Matt Cikovic
@mattcikovic.bsky.social
Assistant teaching professor at the University of Minnesota. Tweets and comments entirely my own, etc etc. I study fan filmmakers! 🖖 📹 (he/him)
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I saw a post earlier saying I need to integrate AI into my workflow as an artist or I'll be left behind. Sure I've seen dozens of posts like this before, but I'm really seriously thinking about it now and I am at a total loss as to what it would possibly do to improve my work.
September 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I saw a post earlier saying I need to integrate AI into my workflow as an artist or I'll be left behind. Sure I've seen dozens of posts like this before, but I'm really seriously thinking about it now and I am at a total loss as to what it would possibly do to improve my work.
I got this Bluesky account back after, I assume, someone hacked it. There was a lot of weird links in the profile.
July 15, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I got this Bluesky account back after, I assume, someone hacked it. There was a lot of weird links in the profile.
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We do not concede the south, the birthplace & continued lifeblood of the Black American experience, to people who hate us. We do not throw in the towel. Black people have every right to be southerners & very much are no matter who likes it.
April 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM
We do not concede the south, the birthplace & continued lifeblood of the Black American experience, to people who hate us. We do not throw in the towel. Black people have every right to be southerners & very much are no matter who likes it.
Pope Formosus is WEAK on Necromancy, and terrible for Ecclesiastical Policy. He sits there in his "chair" in this Synod, but doesn't say anything in his own defense about all the cadavers being dug up out of Saint Peter's Basilica!
April 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Pope Formosus is WEAK on Necromancy, and terrible for Ecclesiastical Policy. He sits there in his "chair" in this Synod, but doesn't say anything in his own defense about all the cadavers being dug up out of Saint Peter's Basilica!
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It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for
April 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for
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anyone who got excited by sora or experimented with it was wasting their time. this is true with most popular applications of "AI".
"What you made with Sora mattered" is one of the least true things that has ever been written
March 25, 2026 at 12:19 AM
anyone who got excited by sora or experimented with it was wasting their time. this is true with most popular applications of "AI".
jesus christ
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
jesus christ
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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I was listening to a podcast of authors talking about "bad review" parties where everyone brings their most brutal review to try to win a predetermined prize.
Academics should do this with peer reviews.
I think my "amusing at best, waste of academic time at worst" is a strong contender.
Academics should do this with peer reviews.
I think my "amusing at best, waste of academic time at worst" is a strong contender.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I was listening to a podcast of authors talking about "bad review" parties where everyone brings their most brutal review to try to win a predetermined prize.
Academics should do this with peer reviews.
I think my "amusing at best, waste of academic time at worst" is a strong contender.
Academics should do this with peer reviews.
I think my "amusing at best, waste of academic time at worst" is a strong contender.
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
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some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
Dr. Solis!!
CONGRATS to Dr. @erikasolis.bsky.social who defended their dissertation today: a critical political economic & multi-textual analysis of microtransactions in video games. W/ co-chairs @christopherali.bsky.social & @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social & committee members Mike Schmierbach & Andrea Miller.
May 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Dr. Solis!!
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
Allow Murray to be my first post in Flashes
February 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Allow Murray to be my first post in Flashes
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Trump and Musk are rapidly moving us toward authoritarianism.
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
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February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trump and Musk are rapidly moving us toward authoritarianism.
I saw three cybertrucks on my commute today; talk about a case of the Mondays.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I saw three cybertrucks on my commute today; talk about a case of the Mondays.
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
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PhD candidate Megan Pietruszewski Norman summarizes work on AI and transparency. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ar...
The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication on LinkedIn: Report says AI policy is messy. Organizations are adapting with…
AI dominated the conversation at the International Public Relations Research Conference Inc. last year. Ph.D. student Megan Pietruszewski Norman says that…
www.linkedin.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
PhD candidate Megan Pietruszewski Norman summarizes work on AI and transparency. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ar...
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Hey everybody look at my cat
January 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hey everybody look at my cat
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Anyone recommend a good system to store qualitative data or screenshots? I've been using an Excel spreadsheet and uploading screenshots to a Google drive but I definitely need a better platform.
January 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Anyone recommend a good system to store qualitative data or screenshots? I've been using an Excel spreadsheet and uploading screenshots to a Google drive but I definitely need a better platform.
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We'll likely think of this Tweet/Meme a lot in the next four years: "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US police union that backed Trump says January 6 pardons send ‘dangerous message’
Fraternal Order of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police criticize blanket clemency to 1,500
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We'll likely think of this Tweet/Meme a lot in the next four years: "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
January 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
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I feel like posting this daily.
January 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I feel like posting this daily.