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Aaron Gerow is an American historian of Japanese cinema, and a member of the faculty of Yale University where he… more

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My partner appears in the Asahi newspaper, describing the collection of interviews she is putting together of filmmakers attending this year's Yamagata Film Festival.. Please support the crowd funding if you can.

www.asahi.com/articles/AST...
世界各国の監督の声を届けたい　山形映画祭がCFでインタビュー集：朝日新聞
山形市で9日に開幕する山形国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭で、世界各国から訪れる映画監督のインタビュー集を作る資金をクラウドファンディング（CF）で募っている。インタビュー集編集長の小野聖子さんは「様々な…
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
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gerrishlisa.bsky.social
The DOE will partner with
40 conservative orgs to create K-12 programs led by the America First Policy Institute, a conservative group, with Turning Point USA, the Heritage Foundation, and other conservative state and nat’l organizations. Let the indoctrination begin! 😳
www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...
U.S. Education Dept. unites conservative groups to create 'patriotic' civics content
The group of more than 40 conservative organizations met for the first time on Wednesday. The initiative is aimed at celebrations of the nation's founding next summer.
www.npr.org
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
No, we don't need AI translated subtitles.

‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Aaron Gerow, Mark D. White, Henry Jones , and 1 more

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Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan is caught on tape accepting a bag containing $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents-and the Trump administration quashes the investigation…

…so he can summarily detain immigrants who have lived in the US peacefully for decades-without committing crimes
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🧵For those who missed it, Larry Ellison is on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful media & entertainment moguls America has ever seen

If you fear Brendan Carr, fear Ellison more

He's already a major stakeholder in CBS & Paramount.

Now CNN, HBO & major share of TikTok are in his sights
Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News
www.nytimes.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
TPM:

"If I were a Democratic official, (I'd taunt) every journalist ... from ABC, CBS and every other news and media organization that is now owned by the White House.... “Yes, I will happily answer your question, but first, how can we trust your company, since it is owned by Donald Trump?”"
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The early polling on the FCC going after Kimmel is decisively anti-Trump/pro-free speech www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-trump-...
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
One more critical voice being suppressed?

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Film Director Atsushi Funahashi in Conversation with Asato Ikeda: Company Retreat (2022), Sexual Violence, and the Unconscious of the Time
apjjf.org/2025/9/ikeda
Film Director Atsushi Funahashi in Conversation with Asato Ikeda: Company Retreat (2022), Sexual Violence, and the Unconscious of the Time - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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apjjf.org
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Reposted by: Aaron Gerow, Christian Odendahl, McKenzie Wark , and 2 more

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Wow, first time I've seen him underwater in this poll with white people. He has negative disapproval across every possible cohort.
A poll showing Donald Trump with negative disapproval across literally every demographic cohort.
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Sorry to hear of the passing of one of my professors at Iowa.
scmstudies.bsky.social
Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 28d
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Lauren Rabinovitz, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa.
In memoriam image of Lauren Rabinovitz, 1950–2025, with her portrait on the left and text on the right.

by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
DOGE and anti-DEI would of course lead to increases in Black unemployment—that was the point. But Black unemployment is also a harbinger of a full economic downturn.

Why the Spike in Black Unemployment Is an Alarming Sign of What’s to Come talkingpointsmemo.com/news/black-u...
Why the Spike in Black Unemployment Is an Alarming Sign of What’s to Come
Troubling and unusual unemployment numbers for Black Americans are signaling that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
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scmstudies.bsky.social
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Lauren Rabinovitz, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa.
In memoriam image of Lauren Rabinovitz, 1950–2025, with her portrait on the left and text on the right.
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Reposted by: Aaron Gerow, Henry Farrell

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1. CBS has hired Ken Weinstein as an ombudsman to review its news coverage for "bias"

Weinstein has no experience overseeing or producing news

A comprehensive review of his public statements, however, shows he has another qualification: undying loyalty to Trump
CBS News hires Trump loyalist to review news coverage
CBS News has hired Kenneth R.
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Filmmaker Yang Yonghi analyzes the charges of plagiarism against Oshima Nagisa's Death by Hanging. As covered in the film Yomogaeru Koe, Oshima used numerous sections of Park Soo-nam's book of correspondences with Ri Chin-u without attribution.
shinsho-plus.shueisha.co.jp/news/31810
【告発】大島渚監督の映画『絞死刑』のシナリオ盗作疑惑に迫る - 集英社新書プラス
８月２日公開のドキュメンタリー映画『よみがえる声』（朴壽南監督・朴麻衣監督）が、連日大...
shinsho-plus.shueisha.co.jp
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
"Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands."

Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
“Within a generation, US citizens will be ill-equipped to live, work and lead in a global world. They will be outmatched by those from other countries, who speak multiple languages, understand diverse cultures and have built relationships across borders.”
Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk
Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...
www.insidehighered.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Good news from my old state of Iowa.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 27
HUGE VICTORY: Democrat Catelin Drey won today’s special election for an Iowa Senate District, breaking Iowa Republicans’ supermajority in the state Senate.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/08/26/i...
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HUGE VICTORY: Democrat Catelin Drey won today’s special election for an Iowa Senate District, breaking Iowa Republicans’ supermajority in the state Senate.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/08/26/i...
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Robert Reich:
Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants: Leaders who value loyalty above all else have a symbiotic relationship with those unable to succeed on their own merits
Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants | Robert Reich
Leaders who value loyalty above all else have a symbiotic relationship with those unable to succeed on their own merits
www.theguardian.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Bucky Sheftall talks about his two books on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"It’s the moral responsibility of every human being to know what happened on the ground in Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

bigthink.com/books/hirosh...
The last witnesses: Preserving the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Historian M.G. Sheftall shares the stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s last survivors and reveals why their testimony must endure.
bigthink.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
The headline says it all. So the Smithsonian is supposed to spend more time explaining how good slavery was?
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
www.nytimes.com
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Miyake Sho's Two Seasons, Two Strangers became the first Japanese film in 18 years to win the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.

www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Sho Miyake wins Locarno’s top prize, Japan’s first in 18 years | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
In a historic moment, Sho Miyake’s “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” has won the Golden Leopard at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, making him the first Japanese director to claim the top prize in 18 years.
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by Aaron Gerow

dengerow.bsky.social
Latest ICE Recruitment Materials Include Overt Neo-Nazi Reference and Nazi-Nazi Script religiondispatches.org/latest-ice-r...
Latest ICE Recruitment Materials Include Overt Neo-Nazi Reference and Nazi-Nazi Script
It’s not the first time we and others at Religion Dispatches have had to point out that Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is firehosing the internet with white supremacist propaganda. And it wil...
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salon.com
Newsmax agreed to pay Dominion $67M to settle a defamation suit over 2020 election conspiracy theories — the same day Trump posted on Truth Social about eliminating mail-in ballots and voting machines.
Newsmax settles for voting machine defamation lawsuit for $67 million - Salon.com
The $67 million settlement comes after Newsmax spread debunked claims about Dominion Voting Systems.
www.salon.com
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Mail-in voting is vital to ensuring people can exercise their right to vote, especially those with disabilities and transportation challenges.

President Trump's attempts to discredit mail-in voting and voting machines are designed to undermine elections where he doesn't like the results.
Trump pledges effort to eliminate mail-in voting
The president has for years railed against the system, arguing it led to election fraud in 2020.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by: Aaron Gerow, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson , and 7 more

rollingstone.com
Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
www.rollingstone.com
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