RE: https://ext.sportsbots.xyz/users/32043233/statuses/2035758727219888569

Beware of #newmedia because #oldmedia will turn literal jokes into headlines

Who Told Scott Ostler He Was Allowed To Retire?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/who-told-scott-ostler-he-was-allowed-to-retire

Who does the news serve?

#Irishmedia needs much more #transparency about the interests of media owners, journalists, presenters, and interviewees.

Prof #EileenCulloty of #DublinCityUniversity challenges the double standards of Irish #oldmedia. They rightly denounce the failings of #newmedia, but repeatedly fail basic transparency tests. The #IvanYates scandal is only the tip of the iceberg.

Paywalled original: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/12/eileen-culloty-ivan-yates-affair-is-a-symptom-of-a-wider-problem-in-the-irish-media/

Archived full text: https://archive.is/ogA0y

A little old school film happening today and tomorrow! 🎥 🎞️

Found out the bulb in our 16mm projector has burned out :(

But our one working 8mm projector is still good! (brown side with the top open)

thakfully bulbs are not obscene ($30-$60ea)
#film #oldmedia #media #mediastudies #viu #university

🇸🇪 Tydligen så har AI krupit sig fram till gammelmedia: tidningarna.
🇺🇲 Apparently, AI has crept its way into old media: magazines.

#ai #aiart #oldmedia #gammalmedia #magazines #tidning

*(Academic post written here as high char limit).*

Im starting to put together thoughts/sources for identity and culture that impact ideas about democracy and roles as (young) citizens in wider society. A big part of this - in my view - is how online culture has almost totally superseded 'real life' culture for many people under 30. People who by and large where born after the first tech pivot of late 90s. This culture was also prevalent before that, for example the Ghost in the Shell series, P2P scenes or the storylines of A Scanner Darkly all lead to online meme proliferation.

> In *Steal This Film (Two)*, The League of Noble Peers appears as "Vague Blur" explaining:
"People always ask us, who are The League of Noble Peers? And we tell them: You are, I am, even your bank manager is... insert yourself here, because we all produce information now, we all reproduce information, we all distribute it..."

- An old blogpost of mine (2019) https://penworks.net/blog/laughing-men-and-data-libertarianism

Kirk and his assassin share the same Extreme Online life
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/15/charlie-kirk-shooting-memes-internet-culture
- https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-notices-bulge-owo-whats-this-meme-the-phrase-inscribed-on-the-casing-of-the-bullet-fired-at-charlie-kirk-explained

The League of Noble Peers
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Noble_Peers

#kirk #msm #oldmedia #onlineculture #culture #democracy #memes #academia #academicchatter

I found a cool resource on a composer for The Weather Channel: https://twcclassics.com/information/trammell-starks.html

I first learned about him when Fire-Toolz shared some music that inspires her (https://fire-toolz.tumblr.com/post/183966509639/this-nonlocal-forecast-mix-offers-smooth-jazz-fit), and was reminded recently when she did a cover with some added metal elements: https://fire-toolz.bandcamp.com/track/life

I've really come to appreciate “cheesy” muzak, as well as old/lost media in general, and I added this to my links page (https://reillyspitzfaden.com/wiki/links/)

#LostMedia #OldMedia #MediaArchaeology #TV #Vaporwave #Retro

I was having a conversation with a friend about media formats. She loves going into thrift stores and getting old cassettes which is something we did yesterday.

I asked her why. They are poor quality, rarely last long, and that unforced "stretch" thing they do makes my soul ache, sonically.

She described the ritual of cassettes, of vinyl, of "eight track (?)". She was lost in a world of nostalgia; something I don't have in me. I cannot empathise for the past.

I told her I had never used a cassette. She was shocked. I don't see why. Then I remembered Mickey Mouse.

I must have been small small. Like needing help wiping your bum small. I vaguely remember I had an anamatronic (sp?) Mickey Mouse. When you took off his overalls, a cassette thingie was visible on his back. You put in a cassette, closed it, dressed him again, and pressed play on his...nose? Ear?

He would tell a story with hand movements and facial expressions. And if you were rich and had more than one doll, they would act together.

Does anyone else remember this thing? As I said, I was small small. Am I making this up? Did I actually use a cassette?

#Nostalgia #Cassettes #OldMedia #MickeyMouse #Automation #Toys #AskFedi