Dr Leanne Weston

♿. Independent Scholar/Freelance Proofreader & Editor. PhD from @WarwickFilmTV. Music/music docs/stardom/biopics. Accidental Amy Winehouse scholar.

[Dr Leanne Weston @identykit]

A reminder I’m also now on Bluesky. Details below. Follow if you fancy.

[Second Run @SecondRunDVD]

Just a week left to grab selected Second Run Blu-rays at '2 for £16' @RarewavesCom - offer ends 3rd November!

https://t.co/X4e0kmKfxj

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

Issue 98 of THE VELVET LIGHT TRAP has just published, on the theme of “Media Futures”.
Visit https://t.co/Pzu8hC5PTv for more information, or to
order your copy!

[National Society of Film Critics @TheNSFC]

We mourn the loss of our brilliant, beloved colleague Ann Hornaday, longtime film critic for The Washington Post and author of “Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies” and an upcoming book on ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. A gift of a critic, writer and friend. https://t.co/E1cyI2bHj5

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Mr. Belding Was Everyone's Principal https://t.co/0BqjgfzYe5

[Rae :-) @Chuffin_ell]

All this moaning about PIP as if disabled people are rolling in cash. Price a specialist wheelchair, seating, pressure cushion, splints, boots, adaptations & transport. Many families fundraise or rely on charities for essentials. That’s the “high life” you’re sneering at.

🪡

[Open Graves & Minds @OGOMProject]

CFP for contributions to our edited collection
https://t.co/TZJTmfGK18

[IntellectBooks @IntellectBooks]

Horror Studies, Special Issue: 'What Did Get Out Get Us?'

Submissions for this special issue should aim to better understand what kinds of representational, thematic and/or industrial spaces that Get Out helped to open.

Abstracts due: 31 October 2026

👉https://t.co/wfwXOjLQoi

[Black Things UK @Blackthingsuk]

Author, playwright and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer has died aged 77.

[Mike O'Brien🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Mikeo56977865]

Stop asking whether disabled people deserve support. Start asking whether society is doing enough to ensure disabled people can live independently and participate equally. #ChallengeTheNarrative

[IntellectBooks @IntellectBooks]

The first issue of the Journal of Music Production Research is free to read!

Edited by Austin Moore this inaugural edition brings together six diverse articles that span the range of JMPR’s arts to science continuum.

Read it 👉https://t.co/q6CO7DYyUZ

[Aelin @linnssins]

If any data center deserves our protection, it’s a public library.

[Mike O'Brien🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Mikeo56977865]

The narrative around disability benefits has become dangerously detached from reality. Most disabled people claiming PIP are not looking for a "handout". They are seeking support to meet the extra costs of disability and maintain independence. Misinformation harms real lives. #DisabilityRights #PIP #ChallengeTheNarrative

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Universities will say, “we take mental health extremely seriously” then give PhDs this instead of job security

[m @msnetik]

and every September the networks would premiere all their new shows for the fall

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

28 years ago today, Google was launched.

This 1999 ad promised a pure search engine, no news, no ads, no distractions, no portal litter.

Things have changed...

[BFI @BFI]

Everyone is invited to the 70th BFI London Film Festival!

Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling. Tickets on sale 17 September. Explore the programme at https://t.co/JW9vLdEUGO

#LFF

[Kazz 🍉✊ @KazzJenkins]

#PIP explained like you're a 5 year old

[Extraordinary Links @Extraor57879073]

@billypilgrim333 PIP isn't an out-of-work benefit. People can work and claim it. Motability cars are leased, not gifted, and returned vehicles feed into the used-car market.

And if we're throwing figures around, look at the £446bn “Purple Pound” — the spending power of households with a disabled person.

Maybe stop asking what disabled people cost and start asking what inaccessible systems and lost economic participation cost us.

Remove barriers. Stop scapegoating disabled people. #PIP #DisabilityRights #PurplePound #DisabilityBenefits

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

“I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting.”

- Peter Cullen (1941 - 2026)

[Ashley Reese @offbeatorbit]

In honor of Dolly’s dedication to literacy, stop saying “casted.”