Jen
@proctorj.bsky.social
Maker of images and sounds. Rider of bikes. Lover of cats and frogs. Professor at UM-Dearborn. Liver in Ann Arbor.
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Fellow elder millennials, this is the "Auto-Tune the News" dude, how's that for a blast from the past
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fellow elder millennials, this is the "Auto-Tune the News" dude, how's that for a blast from the past
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Mirroring police tactics for humor. Sound on!
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Mirroring police tactics for humor. Sound on!
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I’m happy that the big kooky liberated Portland frogs have emerged as an aesthetic backlash to the dank Pepes
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I’m happy that the big kooky liberated Portland frogs have emerged as an aesthetic backlash to the dank Pepes
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Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
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Climate change is altering the natural world’s soundscape, with declining bird, insect, and amphibian populations leading to quieter environments. This “sensory extinction” is exacerbated by noise pollution from human activities.
Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!
Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!
How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World | Defector
It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us of the people who will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the planet’s rapi...
defector.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Climate change is altering the natural world’s soundscape, with declining bird, insect, and amphibian populations leading to quieter environments. This “sensory extinction” is exacerbated by noise pollution from human activities.
Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!
Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!
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there's a pretty strong pressure campaign on to delay and weaken land use reform in ann arbor.
please sign this petition to remind the council that the YIMBY voters who elected them still want an affordable, growing, and diverse city.
neighborspetition.org
please sign this petition to remind the council that the YIMBY voters who elected them still want an affordable, growing, and diverse city.
neighborspetition.org
Petition in support of increased housing density and diversity in Ann Arbor
As individuals and organizations in support of expanding housing opportunities, we applaud the direction of the city's draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan as an important step toward adding and diversif...
neighborspetition.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
there's a pretty strong pressure campaign on to delay and weaken land use reform in ann arbor.
please sign this petition to remind the council that the YIMBY voters who elected them still want an affordable, growing, and diverse city.
neighborspetition.org
please sign this petition to remind the council that the YIMBY voters who elected them still want an affordable, growing, and diverse city.
neighborspetition.org
Pretty much how I'm imagining retirement
May 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pretty much how I'm imagining retirement
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It’s funny because it’s true
April 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It’s funny because it’s true
Big Coppola/little Coppola
Speaking to students at the Henry Ford about cinema as art, not commerce, and the pleasure of learning. “You can drink too much, eat too much, but you can’t learn too much”
Speaking to students at the Henry Ford about cinema as art, not commerce, and the pleasure of learning. “You can drink too much, eat too much, but you can’t learn too much”
April 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Big Coppola/little Coppola
Speaking to students at the Henry Ford about cinema as art, not commerce, and the pleasure of learning. “You can drink too much, eat too much, but you can’t learn too much”
Speaking to students at the Henry Ford about cinema as art, not commerce, and the pleasure of learning. “You can drink too much, eat too much, but you can’t learn too much”
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This is so real lmaoooo
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
April 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is so real lmaoooo
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
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They fucking disappeared Hamdan Ballal. Sheer impunity, knowing the US isn't going to say shit.
"As he was being treated in an ambulance, soldiers detained him and a second Palestinian man, the [Center for Jewish Nonviolence] said. It said his whereabouts were now unknown."
"As he was being treated in an ambulance, soldiers detained him and a second Palestinian man, the [Center for Jewish Nonviolence] said. It said his whereabouts were now unknown."
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Jewish settlers and detained, activists say
Activists say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank, and he was then detained by the Israeli military.
apnews.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They fucking disappeared Hamdan Ballal. Sheer impunity, knowing the US isn't going to say shit.
"As he was being treated in an ambulance, soldiers detained him and a second Palestinian man, the [Center for Jewish Nonviolence] said. It said his whereabouts were now unknown."
"As he was being treated in an ambulance, soldiers detained him and a second Palestinian man, the [Center for Jewish Nonviolence] said. It said his whereabouts were now unknown."
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roomba accidentally saw outside
March 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
roomba accidentally saw outside
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I think the absolute death of empathy in the U.S. has been a huge factor in the rise of fascism, and nowhere is that more clear than in the behavior of drivers.
For folks who've been playing along for a while, the vanguard for the end of rule of law have been American drivers, who realized about a ~ decade ago that they could maim and kill people with no repercussions.
Our current bout of fascism is just a mild expansion of that ethical/legal framework.
Our current bout of fascism is just a mild expansion of that ethical/legal framework.
i used to believe it was against the law to break the law, feeling pretty silly about that now
March 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I think the absolute death of empathy in the U.S. has been a huge factor in the rise of fascism, and nowhere is that more clear than in the behavior of drivers.
Very excited for salamander migration season (with bonus creepy gnome sighting)
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very excited for salamander migration season (with bonus creepy gnome sighting)
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If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/
March 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/
This is the most hilarious product of the timeline we are in I’ve seen so far
What the hell is this psychological thriller movie poster-ass ad I just got served on IG???
March 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is the most hilarious product of the timeline we are in I’ve seen so far
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Oh you could say I dabble in Photoshop #teslatakedown @niedermeyer.online
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh you could say I dabble in Photoshop #teslatakedown @niedermeyer.online
A few linguistic observations from teaching media production: students have used "shooting" and "footage" to refer to both video and audio, i.e. "I'm going to shoot some audio"; audio is increasingly becoming a standalone noun, as in "Let's listen to an audio" or "I'm going to record some audios"
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A few linguistic observations from teaching media production: students have used "shooting" and "footage" to refer to both video and audio, i.e. "I'm going to shoot some audio"; audio is increasingly becoming a standalone noun, as in "Let's listen to an audio" or "I'm going to record some audios"
This encapsulates so much of what I’ve been thinking about these past years. Stupid-evil indeed.
Been thinking about this for more than a year; finally put it into words here. Kinda drawing together threads around Josh Kline, Skibidi Toilet, Lasagna Cat, M3gan, Pepe the Frog, 'Brave New World,' Ghostbusters, $TrumpCoin into some kind of theory... news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...
Culture Has No Name for This Cursed Vibe. It’s Everywhere | Artnet News
Exploring the curse vibe known as "Marshmallow Horror:" How the stupid and the awful collide in our distracted, digitally-fueled culture.
news.artnet.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This encapsulates so much of what I’ve been thinking about these past years. Stupid-evil indeed.
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Unfortunately, this is my circus and these are my monkeys
February 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Unfortunately, this is my circus and these are my monkeys
*Pure Michigan*
February 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
*Pure Michigan*
