Chuck Tryon

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Chuck Tryon

@chutry.bsky.social

Media studies professor and political activist splitting time between Raleigh, NC, and Quincy, MA. Author of three books. Chihuahua wrangler.
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Bailey is enjoying a nap on the couch while I grade.
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I think only one really had ads, although arguably a link to a pop song’s lyrics may be a built in ad. I’m not surprised here at the level or type of advertising. The fifth search was also to a pop song.
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That actually makes this tweet more understandable.
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We celebrated a little last night.
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Elon's latest always reminds me of the car that Homer designed for his brother.
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This is the campaign manager for the Republican candidate for state superintendent of schools in North Carolina going straight up McCarthyite.
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It was probably a bit more propagandistic than the book. It definitely didn’t shy away from using stark imagery to show that Communism was bad.
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Here's my Google Scholar word cloud. Here's where you can make yours: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
I think I need to get this on a t-shirt:
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I think it has a longer history. Some of this reminds me of the scene in Jesus Camp where the worshippers pray for Bush. i.ytimg.com/vi/fxdt_f0hw...
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Here's my photo at 21 or so. I was absolutely thrilled to learn I'd won Cashier of the Month.
Wait, we're all posting photos of ourselves at 21? Ok...
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Found myself thinking about this billboard I remember seeing when I went to Braves and Hawks games in the late 70s and early 80s. I had no idea how controversial the billboard had been. My copy of White Flight is in storage, so I'm wondering of @kevinmkruse.bsky.social ever wrote about it.
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What a weird way of "memorializing" the UNLV shooter. Why is his LinkedIn page being framed as a "tribute?"
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Here’s another. Another Lumet film comes pretty close
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Best films that take place in one day
Best films that take place in one day
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Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
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Current read. Really digging it. I picked it up after reading Ng’s more recent Our Missing Hearts, which I also really loved.
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