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Justin Rawlins
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Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · Nov 29
Today's a good reminder to support your authors. In that spirit, U Texas Press is having a big holiday sale right now where you can buy beautiful books like mine for 40% off! The book's good imo, and the sexy Brando cover is even better.
Follow the link👇 to buy!
utpress.utexas.edu/978147732850...
Imagining the Method
A revisionist history of Method acting that connects the popular reception of “methodness” to entrenched understandings of screen performance still domin...
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 6h
You can relax everyone, they're out, now we can just enjoy baseball!
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 6h
ALCS bound!!!!!
a blue jays logo with the words next level
ALT: a blue jays logo with the words next level
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14h
"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."
“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief
“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 2d
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Motion Picture Association Blasts OpenAI Over Sora 2 Video Copyright Opt-Outs
The Motion Picture Association argued that OpenAI - and not copyright holders - is responsible for keeping infringing material off its platform.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 5d
Haven't seen this shared a lot - but yes, 26 out of 30 of the scholars on the NEH Council just got axed - and surprise, what do you know about the 4 left? ⬇️
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Janay Kingsberry @janaykingsberry.bsky.social · 7d
The National Council for the NEH had 26 scholars and leaders serving humanities efforts across the U.S. After today’s White House firings, it’s down to just 4 Trump-appointed White men, one terminated member told me.

From me, @travismandrews.bsky.social and @kelseyables.bsky.social:
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White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities
The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 5d
"United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—raw material to be transformed into intelligence for deportation arrests and raids."
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 6d
"No one’s going to lose a Hollywood deal...All they lost is any credibility on lecturing anyone else on right and wrong ever again. But that’s a real loss...When they handed over their credibility to MBS, they handed it over here, too, and for free."
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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 6d
My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
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Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 6d
THE SMASHING MACHINE deserves to launch Dwayne Johnson into the Oscars pantheon − which makes it a shame that The Rock is cooking something that smells like a whole lotta BS on the film's press tour. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Dwayne Johnson crushes expectations with the surprising, subversive drama The Smashing Machine
As real-life mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr, Johnson is meticulous in his emotional and physical calibrations
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🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 7d
The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S. and other countries. #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S. | CBC News
The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.
www.cbc.ca
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d
But Thune is refusing to negotiate when the government is open too. So no negotiation - open or closed. Got it.
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NPR @npr.org · 8d
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 8d
The amazing thing about the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on AI development is it doesn't even include all the externalized costs like higher electricity prices for hundreds of millions of people.
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 8d
"In the rush to cash in on the generative artificial intelligence gold rush, one possible outcome of AI’s future rarely gets discussed"
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Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing
GenAI does some neat, helpful things, but it’s not yet the engine of a new economy — and it might not ever be.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 9d
Was this written by The Midwest?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d
Mayonnaise is perhaps the most polarizing condiment humanity has yet to whip up. But love it or hate it, it’s an undeniable culinary marvel. We tested 25 jars of mayonnaise to find the best. nyti.ms/3VEdQuh
Small containers of different kinds of mayonnaise. Headline: The Best Mayonnaise
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks I hate it
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 9d
Our nation's worst pipeline might well be the "football coach to federal representative" one
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Paul Finebaum considering leaving ESPN to run for U.S. Senate as a Republican
SEC Network host Paul Finebaum told OutKick he's considering leaving ESPN to run for U.S. Senate in Alabama as a Republican.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 9d
Good news everyone
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d
Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed
Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed
In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender people
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 13d
Oklahoma state superintendent of education and far right goon Ryan Walters is resigning. Turns out being a societal cancer who celebrates school bomb threats and enjoys child suffering pays better in the private sector.
www.koco.com/article/ryan...
Ryan Walters to resign as Oklahoma state superintendent for private sector job
State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he will resign from office and take a job in the private sector.
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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 16d
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!

Join us in New Orleans this February!

blackmedia.tulane.edu
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 14d
Happy spooky season to all who celebrate
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14d
One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.
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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 14d
If you've spent any time in Bloomington you've either run into Joel Washington on the IU campus where he's worked for 40 years, or you've seen his incredible art around town. If you have a few dollars to spare please consider donating to help Joel stay housed. Thank you.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 15d
SIR THIS IS A WENDYS