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Alya Khan

@alyakhan.bsky.social

Senior lecturer in health ethics: philosophy, bioethics, feminism, social research for social change #philosophy #philsky

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Mary Joy@maryjoy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here is my best Habermas story. I am grad student waiting in LONG line for Habermas talk. There is a tall man waiting in front of me. Line moves so we are eventually visible to organizers, a woman looks over & makes horrified face. Runs out: "Prof Habermas! You don't have to wait in line!"

Alya Khan@alyakhan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Bainbridge’s central argument was this: the more sophisticated an automated system becomes, the more demanding, not less, the human role within it. She called this the “ironies of automation”, and the irony she had in mind was structural rather than incidental."

Carl Hendrick@carlhendrick.substack.com · 5mo ago

AI makes it easier to do more and harder to stop. New piece on "AI brain fry", intensified work, and what this means for education. New post ⬇️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/ai-brain-f...

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

MdDoogie3@mddoogie3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6mo ago

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Always been pretty sceptical of "AI inevitability" claims in education but jeez the cash being pumped into it by the Gates Foundation and Abu Dhabi sovereign fund to make AI happen in education in sub-Saharan Africa ... investment is how you make AI "inevitable" www.wamda.com/2025/12/adq-...

ADQ, Gates Foundation commit $40 million to scale responsible AI, edtech across Africa

ADQ and the Gates Foundation have announced a four-year, $40m partnership to scale the responsible use of AI and EdTech to improve...

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University of Oxford@ox.ac.uk · 11mo ago

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Silhouettes of three people in front of a weathered British flag, with the headline: Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls to quit ECHR, Oxford report finds
Alya Khan@alyakhan.bsky.social · last yr.

I recently gave a talk, "Trust & Care: The Ethics & Politics of Participatory Research", in a sth London community centre to a very engaged audience of community organisers, academics, health leaders, policymakers, funders, local councillors & more. Great Q&A after, felt truly collaborative #philsky

A woman (me!) in a black dress & blue cardigan in front of a powerpoint screen presenting to an audience.
Alya Khan@alyakhan.bsky.social · last yr.

Some good discussion in this episode of the podcast series, 'Bioethics in the Margins'. rss.com/podcasts/bio...

"A Survey of Attitudes Toward Social Justice Obligations in the Field of Bioethics" a discussion with AJOB article authors | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

This episode of Bioethics in the Margins features a panel of bioethicists: Danielle Pacia of The Hastings Center, Sana Baban of UMass Chan Medical School, J. Wesley Boyd of Harvard Medical School, and...

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Lyndsey Stonebridge@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · last yr.

"If Evin [prison in Iran] taught me anything it was that freedom does not come from bombs & brutality, nor clever stunts for the cameras. It lies in human connection and empathy.' - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fear | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage, asks former hostage Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe

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