bri watson 🐝
@brimwats.com
they/m | brimwats.com | PhD.
working @westernufims.bsky.social on how GLAMS describe marginalized folks; information's histories & identity in sociotechnical systems
🔗 Homosaurus.org HistSex.org CritCat.org NCPWG.org QMDC & TMDC
working @westernufims.bsky.social on how GLAMS describe marginalized folks; information's histories & identity in sociotechnical systems
🔗 Homosaurus.org HistSex.org CritCat.org NCPWG.org QMDC & TMDC
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Bri Watson - Lecture Series '25 - A World Divided into Sheep & Goats
YouTube video by Rotman Institute of Philosophy
youtu.be
I gave a Rotman Lecture last fall about the my dissertation and book, specifically about the Kinseys (the man and the Institute) and the influence taxonomy has on the labels we use to describe ourselves (gender, sexuality, etc. It was recently uploaded to YouTube:
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
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just heard about Fobazi Ettarh's passing. fuck. we talked only a few times but I was always absolutely bowled over by Fobazi's brilliant, perceptive mind and so-generous spirit. i was so glad to share PhD app advice and help. ugh. what an incredible loss, for family, friends & the field. 💔
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
just heard about Fobazi Ettarh's passing. fuck. we talked only a few times but I was always absolutely bowled over by Fobazi's brilliant, perceptive mind and so-generous spirit. i was so glad to share PhD app advice and help. ugh. what an incredible loss, for family, friends & the field. 💔
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A demolition of the narrative that immigration has caused housing prices to skyrocket. #cdnpoli
The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA
Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM
A demolition of the narrative that immigration has caused housing prices to skyrocket. #cdnpoli
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idk if academic bsky works like this, but does anyone have a shortish reading they like about the why of reading critical theory? this would be for an M.A. class
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
idk if academic bsky works like this, but does anyone have a shortish reading they like about the why of reading critical theory? this would be for an M.A. class
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remember back when we all doodled the current thing for warmups? we could bring that back, maybe, that was fun
February 3, 2026 at 7:52 AM
remember back when we all doodled the current thing for warmups? we could bring that back, maybe, that was fun
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I absolutely burst out laughing
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I absolutely burst out laughing
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Hey, everyone!
You didn't realize, or weren't thinking thru effects or implications of sharing violent propaganda. Understandable!
Researchers who study nazi/supremacist imagery mark it up when sharing to render it not reusable.
So, please, "X out;" draw a line or otherwise disfigure these. 🙏🏼
You didn't realize, or weren't thinking thru effects or implications of sharing violent propaganda. Understandable!
Researchers who study nazi/supremacist imagery mark it up when sharing to render it not reusable.
So, please, "X out;" draw a line or otherwise disfigure these. 🙏🏼
Please for god's sake put a red line through Nazi propaganda if you want to re-post it. Otherwise you're just helping their project of spreading these images. It doesn't matter what words you say. If you disseminate raw images, you are doing their work for them. Please delete.
February 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Hey, everyone!
You didn't realize, or weren't thinking thru effects or implications of sharing violent propaganda. Understandable!
Researchers who study nazi/supremacist imagery mark it up when sharing to render it not reusable.
So, please, "X out;" draw a line or otherwise disfigure these. 🙏🏼
You didn't realize, or weren't thinking thru effects or implications of sharing violent propaganda. Understandable!
Researchers who study nazi/supremacist imagery mark it up when sharing to render it not reusable.
So, please, "X out;" draw a line or otherwise disfigure these. 🙏🏼
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DEM TAYLOR REHMET WINS STATE SENATE SEAT IN TEXAS! The havoc wreaked by Wambsganns, Dunn, and the school boards bought and paid for with their Patriot Mobile money is featured in THE LIBRARIANS, airing Feb 9 on PBS Independent Lens @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @independentlens.bsky.social
Hard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less
‼️‼️ Still a lot TBD, but Rehmet is leading early vote count by **13 POINTS** in a district that Trump won by 17 points. I'll be updating in this thread throughout the night.
February 1, 2026 at 10:42 AM
DEM TAYLOR REHMET WINS STATE SENATE SEAT IN TEXAS! The havoc wreaked by Wambsganns, Dunn, and the school boards bought and paid for with their Patriot Mobile money is featured in THE LIBRARIANS, airing Feb 9 on PBS Independent Lens @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @independentlens.bsky.social
I gave a Rotman Lecture last fall about the my dissertation and book, specifically about the Kinseys (the man and the Institute) and the influence taxonomy has on the labels we use to describe ourselves (gender, sexuality, etc. It was recently uploaded to YouTube:
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
Bri Watson - Lecture Series '25 - A World Divided into Sheep & Goats
YouTube video by Rotman Institute of Philosophy
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I gave a Rotman Lecture last fall about the my dissertation and book, specifically about the Kinseys (the man and the Institute) and the influence taxonomy has on the labels we use to describe ourselves (gender, sexuality, etc. It was recently uploaded to YouTube:
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜
if you see a @dorothyjberry.bsky.social presentation,nyou hafta watch a @dorothyjberry.bsky.social presentation
A potentially engaging distraction: watch me close out a conference on AI in LAM by talking about how all the vagaries of archival description and discovery that LLMs can't address
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hm_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hm_...
Closing Keynote Address (Day 2) - Dorothy Berry, Smithsonian Institute - Fantastic Futures 2025
YouTube video by AI4LAM
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:47 PM
if you see a @dorothyjberry.bsky.social presentation,nyou hafta watch a @dorothyjberry.bsky.social presentation
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As someone who's taught a lot of people network science, I'm famously curmudgeonly about it being overused and inappropriate in 9/10 studies that employ it.
The Epstein files release is one of few situations that demand network analysis.
The Epstein files release is one of few situations that demand network analysis.
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
As someone who's taught a lot of people network science, I'm famously curmudgeonly about it being overused and inappropriate in 9/10 studies that employ it.
The Epstein files release is one of few situations that demand network analysis.
The Epstein files release is one of few situations that demand network analysis.
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My latest for @mashable.com! Ana's story led me to dig into who's behind all the censorship and financial backlash that adult content creators are facing. Lmk your thoughts 👀
Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕
Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕
Most journalists have moved on from this story. Thank you Mashable and @raxsha.bsky.social for covering
mashable.com/article/adul...
mashable.com/article/adul...
Adult creators are still getting debanked — and so are others
"The line in the sand continues to shift."
mashable.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
My latest for @mashable.com! Ana's story led me to dig into who's behind all the censorship and financial backlash that adult content creators are facing. Lmk your thoughts 👀
Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕
Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕
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OP's #1 advice is also critical. DO NOT PAY FOR A PhD, esp in the humanities (but really in any field).
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
OP's #1 advice is also critical. DO NOT PAY FOR A PhD, esp in the humanities (but really in any field).
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This advice is bang-on. Who you will work with as a graduate student will have far FAR more repercussions for your career and who you become as a scholar than the school you go to (and it makes the day-to-day much more tolerable than going somewhere that is more prestigious but is a bad fit).
#2 advice as grad application season heats up: this is impossible for a lots of folks, but if you’ve the luxury of a choice: choose your program based on who you want to go to work with everyday.
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This advice is bang-on. Who you will work with as a graduate student will have far FAR more repercussions for your career and who you become as a scholar than the school you go to (and it makes the day-to-day much more tolerable than going somewhere that is more prestigious but is a bad fit).
machine classification and it's consequences
When you leave the classification part of the process to something lacking a human brain.
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
machine classification and it's consequences
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When you leave the classification part of the process to something lacking a human brain.
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
When you leave the classification part of the process to something lacking a human brain.
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
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Our friends at UCL are hosting an event examining how archives, libraries, and museums underpin a functioning democracy: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
The State of the United States: Safeguarding Knowledge: When Memory Becomes Political
This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Our friends at UCL are hosting an event examining how archives, libraries, and museums underpin a functioning democracy: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
I opened this on a coffeebreak whim and it is such a FUN paper!!
I'm so happy to share this paper. It's about the workings of trial and error in everyday food life. Examining trial and error as a generative practice helps us understand how people adapt and improvise over time, continually creating new information and knowledge.
doi.org/10.1080/1446... (OA)
doi.org/10.1080/1446... (OA)
The dispersed practice of trial and error: understanding adaptation, improvisation and change across food practices
People develop their own ways of enriching the healthiness and tastiness of certain foods, or of their diet, overall. This is often pursued through trial and error, which in this context involves t...
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I opened this on a coffeebreak whim and it is such a FUN paper!!
cosign
I've been thinking today about how, out of everyone who's ever worked for or with me, none have taught me to be a better person and a better supervisor than @halperta.bsky.social. In a *very* competitive field of colleagues with integrity, skill, and drive, they really stood out.
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
cosign
call for Canadian SWers to share their experiences with debanking
Canadian creators! 🌽💦
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 AM
call for Canadian SWers to share their experiences with debanking
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Canadian creators! 🌽💦
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
January 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Canadian creators! 🌽💦
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
@internetmaggie.com and I are writing a report on the debanking of 🇨🇦 adult industry workers and we're looking for a few anecdotes to include. If you've been debanked and are comfortable sharing a few words about your experience (under whatever name you like), drop me a DM!
this is my first winter in London Ontario and I find it absolutely fascinating how the lakes affect the weather so much; we're getting 10cm whereas everybody south of the lakes seem to be getting a metre+, but we've had multiple days of 30+ cm and everyone else had none!
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
this is my first winter in London Ontario and I find it absolutely fascinating how the lakes affect the weather so much; we're getting 10cm whereas everybody south of the lakes seem to be getting a metre+, but we've had multiple days of 30+ cm and everyone else had none!
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People who are still sharing their art with us: thank you 💗
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM
People who are still sharing their art with us: thank you 💗