David J.

@apocalypticdrift.bsky.social

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Reluctant literary scholar with a focus on the end (of the world) American Studies at Universität Stuttgart (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Other research interests include video games (& ludology), zombie studies, sound studies, and dark ecology.

Allister Heath headline claiming Britains bizarre infatuation with Keith Chegwin and Les Dennis is a symptom of terminal national decline - it is satire autogenerted
Max, of where the wild things are fame, dressed in his King Wolf onesie costume from living to the max.
Close up shot of Mark Duplass in the film Creep.
Fifth Dimension on a stage surrounded by planets as they sing their hit song Age of Aquarius.
Photograph Portrait of Wittgenstein
Peter Fall sits, cigarette in hand, in front of a canvas which depicts Detective Columbo sketched in charcoal.
Kendrick Lamar looking directly into the camera smiling immediately after addressing Drake during his Super Bowl performance of ‘Not Like Us’.
Adam Driver as Prof. Jack Gladney standing in an arched window delivering a lecture as sermon. His arms are raised in a prophetic manner. This is a scene from the film adaptation of Don Delillo‘s novel White Noise.
Album artwork for FKA Twigs’ latest release EUSEXUA featuring a close up of Twigs donning a range of most excellent piercings.
Martin Luther King Jr sits with hands clasps below his face.
David Lynch is recalling a day in 1981 when, he says, he "rescued" five Woody Woodpecker toys that he saw hanging up as he drove past a petrol station. "I screech on the brakes, I do a U-turn, go back and I buy them and I save their lives," he says seriously. "I named them Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob and Dan and they were my boys and they were in my office. They were my dear friends for a while but certain traits started coming out and they became not so nice." Looking straight ahead he says with a grim finality: "They are not in my life anymore."
Geordi La Forge meme with the words Deleuzians and Deleuze. The approval is towards the latter not the former.
Christmas at the dinner table scene from Fanny and Alexander directed by Ingmar Bergman
Cher (middle) Dionne (left) Tai (Right) of the movie Clueless strike hard poses on a staircase.
Left to right: Vladimir Smicer, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard. The European Cup (champions league) sits on top of Alonso‘s head as the other two hold it either side. Celebrating Liverpool’s 2005 CL victory.
Mr Blobby (an entity that takes the form of a pink blob with polka dots, arms and legs) in Blobby House. Arms stretched.
A still from Chris Marker’s short film “La Jetée” in which a time traveller wears an eye mask that records his memories and movements through time. The film is told through a series of stills and montages accompanied by voice over narration and a subtle soundtrack. This creates temporal dislocations in the film which reflect the changes of time set against the paradox of there being no escape from the present.
Neural Net CPU housed in a glass jar flanked by images of John and Sarah Connor.
Screen cap from 1988 The Blob. A human is caught up in the ooze of the blob arms outstretched, failing to escape. Consumed by the noumena.
Meme depicting Karl Marx in the role of Troy McClure from the Simpsons in a parody of planet of the apes with the words: I hate each ruling class I see from bourgeoi-a to bourgeoui-zee
A solid portrait photograph of Umberto Eco.
George Michael Junior of Arrested Development walks across a barren landscape with a sense of dejection
Crowd of protesters gathered in Stuttgart protesting Higher Education Funding Agreement
A picture of Hannah Arendt accompanied by the quote: Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
My Bluesky profile showing invalid handle bug.
Meme depicting a person wearing three pairs of shirts in layers with the names of cultural theorists/philosophers Jameson, Žižek, and Fisher and the quote above “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than an end to capitalism.” Indicating the same sentiment repeated over time with Jameson as the first author and Fisher as the third.
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone from the film The Godfather with the caption “look how they’ve massacred my boy” adapted to say “look how I’ve massacred my boy” for the purpose of the joke.
Peter Liversidge’s abstract mask art work for the cover of the band Low’s album Double Negative
Tower block with “Und Morgen” (translates as and tomorrow?) banner hung from a window.