I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
Jenny Saul
@jennysaul.bsky.social
British and American philosopher, living in Canada. Sheffield supremacist. Author of Dogwhistles and Figleaves (OUP 2024). (She/they)
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d agoi don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
Career Advice | Students as Conscientious Objectors to Generative AI We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect. By Carla Fehr and Jennifer Saul: https://bit.ly/3RAWBf1 #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Corporate America is quietly encouraging both Trump’s war and Trump’s tariffs. Why?
Trump's huge hidden upward redistribution
The truth about Trump's war, Trump's tariffs, and Trumponomics
robertreich.substack.com
Very excited that this piece I co-wrote with @carlafehr.bsky.social is finally out. Please share widely! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Students as Conscientious Objectors to Gen AI (opinion)
We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect.
insidehighered.com
Yet another reason- if you needed one- not to use LLMs for lit reviews.
Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
Sheffield University used to be a wonderful place to work. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...
Sheffield University censured by UK academic community as it continues attacking staff
The University and College Union (UCU) today announced the formal censure of the University of Sheffield by the UK academic community. The union's move comes in response to Sheffield management's unne...
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This Saturday we are so excited to present one of four *fully public* sessions of the American Philosophical Association's very last online divisional meeting. No registration needed! & check out the other public sessions on virtual conferencing, contingent faculty, and philosophy in public policy!
Elizabeth Lanphier@ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor those not "going to" the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Pacific virtual conference over the next few days, there are still public sessions that anyone can attend from anywhere (a perk of the virtual!) so take a look and consider logging in for one of these sessions:
@adriannefblack.bsky.social I have an MA student who would like to discuss your story in a presentation about escaping from echo chambers. He would like to show images of stories about you and an image of your book, but is concerned about displaying your previous name. What would you prefer?
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield
The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action
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Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
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theconversation.com/why-donald-t...
Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.
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the authors of In Covid's Wake quoted Yoel Roth's statement of the view he was arguing against as if it were his view jeezum crow
Yoel Roth@yoyoel.com · 7mo agoA small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty: My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media. Huh? When did I say that?!
Just from this morning's news. Nothing subtle or complicated about what's happening here.
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
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Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
🇺🇸🌍 The GOP has proposed yet another unconstitutional bill that, if passed, would strip US citizenship from Americans who also hold another citizenship. Martha McDevitt-Pugh, Chair of @demsabroad.bsky.social, strongly condemns Moreno's bill: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement... 🧵 #DemsAbroad
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.
Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 9mo agoLatest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025 Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov) Disapprove: 69% (-1) Net: -58 (-1) yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social · 9mo agoso currently defectors are: Kaine (2030) Shaheen (Retiring) Hasan (2028) Fetterman (2028) Durbin (Retiring) CCM (2028) Rosen (2030) King (2030)
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
“Voters made it clear: the American people want leadership with a backbone. And at a critical moment when they need leaders to stay strong under pressure, the Senate is on the brink of caving on a bill that the American people can't afford.”
Mikie Sherrill@mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 9mo agoMy statement on the proposed Senate deal
