[Werner Herzog voice] this relentless yearning for gold rings propels me forward in spite of the chaos and darkness that abounds in the universe

MaksonLima@maksonlima.bsky.social · 18h ago

Juro que tem dias que eu acordo pensando nisso aqui:

Discovered a new type of train passenger. I am sat across from someone who is listening to an audiobook novel on full speaker volume.

Instead of penalties they could: release wolves increase the size of the goals introduce multiple balls

Philosophy job at Sheffield (fixed term); please share! #PhilJobs #philsky jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...

Looking forward to presenting at this workshop on trust, trustworthiness, and AI in Sheffield this week

Yet another philosophy department under threat in the UK. Sign the petition to save philosophy at Dundee: c.org/9hQv8N8fhJ

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Just rewatched Do the Right Thing and am shocked to realise the actor who plays Buggin' Out's character, i.e. the one who initially boycotts the Pizzeria, also plays Gus from Breaking Bad

Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.

When 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.

Sad to be hearing about this only now, just as tickets have sold out

Endtroducing at 30….. DJ Shadow & The BBC Symphony Orchestra

The legendary DJ and producer DJ Shadow marks the 30th anniversary of his hugely influential album 'Endtroducing…..' by joining forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley.

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the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

Enraged to learn, via the NYT mini crossword, that some people use 'alumns' rather than 'alumni'

Great funding opportunity for a PhD in Philosophy of Education here at Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...

Another fire going on in Hollyrood Park

Damn, I was looking forward to delving into the rich tapestry of nuanced issues

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I." 🫠🫠🫠

Recently, for *obvious reasons*, I've been thinking about what it means when anxiety and sadness are caused not by individual predispositions, but by the state of the world itself. This led me to early 19th-c. France and the notion of "mal du siècle" (sickness of the century) aeon.co/essays/young...

Temporary philosophy job at Glasgow: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

The OG ballmaxxing

If you're looking for something to get you through the long weekend, here's an interview for Embrace the Void on epistemic injustice, primary harms/wrongs, hermeneutical injustice, and whether appealing to the notion of epistemic injustice helps defend or undermines the notion of objective truth.

Embrace the Void@etvpod.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New ETV out for everyone! I'm joined by @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social to discuss his book Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction. Really fun and valuable chat on a topic quite relevant to our current void. Enjoy!

Looking forward to heading back up to Aberdeen this Friday to give a talk at this workshop

Aberdeen Philosophy@abdnphilosophy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🗓️ Reminder: THIS WEEK!

A 🧵 of iconic closing sentences of influential books in philosophy: 'And that's the 411 on what matters.' - Derek Parfit, On What Matters vol. 3 'Not the first sex, not the second sex, but a secret third thing.' - Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

For a refutation of Nagel's view, see Streuper (2026)

Since people are doing "is AI conscious?" discourse on here again I feel like this philpapers.org/rec/BIRACA-4 by @birchlse.bsky.social remains my favourite piece on the current state of affairs.

Call for Abstracts The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge invites contributions to its 2026 conference (Exeter College, University of Oxford, 2nd-4th 09 2026). bstk.org.uk/events.html Please submit abstracts (500 words, suitable for blind review) to info@bstk.org.uk by April 30 2026.

I'm organising a workshop in Glasgow in May, about how people should respond to ethically tainted sporting events. I've just made a PhilEvents page. If you've got any questions about it, send me an email! philevents.org/event/show/1... #PhilSky #PhilosophyOfSport #Ethics #Boycotts

Boycotts and Beyond: How should we respond to ethically compromised sporting events?

Major sporting events can be ethically charged. They may be hosted by fascist regimes, as a way to gain a perception of legitimacy on the world stage. Notably, the 1936 Olympic games was hosted by Naz...

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Change (2024) Change 2: the Changening (2026)

Doing my part for All Epistemic Everything with a new (open access!) paper on "Epistemic Magnetism" The gist is that agents' local epistemic environments are pervasively shaped by properties of agents that, on the surface, have nothing to do with epistemology #philsky philpapers.org/rec/HAREMJ

Keith Harris, Epistemic magnetism - PhilPapers

An agent’s epistemic prospects depend on a combination of that agent’s individual characteristics and features of that agent’s epistemic environment. Such factors cannot always be cleanly separated. O...

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EPISTEMIC Insane Clown Posse

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

Just found out there is a Tory peer whose name is Lord True. Must be embarrassing for him anytime he gets things wrong.