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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 01/10/2026

Flamethrowers! 🔥 We are trying something new. Patrons can vote on what topic they'd like to hear the hosts chat about in between our planned monthly episodes. 🗳️ Voting is open through the weekend! 🙋‍♀️ What do you want BIAD to talk about? www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...

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VOTE! on BIAD's next Hot Take | Burn It All Down

VOTE! on BIAD's next Hot Take by Burn It All Down on Patreon. Join Burn It All Down's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 30/09/2026

From book recs to deeper dives into the politics of women’s sports, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @shireenahmed.bsky.social tackle your listener-submitted mailbag questions in our latest special on Patreon! 📚🎧 Watch here: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 28/09/2026

On our latest episode, co-host @amirarose.bsky.social shares a history lesson spanning the 70s through the present day on how money is tied to power and control over US college students and sports. Watch on Youtube or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuk...

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 18/09/2026

How did the sports we love become swallowed up by big money and private equity? Amira, Lindsay and Jessica disentangle issues around the “death of sports” on the latest episode of BIAD! Watch here or find us wherever you listen to podcasts: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuk...

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 16/09/2026

New! 🔥 Shireen and Lindsay drop a bonus episode on the Sydney Sweeney sports betting ad, and how younger athletes are using the conversation around it to speak up: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow... Free and open to all on our Patreon!

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 10/09/2026

Really proud to have had the Texas Observer's cover story earlier this year about why trans inclusion in sport is good, actually.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

(This video contains descriptions of sexual abuse.) At 15, Ashlee Orndorff was a rising basketball star in Hawthorne, Nevada. But behind her success on the court, Orndorff says she was carrying a terrible secret: Her Amateur Athletic Union coach, Matt Williams, had been sexually abusing her.

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don’t hire scab officials in sports (or any labor sector)! Or you get this nonsense…

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.

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Jorge Téllez @jorgetellez.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Dept. of Cinema & Media Studies at Penn is hiring: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Global South media studies with expertise in Latin American, African, and/or African diasporic media cultures. More info here: apply.interfolio.com/191793

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In research today, I learned that the “Mohawk team” won bronze in lacrosse at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, technically as the second Canada team. This makes the IOC’s refusal to let the Haudenosaunee play in LA 2028 all the more frustrating- there are precedents for how to make it happen!

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Kalshi is gambling and predatory, hopeful ruling lays out regulation possibilities :) Yesterday, NYC council announced an investigation and hearing for Kalshi, Polynarket, Coinbase and Gemini Titan.

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 05/08/2026

As sports betting balloons into a trillion dollar industry, what does that mean for the games we love? On this week’s episode, Amira, Lindsay, and Brenda take a timely look at the implications of gambling on media, governance, and of course women’s sports: www.youtube.com/watch?si=CNy...

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Ep. 275: All bets are off: How sports gambling has conquered the world

YouTube video by Burn It All Down

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy to see Infantino in a pickle. At same time, how is Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, of Jordanian state monarchy, even allowed to serve as an FA president?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gutting to see the sweltering empty stadium for #NIG v #ZAM. #WAFCON deserved better. The Morocco FA should be ashamed.

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Predictably non-committal and spineless from Conmebol on proposal to sell FIFA World Cup!

Conmebol calls for unity for all football. It says they are asking FIFA for more information about the proposal to allow private investors to own parts of World Cup tournament.

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Seems like a good time for women’s national teams to reconsider their relationship to FIFA. They can forget about any development money or support for grassroots if it is just a one time 20 million dollar bribe going to their federations. Where is USSF leadership here?

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There are 41 federations in Concacaf and 47 in AFC. Their sympathy with UEFA bodes poorly for Infantino’s plan to bribe federations 20 million each for selling WC to Kushner & co. Since Conmebol has only 10 voted, I expect Dominguez to do whatever will benefit him personally.

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Now tell me why people need to use genAI to do stuff that many or even most people can do with some combo of practice, training, and patience. No person is an island. If there's a thing you can't or won't do, perhaps you can exchange a skill/time/money of your own with someone who can. 1/

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France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins

Coming days are ‘absolutely critical’ for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say

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Fare network @farenet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Global 🌐 Football was built by workers, railway staff, miners, dockers, but FIFA's commercialisation risks erasing that legacy. A new piece traces the working-class roots of clubs from West Ham to Boca Juniors. buff.ly/Bnmb73U

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The same playbook of “calling for fifa” to care about human rights has not worked. Just to start the cycle of “calls” will not reform FIFA. I respect the work of many activists in this space, but we have to admit that it has not forced the change we are after: www.forbes.com/sites/minkyw...

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For Next FIFA World Cup, Make Human Rights The Goal

When the 2026 World Cup concludes on Sunday, US President Donald Trump will be on stage to lift the trophy—making this World Cup a new sportswashing exemplar.

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 18/07/2026

BONUS | Listen up, Brenda has a theory‼️🔥 @shireenahmed.bsky.social and @brendaelsey.bsky.social preview the Men's #worldcup final in our latest bonus episode Watch here: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 17/07/2026

Technology and the men's #worldcup, we have some burning thoughts💭🔥 @brendaelsey.bsky.social, @jessicawluther.com, and @shireenahmed.bsky.social take stock of the 2026 Men’s World Cup in our latest episode! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yTd...

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There is little that delights like when fans of one of the world’s most vicious empires, and monarchists to boot, lose their shit about how playing fields aren’t even.

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

19 Epstein survivors. One PSA. One message to the Senate: vote no on Blanche. When trafficking survivors tell you the man running DOJ has failed them — believe them. #BlockBlanche

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This has a causal relationship with decreases in women’s writing, interviewed, and invited as analysts during this World Cup. This tournament has taken a step backwards in gender equity. No wonder the plague of sexual assaults isn’t discussed- if we can’t even have women in the room.

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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 14/07/2026

NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.

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Man dies during immigration encounter in Florida, the third ICE-involved death in a week

Third ICE-involved death in a week confirmed after fatal St. Augustine crash during joint agency operation. National outrage grows over enforcement and deaths

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 14/07/2026

France and Spain meet in the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup semi-finals today, and our hosts have opinions👀🔥 Catch the full episode where @brendaelsey.bsky.social, @jessicawluther.com, and @shireenahmed.bsky.social break down the Men's World Cup so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yTd...

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Commentators and FIFA are so good at avoiding any reference to the Women’s World Cup in Brazil next year. I thought as the number of games dwindled and they searched for content, some major outlet may slip up and mention it. They’ve committed to the sexist bit!

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 13/07/2026

New episode🎙️⚽️ More than 100 matches into the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup, @brendaelsey.bsky.social, @jessicawluther.com, and @shireenahmed.bsky.social break down the biggest storylines and standout moments so far. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yTd...

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

England fans finding out Harry Kane has been playing golf with Donald Trump

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Wtf Tom Delonge's Mullet Look

ALT: Wtf Tom Delonge's Mullet Look

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I think national eligibility for managers in World Cups should be the same as the players. Not in a patriotic way, just seeking consistency and curse avoidance.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 07/07/2026

Buck up, US fans. The women’s World Cup is less than a year away.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mbappe fires back at the racist Paraguayan senator who said he grew up with chimpanzees

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Where is the three step protocol? Por favor, the homophobic chant is a curse on El Tri! Attribution always to @fromaleftwing.bsky.social for rightly forecasting.

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The red card was invented after the Battle of Chile between Chile and Italy in men’s World Cup 1962- premiered in 1970.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 05/07/2026

Sources have told the Guardian that Trump made three calls to Fifa, starting from Wednesday, to ensure that the change was made and Balogun's one-game ban was suspended. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium

The US striker was shown red in the team’s last-32 match, but the card and its suspension were thought to not be eligible for appeal.

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Friendly PSA, really no snark. Columbia is a university and Colombia is a country that is playing in the World Cup.

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Fare network @farenet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Palestine 🇵🇸 Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Al-Ashqar has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Palestinian FA reports over 1,000 Palestinian athletes have been killed since October 2023. buff.ly/WGM1rs6

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