Matt

Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America. (1/3)

❤️⚡️💙

Remembering Elliott Smith who died 21 years ago today at the age of 34. RIP

"Survive until 2025" except productions will continue to move out of state, literally no one in this city can afford rent anymore, company mandates keep changing every two weeks to the next nonsensical platitude, no one can actually do the job they love at any level,

@aishamadeit @BreakdownKen I have heard that you really sort of need to become an Assistant Editor to become a Colorist…if you feel that’s not true, I stand corrected. Just from others I’ve talked to.

What can you even say anymore…it’s very straightforwardly a genocide

@JuiceThousand You get a nice discount + a free tote bag. I guess I just don’t get why you feel this is somehow a company taking advantage.

@mattyybk Certainly no middle ground between “give us $200 for free marketing” and that

I gotta be honest the Criterion Closet van is one of the most bizarre and bleak things I’ve seen on here. Film nerds waiting hours in the rain for the opportunity to… pretend to do a promotional interview in front of movies and then buy movies for a smaller discount than normal?

In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection

@Liamjsm @smugjd Lmao

@smugjd I’d want to keep her if I were nymag

sorry haters but nuzzi is great, a real reporter. one of the only journalists with access who does anything of value with it.

@lauren_wilford open.spotify.com/playlist/49326… This is some real shit. Changes every week (on Sunday)

who’s making good playlists on Spotify? who’s out there digging deep? I’ve enjoyed these ones by this guy who curates “algorithm-free” stations based stuff that sounds similar to a given artist

Brain damage. Because he rode the train that day.

STORIES BY STEPHEN KING 🔥 Coming to the Criterion Channel in October! criterion.com/current/posts/…

@GraceGFreud Trap is a great movie that *also* doesn’t make sense.

excuse me pitchfork

@toobluehair @freganmitts If someone is using ChatGPT to for a question, it’s a sign they don’t even understand the question they’re asking!

@freganmitts Well… they are asking a question. Clearly they are not understanding something! I agree that LLMs should not be used for writing - at least for writing the text of a document - but for simple queries and so forth I really don’t see the issue. It’s like any other tool.

Second week of the semester and I've already had students use (and own up to using) ChatGPT to write their first assignment: "briefly introduce yourself and say what you're hoping to get out of this class". They are also using it to word the *questions they ask in class*.

@genderhorizon @PattesSouris This is weird. There’s so many other examples.

@NateSilver538 I had to read it twice just to make sure I wasn’t missing something

@NateSilver538 You think a factor “that has been overlooked” is that Harris has had a good start? Ok. Thank you for your brilliant insight.

She. Should. Pick. Shapiro. natesilver.net/p/why-she-shou…