Welp, after 21 years with Blizzard Entertainment, I was laid off today. What an incredible journey. I got to be part of challenging, exciting projects, and I played a part in shaping the company's voice for over two decades.

One thing you learn living in California is that the most intense growth usually follows after a wildfire. Some plants even require fire to release their seeds.

So we'll see what comes next. If you need an editor on your team, hit me up.

#GetFediHired

Hey, fellow media researchers!

I'm looking for a way to search through movie scripts for particular phrases. I'm curious about when certain phrases became popular enough to appear in movies. So I'm not looking for a quote from specific movies -- rather I want to search across many scripts, ideally as far back in time as possible.

Anyone know of any databases like this?

Boosts appreciated!

#academicChatter #film #media #research

Dear Fedi friends, may I ask you a favor?

I would really appreciate it if you could boost this message. I have created a French version of my Fedi promo video - and a French landing page – that I hope can spread far and wide in the Francophone world:

https://news.elenarossini.com/fedivers-video/

Cette vidéo explique ce qu'est le fédivers en 4 minutes. N'hésitez pas à partager cette page avec vos amis et vos proches qui ne sont pas ici... J'espère que cette vidéo éveillera leur curiosité 💙🤍❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated

Someone just told me (via email) that it's "unbecoming for a professor" to use language like "bullshit".

Now that's some bullshit right there.