Hey @dbourget.bsky.social, why do you keep ignoring my complaints to PhilPapers about platforming a racist? I guess the difference between a historian like me and a philosopher like you is I actually care about real harm in the world. You just "think" about it.

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · last wk.

So I have contacted PhilPapers multiple times about maintaining Nathan Cofnas' profile on their site. Fucking crickets. If anyone else cares to contact them about this, please do. philpeople.org/profiles/nat...

So I have contacted PhilPapers multiple times about maintaining Nathan Cofnas' profile on their site. Fucking crickets. If anyone else cares to contact them about this, please do. philpeople.org/profiles/nat...

Nathan Cofnas (Cambridge University): Publications - PhilPeople

List of philosophical publications by Nathan Cofnas (Cambridge University), including "Science is not always “self-correcting” : fact–value conflation and the study of intelligence", "Coercive paterna...

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I hope for a $100B judgement against Microsoft and OpenAI to go to the NYT, which I hope will devalue their companies and give journalism a new lifeline. All models trained on the intellectual property of the NYT and thousands of authors whose works (like mine) were scraped should be deleted.

The genocidal Israeli government has upped the ante on Fascism. My support to the Israeli people who oppose this and solidarity with the Palestinians who have been subjected to the abuses they exposed. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify

Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists

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Those "War.gov" ads are seriously the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Hegseth must have a very, very small dick.

These racists sure don't like talking about race when it isn't convenient for them.... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...

Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race

The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.

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Also funny... c'mon

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · last mo.

Downgrade a movie: The Blue Legume

@carlzimmer You feel good about this? Not your fault--but I wish you had some input on this piece.

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · 4w ago

Will someone please teach science journalists at the NYT that human behavioral genetics is 99% bullshit? A better headline for this piece would be "Psychologists Posing as Geneticists Played With Some Statistical Software." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...

C'mon--this is funny!

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · last mo.

The Fellowship of the Ring begins!

@theonion.com Pitch for you! Headline below.

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · 4w ago

Will someone please teach science journalists at the NYT that human behavioral genetics is 99% bullshit? A better headline for this piece would be "Psychologists Posing as Geneticists Played With Some Statistical Software." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...

@nytimes.com

David Sepkoski@hallucigenia.bsky.social · 4w ago

Will someone please teach science journalists at the NYT that human behavioral genetics is 99% bullshit? A better headline for this piece would be "Psychologists Posing as Geneticists Played With Some Statistical Software." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...

Will someone please teach science journalists at the NYT that human behavioral genetics is 99% bullshit? A better headline for this piece would be "Psychologists Posing as Geneticists Played With Some Statistical Software." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...

Scientists Find More Than 1,000 Genetic Variants Linked to Personality

More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived.

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The Fellowship of the Ring begins!

Nathan Cofnas@nathancofnas.bsky.social · last mo.

I will remain in my postdoc at Ghent University. Thank you, Ambassador Bill White and the U.S. Department of State for defending American values. I am proud of my country.

Downgrade a movie: The Blue Legume

Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social · last mo.

Downgrade a movie: RoboCup

Most of us feel sometimes like, "I wish everybody would like me, but I guess I'm not everyone's cup of tea." I strongly suspect that people like Nathan Cofnas and Richard Hanania are able to live with themselves because most of the people they've ever met hate them, and they accept it.

Please consider signing this important letter!

Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · last mo.

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

Any white academic who posts something like "I disagree with Nathan Cofnas but..." should immediately resign in disgrace. And if not, should be permanently shunned from polite society.

Nathan Cofnas is hoping that Trump can bully Belgium over "academic freedom" the way he bullies US states (and the way Vance bullies Europe over immigration).

Nathan Cofnas@nathancofnas.bsky.social · last mo.

Can we please never forget, even as @theatlantic.com continues to post disgusting articles dancing on Jason Arday's grave, that in 1971 they gave a platform to a then-obscure Richard Herrnstein who later went on to do incalculable damage with The Bell Curve? "The Atlantic: Racist All Along!"

It speaks! And uses the term "logic" in a way that doesn't apply to logic. Also, this troll thinks that by invoking a person hated on Bsky he can deflect that hate away from himself. You know what to do, folks.

Nathan Cofnas@nathancofnas.bsky.social · last mo.

J. K. Rowling, who is smeared for sex realism, calls me a bad word for applying the same logic to race

Sorry I don't have a gift link, but you don't want to read this anyway. The Atlantic--which published Richard Herrnstein's (of later Bell Curve "fame") article about Black IQ--seems desperate to jump on the anti-Arday bandwagon. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion

Elevating a fraud is shameful. Exposing one isn’t.

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Here's Richard Hanina--that famous "ex"-Nazi--on Arday:

Hot take: The Shards show is actually just as awesome as the novel.

So I'm writing a book about scientific racism. I wasn't aware, though, of any instance where a scientific racist actually caused someone's death before @nathancofnas did.

He has a bsky profile: @nathancofnas.bsky.social

I hope Nathan Cofnas is feeling really good about his role in this. Tragic. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...

Jason Arday, Cambridge Professor Accused of Plagiarism, Reported Dead

The British police said a man had been found dead at a home linked to Mr. Arday, who resigned after the university announced an investigation into allegations of plagiarism and fabrication.

nytimes.com

This is a late take, but I was tickled by this excessively long essay explaining why he "left" academia that avoided mentioning that he had hardly published anything academic and couldn't finish his book. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Why I Quit the Tenure Track

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

theatlantic.com

Another great accolade for my wife's new novel!

Doubleday Books@doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Stephanie Soileau! 🎉 Her epic debut novel, SHOULD THE WATERS TAKE US, has been longlisted for the 2026 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

My brilliant wife's new novel is now available for purchase! Disclaimer: I am compensated for every purchase by the immense pride and admiration I have for my amazing partner. www.amazon.com/Should-Water...

Excellent! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...

New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say

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