Heidi Ippolito

PhD grad @duiliffjdp • exploring intersections of on-screen storytelling (film/TV), memes, religion, & conspiratorial communities • @heidiipp.bsky.social

[Matthew Sitman @MatthewSitman]

Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn’t lock itself into darkness, that doesn’t dwell on the past, does not simply get by in the present, but is able to see a tomorrow. Hope is the door that opens onto the future. Hope is a humble, hidden seed of life that, with time, will develop into a large tree…. A tiny flicker of light that feeds on hope is enough to shatter the shield of darkness. A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you. And then there will be another “you,” and another “you,” and it turns into an “us.” And so, does hope begin when we have an “us?” No. Hope began with one “you.” When there is an “us,” there begins a revolution. (Pope Francis)

[Renzo™ @fwrenzo1]

The cruelest part of this timeline: You can see exactly how the game is rigged, understand the incentives perfectly, and still have to play it every day just to eat. Awareness without exit is its own special hell.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons says he would get “no enjoyment” out of using generative AI on any project — “It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”

“I think I'm in the same boat as most well-adjusted people. If I could snap my fingers and make generative Al disappear forever, I probably would.”

(Source: https://t.co/LA3K1o9KjK)

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Opened Google Scholar today and was immediately hit with “AI can now summarize academic articles.” Bro, it’s called an abstract and it already exists.

[Memorïa @deathofmeaning]

as long as major filmmakers keep softening up to AI, it’ll be "he’s only using it for storyboards," "he’s only using it to enhance the script," "he’s only using it for this one scene." it’s a boundary that will keep being pushed constantly, but okay

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

🕯️

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

[Sam Adler-Bell @SamAdlerBell]

“The consensus is essentially that women are subhuman,” she says, “and I mean that quite literally: subrational, non-agentic, cattle.”

New in @NYMag: I spoke to women in, around, and leaving MAGA about the right’s unabashed embrace of misogyny.

[Heidi Ippolito @heidiipp]

@Variety NO ALAMO BABY NO

[Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost @RepMaxwellFrost]

1 in 8 Americans will lose food assistance on November 1.

Not by accident — but because Donald Trump wants to give billionaires more tax breaks.

It’s the same old story: the rich get richer, while everyone else gets left behind.

[Heidi Ippolito @heidiipp]

you’re saving who????

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead. We have a return to people going to church."

[Heidi Ippolito @heidiipp]

Jesus 💔

[Laura N. Rodríguez Presa @LAURA_N_ROD]

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

https://t.co/c9C7Zm4wsn

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.

[Mr Demos of Pnyx @gem_ste]

The way he doesn't pause and goes immediately into the Gaza statement leaving no space for interruption, what an absolute pro. Decades of stagecraft used to the max here.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

i believe in the power of prayer. will you join me?

🙏 i pray that yesterday's mass shooting will not be quietly dropped by our politicians, like so many mass shootings before it, and that some sort of legislation is introduced to address gun violence in this country. 🙏

[luca @waynesfury]

can't even describe how it felt watching this episode for the first time

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

One problem is that in the Democratic Party there is no penalty for failure. Chuck Schumer gets to be in leadership forever even though the Party is reaching record-low popularity. It's considered more important for these people to retain their positions than for the party to win

[m @bigllittlelies]

another one for the collection