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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There aren't many politicians who I can say I am unambiguously proud to have been represented by, but Barbara Lee is one.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tonight's main event features a British wrestler facing a Japanese wrestler for the title of an American promotion...in France. Rarely has the phrase "world title" been more appropriate. #AEWDynamite

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing I think of when wrestling fans are nostalgic for kayfabe is when Louie Spicolli died, Larry Zbyszko refused to speak when the announce team acknowledged the death – because they'd been feuding in kayfabe. I, for one, am so glad that's not what wrestling is anymore.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was a rare rainy day in Yuma, followed by beautiful skies.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Completely in shock to see the news of Pac's death. Like...he just opened the PPV LAST NIGHT. There are very few wrestling deaths that have come as as big of a shock as Owen Hart's in 1999, but this is one of them.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Maybe Duncan Davitt isn't it. Maybe.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was thinking earlier this is a rare PPV where Speeball isn't on the main card or pre-show. Turns out he's there for...a flag burning!? #AEWAllOut

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Especially considering Toni Storm remains out indefinitely, it's ridiculous how great and how deep AEW's women's division is. #AEWAllOut

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dueling "He's a bastard" and "how you know" chants lololololol. #AEWAllOut

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Drew Cavanaugh, rookie catcher, came into the Giants-Dodgers game as a pinch hitter in the 7th, and has half of a cycle (triple and double). Gotta love the unpredictability of any baseball game ever.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am always surprised to be reminded that some people like Eyes Wide Shut. It's legit one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I saw It's Pat on cable once.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some days, you feel like you're a pretty good teacher. Other days, while prepping for class, you realize that your schedule for the semester has a major screwup, like something that literally is impossible, and you're scrambling 45 minutes before class begins to try to somehow make it work.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The English language broadcast of the CMLL Aniversario show just opened with a message in Spanish about evacuation routes in Arena Mexico in case of emergency...and I kind of love that.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The question of what causes people to be gay has always struck me as the least interesting possible question you can ask about sexuality. And the whole "born that way" discourse has alway a whiff to me of "well it's gross and weird but they can't help it so you gotta just accept it."

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, here's something I learned about Facebook tonight: apparently, you'd better not post a link to a song from Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair that has the album cover as its image, because Facebook will flag your post for nudity and then immediately reject your requested "review."

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who - sold merch with swastikas - said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler - tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Am I the only one constantly mixing up the names of the New York and Los Angeles WPBL teams because LA is the Queens and "Queens" immediately makes me think New York!?

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The San Francisco Firebells just defeated the Boston Hunters 2 games to 0 to advance to the first ever WPBL championship series! As a Bay Area native, this is the only baseball thing in like...a few years that hasn't sucked, lol.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There'a gubernatorial election here, and an ad for the incumbent just had audio of a newscaster saying, "Bucking her own party, Katie Hobbs..." and I had a moment of bafflement because I 100% heard "fucking" before realizing it was "bucking."

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Imagine doing or writing any of this and not being completely ashamed of yourself.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anxiety is a fun thing to have because it's like you have a little friend who lives inside your head and also it hates you.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One thing about teaching in a border town: I have a lot of students who live in Mexico and walk across the border for classes. So they're at the mercy of the border crossing. Twice in the last week, I've had multiple students unable to make it, because the border line just isn't moving.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So this is really interesting to me, though I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I was a couple blocks from the WTC on 9/11 and I've always worried about health impacts. I have a persistent minor cough. I've tried asking doctors, but they never seem to really know how to respond when I bring it up.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A couple of (closely related) things I think a lot about in my teaching:

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I cannot emphasize strongly enough how infuriated I am by professors who prey on students, and how important it is to keep them as far away from any campus as possible. I have seen this kind of thing literally destroy lives. Just disgusting.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I have no reason to post this except that I find that a hilarious sentence to write. If you run a simulation of the universe from scratch a trillion times, I have to imagine this is the only run where that sentence could make sense.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The second season of For All Mankind has an alternate history Lee Atwater telling a closeted gay man, in a conversation about a closeted lesbian, that professional wrestling is the only honest sport because it's so blatantly dishonest.

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026

I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My wife and I have been slowly rewatching King of the Hill for years, and have finally gotten to the last episode…of the original run. So still have two seasons of the revival. Here’s hoping it’s good!

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

OH ALSO. When I sleep, I constantly stop breathing, nearly once a minute. AKA, I have obstructive sleep apnea. It's totally controlled by CPAP, but yeah. I can't even sleep and breathe at the same time wtf.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have so many of these. I can't blink with my left eye, can't whistle or snap my fingers properly, am terrible at parallel parking (but am otherwise a good driver), get easily confused about anything involving spacial relations. Basically I am a highly incompetent human.

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Will Ospreay did not have pink trunks at the start of this match. He does at the end. #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"If x loses we riot" is usually hyperbole, but I legit think the stadium might riot if Ospreay doesn't win tonight...and deservedly so. #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In wrestling, heights jumped off of are routinely exaggerated. THAT, though, was a height that you could've cut in half and it would still have been batshit. #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How can you not love Taz just marking out over a snapmare!? #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You got Mistico in my Komander! You got Komander in my Mistico! #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

0.5 matches into the main show, and we've already gotten a shocking a return, a very not-shocking return, and a very very not-shocking debut. #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hey, it’s the return of TNA legend Consequences Creed! Wonder what he’s been doing in the meantime though…!? #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Britt Baker AND Thekla! One of these was a lot more surprising than the other though. #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Tried going back over the HBO Max. The audio seems fine there, EXCEPT that when an entrance is happening, the audio is a mess, with the music, commentary, etc., getting all over each other – which isn't happening on Youtube. Seriously hope HBO sorts it all out before the main show! #AEWAllIn

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Joshua Yu Burnett @joshuayuburnett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There's so much to discuss here, from the gender politics to the fact that, as you read it, it becomes clear that they're using "salad," without modifiers, to obviously mean jello salad/aspic.

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