Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈
@allisonbetus.bsky.social
Quantitative social scientist. PhD in Communication. media effects | intergroup dynamics | white supremacist extremism
Pubs: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l-41bdcAAAAJ&hl=en
Rgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Allison-Betus
Pubs: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l-41bdcAAAAJ&hl=en
Rgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Allison-Betus
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A Friendlier White Genocide Myth: How Framing Influences Support for Bigoted Immigration Policy
<p>The White Genocide Myth (WGM) is one of the most popular conspiracy theories among White supremacists and other antisemites, yet narratives derived from it are regularly featured in mainstream immi...
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Since we're having a troll storm, why not pay a visit to my dissertation's new location on Scholarworks?
It's about how white supremacist extremism is mainstreamed via framing.
It was downloaded over 200 times before they moved it.
Writing about it while observing it irl was very stressful.
It's about how white supremacist extremism is mainstreamed via framing.
It was downloaded over 200 times before they moved it.
Writing about it while observing it irl was very stressful.
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Remember that the majority of anti-vaxxers are themselves vaccinated against diseases like polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and rubella.
It’s only their kids they choose to put at risk.
It’s only their kids they choose to put at risk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Remember that the majority of anti-vaxxers are themselves vaccinated against diseases like polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and rubella.
It’s only their kids they choose to put at risk.
It’s only their kids they choose to put at risk.
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It’s very enervating to watch intelligent and educated people play dumb about this amidst the ascendance of a far-right reactionary movement driven by antisocial Silicon Valley psychos and Miami crypto scammers who all treat women as status symbols on the same level as NFTs and Labubus.
he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s very enervating to watch intelligent and educated people play dumb about this amidst the ascendance of a far-right reactionary movement driven by antisocial Silicon Valley psychos and Miami crypto scammers who all treat women as status symbols on the same level as NFTs and Labubus.
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This is one of the weirder bits of fundamentalist rhetoric. There's an school of thought in several churches including some old Catholic ones that women are supposed to suffer because of Eve. I am not telling you it makes sense. I am telling you he's parroting a line that is a giant warning sign
JD Vance is working for Big Menstrual Cramps and maybe that's not even a joke
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is one of the weirder bits of fundamentalist rhetoric. There's an school of thought in several churches including some old Catholic ones that women are supposed to suffer because of Eve. I am not telling you it makes sense. I am telling you he's parroting a line that is a giant warning sign
Just woke up
Did anything interesting happen today?
Did anything interesting happen today?
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just woke up
Did anything interesting happen today?
Did anything interesting happen today?
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crusader tattoo guys vs nordic pagan beardos is a type of right wing internecine conflict I hadn't expected, but which seems so obvious in retrospect
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
crusader tattoo guys vs nordic pagan beardos is a type of right wing internecine conflict I hadn't expected, but which seems so obvious in retrospect
I am very pleased with the development of my forearm muscles.
Am I lifting the boxes or are the boxes uplifting me?
Am I lifting the boxes or are the boxes uplifting me?
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I am very pleased with the development of my forearm muscles.
Am I lifting the boxes or are the boxes uplifting me?
Am I lifting the boxes or are the boxes uplifting me?
You know, repeatedly extending good faith to a bad faith actor isn't noble or wise
It's the behavior of children, idiots, and collaborators.
Drawing your attention to collaborators.
If you find yourself asking "how could so-and-so fall for this again?!" consider maybe they didn't.
It's the behavior of children, idiots, and collaborators.
Drawing your attention to collaborators.
If you find yourself asking "how could so-and-so fall for this again?!" consider maybe they didn't.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You know, repeatedly extending good faith to a bad faith actor isn't noble or wise
It's the behavior of children, idiots, and collaborators.
Drawing your attention to collaborators.
If you find yourself asking "how could so-and-so fall for this again?!" consider maybe they didn't.
It's the behavior of children, idiots, and collaborators.
Drawing your attention to collaborators.
If you find yourself asking "how could so-and-so fall for this again?!" consider maybe they didn't.
You know what?
New theory of US politics
Positions in government are especially attractive to twin flames & the Ds got the chasers while the Rs got the runners & we're all getting caught up in their karmic maelstrom
I don't believe it but whatever. Let's have some fun with polisci
New theory of US politics
Positions in government are especially attractive to twin flames & the Ds got the chasers while the Rs got the runners & we're all getting caught up in their karmic maelstrom
I don't believe it but whatever. Let's have some fun with polisci
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
You know what?
New theory of US politics
Positions in government are especially attractive to twin flames & the Ds got the chasers while the Rs got the runners & we're all getting caught up in their karmic maelstrom
I don't believe it but whatever. Let's have some fun with polisci
New theory of US politics
Positions in government are especially attractive to twin flames & the Ds got the chasers while the Rs got the runners & we're all getting caught up in their karmic maelstrom
I don't believe it but whatever. Let's have some fun with polisci
Distress levels are high on the timeline.
Maybe you should check in on your body right now & see what you need in terms of food, water, etc.
It's okay to go to bed early when you're suffering from bullshit poisoning. I recommend it.
Maybe you should check in on your body right now & see what you need in terms of food, water, etc.
It's okay to go to bed early when you're suffering from bullshit poisoning. I recommend it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Distress levels are high on the timeline.
Maybe you should check in on your body right now & see what you need in terms of food, water, etc.
It's okay to go to bed early when you're suffering from bullshit poisoning. I recommend it.
Maybe you should check in on your body right now & see what you need in terms of food, water, etc.
It's okay to go to bed early when you're suffering from bullshit poisoning. I recommend it.
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Far right propagandists don’t need to attain power.
The result is the same if they can successfully
seed their ideologies in the existing body politic.
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Far right propagandists don’t need to attain power.
The result is the same if they can successfully
seed their ideologies in the existing body politic.
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April 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Far right propagandists don’t need to attain power.
The result is the same if they can successfully
seed their ideologies in the existing body politic.
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Far right propagandists don’t need to attain power.
The result is the same if they can successfully
seed their ideologies in the existing body politic.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Instead of spending all that time & energy explaining basic humanity to people who don't want to listen, consider finding someone who is already fighting the good fight & giving them a hug or a sandwich or help or something
Maybe people who value humanity are just a better investment
Maybe people who value humanity are just a better investment
I need folks to understand that some people look at ChatGPT's role here & think "Who cares? That's a negligible loss of users."
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Instead of spending all that time & energy explaining basic humanity to people who don't want to listen, consider finding someone who is already fighting the good fight & giving them a hug or a sandwich or help or something
Maybe people who value humanity are just a better investment
Maybe people who value humanity are just a better investment
I need folks to understand that some people look at ChatGPT's role here & think "Who cares? That's a negligible loss of users."
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I need folks to understand that some people look at ChatGPT's role here & think "Who cares? That's a negligible loss of users."
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
Some folks truly have mentally reduced every other human to numbers & transactions
Do not focus on convincing those folks to be less awful. Spend that energy elsewhere.
If some fool ever seriously asks me to run a social science experiment using LLMs in place of human participants, they will have 5 seconds to decide whether we duel barehanded or with blades
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If some fool ever seriously asks me to run a social science experiment using LLMs in place of human participants, they will have 5 seconds to decide whether we duel barehanded or with blades
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*breathe in*
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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So many artists, writers, and designers I know have learned this lesson the tedious way, so let me co-sign this and say not only is it a huge waste of time and labor to listen to the "I'd buy that" crowd online, you will also lose money. Make what *you* want to make, everything else is noise
The biggest thing i've learned as an artist who sells prints and merch is don't make what people ask for. They won't buy it. Make what you, the artist, want to see printed on the support of ur choice.
I can't explain why but THAT'S what will sell. People who buy the most are the silent ones. 🫶
I can't explain why but THAT'S what will sell. People who buy the most are the silent ones. 🫶
Remember, artists: when people say, “I’d buy a print of this,” they don’t mean it. That sentence itself is just a weird compliment that rarely converts to an actual print sale. It’s like if someone ate a very good hot dog and then said, “I could eat 10,000 of these right now.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So many artists, writers, and designers I know have learned this lesson the tedious way, so let me co-sign this and say not only is it a huge waste of time and labor to listen to the "I'd buy that" crowd online, you will also lose money. Make what *you* want to make, everything else is noise
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Conservatives have claimed for 70 years that they are somehow different from the “overt” racists and antisemites with whom they have maintained near constant collaboration.
Maybe we can stop pretending there is a distinction here?
Maybe we can stop pretending there is a distinction here?
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Conservatives have claimed for 70 years that they are somehow different from the “overt” racists and antisemites with whom they have maintained near constant collaboration.
Maybe we can stop pretending there is a distinction here?
Maybe we can stop pretending there is a distinction here?
Pessimist: The roof of the house is on fire
Optimist: The ground floor of the house is not on fire
Professional far-right extremism understander: A rising tide of heat-related events has sown division within this house & some experts fear that its structural integrity may be under increased threat
Optimist: The ground floor of the house is not on fire
Professional far-right extremism understander: A rising tide of heat-related events has sown division within this house & some experts fear that its structural integrity may be under increased threat
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pessimist: The roof of the house is on fire
Optimist: The ground floor of the house is not on fire
Professional far-right extremism understander: A rising tide of heat-related events has sown division within this house & some experts fear that its structural integrity may be under increased threat
Optimist: The ground floor of the house is not on fire
Professional far-right extremism understander: A rising tide of heat-related events has sown division within this house & some experts fear that its structural integrity may be under increased threat
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6-7 again for the sociological win 🧪
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
6-7 again for the sociological win 🧪
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
Reposted by Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈
Ideological promiscuity, so-called "NVE", "salad-bar extremism", and a bazillion related new terms. If you're in or near the University of St. Andrews later this month, I'll be there to talk about all this stuff and what it means. Come say hi.
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...
The (Rapidly) Changing Face of Terrorism and Implications for Psychology Research
Terrorism is the use or threat of use of violence by non-state actors against non-combatants in the furtherance of some
events.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ideological promiscuity, so-called "NVE", "salad-bar extremism", and a bazillion related new terms. If you're in or near the University of St. Andrews later this month, I'll be there to talk about all this stuff and what it means. Come say hi.
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...
This is correct
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is correct