Dr Sarah Byrne
@sarahbyrne.bsky.social
Film & Theatre scholar - Livecasting, remediation, intermediality, medium identity.
Thesis: Both Grand and Intimate - UK Livecasting From 2009 to Now
Actually autistic, sometimes writer, cat person. (She/Her)
Thesis: Both Grand and Intimate - UK Livecasting From 2009 to Now
Actually autistic, sometimes writer, cat person. (She/Her)
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AI skills in film and television: A research report commissioned by Screen Berkshire, a skills cluster of the BFI
I am excited to share this report that brings together fascinating insights from professionals! The use of AI tools in production is NOT what we expected.
tinyurl.com/Aiskillsreport
I am excited to share this report that brings together fascinating insights from professionals! The use of AI tools in production is NOT what we expected.
tinyurl.com/Aiskillsreport
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time to update my default out of office message
October 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
time to update my default out of office message
The most recent episode of Bake Off was A Lot
October 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The most recent episode of Bake Off was A Lot
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FQ’s celebration of its 80th volume has begun with our Fall issue! Free-to-read articles include a dossier on Mulholland Drive at 25, an interview with Christian Petzold, and the inauguration of FQ’s new poetry section: online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/80/1
Volume 80 Issue 1 | Film Quarterly | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu
September 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
FQ’s celebration of its 80th volume has begun with our Fall issue! Free-to-read articles include a dossier on Mulholland Drive at 25, an interview with Christian Petzold, and the inauguration of FQ’s new poetry section: online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/80/1
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Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history
October 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history
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'Amanda Spielman, who previously led education watchdog Ofsted from 2017 to 2023, warned too many people are being misled by the allure of university courses that fail to result in improved economic and life outcomes.'
Ofsted has such a sterling reputation.
Ofsted has such a sterling reputation.
Bad degrees ‘eating up’ young people’s lives – shadow minister
Students left underoccupied and ‘kicking their heels’ at university, according to former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
'Amanda Spielman, who previously led education watchdog Ofsted from 2017 to 2023, warned too many people are being misled by the allure of university courses that fail to result in improved economic and life outcomes.'
Ofsted has such a sterling reputation.
Ofsted has such a sterling reputation.
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They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
September 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Don’t tell Reform but here’s George slaying the dragon in Genoa, above Italian and EU flags. St George’s Cross was used as the flag of The Republic of Genoa long before it was adopted by England.
September 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Don’t tell Reform but here’s George slaying the dragon in Genoa, above Italian and EU flags. St George’s Cross was used as the flag of The Republic of Genoa long before it was adopted by England.
Finishing the @britishacademy.bsky.social 5th Anniversary day with a live podcast recording
September 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Finishing the @britishacademy.bsky.social 5th Anniversary day with a live podcast recording
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"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
"Love Never Dies" gives a rose to films like BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, THE HUNGER & THE SHAPE OF WATER, all about coupling with the monster, figuratively and literally. @editrixemma.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D...
"Love Never Dies" gives a rose to films like BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, THE HUNGER & THE SHAPE OF WATER, all about coupling with the monster, figuratively and literally. @editrixemma.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D...
September 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
"Love Never Dies" gives a rose to films like BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, THE HUNGER & THE SHAPE OF WATER, all about coupling with the monster, figuratively and literally. @editrixemma.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D...
"Love Never Dies" gives a rose to films like BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, THE HUNGER & THE SHAPE OF WATER, all about coupling with the monster, figuratively and literally. @editrixemma.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
www.beacon.org/Love-Never-D...
Pre lunch has been a look back over the first five years of the network and then a session on networking!
@britishacademy.bsky.social
@britishacademy.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Pre lunch has been a look back over the first five years of the network and then a session on networking!
@britishacademy.bsky.social
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Big thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for organising, not just today but this whole valuable resource. Here's to the next 5 years.
Having a blast so far at the ECRN 5th anniversary conference
September 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Big thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for organising, not just today but this whole valuable resource. Here's to the next 5 years.
Having a blast so far at the ECRN 5th anniversary conference
September 30, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Having a blast so far at the ECRN 5th anniversary conference
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Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
September 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
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I’m convinced that AI companies started with generative images and text as a con. They needed people to think their product was more revolutionary than mere SaaD/B2B tech. They needed mega hype to justify the cost before it became clear most people wouldn’t use this stuff.
Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.
September 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I’m convinced that AI companies started with generative images and text as a con. They needed people to think their product was more revolutionary than mere SaaD/B2B tech. They needed mega hype to justify the cost before it became clear most people wouldn’t use this stuff.
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Today is World Rabies Day - here are five artworks depicting it throughout the years.
First up:
"Harry saves the girls from the mad dog" - Johan Schonberg (1888)
First up:
"Harry saves the girls from the mad dog" - Johan Schonberg (1888)
September 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Today is World Rabies Day - here are five artworks depicting it throughout the years.
First up:
"Harry saves the girls from the mad dog" - Johan Schonberg (1888)
First up:
"Harry saves the girls from the mad dog" - Johan Schonberg (1888)
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I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.
I don't want to make civic arguments about history. I don't want to make instrumentalist arguments about history. I want engineers to understand my discipline is rigorous too and if not I want to be able to make fun of them forever because no historian ever built a bridge that broke in the wind.
September 28, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.
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Happy Autumn Equinox! 🍂🦔
September 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Happy Autumn Equinox! 🍂🦔
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all of the openers for Ed Sheeran’s tour have now canceled thanks to Robert Kraft but he will be adding a new opening act, The Streisand Effect
it seems to me most likely that the whole tour will be canceled now as a result of Kraft’s intervention injecting his own politics into the event and Sheeran’s concession to it
opener for most of ed sheeran’s shows in south america just now on IG:
September 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
all of the openers for Ed Sheeran’s tour have now canceled thanks to Robert Kraft but he will be adding a new opening act, The Streisand Effect
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This cheers me enormously.
BREAKING: The leaders of SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru have signed a historic self-determination declaration in Cardiff
The agreement sets out plans for Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland to 'reject Whitehall’s broken economic model' and share ideas on economic growth and expand energy resources
The agreement sets out plans for Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland to 'reject Whitehall’s broken economic model' and share ideas on economic growth and expand energy resources
September 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This cheers me enormously.
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One of the biggest lessons of the past 10 years is that a vast % of the powerful and influential - politics, journalism, entertainment, tech etc - are the thinnest skinned whiny babies known to humanity, who absolutely cannot tolerate 1 moment of being (told they’re) in the wrong.
"you cannot be mad at me. you cannot make me feel bad. making me feel even a second of shame is unacceptable. you cannot tell me i am hurting you. i am good. and you must always reassure me that i am good" shit.
September 13, 2026 at 5:52 AM
One of the biggest lessons of the past 10 years is that a vast % of the powerful and influential - politics, journalism, entertainment, tech etc - are the thinnest skinned whiny babies known to humanity, who absolutely cannot tolerate 1 moment of being (told they’re) in the wrong.
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The British press has been extremely hostile towards Amnesty International, Medicins Sans Frontiers, Oxfam and others for decades because *they offer rival narratives that the public might listen to*, and that is not acceptable, to them.
September 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The British press has been extremely hostile towards Amnesty International, Medicins Sans Frontiers, Oxfam and others for decades because *they offer rival narratives that the public might listen to*, and that is not acceptable, to them.
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Pedagogy is not some new, unsolved problem awaiting its Silicon Valley disruptor. If you want good teaching in any given subject, it’s there to be had.
If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either.
If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either.
We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.
September 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Pedagogy is not some new, unsolved problem awaiting its Silicon Valley disruptor. If you want good teaching in any given subject, it’s there to be had.
If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either.
If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either.
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I preordered this book, and cannot wait for its release next Tuesday.
Klein has always managed to channel both rage and hope, a tough and vital balancing act these days.
Klein has always managed to channel both rage and hope, a tough and vital balancing act these days.
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I preordered this book, and cannot wait for its release next Tuesday.
Klein has always managed to channel both rage and hope, a tough and vital balancing act these days.
Klein has always managed to channel both rage and hope, a tough and vital balancing act these days.
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Ray Harryhausen didn't film his actors doing a choreographed fight with thin air and then use backscreen projection and double exposure to add an army of skeletons interacting with identical miniatures of the set and props just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
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Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now.
He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
August 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Ray Harryhausen didn't film his actors doing a choreographed fight with thin air and then use backscreen projection and double exposure to add an army of skeletons interacting with identical miniatures of the set and props just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
bsky.app/profile/ani-...
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