Robin L Turner
@robinlturnerphd.blacksky.app
Mostly a reskeeter. tradition, gender, land tenure, and resource politics in Southern Africa. I block would be followers without profiles.
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Biggest shocker at my talk today, which is consistent with my other talks and media stuff, is that the acceptance rate for men and women are different at highly selective institutions. Men have a much higher acceptance rate because most colleges are scared to go beyond a 60/40 ratio.
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Biggest shocker at my talk today, which is consistent with my other talks and media stuff, is that the acceptance rate for men and women are different at highly selective institutions. Men have a much higher acceptance rate because most colleges are scared to go beyond a 60/40 ratio.
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@kbriquelet.bsky.social broke the story for The Beast of the secret Epstein charity funneling money to Harvard in *2019*.
archive.ph/urSDo/again?...
Better late than never, I guess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
archive.ph/urSDo/again?...
Better late than never, I guess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@kbriquelet.bsky.social broke the story for The Beast of the secret Epstein charity funneling money to Harvard in *2019*.
archive.ph/urSDo/again?...
Better late than never, I guess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
archive.ph/urSDo/again?...
Better late than never, I guess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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wow! the largest data leak in history - 3.5 billion accounts & it’s even worse - researchers discovered how an attacker can downgrade WhatsApp encryption. Meta turned a blind eye to these findings for a year.
3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.
www.heise.de
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
wow! the largest data leak in history - 3.5 billion accounts & it’s even worse - researchers discovered how an attacker can downgrade WhatsApp encryption. Meta turned a blind eye to these findings for a year.
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
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Just wanted to say: Have been reading versions of this a lot.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Just wanted to say: Have been reading versions of this a lot.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
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While executives and those at the top keep getting richer, Starbucks baristas aren’t making a livable wage.
Starbucks workers nationwide are fighting for a fair contract, wages, dignity, and respect on the job. #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks workers nationwide are fighting for a fair contract, wages, dignity, and respect on the job. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
While executives and those at the top keep getting richer, Starbucks baristas aren’t making a livable wage.
Starbucks workers nationwide are fighting for a fair contract, wages, dignity, and respect on the job. #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks workers nationwide are fighting for a fair contract, wages, dignity, and respect on the job. #NoContractNoCoffee
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"While airline CEOs pay themselves tens of millions of dollars and enjoy lavish perks, too many airport service workers don’t have affordable healthcare or the benefits they need to take care of their families." - @seiupres.bsky.social, April Verrett's full statement: seiu.co/4i7gTFz
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"While airline CEOs pay themselves tens of millions of dollars and enjoy lavish perks, too many airport service workers don’t have affordable healthcare or the benefits they need to take care of their families." - @seiupres.bsky.social, April Verrett's full statement: seiu.co/4i7gTFz
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
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Sylvia Wynter, O.J. is a Jamaican novelist, dramatist, critic, philosopher, and essayist.
Born 11 May 1928, she is 97 !! 👑
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #BlackSky 🌱
A letter by Sylvia Wynter written in response to the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
Born 11 May 1928, she is 97 !! 👑
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #BlackSky 🌱
A letter by Sylvia Wynter written in response to the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sylvia Wynter, O.J. is a Jamaican novelist, dramatist, critic, philosopher, and essayist.
Born 11 May 1928, she is 97 !! 👑
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #BlackSky 🌱
A letter by Sylvia Wynter written in response to the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
Born 11 May 1928, she is 97 !! 👑
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #BlackSky 🌱
A letter by Sylvia Wynter written in response to the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
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People of NYC: rare opportunity to see m. nourbeSe philip perform her poem Zong! in its entirety and for free at BAM tonight.
For more on Zong! - www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/
For more on Zong! - www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/
I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long
A constellation of artists, poets, and performers activate BAM’s spaces.
www.bam.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
People of NYC: rare opportunity to see m. nourbeSe philip perform her poem Zong! in its entirety and for free at BAM tonight.
For more on Zong! - www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/
For more on Zong! - www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Caribbean philosopher Sylvia Wynter explored modern history from the perspective of slavery, the Middle passage and plantation economics. In this animated short, Wynter calls on us to rethink the very notion of what it is to be human.
From the "Race Historicised: Epistemologies of Colour" series
From the "Race Historicised: Epistemologies of Colour" series
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Caribbean philosopher Sylvia Wynter explored modern history from the perspective of slavery, the Middle passage and plantation economics. In this animated short, Wynter calls on us to rethink the very notion of what it is to be human.
From the "Race Historicised: Epistemologies of Colour" series
From the "Race Historicised: Epistemologies of Colour" series
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"The response to the clip has nothing to do with whether or not Klay is being affected by his relationship with Megan. That is as insignificant as Patrick Beverley’s career is in the annals of NBA history; even though it may have happened, it certainly doesn’t matter right now"
OOOOOHH BURN
OOOOOHH BURN
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"The response to the clip has nothing to do with whether or not Klay is being affected by his relationship with Megan. That is as insignificant as Patrick Beverley’s career is in the annals of NBA history; even though it may have happened, it certainly doesn’t matter right now"
OOOOOHH BURN
OOOOOHH BURN
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There are worse, more dangerous people than Trump. And those people are among Steve Bannon's and Charlie Kirk's and Nick Fuentes' fans.
If you ally yourself with those people to "defeat Trumpism?" then you will do so without Black voters.
Good luck with that.👍🏿
If you ally yourself with those people to "defeat Trumpism?" then you will do so without Black voters.
Good luck with that.👍🏿
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There are worse, more dangerous people than Trump. And those people are among Steve Bannon's and Charlie Kirk's and Nick Fuentes' fans.
If you ally yourself with those people to "defeat Trumpism?" then you will do so without Black voters.
Good luck with that.👍🏿
If you ally yourself with those people to "defeat Trumpism?" then you will do so without Black voters.
Good luck with that.👍🏿
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This.
What's actually surprised me is just how many pedophiles there are.
What's actually surprised me is just how many pedophiles there are.
Black folk aren't as concerned about Trump the individual as white folk are. We're not.🤷🏿♂️
Because a lot of white folk in the US view Trump as the problem. They think he changed how white people think.
No.
Black folk know that the racism was always there. Trump just let them take the mask off.
Because a lot of white folk in the US view Trump as the problem. They think he changed how white people think.
No.
Black folk know that the racism was always there. Trump just let them take the mask off.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This.
What's actually surprised me is just how many pedophiles there are.
What's actually surprised me is just how many pedophiles there are.
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It's one thing to say that AI and crypto are bubbles. It's another to watch senior US government officials use their positions to cash in on it.
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's one thing to say that AI and crypto are bubbles. It's another to watch senior US government officials use their positions to cash in on it.
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🕯 Today we pause to remember the trans people whose lives were taken by violence this year. Those lost to hatred, and those lost to the unbearable weight of living in a world that too often refuses to see their worth.
We hold every name and every story in our hearts.
#TDOR
We hold every name and every story in our hearts.
#TDOR
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🕯 Today we pause to remember the trans people whose lives were taken by violence this year. Those lost to hatred, and those lost to the unbearable weight of living in a world that too often refuses to see their worth.
We hold every name and every story in our hearts.
#TDOR
We hold every name and every story in our hearts.
#TDOR
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"For students, AI teaching appears to be less transformative than it is demoralising".
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"For students, AI teaching appears to be less transformative than it is demoralising".
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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I’m the parent of an autistic kid. What CDC is doing here is offensive.
It’s offensive to me. It says his autism is the result of my ignoring evidence.
It’s offensive to my kid. It says there’s something wrong with him (there’s not) and it would be better to risk literal death than be autistic.
It’s offensive to me. It says his autism is the result of my ignoring evidence.
It’s offensive to my kid. It says there’s something wrong with him (there’s not) and it would be better to risk literal death than be autistic.
Initially, some moms of autistic kids eagerly accepted vaccine lies, because that way they could reject the "refrigerator mother" hypothesis, which blamed autism on "cold" mothering.
Now, those same tired vaccine lies will likely be used to blame moms who choose to vaccinate their kids.
Now, those same tired vaccine lies will likely be used to blame moms who choose to vaccinate their kids.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’m the parent of an autistic kid. What CDC is doing here is offensive.
It’s offensive to me. It says his autism is the result of my ignoring evidence.
It’s offensive to my kid. It says there’s something wrong with him (there’s not) and it would be better to risk literal death than be autistic.
It’s offensive to me. It says his autism is the result of my ignoring evidence.
It’s offensive to my kid. It says there’s something wrong with him (there’s not) and it would be better to risk literal death than be autistic.
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Regarding constructed ignorance:
"In these cases, ignorance is being actively produced through our actions and inactions. The obstacles are not technical but motivational, or structural…
We don’t know because we don’t want to know."
- Charles Mills
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/ignoran...
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"In these cases, ignorance is being actively produced through our actions and inactions. The obstacles are not technical but motivational, or structural…
We don’t know because we don’t want to know."
- Charles Mills
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/ignoran...
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The Radical Generosity of Charles Mills
In both his philosophical work and his interpersonal relationships, Mills offered a model of commitment and magnanimity.
www.thenation.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Regarding constructed ignorance:
"In these cases, ignorance is being actively produced through our actions and inactions. The obstacles are not technical but motivational, or structural…
We don’t know because we don’t want to know."
- Charles Mills
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/ignoran...
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"In these cases, ignorance is being actively produced through our actions and inactions. The obstacles are not technical but motivational, or structural…
We don’t know because we don’t want to know."
- Charles Mills
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/ignoran...
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"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
🔥🔥🔥
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
🔥🔥🔥
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
🔥🔥🔥
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
🔥🔥🔥
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.