matthew ellis
@matthiasellis.com
wandering academic, currently teaching film/media/theory at Portland State
cinejourneys guide @cinejourneys.bsky.social
writing www.historiesofthepresent.com
podcast @tpnwicmfp.bsky.social
cinejourneys guide @cinejourneys.bsky.social
writing www.historiesofthepresent.com
podcast @tpnwicmfp.bsky.social
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
It was because the economy was about to snap in half! And since neither side would budge the Dems decide you and I have to
The problem with "we have no choice but to do this thing Trump and the GOP want because otherwise the government stays shut down" is that there's no limiting principle.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It was because the economy was about to snap in half! And since neither side would budge the Dems decide you and I have to
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now trump gets to be like “we don’t know what the shutdown was about, democrats just held the country hostage for 2 months for no reason” and he would be sort of correct
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
now trump gets to be like “we don’t know what the shutdown was about, democrats just held the country hostage for 2 months for no reason” and he would be sort of correct
Well, I mean, lol
I am once again asking Democratic congressional leadership to stop completely vindicating the most vulgar leftist 'both sides are the same' midwits
The second that east coast dem leaders have to personally face airline delays they’re ready to throw peoples healthcare under the bus
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Well, I mean, lol
I don’t think they care
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I don’t think they care
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
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Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
by Mikkel Flohr
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
www.jhiblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
Quick if you need anything from Donald Trump they are rubber-stamping all requests
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other key figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election: https://cnn.it/4r8Y21h
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Quick if you need anything from Donald Trump they are rubber-stamping all requests
loved this piece on the difference between Art History and Criticism in The Brooklyn Rail brooklynrail.org/2025/03/rail...
Art Criticism and Art History Writing: What’s Happening? | The Brooklyn Rail
In our culture there are two often very distinct forms of art writing. There is art criticism, which is journalistic writing, as found in newspapers such as Artforum and the Rail. And there is academi...
brooklynrail.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
loved this piece on the difference between Art History and Criticism in The Brooklyn Rail brooklynrail.org/2025/03/rail...
This is why its so funny that Kerry King is still out there like "yeah. yeah I'm saying something with my new post-Slayer band. everybody needs to hear it: god isn't real. how do you like THAT PMRC?!?!"
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is why its so funny that Kerry King is still out there like "yeah. yeah I'm saying something with my new post-Slayer band. everybody needs to hear it: god isn't real. how do you like THAT PMRC?!?!"
I am honestly so glad he is doing this. Finally the truth of the world is starting to reveal itself for what it is
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I am honestly so glad he is doing this. Finally the truth of the world is starting to reveal itself for what it is
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says online Islamophobia seems to come mostly from paid campaigns on X, highlighting a company called ‘Influensible,’ owned by Brad Parscale—former Trump campaign manager and registered foreign agent for Israel—that she believes runs thousands of coordinated accounts...
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says online Islamophobia seems to come mostly from paid campaigns on X, highlighting a company called ‘Influensible,’ owned by Brad Parscale—former Trump campaign manager and registered foreign agent for Israel—that she believes runs thousands of coordinated accounts...
I've noticed that there isn't much talk here about the current internecine war that is unfolding on the right, spearheaded in large part by Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I know this shit is insane and feels bad. But this is a mistake (1/)
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I've noticed that there isn't much talk here about the current internecine war that is unfolding on the right, spearheaded in large part by Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I know this shit is insane and feels bad. But this is a mistake (1/)
Embarrassing sign I’m doing too much right now: are you Kate, and do I owe you an email? I got hit with a notification I set for myself and I can’t remember why I put it in my phone 🫣
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Embarrassing sign I’m doing too much right now: are you Kate, and do I owe you an email? I got hit with a notification I set for myself and I can’t remember why I put it in my phone 🫣
They’ve FINALLY reached a contradiction they cant sweep under the rug with a sideshow on Fox or social media. I think the Fuentes stuff is key here: it’s taking up crucial energy on the right that in the past has been used to stoke culture war diversions to offload anger onto the left
Republicans have just rejected the Democrats offer to end the shutdown, per CBS
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
They’ve FINALLY reached a contradiction they cant sweep under the rug with a sideshow on Fox or social media. I think the Fuentes stuff is key here: it’s taking up crucial energy on the right that in the past has been used to stoke culture war diversions to offload anger onto the left
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Weimar Cinema from @matthiasellis.com starts next week. I’ve seen some of the early materials and this is going to be a tremendous experience.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Weimar Cinema from @matthiasellis.com starts next week. I’ve seen some of the early materials and this is going to be a tremendous experience.
cinejourneys.com/weimar-cinem...
cinejourneys.com/weimar-cinem...
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Has anyone started a company called openai 2 yet using their theory of intellectual property
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Has anyone started a company called openai 2 yet using their theory of intellectual property
man I gotta be honest. I know this is a joke, and it gets at a truth about how weird the prof/undergrad labor relation is in the US academy. But once I got to grad school and discovered there are profs out there who actually do take colloquial honorifics DEADLY SERIOUSLY, and as a politics? woof
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
man I gotta be honest. I know this is a joke, and it gets at a truth about how weird the prof/undergrad labor relation is in the US academy. But once I got to grad school and discovered there are profs out there who actually do take colloquial honorifics DEADLY SERIOUSLY, and as a politics? woof
A few days left to register before Tuesday's first meeting! I won't have time to "teach" this in the limited Cinejourneys format, but while prepping the syllabus I've come across some great new research, like Paul Dobryden's The Hygenic Apparatus nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014496...
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A few days left to register before Tuesday's first meeting! I won't have time to "teach" this in the limited Cinejourneys format, but while prepping the syllabus I've come across some great new research, like Paul Dobryden's The Hygenic Apparatus nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014496...
It’s certainly not out of the question in the way that he’s just an old figurehead like Biden. But I think the reality is simpler: Trump is largely sidestepped on domestic and procedural stuff by the institutional GOP, who have shut down the govt to fulfill a lifelong dream of dismantling welfare
fwiw i think one reason why Trump is avoiding negotiating with Dems or really meeting with Dems is that they're hiding his condition.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s certainly not out of the question in the way that he’s just an old figurehead like Biden. But I think the reality is simpler: Trump is largely sidestepped on domestic and procedural stuff by the institutional GOP, who have shut down the govt to fulfill a lifelong dream of dismantling welfare
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super cool video
The Weird History of Archival Film Formats
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
super cool video
The "Democratic Tea Party" thing is fun for setting up an antagonistic relationship to party establishment. But as materialists, we should be cautious: these are two radically different class coalitions, w/conflicting relationships to the capital relation www.cbsnews.com/news/tea-par...
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The "Democratic Tea Party" thing is fun for setting up an antagonistic relationship to party establishment. But as materialists, we should be cautious: these are two radically different class coalitions, w/conflicting relationships to the capital relation www.cbsnews.com/news/tea-par...
i hope jeffries is watching this like "wait you're not allowed to say that"
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
i hope jeffries is watching this like "wait you're not allowed to say that"
dog LETS FUCKING GO
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
dog LETS FUCKING GO