekkies who treat Star Trek as a literal encyclopedia of future events, instead of as a set of stories that reflect the context of their creation, and which can provide a starting point for new stories, both within the franchise and beyond, through fan and original works.
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I am always surprised by Trekkies who treat Star Trek as a literal encyclopedia of future events, instead of as a set of stories that reflect the context of their creation, and which can provide a starting point for new stories, both within the franchise and beyond, through fan and original works.
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I think the mostly humbling and salient truth I was ever given about working in television is “Remember, we’re here to sell bleach first.”
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I think the mostly humbling and salient truth I was ever given about working in television is “Remember, we’re here to sell bleach first.”
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
Why and where do so many people learn to write in some weird passive voice where no actor exists ever
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Why and where do so many people learn to write in some weird passive voice where no actor exists ever
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With #Bridgerton back on our screens, let's revisit a classic thread. Queen Charlotte included a scene of King George III eating pussy. So it falls upon us, dear readers, to answer the crucial question: is it historically accurate? Did King George III eat pussy?
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 AM
With #Bridgerton back on our screens, let's revisit a classic thread. Queen Charlotte included a scene of King George III eating pussy. So it falls upon us, dear readers, to answer the crucial question: is it historically accurate? Did King George III eat pussy?