Joshua Yu Burnett
@joshuayuburnett.bsky.social
Prof of Multilingual Comp @ AWC. Degrees in Creative Writing & Af Am Lit, Scholarship in Black Speculative Fiction. Ex-expat in Bangladesh & Mexico. Dork/weirdo. Nonbinary, any pronouns fine as long as you don't call me "Mr." or "Sir." From the Bay.
GRADES ARE SUBMITTED HELL YEAAAAAAAAAH.
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
GRADES ARE SUBMITTED HELL YEAAAAAAAAAH.
Tonight’s dinner: lima bean tagine.
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tonight’s dinner: lima bean tagine.
First example of this I remember was how Henry Hyde, while leading the impeachment of Clinton, dismissed his own past affair as a "youthful indiscretion." He was in his 40s when it happened.
It's only gotten worse since then.
It's only gotten worse since then.
Wild that someone can be in their 30s, have a massive book deal, a full-fledged journalism career, and live in Malibu or some sht, and people will talk about them like "oh, but they're so YOUNG, can they really be responsible for their behavior when there were OTHER PEOPLE around??" JFC.
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
First example of this I remember was how Henry Hyde, while leading the impeachment of Clinton, dismissed his own past affair as a "youthful indiscretion." He was in his 40s when it happened.
It's only gotten worse since then.
It's only gotten worse since then.
I've been working as hard as possible to grade work that was submitted early for several days, but my end-of-semester grading deluge begins officially this morning.
As of right now, if every student who requested an extension turns in their work, I have 65 portfolios to grade in the next 4 days.
As of right now, if every student who requested an extension turns in their work, I have 65 portfolios to grade in the next 4 days.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've been working as hard as possible to grade work that was submitted early for several days, but my end-of-semester grading deluge begins officially this morning.
As of right now, if every student who requested an extension turns in their work, I have 65 portfolios to grade in the next 4 days.
As of right now, if every student who requested an extension turns in their work, I have 65 portfolios to grade in the next 4 days.
This is right across the border in Mexico. I walk past it every time I’m coming back across the border, and it makes me giggle every time because I am 12.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is right across the border in Mexico. I walk past it every time I’m coming back across the border, and it makes me giggle every time because I am 12.
My father, who has been teaching at the college level since the 80s, is teaching his last class ever as I type this. This after my mother – who had also taught since the 80s – retired last semester. It's kind of crazy to contemplate.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My father, who has been teaching at the college level since the 80s, is teaching his last class ever as I type this. This after my mother – who had also taught since the 80s – retired last semester. It's kind of crazy to contemplate.
The really exhausting thing about dealing with AI-based plagiarism is how ambiguous it can be. There are cases when writing is very, very clearly AI and it's easy to prove. There are others where it's just a lot of grey area. In these, I have conversations with students and try to make a judgment.
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The really exhausting thing about dealing with AI-based plagiarism is how ambiguous it can be. There are cases when writing is very, very clearly AI and it's easy to prove. There are others where it's just a lot of grey area. In these, I have conversations with students and try to make a judgment.
If you didn’t know: there are a lot of wild turkeys in the East Bay.
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you didn’t know: there are a lot of wild turkeys in the East Bay.
In an uncharacteristic display of extreme self control, I only bought 9 books while in the Bay Area!
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In an uncharacteristic display of extreme self control, I only bought 9 books while in the Bay Area!
Oooh.
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Oooh.
Now reading. I already know the title story, but I’m excited to see the rest.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Now reading. I already know the title story, but I’m excited to see the rest.
Never forget. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
stokely hathaway: “i'm short, i'm bald, i can't get any hoes, i've been fighting my entire life!”
YouTube video by RahRah's Hit Posts (RahRahsHitPosts)
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Never forget. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Now reading.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Now reading.
My wife is a few years older than me, and Snuffleupagus is a dividing line between us: she remembers him as Big Bird's imaginary friend, I remember him as real and interacting with everyone.
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My wife is a few years older than me, and Snuffleupagus is a dividing line between us: she remembers him as Big Bird's imaginary friend, I remember him as real and interacting with everyone.
We are the stupidest dystopia.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are the stupidest dystopia.
I don't use ChatGPT much at all, but when I do it's usually just to ask really absurd questions, like, "If Toni Morrison had taken over writing Hagar the Horrible, what would the strips have been like?" to see what it could possibly spit out.
(The answers are generally pretty meh...of course)
(The answers are generally pretty meh...of course)
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I don't use ChatGPT much at all, but when I do it's usually just to ask really absurd questions, like, "If Toni Morrison had taken over writing Hagar the Horrible, what would the strips have been like?" to see what it could possibly spit out.
(The answers are generally pretty meh...of course)
(The answers are generally pretty meh...of course)
Now reading.
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now reading.
Starting on Pluribus tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Starting on Pluribus tonight.
Will I ever be represented in the House again? Fucking unclear.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Will I ever be represented in the House again? Fucking unclear.
1997. Also giving goth. Self-identify more as punk, though.
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
1997. Also giving goth. Self-identify more as punk, though.
Now reading.
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Now reading.
1. As a former New Yorker who actually, you know, gives a shit, I was filled with dread when Cuomo entered the race, and would've accepted a mediocre candidate as long as they beat him.
2. I'm delighted with Mamdani above and beyond that.
3. This is a freaking amazing photograph.
2. I'm delighted with Mamdani above and beyond that.
3. This is a freaking amazing photograph.
Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1. As a former New Yorker who actually, you know, gives a shit, I was filled with dread when Cuomo entered the race, and would've accepted a mediocre candidate as long as they beat him.
2. I'm delighted with Mamdani above and beyond that.
3. This is a freaking amazing photograph.
2. I'm delighted with Mamdani above and beyond that.
3. This is a freaking amazing photograph.
HOW THE FUCK did the entire Democratic establishment look at the election of NOTED NON-CENTRIST DONALD TRUMP, and conclude to it that the only way to win an election is to be a centrist!?
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
HOW THE FUCK did the entire Democratic establishment look at the election of NOTED NON-CENTRIST DONALD TRUMP, and conclude to it that the only way to win an election is to be a centrist!?
Sometimes, when I’m out on a walk in the evening, I take pictures.
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Sometimes, when I’m out on a walk in the evening, I take pictures.