Eric Shmeric
@ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
Film/Media/Comm/Sound @ UC & UA
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
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My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
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No wonder he’s so upset about people reminding the military to not follow unlawful orders. He’s ordering war crimes.
This isn't a military strike. This is premeditated murder and Pete Hegseth is going to spend the rest of his fucking life rotting away in the deepest hole in Leavenworth once America is liberated from this illegitimate, illegal regime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No wonder he’s so upset about people reminding the military to not follow unlawful orders. He’s ordering war crimes.
Miller keeps screaming these arguments because he's angry that no one believes them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Miller keeps screaming these arguments because he's angry that no one believes them.
Kronos Quartet
Earth Wind and Fire
Elton John / Billy Joel
Kansas / Yes
Black Eyed Peas / The Roots
Earth Wind and Fire
Elton John / Billy Joel
Kansas / Yes
Black Eyed Peas / The Roots
Five concerts I’ve been to:
- DMB at the Gorge
- Kendrick
- Green Day
- Wayne Shorter
- The Smothers Brothers
- DMB at the Gorge
- Kendrick
- Green Day
- Wayne Shorter
- The Smothers Brothers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Phish
Metallica
Elliott Smith
Ween
Dave Matthews Band
Phish
Metallica
Elliott Smith
Ween
Dave Matthews Band
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Kronos Quartet
Earth Wind and Fire
Elton John / Billy Joel
Kansas / Yes
Black Eyed Peas / The Roots
Earth Wind and Fire
Elton John / Billy Joel
Kansas / Yes
Black Eyed Peas / The Roots
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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This one is now 20 years old, but is still available and still not bad.
(And its spiritual sequel is in the works…)
www.routledge.com/Rerun-Nation...
(And its spiritual sequel is in the works…)
www.routledge.com/Rerun-Nation...
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This one is now 20 years old, but is still available and still not bad.
(And its spiritual sequel is in the works…)
www.routledge.com/Rerun-Nation...
(And its spiritual sequel is in the works…)
www.routledge.com/Rerun-Nation...
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Sure why not: my first book, Extending Play, came out almost two years ago and delves into women’s brand partnerships in the contemporary music industries. RIYL Fenty Beauty, Britney’s fragrance collection, and Patti Pies. Makes a great gift!
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November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sure why not: my first book, Extending Play, came out almost two years ago and delves into women’s brand partnerships in the contemporary music industries. RIYL Fenty Beauty, Britney’s fragrance collection, and Patti Pies. Makes a great gift!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Coming soon! (I just wrote a chapter, but very excited about this project)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/esoteric-...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Coming soon! (I just wrote a chapter, but very excited about this project)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/esoteric-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/esoteric-...
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
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November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
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I wrote a book about the animal research films made by experimental psychology. It's open-access and includes embedded videos.
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I wrote a book about the animal research films made by experimental psychology. It's open-access and includes embedded videos.
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.ucpress.edu/books/making...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.ucpress.edu/books/making...
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.ucpress.edu/books/making...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.ucpress.edu/books/making...
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On AI’s ‘mediocrity trap’ — experiments indicates that while AI helps the less skilled make something passable, the highly skilled don’t use it to produce something better than they could have; they produce something ok, but lose motivation to make it great. www.jin-li.org/uploads/1/1/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
On AI’s ‘mediocrity trap’ — experiments indicates that while AI helps the less skilled make something passable, the highly skilled don’t use it to produce something better than they could have; they produce something ok, but lose motivation to make it great. www.jin-li.org/uploads/1/1/...
I forget if I posted about this already, but I recently listened to Melanie Mitchell's ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE on Hoopla and it's amazing. An easy-to-grasp explanation of AI's components, their individual histories, and the reasons for why these components still fail. Assignable as well!
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I forget if I posted about this already, but I recently listened to Melanie Mitchell's ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE on Hoopla and it's amazing. An easy-to-grasp explanation of AI's components, their individual histories, and the reasons for why these components still fail. Assignable as well!
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"On a better implemented website, people would all agree with my bad ideas."
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"On a better implemented website, people would all agree with my bad ideas."
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
It's just tannis root, Charlie Brown.
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's just tannis root, Charlie Brown.
Now I'm a rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Now I'm a rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze.
And if you don't like it you grab on these.
And now I need some help from the maestro please.
We are a nation in decline. And it began when we allowed kids to call biopics "bi-opics" rather than "bio-pics."
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We are a nation in decline. And it began when we allowed kids to call biopics "bi-opics" rather than "bio-pics."
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Post a movie where you are from
We invent categories all the time to explain patterns. Doesn't mean they aren't useful or real.
Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We invent categories all the time to explain patterns. Doesn't mean they aren't useful or real.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.