Some ppl in my intellectual community don't agree with me but I believe it's important to have a prosperous economy. & one of my master theories about the world is that we squander SO much of our natural resource base on animal agriculture, which is not economically important. 1/

the most water-intensive, least economically productive ag; much of that will be animal agriculture feed crops, which now make up nearly half of all water consumption from the Colorado River. Sure, agriculture is politically powerful & many people 5/ www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Why the Western US is running out of water, in one chart

Cows are draining the Colorado River.

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Everyone knows the American West has been loaded up with too much water-intensive ag, and winding that back will be painful for some constituency no matter what, but we face no choice. The only way for American life & growth to continue to be viable in the region is to buy out 4/

"further, all such signage shall include a picture of President Donald J Trump crying like a little baby."

Reuters@reuters.com · 2w ago

Trump signs executive order related to Smithsonian Institution, White House says reut.rs/4yDeryv

"Liberals yearn for a party that reflects our values and has the nerve to really fight the right. Many liberals see those values reflected more in democratic socialists than in the likes of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. The DSA is not a threat to the Democratic party or to liberalism."

What Is Liberal in Liberal Socialism

Local DSA chapters may have much to offer resistance liberals.

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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

The vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.

I applaud the researchers for their determination and creative problem-solving, but man, this is bleak

Live Science@livescience.com · 2w ago

'We're trying this out of frustration': Marmots star in OnlyFans account as researchers desperately look for ways to raise funds amid US budget cuts www.livescience.com/animals/land...

Fun fact: I did my MA at Wyoming. It was an instiution full of wonderful professors, mentors, and colleagues. This makes me sad.

Samantha Brennan@samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy." dailynous.com/2026/07/23/u...

growing slightly concerned about the lengths the Trump administration is willing to go to in order to obtain access to money not appropriated by Congress

Gluten-free Seitan@davidjorgonson.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?" Financial Times - archive link The White House refuses to disclose any info! It could mostly be stolen, we don't know. Venezuela's exporting more & their economy's growing less. archive.is/202607221904...

A memorial reads "He Should Be Alive," at the intersection of Willy and Baldwin, where this afternoon Madison police shot and killed a 30-year-old man on a bike. For many, today evoked a feeling of deja vu. Team coverage from @isthmusmadison.bsky.social is now online. isthmus.com/news/news/fa...

Iván has been a crucial contributor to UT's #STS community, and the news that he was denied tenure is simultaneously disappointing and deeply troublesome...

🪬Lina-Maria Murillo@drlmmurillo.bsky.social · 2w ago

My brilliant colleague Iván Chaar López 's tenure denial is not only a threat to UT faculty, but to all scholars who research topics considered "controversial." His case is a model for how to deny tenure with zero justifications to him or his colleagues. www.statesman.com/news/educati...

"The modern soybean is one of the world’s miracle technologies, capable of cheaply, efficiently, and healthfully feeding billions of people. But, unfortunately, we’ve mostly chosen to squander it on the most destructive purposes possible." ~ @mbolotnikova.bsky.social 🎁 www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Soybeans deserve better than us 🫛

We're destroying what remains of the world's rainforests for biofuels that aren't benefitting the climate at all, & the Trump admin's unprecedented expansion of the state-manufactured market for soybean oil-based diesel will make it all the worse. It really be that bad :(

Why the Trump administration loves the stupidest renewable energy

America’s biofuels policy is helping destroy the world’s rainforests

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I think what @andymasley.bsky.social misses here is liberalism isn't *just* a machinery for mediating conflicting values but a value itself. Its adherents do it a disservice when they hide behind technocracy b/c—as, to his credit, Andy says—freedom & choice rock blog.andymasley.com/p/toward-env...

Toward environmental liberalism

The underlying normative claim of my environmental writing

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"well, diarrhea *does* have all the same letters as DEI" ~ @mbolotnikova.bsky.social

Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 4w ago

"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."

Has anyone written about infrastructural translation as a coherent, self-contained concept? I found some STS papers that use it in passing but wondering if I’m missing anything.

Great to see so much fantastic history of geosciences at the upcoming HSS meeting! (Sorry to miss this #FOMO) #HPS #HistGeo

Will Thomas@williamthomas.bsky.social · 4w ago

In today's AIP History Weekly Edition, we sifted through the mammoth program for the ESHS/HSS meeting in Edinburgh next week to highlight talks related to the history of the modern physical sciences. It's a lot, and there was much we didn't cover. Full program here: hssonline.org/page/Edinbur...

i genuinely think that maga hates america. they hate america because america makes them feel small.

the promise has always been failed, the promise has always been imperfect, but the promise remains--the idea remains--and this is what keeps worms like steven miller up at night. he can't stand the thought of it.

NEW: The Associated Press has called the Colorado GOP Gov primary for ministry leader Victor Marx. Here is my interview with Marx in May about his unsubstantiated claims, the number of people he's killed as a civilian, and the exorcisms he performs.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here is my full 30 minute interview with the Republican frontrunner for Colorado Governor: youtu.be/KywOV9EkNFg?...

I appreciate all of you talking about washing your leafy greens, but it just doesn’t remove much cyclospora. Cooking kills them, otherwise we have to just keep them out of the food supply.

Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 4w ago

"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."

Referee reports supplied per year should be a required line on academic CVs

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4w ago

I just handled a manuscript where we had to invite 17 referees to get 2 reviews. I used to wonder why peer review takes so long. Multiple factors are at play. But editors face a Herculean task of getting reviewers to accept and then deliver in the current moment.

Faculty/job market veterans on #philsky: consider volunteering as a mentor for recent graduates on the job market through the APA. While it has never been easy, it is an especially stressful time to be looking for an academic job, and we could all use more community! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

APA Job-Market Mentoring Program MENTOR Application

The APA Job-Market Mentoring Program, run by the APA’s Committee on Academic Career Opportunities and Placement, pairs philosophers going on the academic job market with mentors who have recent experi...

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🧵The first peer-reviewed meta-analysis of leather's carbon footprint, by Mikaila Roncevich & @matthewhayek.bsky.social, finds that leather's emissions are about 70% higher than previously thought & WAYY higher than vegan leather (both synthetic & bio-based). Gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Leather is not an innocent byproduct of the meat industry

Your leather purse might put out as much carbon as 35 hamburgers. But the alternative doesn’t have to be junky pleather!

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Our media will of course learn no lessons from this, but the initial ICE narrative about the two murders it committed here in Minneapolis was 100% false, slanderously depicting the victims as aggressors attempting to kill federal agents. Literally zero reason to believe ICE here. Zilch. None.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigating

Job klaxon: we’re hiring a one-year position in the History of 19th and/or 20th century Western medicine broadly construed, with capacity for teaching courses related to women/gender and health history and the history of technology and medicine. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/374...

Careers

This position is based on campus. Per UMN policy, work may be done remotely when appropriate and approved by your manager.  All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety procedures.

hr.myu.umn.edu

there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w ago

what a fucking asshole

Until we address the fact most talented soccer players in the US can’t afford to compete because club and travel teams have snuffed rec/school ball out, this is probably going to keep happening.

It is hardly news that the noisy correlation-based data on ultra-processed foods is very low-quality, but it turns out that the UPF randomized controlled trials probably don't offer strong evidence of the harms of "ultra-processing," either. Gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The evidence against “ultra-processed” foods is weaker than you think

New analysis suggests other factors may explain the harms blamed on “ultra-processing”

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feat @bennettmcintosh.com: