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Doktor Dan Erdman PhD

@danerdman.bsky.social

Chicago, IL Author of Let's Go Stag! A History of Pornographic Film (Bloomsbury), EIC of HEAD CLOG zine.

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Farewell to Chicago icon Reverend Jesse Jackson.

πŸ“½οΈ Super 8 shot by Bill Stamets from a reel labeled "Jackson - Misc 2ΒΊ" (circa 1988)

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It's pretty great living in IL-3 and having a a rep who's cool as hell, get their ass Delia

10.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdvo...

10.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prince of Persia was an experiment in rotoscoping. It put lifelike animation on '80s home computers.

Designer Jordan Mechner converted VHS tapes and movie footage into pixels -- and went way beyond the tech of his time. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-the-li...

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He just retired but Joey Votto is a no brainer

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Be part of our team! Media Burn is hiring our first ever development staff person. Read on if you'd like to work with our growing nonprofit and this is your skill set! https://loom.ly/MDof9X0

06.02.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I owe my career to this format and I think everyone should go to a used bookstore and buy one today.

06.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Botching the 1848 revolution

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michelle yeoh photographed flying over the iconic hollywood sign while suspended from a helicopter for national geographic, 1998

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yeah it's extremely funny because the people who are extremely insistent that their politics are revolutionary spend all their time trying to not to get in trouble which ensures that that existing power structures literally have to exert no force at all to pacify them

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Mitch & Mickey - A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow
YouTube video by mayhew7 Mitch & Mickey - A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow

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Danny McBride (!) has a book of short stories coming in June

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I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.

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Join us at the Music Box on Feb 1 for "In Another Light: Cinema of Memory." It is in partnership with @allarvickfund.bsky.social and @chicagofilmarchives.org and curated by Agata Zborowska.

Tickets: https://loom.ly/IS5DsLQ

27.01.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sly Dunbar, Influential Sly & Robbie Drummer, Is Dead At 73 Grammy-winning producer and drummer Sly Dunbar β€” one half of the Jamaican duo Sly and Robbie β€” has died aged 73, DancehallMag has confirmed. Rory Baker, a

RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)

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Fedddddddddddddddd

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My friends, I have a new issue of HEAD CLOG available. This one's 48 pages, with pieces on James Benning, Grigori Kozintsev, Harkat Studios, and of course, lots and lots of stuff about stag films. Send $5 cash to HEAD CLOG / PO Box 25008 / Chicago, IL / 60625 and I will mail you a copy forthwith.

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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Hope this was a part of the Freddy trade, @johndemarsico.bsky.social let me buy you your first spotted cow

23.01.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great record

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This morning, across all social media platforms, folks are coming out in droves to prove how much they suck at liking art.

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holy fuck it’s real

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snow-covered street with a single vehicle's headlights cutting through the blue-tinted atmosphere

snow-covered street with a single vehicle's headlights cutting through the blue-tinted atmosphere

The Quiet American
Pete Turner, 1958

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The Bears are still absolute frauds

11.01.2026 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sez you

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Turns out Walt Whitman saw Bari Weiss coming some 150 yrs ago. His description of hacks: "kept-editors, spaniels well-train'd to carry & fetch, creatures of the President, creatures of would-be Presidents... , the lousy combings and born freedom-sellers of the earth."

09.01.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 692    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school

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Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

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