Very pleased to have had this podcast chat with Ricardo Lopes, aka The Dissenter, on all things philosophy of death and dying: nature of death, immortality, grief, suicide, the whole lot! youtu.be/w0YMZl4je-E?...

“Shhh… You’ve gotta hear this guitar part.”

I have a new paper just published in Economics & Philosophy! "Community through Market Competition" I argue the ostensible tension between market exchange and community can be overcome. It is open access and you can read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

#philsky A Sad Philosophy Workshop GRIEF, HEARTBREAK, & HALLUCINATIONS Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) Becky Millar (Cardiff) Lucy Osler (Exeter) 13:30-17:30, Friday 26 September 1.57 John Percival Building Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here: bit.ly/CdfGHH#philsky

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

I spent much of yesterday at the Tommy Robinson march. I couldn’t find a way to write about it that didn’t sound contentious and maybe even condescending – so I didn’t try. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

When someone sits next to me at the train station, bus stop, or park bench, I just stare straight ahead and say "it's done. Did you bring the money?" They usually freeze before apologising and making an excuse to leave.

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

"The worst person to ask about what socialism is is a Republican, who doesn’t know what socialism means, and will tell you that everything is socialism. The second worst...is a leftist college professor, who...will tell you that nothing qualifies" wrecked www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-york-s...

Slogan ideas… “Smoking hot body or your money back” – crematorium “The first one’s on the house” – chimney installers “We’re not afraid to raise a few eyebrows” – plastic surgeons “We’ll help bring out your inner child” – maternity ward “There’s no turning back now” – neck brace manufacturers

Sick of the BBC acting as a mouthpiece for Farage and Reform? Us too. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

From the Department of Silver Linings www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

National Guardsmen now stationed outside our DC building confirmed that the only thing they can do if they witness a crime is call 911. The have no more authority than my office mate to intervene. Despite the handcuffs, they can't make arrests. They are very expensive mall cops.

My new premium newsletter is about polls showing that liberals are cutting off their conservative family members, and my theory that this might happen not because liberals are more sensitive, but because conservatives are less tolerable.

Annoyed and disappointed that the popular image of 'critical thinking' is simply negative 'critique'; real critical thinkers aim to understand and evaluate evidence on all sides, not merely debunk or discredit slate.com/life/2025/09...

You don’t say.

We feel the moral tug of grief -- but how can there be a duty to grieve the dead? Delighted to have this paper coming out with Jordan MacKenzie, arguing the duty is rooted in 'practical fidelity'. Look for it in Free and Equal in coming months! philpapers.org/rec/CHOGAA-3 @griefyork.bsky.social

Here's a painting of Darryl Strawberry painting a strawberry. 😂⚾️🎨

Attention activism. What is that supposed to be? Check out my chat with Graham Burnett on this, good attention (and bad attention) as well as some other topics: schoolofattention.substack.com/p/what-is-go...

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Roster of exciting new IAPDD events! (1) Call for abstracts for our biennial conference, being held in Tokyo, June 2026. Deadline for submissions is 3 November! www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Scottish government trial of four-day week improves productivity and staff wellbeing

UK Higher Ed friends, we are MASSIVE. www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-insti...

Spent the morning on a massive and long delayed updating of my professional website -- I feel, dare I say, accomplished? 🤷‍♂️ michael.cholbi.com

'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone. This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.

Dusk, Royal Botanic Garden #Edinburgh

"In philosophy especially, I figure the reader is nearly always gasping for breath, in danger of being swept out to sea, so the writer should do everything in their power to help..." Penelope Maddy is interviewed by Nathan Ballantyne - @nathanballantyne.bsky.social - at The Workbench

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed. D.C. statehood now.

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

Abolish the monarchy slate.com/culture/2025...

BREAKING pedagogical news from my employers

this is truly remarkable, disheartening, and outrageous slate.com/technology/2...

My blog post on affective remembering has just been published on the APA Blog: #philsky #philosophy #philmind #memory blog.apaonline.org/2025/08/19/a...

When people say, “do your own research,” they generally mean, “google it.” They generally do NOT mean, “conduct an independent, ethical, peer reviewed study.” I would love if we spent more time differentiating between “research as knowledge production” and “research as knowledge consumption.”

Slightly diminish a band: Minivan Halen Visually Impaired Melon abc The Spat Damp Damp Damp

BREAKING: we are getting word that Mount St. Helens is not erupting at this time.

On people's decline in being dependable or disciplined, especially 16-39 year olds, another super article by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. Think of people cancelling appointments last minute, not doing what they promised, being late. Think of smart phone addiction + narcissism. www.ft.com/content/5cd7...

Looking at page proofs for a big volume I'm co-editing and discovering a strong preference for 'where' over 'in which' -- former is casual and direct, the latter fussy