Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerCasino (1995) @casinofilm1995.bsky.social · 6hAren’t you gettin’ tired of all this shit? 0277
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public. 73145535452
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 7hWhoever cleared Jalen Hurts to be on the plane to and from London needs to be fired. Immediately. Blood clots are no damn joke 57620
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10hThe promise of slavery has had a long-standing presence in AI and Big Tech, where boosters and researchers have been steeped in eugenics and white supremacy for generations now. 25427
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 7hBut sometimes they get it right, so congratulations! 140
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14/10/2026A big part of how this works is a bunch of soft racists acting as if Black people being subject to racism is some extraordinary thing that rarely happens rather than a routine part of life. So they can act as if these are all individual cases totally unconnected to the last Black person they accused 334390
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h“This is where ICE grabbed Liam Conejo Ramos and sent that five-year-old little boy to a detention center in Texas. ICE has now snatched up 6,200 children.” 19934
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 12hI've been thinking about it. And there is something to this. Especially since all of these institutions are signing up for it. 140
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hYou have a point. Let me step on it now before some douche bro steals it 1120
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hI’m tempted to do it. After reading about hugging face and watching battlestar galactica and the matrix too many times, I’m ready for this moment 1120
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hSame but later for me so I’m ok with pouring it up right now. 4381
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hI mean right now America is being turned into a nation of dumb asses and data farms. This is why the ai bots are like shoot, we can take this ish over, we’re better organized than these dumb ass humans. 29016
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hThe other reason after I left was my absolute anxiety and distress about what’s happening to colleagues who do ethnicity, race or gender work. This administration wants to stomp out all of it along with the sciences. It is the race to make our universities and colleges empty husks and kill research 39514
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hNormally I would not have talked about why I left Penn but that thread about academic women hit me hard this morning. My colleagues know the deeper reasons why I left but overall, I never felt truly appreciated for my public or scholarly output at my institution. The gild did recognize it however. 311720
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hI get it but tbh I was tired of sacrificing myself for the betterment of others. I’m in the Uk now, intellectually stimulated by interesting colleagues who appreciate what I have to share and help with. In addition my institution got a lot of media from me so I got tired of giving them extra. 140
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hOhh a story I know all too well. What’s interesting is that these types never think they are being observed. Just blatant. 000
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13hUgh. Sadly can relate but I am glad that you made the right choice for yourself. 140
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 18hAnd truth to be told, I retired earlier than I had planned, but I actually like being relaxed and having the kind of intellectual conversations I was not having at my former institution. 3571
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 18hLet me just say I felt a lot of this thread and that's why I retired from Penn. 510916
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"Men can generally be bad dept citizens as long as their research is valued, but women can’t." "Meritocracy is really just a way [to support] the status quo of a dominant white, male envrnmnt…I thought that if I worked hard enough, my work wld be recognized. But [that's] not how the system works."academic.oup.comDevaluation underlies gendered US faculty departures across disciplines and institutionsAbstract. Women faculty experience academia differently from men in many ways, which can lead them to consider leaving their positions. Using a large-scale 3494211
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19hIn Brazil, President Lula sues Zuckerberg, producing evidence that Meta was suppressing pro-Lula accounts in the run up to the last election round. paydayreport.com/lula-files-l...paydayreport.comLula Files Legal Complaint Against Meta Alleging Election TheftThe legal complaint against Meta for election interference is an unprecedented move 14507220
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me. 1449776965
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics. 1041131323708
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Probably a bad thing that the right can come up with a totally nonsense conspiracy theory about James Talarico and journalists have to spend valuable time 3 weeks before the election debunking it instead of covering Paxton actually going to Dubai with his mistress on a trip paid for by a criminal 71268257
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"The way in which female protesters and female journalists are displaying their strength and imagination in these last few months will have far-reaching consequences" What do the protests in Delhi mean for the rest of the world? asks the brilliant novelist Amitava Kumaramitavakumar.substack.comLet The Arrows FallIf each sixth person on the planet is an Indian, what do the protests mean for the world? 14715
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Yesterday afternoon in my town, ICE kidnapped a man walking home from Dunkin Donuts with coffee for his family right off the street. New Jersey is under siege. This is the least violent kidnapping we’ve had, but it’s still a kidnapping. 30529242
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comPalantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George MonbiotTom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 571599818
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerAria Winningson @aria.labeledrude.online · 14/10/2026happy sickos day to all who celebrate 3550902143
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/10/2026The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...newyorker.comIs This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy?The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement. 76230
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026🚨 NEWS: Trump is backing out of a scheduled deposition with BBC lawyers THIS FRIDAY, citing “matters of national importance” after weeks of radio silence. His team now wants to delay his testimony until JANUARY 2027—after discovery closes—and the BBC is asking a judge to FORCE him to testify. 56663602317
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13/10/2026NEWS: CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice held a "completely unhinged" all-hands meeting at the network's foreign bureau today, in response to this @oliverdarcy.bsky.social story about Raice pushing back on foreign correspondent Holly Williams's 10/7 story. www.status.news/p/bari-weiss... 625081
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026could be but also this is a cancer marker in his family. Mom had it and also his older brother has it now. 140
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026OHH this might cheer me up a little. Just a little. 040
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Also, Pope Francis had a part of a lung removed early in his life. SMDH. Finally get someone who is a stand up fight for justice guy and this shit happens. 3674
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If you are wondering why I am talking about praying when I don't usually, see here www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...reuters.comPope Leo had lobe of lung removed as doctors found cancer, Vatican saysPope Leo had a lower lobe of his right lung removed during surgery on Tuesday and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a common form of lung cancer, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin. 3568
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Hassan Kariem, 42, died after falling from a Six Flags Over Georgia roller coaster. A family friend who described him as a “fighter” says he survived cancer and a battle with COVID. He and his daughter survived a car fire just weeks ago, she said.wsbtv.comSix Flags death: Man survived car fire weeks before roller coaster deathHe was also a cancer and COVID-19 survivor. 661069248
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I can't say what I want to on here but let me just say that my raggedy Catholic self will pray for this Pope because he can't go before THAT MAN. 516511
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Paxton "has said he’s on a God-given assignment to protect Texas from the political left, and his supporters see him as a true believer ... "But ... he has not said what church he attends, or if he attends one regularly." www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/ele...houstonchronicle.comAs Ken Paxton attacks James Talarico on faith, his church remains a mysteryThe GOP Senate nominee talks a lot about God and Christianity. But he hasn't said much recently about his own religious journey. 713032
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Thank you @adamserwer.bsky.social for the fullest account of what’s actually dangerous in higher ed right now. State censorship at incredible scale. And for particulars of expert history framed as ideology I note @sethrockman.bsky.social on the block here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comAll the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In TexasThe state now controls what professors can teach. 714070
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerSabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A new column by @willbunch.bsky.social about how York County, Pa. has "became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S." www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...inquirer.comHow York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will BunchLocal cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home. 03214
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerStephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The @inquirer.com keeping freedom of the press alive in the city where it was founded. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...inquirer.comThe Case for Impeachment | OpinionA series of essays illuminating how Donald Trump — an out-of-control president focused on his own profiteering while trampling the rule of law — is a clear and present danger to the republic. 12610
Reposted by Prof. Anthea Butlerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty. 11280921668
Reposted by Prof. Anthea ButlerNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Nick Sirianni has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He is refusing to fly home to Philadelphia and is requesting political asylum. 1366791