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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · 1d

The Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N) currently has microgrant applications open to support professional development in digital preservation. This round of funding will be disbursed in January 2026. www.dpoe.network/professional...

Professional Development Funding – Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network

www.dpoe.network

Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · 1d

Funding is short in a lot of places right now, so hoping reposting any opportunities may help someone. There are still a few days left to apply (October 10) for a microgrant from Rhizome for projects experimenting with technology. rhizome.org/editorial/20...

Open Call: Microgrants 2025

Rhizome champions born-digital art and culture through commissions, exhibitions, scholarship, and digital preservation.

rhizome.org

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · 1d

w/o downloading anything new - where are you mentally?

Harry Dean Stanton with a guitar in an episode of Twin Peaks season 3. A subtitle says “It’s a fucking nightmare.”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20d

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 22d

As a public mental health service all media is now photos of Robert Redford for the next 48 hours.

Black and white photo of Robert Redford that your mom secretly kept under her pillow.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Aug 25

Goodbye imported escapism. 💀

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Aug 25

I got a few art books from @aksiomaorg.bsky.social and a nice stack of 4K Rollin films from @indicator.bsky.social before the de minimis exemption on shipments to the US ends. This whole thing is going to be a disaster for businesses and consumers.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Jul 10

There is always The Hippos cover.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Jul 8

Not regretting my decision to unsubscribe from Mubi after their weak statement on the Sequoia Capital investment.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jul 7

putting aside the intense racism for a moment, it’s a bit rich for a silicon valley guy to accuse anyone of coming from a “culture that lies about everything.” that’s literally their business model.

Mamdani comes from a culture that lies about everything

It’s literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda

The West will learn this lesson the hard way

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Please tell me that indie game is real and I can play it.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 18

There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Jun 5

Can’t believe we lived in the actual vicinity of the first Bennifer era.

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Micah @rincewind.run · May 17

your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people

no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow

Game Rant @gamerant.bsky.social · May 17

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · May 17

Baller has really grown on me as a song and I think Germany is my favorite of the Big Five this year.

Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · May 13

I still can’t believe Tommy Cash is competing for Estonia. Is this the first ever act to have a music video on P***h**?

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · May 13

I went to a screening of Metropolis with a live orchestra in Berlin. Most of the concession beverages were in glass bottles. At the end of the screening everyone took their glass bottles and put them in recycling crates in the lobby. The etiquette blew my mind.

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · May 13

The Venn diagram of people who leave their popcorn and concessions garbage in the seats and aisles at movie theaters and people who don’t pick up their dog shit is a circle.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · May 13

It’s Eurovision week. While there are several EBU decisions I disagree with, I’ll be watching to support a handful of acts I’ve been rooting for since national selections. Everything up to and following UMK has been a fun distraction from my own country.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · May 1

PSA: Strange Days is on Criterion Channel.

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Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social · Apr 27

If you’ve seen “Sinners” you may enjoy this (spoiler-ish) interview from @jazzt21.bsky.social with the movie’s terrific cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who also shot “The Last Showgirl.” ALL of Coogler’s features have been shot by women DPs. variety.com/2025/artisan...

How ‘Sinners’ Cinematographer Pulled Off That Surreal Juke Joint Music Sequence and Made History By Shooting on 65mm Imax Film

How 'Sinners' cinematographer Autumn Arkapaw shot that Juke Joint music sequence

variety.com

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Apr 10

“Draw what you see, not what you know” is such a basic concept, but it’s wild how you have to retrain your brain to do that. I still remind myself to do it.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Apr 3

I bookmarked this to play around with one day, but still haven’t gotten around to it. alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zin...

Electric Zine Maker (a work in progress, be gentle, hug it often) by alienmelon

The Electric Zine Maker (⚡️📝✂️) is a printshop and art tool for making zines.

alienmelon.itch.io

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Apr 1

My phone is 9 years old and I will resist the upgrading process for as long as possible.

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silly samo 🎭 @citrusam.com · Mar 11

movie night at the house

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Feb 19

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

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Joann @joanncooler.bsky.social · Feb 19

The reality we’re living in is one where the people in power don’t care about credibility or facts. It feels like holding yourself to a higher standard is just going to get you bulldozed right now.

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