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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 2d

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.

www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · 9d

happy birthday!

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · 12d

the two greatest jangly records of all time are painfully out of print

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · 12d

see, this is why we need more gap earth gear

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · 12d

guessing you weren’t the guy in the castor shirt standing next to me then!

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · 12d

lol

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 23d

Incredible that the Bell Riots, DS9's grim vision of 2024 broadcast in 1995, remains way way way more optimistic than what is actually happening in San Francisco

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29d

Democrats can demand a rollback of the Supreme Court ICE racial profiling case. It’s a trivial legislative fix. It poses virtually no political risk for them. It protects 68 million people from open government persecution. It protects basic constitutional values. No government funding without this.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29d

good morning! ice is creeping around chicago and the city is evicting unhoused people from a public park

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 29d

Happening now: the City of Chicago and the Park District are moving in heavy equipment to remove unhoused people and their encampments at Legion Park.

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Jesus Slays” from HBO’s The Other Two m.youtube.com/watch?v=bSA_...

The Other Two | Jesus Slays | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · Sep 6

this goes to my long-standing thesis that trump is the id of the united states (a liar, a scammer, a rapist, racist as fuck, only interested in himself and how much people are paying attention to him)

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · Sep 6

the department of war thing is like … i mean, it is, though

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Sep 4

electric fuckin' nebraska
never thought i'd live to see the day
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️‍⚧️✡️🇺🇦 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you listen to Palestinians, you don’t need to wait for the Israeli intelligence data.

+972 Magazine @972mag.com · Sep 4

Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees

Classified Israeli army database indicates vast majority of 6,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza and detained in appalling conditions are civilians.

By Yuval Abraham

www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...

Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees

A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza are civilians.

www.972mag.com

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

KTLA 5 @ktla.com · Aug 29

Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Aug 19

a fun thing i discovered teaching with film prints—MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA, which people generally watch in 24fps, plays *radically* differently when shown at silent speed

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Aug 19

great list! recently acquired a (beat to hell) print of FELICIA that i’m excited to screen in my doc class next year.

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · Aug 19

Tuca - Drácula, I Love You [Brazil, MPB/Psychedelic] (1974)
https://redd.it/5eoe5y
https://youtu.be/Mol7vixCKYU

Tuca - Drácula, I Love You [Brazil, MPB/Psychedelic] (1974)

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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · Aug 17

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

www.theguardian.com

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Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social · Aug 16

And you can donate to mediaburn and help them keep the lights on with the link below, they are always adding digitizing new things and adding them to the site, if there is one place on the internet that deserves donations that is mediaburn, they truly do god's work.
mediaburn.org/donate/

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Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social · Aug 16

On mediaburn's site you'll also find a large collection of Sykes' films, and yes all available to watch for free, if you're into Video Art and Experimental Cinema you need to check out this site, it's truly great. Make sure to spread the word and support!
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Aug 14

in celebration of successfully getting empty bottle tickets today (and of the cat o’nine tails release), here’s a clip of cindy lee doing “i don’t want to fall in love again” at lincoln hall in 2022

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · Aug 10

Paul Weller marching for Gaza

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michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social · Aug 6

once you come to terms with the fact that people genuinely can’t tell the difference between motion smoothing and 24fps, it’s hard to be surprised by anything about where we are as a society

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Jul 18

If anyone in your life is looking for an educational resource to better understand Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, I have archived ~700 articles – written largely by Palestinians – under #Palestine in the last three months.

The feed is updated every day.
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