https://www.twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1423097900339445760 Possibly the most American thing I've ever seen in my life. My only regret is I'll never be able to see it again for the first time.
Tag: media
What The Robot Saw
"‘What the Robot Saw’ is a live, continuously-generated, robot film, curated, analyzed and edited using computer vision, neural networks, and contrarian search algorithms."—What The Robot Saw See also YouHole.
Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption
"A nontrivial 15% of Americans agree with the sweeping QAnon allegation that “the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation,” while the vast majority of Americans (82%) disagree with this statement. Republicans (23%) are significantly more likely than … Continue reading Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption
A New Orality is Coming to Replace Old Literacy
"If the past emergence of newspapers was ‘linked to the liberation of the national bourgeoisie’, where is the social media era leading us?(AM): The social media era has already led us to what Martin Gurri has called ‘the revolt of the public ’. I have described this process as the emancipation of authorship. Before the … Continue reading A New Orality is Coming to Replace Old Literacy
Monoskop
"Monoskop, a wiki for the arts, media and humanities."—https://monoskop.org/Monoskop Looks interesting. I'm planning to check out updates via RSS feed.
Buckslip
"Buckslip is a weekly-ish email letter (with companion extra bits) in which a few friends wander through the fucked-up landscape of all that we’re living through together now, and weave a few sensemaking threads from what we find. It started with a media and culture focus, but over the years it’s grown into something not … Continue reading Buckslip
Everything Is Fine Podcast
"As Gen-X women cross the Rubicon of perimenopause, they’re hungry for stories that reflect their experiences. Most OB-GYNs seem mystified by the particulars of menopause. Gwyneth Paltrow would like to Goop-ify it. Even Michelle Obama seems flummoxed by the contradictions of aging.Enter Everything Is Fine, a new podcast co-hosted by Kim France and Tally Abecassis … Continue reading Everything Is Fine Podcast
Prediction: Post-Presidency Trump == Rush Limbaugh
Beyond his Presidency, I suspect that Donald Trump will try to plug in to right wing radio and take over for Rush Limbaugh when he dies.
Jellyfin
"Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached. Your media, your server, your way."-https://jellyfin.org/
