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We are happy to report that issue 11.2 of _Feminist Philosophy Quarterly_ at www.feministphilosophyquarterly.com is now online. Share and enjoy five peer-reviewed articles. As always, FPQ is free to all authors and all readers, so as to enjoy and support feminist philosophical research.

No words. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

A friend on fb recently posted someone's "thoughts on yesterday's executive order mandating the adoption and use of 'generative AI' in k-12 education" -- Bsky friends, what are they talking about? Could someone please post news links to the executive order? I've seen/heard nothing about this.

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

I think the federal government should 'realign the liberal tilt of universities' just as soon as they finish realigning the conservative tilt of military bodies. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

Deleting your data does not look difficult: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

This is where we are now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We are happy to report that issue 11.1 of _Feminist Philosophy Quarterly_ at www.feministphilosophyquarterly.com is now online. Share and enjoy 5 peer-reviewed articles. As always, FPQ is free to all authors and all readers.

White House: “We spoke with the big three auto dealers. We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA,” the 2018 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. My confusion: Why isn't every story on the tariffs pointing out that the USA is violating the existing trade treaty?

Stop calling it a deal “A peace deal.” “Commitment to a deal.” Although Canada and the USA are at odds at the moment, here’s something they have in common: In both countries, their major newspapers repeatedly refer to the proposals of President Trump to the leader of Ukraine as deals. 1/3

The breezy comment by Bezos that anyone can find anything on the interwebz is grating, and in keeping with the trend toward replacing the judgement of persons with expertise, training, and caring --- who needs an editor when we have whatevs! Alas. 2/2

The Washington Post turns away from editorial traditions that I have always valued: judicious editorial selection and provision of an array of perspectives worth reading, that express what the section editor and team believe to be worthwhile and informative ways of looking at current issues. 1/2

we don’t talk enough about this aspect of our current moment: the sadness and grief of losing institutions that were once so important to us, because they proved unworthy of our support. and it is real grief, because we lose what those institution might have been, if only they had been better.

Jeff Bezos email to WaPo staff: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets... viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.

This is the fear we've had since we moved here: USA coming for the water. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hang tight, AP! Be the journalists we want to see in the world. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

It bothers me every time someone says everyone to the left of Republican isn't trying or resisting or not 'up off the mat.' So this was a relief to read. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This is different. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

"The Army on Friday released the names of two of three soldiers ..., taking the rare step of withholding the third soldier’s identify after her family requested that the service do so...The third soldier, a pilot, was a woman..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Baffling. Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under His Watch www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

she's right and she's right to say it bsky.app/profile/sjsh...

Don't let some pesky laws stop you from firing the watchdogs. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I increasingly think the biggest short-term danger of AI comes from humans not understanding what it actually does, treating it like some sort of oracle.

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “There’s more I could say about Trump’s delusions. And I will, eventually; despite everything, economic life does go on. ..it all seems insignificant beside the reality that the president of the United States has thrown himself fully behind political violence.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” MLK

Interesting: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Good toon, worth leaving the Post. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/dark-enoug...

We are happy to report that issue 10.4 of _Feminist Philosophy Quarterly_ at www.feministphilosophyquarterly.com is now online. Share and enjoy these three peer-reviewed articles, followed by acknowledgments of referees, editors, and assistants here at the end of our first ten years as a journal.

When I first learned of ORCiD id I thought it sounded great! And now that I've been a journal editor for 10 years I think it's more often an obstacle than a help. But this is probably because I notice it only when it's an obstacle to clicking Publish. "Unauthenticated" is a word I learned to dread!

In 1990, the sector received 60 percent of its funding from the province, which has since dropped to 16.7 per cent. Sheridan College is expecting $112 million in lost revenue in the next fiscal year and reducing its workforce by up to 30 per cent (700 full-timers). www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

"The newest way to think about biological age: Aging is far more erratic than many of us might expect." This may be new for WaPo but come on, a lot of us who go through it already know about the erratic nature of aging! (Sally @sallychivers.bsky.social should dig this, though.)

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

Name the author, guesses only, no cheating with searches! "Rocks are harder than bones. Trees are bigger than bodies. Bears are faster than you."

Although I think @katemanne.bsky.social is mistaken to take me to say there's no simple narratives of progress (I know the simple narratives exist / are conceivable!), I enjoy reading her nonideal aims too (but I already knew we were as one on this): katemanne.substack.com/p/is-there-a...

We are happy to report that issue 10.3 of _Feminist Philosophy Quarterly_ at feministphilosophyquarterly.com is now online. Share and enjoy these three peer-reviewed articles. As always, FPQ is free to all authors and all readers.

What Will The World Think Of Me? It will rise to meet your every step. Flowers will bloom for you. Birds will sing. Oceans will roar and swell and recede again. Mountains will frame a sun that will set in a blaze and rain will replenish the deep secret hearts under the soil. Oh. You meant people.

The newest issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, guest-edited by Mich Ciurria on the topic of responsibility, is now published! We're always free to authors and readers, so enjoy these 13 original peer-reviewed articles: ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fp...

Harvard GenderSci Lab says: We are recruiting for a full-time lab manager!  You can read more about the job description here, which also has the link to apply via Harvard’s career portal: www.genderscilab.org/blog/the-gen...   Please share widely!

'The airline later argued the chatbot was a separate legal entity “responsible for its own actions,” the decision said.' Happily, the court found against Air Canada. www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/...

More news coverage of postsecondary (non-)funding in Ontario: Why Are Ontario Post-Secondary Schools in Fiscal Disarray? | TVO Today

Powerful stuff, if you have 20 minutes (it's long-ish) to read about plagiarism in every area of writing. yasminnair.com/on-plagiarism/

No lies detected: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

@davsans.bsky.social David Sanson, nice to see you've joined us in the #philsky

Friends, Gabriele Contessa is in the Blue Sky! bsky.app/profile/gabe... May the #philsky be ever-expanding.

Good heavens. Cape Breton U: "Five years ago, ... the university had 3,500 students... This year, ... 9,100 students ... The school has grown by more than 3,000 students since last year." N.S. university's code of conduct aimed at stopping recruiters misleading students (thestar.com)

At last, Jenny Saul has joined the #philsky! Friends, you can follow my friend at @jennysaul.bsky.social

Dan Speak is in the #philsky, friends! @danspeak.bsky.social