Scott Burnett
@burscott.bsky.social
Asst Prof of African Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State - PI of Sawyer Seminar “Birthing the Nation” - join us! https://sites.psu.edu/birthingthenation/
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Scott Burnett
@burscott.bsky.social
· Nov 19
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We just want to protect women and children, honest. That’s why we gave an award to a pedophile rapist who shares our values.
the terfies have been awarded.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We just want to protect women and children, honest. That’s why we gave an award to a pedophile rapist who shares our values.
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This whole thread.... 🔥
Compact magazine is a joke, whose only purpose at this point seems to be to troll those of us with a brain. But read the thread first, cuz.... 😬😷
Compact magazine is a joke, whose only purpose at this point seems to be to troll those of us with a brain. But read the thread first, cuz.... 😬😷
Just another gem from Compact Mag. And, to be clear, he didn’t even have the courage or principle to leave Harvard before his contract expired. That’s why all his grievances are in the past tense.
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This whole thread.... 🔥
Compact magazine is a joke, whose only purpose at this point seems to be to troll those of us with a brain. But read the thread first, cuz.... 😬😷
Compact magazine is a joke, whose only purpose at this point seems to be to troll those of us with a brain. But read the thread first, cuz.... 😬😷
The wonderful @reditlhabi.bsky.social makes an excellent case avoiding “pragmatic” silence which, for fascists, works as well as total compliance. Let’s keep things risky:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
The quiet violence of acquiescence and why journalism cannot afford detachment
One of the riskiest decisions I made this year was agreeing to moderate the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, delivered by UN Special Rapporteur and human rights lawyer,
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The wonderful @reditlhabi.bsky.social makes an excellent case avoiding “pragmatic” silence which, for fascists, works as well as total compliance. Let’s keep things risky:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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if you do this you are going to Hell and I'm not sure I even believe in Hell but you're definitely going there
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
if you do this you are going to Hell and I'm not sure I even believe in Hell but you're definitely going there
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i think this is exactly right. she was hired to be a regime censor but that requires a bit of real skill and finesse to pull of successfully and she has neither.
Weiss is simply not talented enough to pull this off.
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
i think this is exactly right. she was hired to be a regime censor but that requires a bit of real skill and finesse to pull of successfully and she has neither.
“I have no freakin idea what research is but I also have no problem calling other people stupid”
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“I have no freakin idea what research is but I also have no problem calling other people stupid”
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(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
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Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool!
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You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
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BREAKING: SBWU baristas have set up a #CampContract! If Starbucks won't listen at the bargaining table or on the picket line, we’ll be pretty hard to ignore on their front steps! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: SBWU baristas have set up a #CampContract! If Starbucks won't listen at the bargaining table or on the picket line, we’ll be pretty hard to ignore on their front steps! #NoContractNoCoffee
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
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I've always been grateful for the fact-checking skills I learned at @joursouhist.bsky.social but now more than ever! 😬
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've always been grateful for the fact-checking skills I learned at @joursouhist.bsky.social but now more than ever! 😬
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
More "intellectual diversity" nonsense from Jacques Berlinerblau, claiming it is a lack of "rigor" on tenure committees that results in fewer tenured conservatives. Surely it is most "rigorous" to retain the top scholars in their fields, whatever their politics?
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion | The Fraught Task of Hiring Pro-Zionist Professors
Ideological imbalance is real. But the solution is unclear.
www.chronicle.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
More "intellectual diversity" nonsense from Jacques Berlinerblau, claiming it is a lack of "rigor" on tenure committees that results in fewer tenured conservatives. Surely it is most "rigorous" to retain the top scholars in their fields, whatever their politics?
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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I know some people may have thought the purpose of scholarship was to create and refine better understandings of the world while winnowing and weeding out incorrect and obsolete ideas, but what if we just gave all the ideas equal time all the time instead of discarding the dumb and immoral ones?
The dumbest person in American letters
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I know some people may have thought the purpose of scholarship was to create and refine better understandings of the world while winnowing and weeding out incorrect and obsolete ideas, but what if we just gave all the ideas equal time all the time instead of discarding the dumb and immoral ones?
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By insisting that gravity exists, physicists are excluding those who think it doesn't exist — and reducing the number of ideas by half. I am a professional political commentator.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
By insisting that gravity exists, physicists are excluding those who think it doesn't exist — and reducing the number of ideas by half. I am a professional political commentator.
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if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
Battlefield Linguistics is finally out there in the world! We packed this volume with cutting-edge scholarship on language and gender/sexuality across diverse linguistic contexts.
Together, our authors meet the reactionary transantagonistic moment with inspiring & brilliant resistance!
Together, our authors meet the reactionary transantagonistic moment with inspiring & brilliant resistance!
💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection!
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Battlefield Linguistics is finally out there in the world! We packed this volume with cutting-edge scholarship on language and gender/sexuality across diverse linguistic contexts.
Together, our authors meet the reactionary transantagonistic moment with inspiring & brilliant resistance!
Together, our authors meet the reactionary transantagonistic moment with inspiring & brilliant resistance!
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A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!!
uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?
uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?
J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-trans organisation
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth to finance an organisation dedicated to removing trans rights. The Harry Potter author has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, which is being put towards her so-ca...
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!!
uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?
uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?
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The fact that the entire US elite class clutched onto this book as a source of deep insight tells you all you need to know about the people running this shitshow.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The fact that the entire US elite class clutched onto this book as a source of deep insight tells you all you need to know about the people running this shitshow.
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TIL that this asshole is still teaching.
Still “mentoring” students.
But then again, so many like him are. We should hardly be surprised.
Still “mentoring” students.
But then again, so many like him are. We should hardly be surprised.
Larry Summers statement in full…. It’s not clear that this actually changes anything about his status at Harvard or OpenAI.
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
TIL that this asshole is still teaching.
Still “mentoring” students.
But then again, so many like him are. We should hardly be surprised.
Still “mentoring” students.
But then again, so many like him are. We should hardly be surprised.
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Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
The wellness pipeline: Tracing far-right health narratives on X - Piotr Marczyński, Catherine Tebaldi, 2025
This article examines how far-right groups advance political agendas through digital platforms, specifically by embedding reactionary ideology within health and...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
"South Africa in 1994 [was an] exclusive club, composed of only white people. Since 1994, the club has taken on new, black members. But it remains an exclusive club because many cannot gain admission – and most of the new members lack the same powers and privileges enjoyed by the old ones."
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"South Africa in 1994 [was an] exclusive club, composed of only white people. Since 1994, the club has taken on new, black members. But it remains an exclusive club because many cannot gain admission – and most of the new members lack the same powers and privileges enjoyed by the old ones."