Burton Speakman
@burtonspeakman.bsky.social
Associate Professor of journalism at Kennesaw State. Former journalist and researcher of partisan media. Here's a link to some of my academic work https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gryU4LAAAAAJ&hl=en
When faculty talked about these syllabi being posted online would end up being something that would be used to target professors this situation at Texas A&M is what they meant. This is part of the fired professor's syllabus. It clearly shows the course covers transgender topics.
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
When faculty talked about these syllabi being posted online would end up being something that would be used to target professors this situation at Texas A&M is what they meant. This is part of the fired professor's syllabus. It clearly shows the course covers transgender topics.
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It’s not that reality and history are being rewritten… but that they’re being essentially erased by a flood of bullshit that functions as a pervasive noise, rendering it harder and harder to find the signal.
The purpose of AI is to destroy any consensus of history, example #4,528,926
AI Generated 'Boring History' Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History
"These AI videos are just repeating things that are on the internet, so you end up with a very simplified version of the past."
www.404media.co
September 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s not that reality and history are being rewritten… but that they’re being essentially erased by a flood of bullshit that functions as a pervasive noise, rendering it harder and harder to find the signal.
This might be one of the worst takes about AI that I've read recently. Talk to me when accuracy is over 60%. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation
“Higher education as we know it is on the verge of becoming obsolete,” the former Google AI leader told Fortune.
www.yahoo.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This might be one of the worst takes about AI that I've read recently. Talk to me when accuracy is over 60%. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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My university is rolling out a whole suite of AI tools “aligned with institutional values.” One of them promises to help you brainstorm new ideas, draft writing, etc.
I’m losing my mind. Faculty were not consulted on any of this. I am on the relevant faculty committees and nada.
I’m losing my mind. Faculty were not consulted on any of this. I am on the relevant faculty committees and nada.
August 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My university is rolling out a whole suite of AI tools “aligned with institutional values.” One of them promises to help you brainstorm new ideas, draft writing, etc.
I’m losing my mind. Faculty were not consulted on any of this. I am on the relevant faculty committees and nada.
I’m losing my mind. Faculty were not consulted on any of this. I am on the relevant faculty committees and nada.
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This is the truth. We have the best universities in the world right now and essentially export education.
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds
Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants
www.forbes.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the truth. We have the best universities in the world right now and essentially export education.
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
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📢 Mississippi Today is hiring for several positions:
• Health editor: bit.ly/4mkuj27
• Education editor: bit.ly/4lP2hM6
• Education reporter: bit.ly/4lNWExE
• Video producer: bit.ly/4lJZrYR
• Jackson reporter: bit.ly/3IOUeAk
#journalismjobs
• Health editor: bit.ly/4mkuj27
• Education editor: bit.ly/4lP2hM6
• Education reporter: bit.ly/4lNWExE
• Video producer: bit.ly/4lJZrYR
• Jackson reporter: bit.ly/3IOUeAk
#journalismjobs
July 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
📢 Mississippi Today is hiring for several positions:
• Health editor: bit.ly/4mkuj27
• Education editor: bit.ly/4lP2hM6
• Education reporter: bit.ly/4lNWExE
• Video producer: bit.ly/4lJZrYR
• Jackson reporter: bit.ly/3IOUeAk
#journalismjobs
• Health editor: bit.ly/4mkuj27
• Education editor: bit.ly/4lP2hM6
• Education reporter: bit.ly/4lNWExE
• Video producer: bit.ly/4lJZrYR
• Jackson reporter: bit.ly/3IOUeAk
#journalismjobs
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Improving the economy one step at a time? www.ajc.com/news/health-...
Mass layoffs at Atlanta-based CDC spread shock
The shock waves are spreading after more than 1,000 employees at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were fired over the weekend.
www.ajc.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Improving the economy one step at a time? www.ajc.com/news/health-...
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Ignore the media headlines reporting that freezing federal spending or shuttering federal agencies “raise questions” or “push boundaries.” It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.
Breaking the Law
Just weeks in, the Trump administration has violated rules, laws, and the Constitution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ignore the media headlines reporting that freezing federal spending or shuttering federal agencies “raise questions” or “push boundaries.” It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.
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Our School is hiring two Assistant Professors (Ad Astra Fellows): five-year tenure-track positions with an annual research budget of €5k, teaching reductions, and a fully-funded PhD researcher.
Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
January 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our School is hiring two Assistant Professors (Ad Astra Fellows): five-year tenure-track positions with an annual research budget of €5k, teaching reductions, and a fully-funded PhD researcher.
Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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Based on the capitulation of most social media to right-wing forces BlueSky is the only social media I'll be using. I understand one account isn't that much, but I refuse to allow these companies to sell me as a subscriber.
January 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Based on the capitulation of most social media to right-wing forces BlueSky is the only social media I'll be using. I understand one account isn't that much, but I refuse to allow these companies to sell me as a subscriber.
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point
Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds
www.science.org
December 1, 2024 at 10:25 PM
"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
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EDITORS: Come work with us. The ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit has an opening.
Deputy Texas Editor
Austin, Texas, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
EDITORS: Come work with us. The ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit has an opening.
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NEW: Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM
NEW: Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.
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The attorneys general of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri, are claiming that "expanded access to abortion pills is “causing a loss in potential population or potential population increase,” and “decreased births” were inflicting “a sovereign injury to the state itself.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Opinion | The Declining Population Argument Against Abortion Returns
Three states are calling on the federal courts for help in making women have more babies.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The attorneys general of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri, are claiming that "expanded access to abortion pills is “causing a loss in potential population or potential population increase,” and “decreased births” were inflicting “a sovereign injury to the state itself.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
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“Bluesky is an echo chamber!”
Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.
Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.
November 19, 2024 at 1:53 AM
“Bluesky is an echo chamber!”
Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.
Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.
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An academic study found that on July 13, 2024 — the day Musk endorsed Trump — there was a systemic change across Twitter resulting in massive increases in reach for Musk and other accounts supporting Trump.
This should be a scandal.
This should be a scandal.
Source:
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
A computational analysis of potential algorithmic bias on platform X during the 2024 US election | QUT ePrints
Graham, Timothy & Andrejevic, Mark (2024) A computational analysis of potential algorithmic bias on platform X during the 2024 US election. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)
eprints.qut.edu.au
November 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
An academic study found that on July 13, 2024 — the day Musk endorsed Trump — there was a systemic change across Twitter resulting in massive increases in reach for Musk and other accounts supporting Trump.
This should be a scandal.
This should be a scandal.
My wife sent me this and I can fully understand this vibe.
November 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM
My wife sent me this and I can fully understand this vibe.
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Patriot Front, the neo-fascist White Nationalist group, in recent weeks has conducted propaganda campaigns in New Hampshire, Virginia, and California.
November 14, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Patriot Front, the neo-fascist White Nationalist group, in recent weeks has conducted propaganda campaigns in New Hampshire, Virginia, and California.