With so much to be upset about these days, here’s my monthly reminder to watch this 🔥 Mexican classic about ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶g̶e̶d̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶l̶e̶a̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶p̶i̶v̶o̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶e̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ going on a sex trip with your best friend:

At the Detroit airport last week, I made the mistake of taking off my headphones and the guy sitting next to me proceeded to “just ask questions” about why I was wearing a mask and tried to convince me that wearing a mask is actually worse for your health…

frog semiotics redemption arc 2025

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

🚨Next month! Journalists @kasimkashgar.bsky.social, @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social and @marianabelloso.bsky.social will share their perspectives and challenge us to rethink our approach to media, space and nation. Co-sponsored with @annenbergcargc.bsky.social. Secure your spot here: bit.ly/471OCeI

With so much to be upset about these days, here’s my monthly reminder to watch this 🔥 Mexican classic about ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶g̶e̶d̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶l̶e̶a̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶p̶i̶v̶o̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶e̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ going on a sex trip with your best friend:

🎬 What does Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También reveal about Mexico at the turn of the twenty-first century?

Annenberg assistant professor @llamasjr.bsky.social explores the film’s original reception, lasting legacy, and its important place in the history of New Mexican Cinema:

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

This has been my experience for the past month. Ironically has cured me of my doomscrolling tendencies 🥴

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

The current moment in America has second VHS tape of Titanic energy

I’m supposed to believe both that trained and paid journalists couldn’t see through Project 2025 spin but also they’re the people best positioned to tell me what’s happening and how I should feel. Why? They failed at their jobs by their own admission.

These are dark times and we must hold fast against this bullshit. Solidarity!

I can't exaggerate how important it is that every ICE officer is met with contempt & mockery in public, everywhere they go, for the rest of their lives.

Grateful to @aaup-penn.bsky.social speaking out against the Trump administration’s latest attempt to recruit Penn and other universities to sign on to a government takeover of higher education in exchange for a favored status in receiving federal grants.

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The NYT reports on "Kavanaugh stops" of US citizens arrested by immigration agents

And yet, every scientific conference and meeting has at least one track with: AI and knowledge production, or how to integrate ethically AI in research. [Redacted] 😒

It should be referred to as a Kavanaugh stop.

Masked agents indiscriminately chasing random people on the street who are just doing their jobs and minding their own business provides further evidence that we no longer live in a democratic society governed by the rule of law

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

It's not the job of intellectuals to do political strategy. They literally have political strategists for that. The job of intellectuals is to have the courage of their convictions and to think and write clearly about them.

It was such a treat to chat with my incredible @asc.upenn.edu colleagues Sarah Banet-Weiser and Aswin Punathambekar about the stakes and joys of studying popular global media —and geek out about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS👩🏼‍🎤 —in the latest Annenberg Conversations podcast!

www.asc.upenn.edu/annenberg-co...

It was such a treat to chat with my incredible @asc.upenn.edu colleagues Sarah Banet-Weiser and Aswin Punathambekar about the stakes and joys of studying popular global media —and geek out about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS👩🏼‍🎤 —in the latest Annenberg Conversations podcast!

www.asc.upenn.edu/annenberg-co...

Let's go over all the ways in which this is bad journalism. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...