This is such a good day!

This also seems like it could just be a Very Vin Move, where he announces a third film the studios haven’t okayed and he’s just manifesting/building audience pressure so the studio does it

The Obermann Algorithms working group led by co-directors UIowa SJMC Prof. Brian Ekdale and UIowa Computer Science Prof. Rishab Nithyanand published "Using racial discourse communities to audit personalization algorithms" in Communication, Culture & Critique: doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tc…

Meetings got cancelled for the afternoon. I took that as a sign to go see Fast X instead of work. They’re blasting Vin Diesel’s music before the movie begins. Everything is right in the world.

HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON is ending 😭

At a hotel trying to remove motion smoothing from the tv

Me: Im treatmaxxing Lol. Eating a bunch of snacks instead of dinner Wife: They call that Girl Dinner now Me (looking out the window): Thats not what im doing. I’m doing something else

The Meg + M3gan crossover when

This is the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen. Kudos to Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone and A24 for this 24 hour turn-around.

It’s pub day!!! #blacknetworkedresistance University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Cop the book here: ucpress.edu/book/978052039…

many groups are facing unjust persecution in today’s america but none have it as bad as the brave people like me: those who defend the series finale of LOST (2004-2010)

My parents were worried about me drinking and drugging in college, they should have been worried about pop culture essayist chuck klosterman shaping my perceptions for years to come!!

tv shows used to have Desmond

This is what Facebook looks like without "news". For months (except for a brief break during Lent), a blog called Catholic Fundamentalism, has outperformed every other third-party link on the platform. It's now technically bigger than the Daily Mail. garbageday.email/p/billie-eilis…

Our Ethics of Authenticity article has officially topped the “Most read articles of all time” list for the Journal of Media Ethics! Ryan Stoldt Melissa Tully @bekdale If you haven’t read it, now might be the perfect time to check it out😊

I'm planning a pre-conference on radicalization online for ICA this year. We're accepting submissions until Feb 1. Happy to answer questions here, but there's more info at cp3.org.uiowa.edu/ica-2025-preco…