Philippe Chuard
@phichuetfoutu.bsky.social
Phil. prof; cogsci, time, temporal consciousness, neuroscience; here for the news
On Aug. 31, our teams rescued 18 people in distress in the #MediterraneanSea. Twelve were unaccompanied minors. Over 35,000 people have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean. The true number is likely much higher. Julie Melichar, Country Representative, updates:
Never miss an opportunity to display your values
I Scare You Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · last mo.“An SMU spokesperson told The Christian Post that while the university “welcomes a wide range of organizations and perspectives to campus as part of our commitment to open inquiry and the free exchange of ideas,” SMU will no longer host the CAIR event on campus.”
> The question is not whether Cofnas should be permitted to hold his views[. It's] whether a public research university in Belgium should be [granting] credibility to those views, funding their dissemination, and providing them the cover of academic legitimacy. www.brusselstimes.com/2020728/the-...
The danger of legitimising hate through academia
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 7mo agoanw sign here: www.change.org/p/stop-the-h... > In these venues he has repeatedly advanced claims about the supposed cognitive inferiority of Black people , along with broader arguments about the “feminization” of academia and suggestions that eugenic ideas deserve renewed scientific consideration.
A thread on a few missed opportunities by freedom fighters to send a strongly worded letter to U admins www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/u...
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that pr...
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This gorgeous essay from the social-media-less Lily Hu is everything: on what it means to "do" philosophy amidst pressure to automate it (with lessons that travel much more broadly). Rhymes with brilliant insights from @biblioracle.bsky.social @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Ted Chiang & others
Lily Hu · Un-Doing Philosophy
Analytic philosophers in the United States are increasingly embracing AI, both by taking advisory positions at tech companies and by using large language models for their own research and writing. Som...
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“Our people are positioned on every street corner, commander. … Shall we commence with our plan to gradually eliminate these creatures?”
“We assure you, we do not take our decision to employ professors like Gen. Stonewall Jackson and his fellow commanders lightly,” said Alan Garber
Harvard Faces Pressure To Fire Confederate Generals
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Insisting any missteps be viewed in the full context of each individual’s contributions to the institution, Harvard University officials defended on Wednesday their decision to keep seve...
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22 House Democrats just voted with the GOP to kill a resolution from Rashida Tlaib to restrict the U.S. from assisting Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy
*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...
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My feeling about this is that nobody electing the people running a superpower gets to complain about anybody on earth commenting on their politics. None of your congressional politics are so local that they can't get thousands across the world killed. That's just not true of most other countries.
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 4mo agoI get that mainers are irritated that people are talking about their election. the thing is that mainers have a huge amount of power relative to people in a lot of other states.
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape).
THREAD 🧵 An Al Jazeera investigation has found that military goods from at least 51 countries were sent to Israel, even after the ICJ warned in January 2024 of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza and ordered states to help prevent it. 🔗: aje.news/2f90pn | #Infograph
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
Re-upping my piece about how "institutional neutrality" is censorship in disguise. Current manufactured controversy over a commencement speech at the University of Michigan is, I think, one of the most visible and blatant illustrations of that thesis. 1/3 www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
Institutional Neutrality Is Censorship by Another Name
Its recent vogue owes much to conservative think tanks.
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“A democratic society needs people in Ezra Klein’s position to treat Charlie Kirk’s anti-democracy stances as disqualifying, rather than pretend they’re just another policy opinion like tax rates.“ Same point applies to Musk. Pretending X, DOGE, USAID, etc. aren’t relevant just serves Musk’s ends.
Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
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Always a good idea to read @adambonica.bsky.social on days like today.
Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Court has played this role before—defending hierarchy in Dred Scott, Plessy, Korematsu—and the problem of “rotten boroughs” is not new. The Warren era was the exception, not the rule. My read on where Callais fits:
Genuine question as i don't see everything: are we getting any of the "what trump/republicans need to do to appeal to moderates/independents" pieces. I haven't seenq single one
THREAD. This single headline in the NYT contains two outrageous claims reported as fact: 1) Vance "tried" to end the war; and 2) he "opposed" it. Neither is supported, but the thing to understand is: why is lying about the *intention* of powerful people so key to propaganda?
Because I just added this to some comments on a student's paper ...
I have followed @attackerman.bsky.social's hard-hitting War on Terror journalism for almost 2 decades. But the tenderness of this piece of reporting on Gaza's hospitals is both beautiful and heart-breaking.
Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 6mo agoI’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. Worse, he hadn’t been fed”
Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻@rvbdrm.com · 6mo agoHow to get disowned by your family. Available on Amazon for $13.94.
