Jen Mizgata

A visit from @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s universe

Baltimore! I’m introducing HOUSE at the Maryland Film Festival on April 10 along with a brand new short documentary about the film from @bsoderberg.bsky.social and me.

Tickets on sale SOON!

The Misuses of the University - Public Books Have the funds that might have trained the next generation of scholars at the nation’s first research university have been blown on ostentatious new buildings?

What does it mean to invest in higher ed at this point? Is it about the new fancy buildings or the education? What does it mean to fast track "innovation" and who gets to decide? www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-...

My new zine “Kinema: A Japan Travelogue” is available today in print from @atomicbooks.bsky.social! An account of two weeks searching for film shrines across Japan. atomicbooks.com/products/kin...

The 19th launches applications for fifth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort – plus, a new track The program offers early- and mid-career HBCU alums yearlong, salaried fellowships in reporting, audience engagement, news product and development.

Applications are now open for our Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship — with a new track! We'll have two reporting fellows and one fellow each in audience engagement, news product and development.

19thnews.org/2026/02/fran...

Make Studio is such a great place here in Baltimore; awhile back @rebekahkirkman.bsky.social wrote a great profile of the studio
bmoreart.com/2020/08/tale...

Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don’t have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your taste

"This year, rather than letting a streaming service tell you what records were important to you simply because you played them the most on one app, consider taking the time to write a list based on what you actually connected with." Excellent advice and analysis from @lizpelly.bsky.social!

If you missed this excellent doc when it screened at @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social come to Red Emma's and watch it on Black Friday; panel afterward with me @jessdouglas.bsky.social and WTO/99's editor @prophetkotto.bsky.social

New/Next Film Festival Returns to The Charles Theater this Week - BmoreArt This year’s New/Next Film Festival packs more than 30 feature-length movies, and over three times that many short films across … Continued

Baltimore, it's @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social time!!! Here are five movies that @bsoderberg.bsky.social recs. I saw OBEX last night and everyone should see it when it's in theaters in January! Thank you @ericallenhatch.bsky.social for programming so many great movies. bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...

New/Next Film Festival Returns to The Charles Theater this Week - BmoreArt This year’s New/Next Film Festival packs more than 30 feature-length movies, and over three times that many short films across … Continued

For @bmoreart.bsky.social: A preview of the New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social which begins tomorrow night and reviewed some must-see movies, including @albertbirney.bsky.social's touching/disturbing "Obex" and crypto caper comedy "$POSITIONS" bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...

Cover of Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis

POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT retells the '60s civil rights struggle through its overlooked work against police violence and the surveillance, infiltration, and retaliatory prosecutions they faced from police in return. It's a pre-history of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements.

Cover of Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis

Police Against the Movement Book Tour October 7, 2025 City Lights Bookstore In conversation with Daphne Muse San Francisco, CA October 9, 2025 Skylight Books In conversation with Elizabeth Hinton Los Angeles, CA October 16, 2025, 7PM Red Emma’s In conversation with Judy Richardson Baltimore, MD October 18, 2025 Politics & Prose In conversation with Judy Richardson Washington, DC

Police Against the Movement Book Tour November 6, 2025, 7PM The Word is Change Bookstore In conversation with Chenjerai Kumanyika Brooklyn, NY November 10, 2025, 7PM Zinn Education Project—Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online conversation with Jesse Hagopian Zinn Education Program December 2, 2025 Enoch Pratt Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium In conversation with Jill Carter Baltimore, MD December 4, 2025 Acapella Books at the Auburn Avenue Research Library Atlanta, GA

My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL!

10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson

Rad illustration of a goat on an orange shirt. Text says GOATS ON THE SLOPE 2025

The Friends of Wyman Park Dell get some goats to come through and chew up the overgrowth each year, so I donated to support the cause because that’s fun. If I’d known the “thank you” gift would be such a Black Phillip-inspired shirt, I’d have donated twice to live even more deliciously.

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist

If you're a journalism organization looking to connect with your audiences, lots of ideas here on how to host meaningful events! A big thank you to @niemanlab.org and @speppered.bsky.social for writing about the talk Christiaan and I gave at @lionpubs.bsky.social recent conference.

*gasps in Vandermaniac*

Made this video for my friends in MOWDER OYAL who have a new record out, "Prefigurative Musics." The single is "Imaginary." Happy Bandcamp Friday

mowderoyal.bandcamp.com

???

if you have a Canva account, you can turn off the AI use of your material here:
- Allow your general usage to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your content to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your sessions to be recorded: toggle off
etc
www.canva.com/settings/pri...

#Canva #AI

The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."

The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.

🔗
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

If you're LGBTQ+ and you rely on Medicaid for your health care, I'd like to talk with you! I'm grateful for the conversations I've had so far.

I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."

FWT Publication Freelance Rates Database

Freelancing writers, this is gold:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.

Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How Private Equity Helped Destroy Local News An excerpt from Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan Greenwell

You should honestly acquire a copy of @greenwell.bsky.social's. new book on how private equity is rotting us from the inside out but if you need an incentive, here's a little taste.

Well-known Baltimore arabber shot and killed by Baltimore Police officers Well-known Baltimore arabber Bilal Abdullah was shot by members of the Baltimore Police Department near Penn North around 7:30 yesterday evening and pronounced dead at Shock Trauma at 11:14 p.m.  BPD ...

Well-known Baltimore arabber shot and killed by Baltimore Police officers
baltimorebeat.com/well-known-b...

Baltimore’s homicide clearance rate is rising, but arrests for murder remain stubbornly flat | Baltimore Brew Murders have steeply declined and the mayor calls Baltimore “the model for violence reduction.” But what does it mean that arrests for murder have largely stayed the same for two decades?

Homicides are way down and the clearance rate is rising, but what does it mean that arrests for murder in Baltimore remain stubbornly flat? They've largely stayed the same for two decades. tinyurl.com/4kptm9bz [ By @notrivia
for us and thegarrisonproject.org ]

Shelter An autobiography in Pride Months

This year, in the absence of any media outlet or corporation asking me to write about Pride, I challenged myself to write a Pride essay I’d actually want to read. This is what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...

Yes!

Looks like it's the H st location, for anyone reading this and wondering.