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Doktor Dan Erdman PhD
@danerdman.bsky.social
Chicago, IL

Author of Let's Go Stag! A History of Pornographic Film (Bloomsbury), EIC of HEAD CLOG zine.
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Here is the new issue of my zine HEAD CLOG. 32 pages of interviews, translations, + historical research, padded out by schizoid ramblings and interminable shaggy dog musings. Bidenomics has me pushing the price up a bit, I can't be giving away the store. Here's how to get a copy.
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CFP for upcoming special issue of @amianet.bsky.social's THE MOVING IMAGE journal! Topic: "Videotape in the Archive,” guest editors: @danerdman.bsky.social, Adam Charles Hart, Helena Shaskevich. Proposal deadline: March 31, 2026.

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The Association of Moving Image Archivists - The Moving Image: Special IssueThe Moving Image: Special Issue – The Association of Moving Image Archivists
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Studs’ Place: The Lost Sitcom That Put Working-Class Life on TV. Our latest blog post by scholar and guest author Jason J. Nebergall offers an analysis of how Studs Terkel's radical, working-class ethos was translated into the emerging television medium. Read more at: https://loom.ly/JDD26kA
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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tomorrow, free our caregivers
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Last of the leather age / put me on stage and I’ll be Yesavage
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Spooky Halloween music from the legendary Chic-A-Go-Go. Dance along with Miss Mia and Ratso to Chicago's Team Satan!

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Chic-A-Go-Go Monster Party musical performance by Team Satan!
YouTube video by Media Burn Archive
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October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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90% of baseball players and 99.9% of pitchers have a Republican dog’s brain.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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you said that was outside.
- I did. It was outside.
you said it was a strike in the 10th inning. and again in the 12th.
- ok, listen
They should bring Isaac Chotiner in to pitch
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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You have until 11:59 PM tonight to buy a raffle ticket(s) for two tickets to World Series game 4. All the money goes to feeding LA. We are desperate for help as SNAP benefits will run out 11/1: givebutter.com/game4
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Very disappointed in weenie Jays fans not booing the Star Spangled Banner
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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1908 in cinema
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This regular season was too fun to taint and the Cubs series was a fun cherry on top. I'm not angry or upset with this team at all. What else could they have possibly done against this?
October 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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At 37, Blake Treinen is getting up there for a ballplayer but he'd still be eligible for the Young Republicans
October 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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if your blake be snell, gosh you're doing well
if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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October 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Shoutout to the cheesehead in the second row at Rogers Centre
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The only A.I. art I respect:
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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He may have died from mustard gas in the tenches, but this guy's poems remain timeless.

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You just got beat by a time traveler from the 1910s
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.

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October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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‪From “THEY’RE VIOLENTLY CAMPING OUT, SEND THE SWAT TEAM” to “where are the young protestors doing peaceful civil disobedience to stop authoritarianism 🥺‬”
October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

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October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Re-sharing & asking you to amplify: Every single fact about the South Shore federal raid just days ago is worse than the last. They kicked in doors & dragged Chicago families out in the middle of the night. I know we're all stressed but THIS IS VERY BAD blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM