Maria Elena D’Amelio
Maria Elena D’Amelio
@eledame.bsky.social
Associate professor of film and media studies. Buddhist, married, mom of 2. Proud feminist.
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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang apologized on behalf of the Academy of Motion Pictures for not naming No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal in a statement condemning violence against filmmakers earlier this week.
Academy Apologizes to No Other Land Director Hamdan Ballal
CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang apologized on behalf of the Academy of Motion Pictures for not naming No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal in a statement condemning violence against filmmakers earlier this week.
www.vulture.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
‘It’s happening fast’ – creative workers and professionals share their fears and hopes about the rise of AI
March 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Looking for books recs about witches. I loved alix.e.harrow The Once and Future Witches, @debharkness A Discovery of Witches, and @sangumandanna The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Anything similarly good?
March 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Every child knows, intuitively, who is a bully. The president and vp of the US acted like the biggest bullies against the president of an invaded country. The same behavior that teachers everywhere are trying to prevent in schools. What the US govt is doing is harmful in the most despicable way.
March 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Causing "global catastophe" will be judged one day as crimes against humanity. A reckoning will come. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A judge ordered foreign aid to resume. Aid groups say it’s not happening.
With immediate aid still held up and future food procurements in limbo, a former USAID official warns of “a global catastrophe.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Spotted on the web.
February 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great books exist. Beautiful movies and songs exist. Moving art exist. Good people exist. Find your tribe, find the things that nourish your soul and recharge. Then be ready for people who need you.
February 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We live in dystopian times. I will be a safe ally and resist all hate as long and as much as I can. Time to rebuilt communities of decency and love.
February 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For a second I really thought that CNN was the Onion #gulfofamerica??
February 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM