I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

Kinda chic to be going for a drink with this view

Wonderful to see that Helen De Cruz has won the International Society for Science & Religion's General Readership Book Prize for her work, Wonderstruck! This illuminating book reveals how wonder and awe are catalysts that can help us reclaim what makes life worth living. Learn more: buff.ly/IYNfe0Q

I like the ones that appear normal at first until you realize a couple that there is something fundamentally wrong with them so I would say: normal centrist who also believes that the Roman Empire isn't real. Votes D because Rs online keep going on about ancient Rome & are therefore part of Them.

Nick Kodama@nickkodama.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey. If the nyt invited you to be part of a focus group what would you do as a bit?

Another banger from the great man

I know we all like to think we are special and not just living stereotypes, but today I took my middle class Marxist fiance out for his birthday and we had vegan tapas, then went to see Nish Kumar and finished the evening in a live jazz pub and honestly I could get used to being that kind of person

sliding this link in here in case anyone is like “oh man I really would love to read The Racial Contract but it’s just not accessible!” Also it’s 180-odd pages, and if you’ve not read it, it’ll upend your understanding of the world, and of philosophy, I promise abolitionjournal.org/wp-content/u...

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · last wk.

One of the basic points in Mills' The Racial Contract (originally published in 1997!) was that, if nothing else, White Supremacy deserves to be taken seriously as one of the great motivating ideologies of modernity and it's bizarre that political philosophers are so disinclined to treat it as such.

I’ve just been named subject editor for the new “Animal ethics” area in the SEP, following my complaint that there are too few articles on this topic (serves me right for complaining). So stay tuned for new entries in the area, and hit me up with suggestions on topics that you think merit one!

sometimes I like to remember studying political science and reading about about international relations and state behavior analyzed with the Rational Actor Model

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.

Last week I was at this really engaging 2 day workshop on animal politics - Alasdair Cochrane has done a fantastic write up of the key themes for #MultispeciesMutualisms multispeciesmutualisms.org/social-ties-...

The call for papers for the 2027 PAMBA meeting at the University of Warwick is now live. We will update our own website with more information in the coming days, but in the meantime here is the PhilEvents page. philevents.org/event/show/1...

Call for Papers - PAMBA 2027

CALL FOR PAPERSThe Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behaviour Association (PAMBA) invites submissions of abstracts for its 2027 biennial meeting, which will be held at the University of Warwick on April...

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Returning home after an absolutely stimulating couple of days at this year's Animal Politics conference, on the theme of mutuality beyond humanity. Such a great bunch of people. I can't wait for next year's edition!

My new bosses at CUNEF University are looking for Assistant Professors in Law! A PhD is required by the starting date of 1 September 2027 www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en... Applications are welcome in any specialty, with a few priorities in light of our current needs (including Public Law!)

Not my problem

Dorsa Amir@dorsaamir.bsky.social · 3w ago

✨A fun little reminder for everyone✨: Future You is not magically less busy. Future You is actually just as busy as Current You + also hates Past You for all the extra stuff you signed them up for.

The @magdalenoxford.bsky.social junior research fellowships are now open, including for politics. Due 15 Oct. 3 years of 100% research time to those who submit their PhD between July 2025-Oct 2027. Comes with good ECR pay, relatively generous support funds. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Another exciting new addition to the philosophy of social norms: Simon Fitzpatrick @simonfitzpatrick.bsky.social 's new SEP article on Animal Normativity: plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...

Evan Westra@evanwestra.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The literature on the philosophy of social norms has gotten really exciting over the past few years. The latest example: @ledaberio.bsky.social and Kristina Musholt's awesome new paper in Phil Imprint: "Seeing What To Do: Norms, Scripts, and Social Affordances" www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Reminder: Applications are due WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST for a lecturer/senior lecturer in philosophy in my department. Teaching/research area open, but it must speak to PPE. I'm happy to speak informally/unofficially to anyone interested in applying. #philjobs

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 3mo ago

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

The agentic vizier software I bought to automate my whispers to the sultan has developed its own agenda and long story short I'm getting beheaded at dawn

📢 LSE Political Theory job opening We’re looking for a political theorist to join us at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is an open rank search, so we welcome applications at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level Reach out with questions & please share widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

By now, many philosophers and scientists have articulated incisive critiques of peer review - on ethical, epistemological, scientific etc grounds. But, what I think people have failed to consider is the following argument: Some of us are really stupid and also unorganized

Sara Van Goozen@drsvg.bsky.social · last mo.

I helpfully highlighted sections with substantial changes but did not note down anywhere what those changes were, nor how they relate to reviewer comments. Wtf I hate peer review now

Me sowing (rewriting a paper with an R&R without keeping track of my changes and additions because it messes with my flow): Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me reaping (trying to write the response to reviewers): Well, this fucking sucks. What the fuck

Good news, if you like this kind of thing, the second edition of Environmental Justice: Key Issues is out soon (it‘s going through copy-editing now). Lots of revised chapters plus new entries. www.routledge.com/Environmenta...

Environmental Justice: Key Issues

Revised and fully updated, Environmental Justice: Key Issues offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of environmental justice, one of the most dynamic fields in environmental politics scholarsh...

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modern fascists aren't posturing, or saying stuff for some other purpose—they mean it my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...

Fascists Really Believe It

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

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I think what’s most important on exam results day is to talk about yourself to imaginary teenagers who don’t use this website.

Read Theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

White psychodrama

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Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My thought on "woke 1" is that to the extent it became about white guilt rather than about addressing the legitimate grievances of black and brown people it failed. All the stuff people mention...the grifters, the HR departments covering their asses, the censorious online shit stems from it.

You may not like it, but this is what peak localization looks like (Asterix: Mega Madness (PS1, 2001))

Tangential, but listen to @bloodwork.show

Thomas O’Mahony@gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The theme for this week’s “listen to @bloodwork.show” is: EURO VIBES. Post your most powerful EURO VIBES “listen to @bloodwork.show”, and the best one will get a special prize.