Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
@smittermeier.bsky.social
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Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/sabrinamittermeier
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Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.
smittermeier.bsky.social
“Es sei eventuell auch ein Fehler des Rektorats gewesen, die Anfrage an die Institute zur Beantwortung weiterzureichen.“ lol ja EVENTUELL
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smittermeier.bsky.social
I don‘t know who needs to hear this but your support and solidarity should be with those below you in the hierarchy not above, and only with your peers if they also adhere to this principle. Historically, middle management is who keeps bad people in power.
smittermeier.bsky.social
„Die taz sprach mit mehreren Mit­ar­bei­te­r*in­nen aus dem Mittelbau der Universität, die lieber anonym bleiben wollten. Eine Person sagte der taz: „Ich war schockiert über Kollegen, die Listen mit Namen und Projekten durchgegeben hatten“. 🤡🙃

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AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
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lselibrary.bsky.social
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.
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philnugent.bsky.social
Happy belated birthday. Lenny, thou shouldst be living at this hour.
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
October 10, 2025

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.
smittermeier.bsky.social
I was clearly talking about physical appearance
smittermeier.bsky.social
And strive to become the top themselves (which they largely never will be)
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matthewpate.bsky.social
The last line of Dr. Mittermeier’s post is the heart of the matter. It’s those who have a stable if not cushy existence who are most willing to do the work of the oligarchy. They see themselves sufficiently above the masses to imagine they are masters not merely agents.
smittermeier.bsky.social
I don‘t know who needs to hear this but your support and solidarity should be with those below you in the hierarchy not above, and only with your peers if they also adhere to this principle. Historically, middle management is who keeps bad people in power.
smittermeier.bsky.social
Tbf a lot of our tourism is Nazi and Holocaust remembrance stuff that isn‘t always without its pitfalls but particularly attractions that Americans might visit love to stress the Hitler of it all
smittermeier.bsky.social
Honestly it‘s that dire rn, just thinking of the range from Four Weddings to The Mummy to Agents of SHIELD
smittermeier.bsky.social
Also the fact OP can just casually watch „Triumph of the Will“ again and I have never seen it except for stills because technically only adults can view it in Germany so we didn’t in school, and if it‘s shown publicly it has to be an academic / educational context, is maybe also telling you things.
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katrinekoenig.bsky.social
no, this is calculated propaganda comprehensible to the audience of 1935
smittermeier.bsky.social
Yeah the fact you don‘t know may be the problem?
smittermeier.bsky.social
I also just laugh at AI slop of Trump as a king but MAGA diehards see that differently. Never mind that Riefenstahl became known for how she filmed Hitler and the crowds. And if that was filmically interesting by today‘s or 1930s standards is maybe beside the point - it sure gets referenced though.
a cartoon lion is sitting on a rock in front of a crowd of demons
ALT: a cartoon lion is sitting on a rock in front of a crowd of demons
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smittermeier.bsky.social
Taking this clip out of context however tells you nothing about why even this bit worked as propaganda to its intended audience.
If I see a clip of Kansas fields it probably also does nothing to me but put it back in an ad of a Republican politician waxing poetic about protecting the homeland…
paleofuture.bsky.social
I'm watching Triumph of the Will (1935) because I haven't seen it in a long time and people are insisting to me that you have to admit it's a good movie.

It's not a good movie. The idea that it has any value, even technically, is literally Nazi propaganda that's just endured.

Here's a real clip:
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alissawilkinson.bsky.social
One final note in case you get all the way down here: it's worth noting that Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Fandango, which in turn is partly owned by Warner Bros Discovery, or whatever that company is called today, and partly owned by Versant, which is a spinoff of Comcast NBCUniversal. 30 Rock stuff
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desfitzgerald.bsky.social
Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

Style
Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.
 
#academicsky"
smittermeier.bsky.social
If publicists working rn don‘t know this idk I feel like me explaining these things to students that take media studies courses is maybe not as unimportant as some colleagues would have you believe
alissawilkinson.bsky.social
I don't always reply to the pitches I receive from publicists (because I have a job that I do and if I did, I would never get to do my job). But here is a tip for aspiring publicists: Critics do not "write a Rotten Tomatoes review." No critics do this.