Once again: there is no *ethical* use of AI. Universities "exploring ethical uses" are cashing in and trying to grab money to survive in the face of government shortfalls. You cannot "ethically" use a machine that steals art, energy, water, and land. Using AI to "make art" is exploitation and theft.

Grieving What AI Has Taken from Learning #philsky #philosophy #AI

HOW TO WRITE A PHILOSOPHY PAPER #philsky #philosophy #writing

"Society needs specialized humanities research—research that delves deeply into literary, linguistic, or cultural topics," says @paulakrebs.bsky.social. We need to invest in humanities research for the advancement of society. #TalkAboutHumanities

Ironically Vance identifies exactly why the current war is immoral. In no way does it meet the standards of Just War Theory.

“There is a massive difference between faculty in their own departments determining that programs are no longer viable—which has been the usual way program closure has been initiated in the past—and such closure decisions being made solely by administrators." Crystal Bartolovich, Syracuse U AAUP

ICYMI Yesterday's not-at-all nasty, brutish, or short broadcast on political philosopher Thomas #Hobbes is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/rs/podcast/h... #PhilSky

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

The greatest evidence for the value of a broad humanistic education is just how many people feel threatened by it. miamiherald.com/news/politic...

My colleague Jessica Miller rocking the public facing philosophy! www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/l...

HELP AN IMPORTANT STUDY ON ABUSE IN RELIGION If you're 18+ & belonged to any US faith org -- for victim-survivors AND community members who can speak to institutional responses! For adults: SA/harassment. For kids, CSA or ANY kind of abuse, neglect, etc. fordham.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

If you can get to Berkeley this Saturday join us for a workshop on grounding in the history of philosophy! I'll be talking about grounding in Neoplatonism. events.berkeley.edu/CMES/event/3...

Just published: a volume in honor of the great Neoplatonism scholar Paul Kalligas! I have a piece in it about Iamblichus and Proclus and how they read Plato's Alcibiades. brill.com/display/titl... #philosophy #philsky #neoplatonism

Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI As universities rush to adopt GenAI–powered tools that claim to enhance teaching and workforce preparation, a growing contingent of academics is questioning where that urgency is coming from and whom it stands to benefit. https://bit.ly/4dnwJvl

Seems bad. “31% of conservatives under 50 identify their own views as racist, & 25% say their views are antisemitic…majority of GOP men under 50 think that the Holocaust either didn't happen or was exaggerated.” NYT oped (screenshot) shorturl.at/DEj7x Manhattan Institute study shorturl.at/muC1f

Upcoming online talk about women philosophers in the middle ages: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/did-w... #philsky

Funded PhD position for medieval scholasticism: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philosophyjobs

Note to students: Your instructors may find an email with the subject line, "Dismissal Letter from Dean" a bit alarming and not immediately think it's a letter from the Dean of Students about your trip to represent the university in competition.

I still feel like none of this nonsense would be happening if we'd just have let Conan O'Brien keep The Tonight Show.

TAPS THE SIGN (learn the history of how these beliefs came into being and suddenly it all fucking makes sense)

Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6

The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000. So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000. Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...

Larry the cat celebrates 15 years as the British government’s official rodent-catcher and unofficial first feline, a reassuring presence who has served under six prime ministers. Sometimes it seems like they have served under him.

"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." December 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865),

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

Settler pogroms ran out the last 2 of (once) 120 Bedouin families in Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan valley. The settlers graffiti'd the horrifying "Third Nakba 2026" on abandoned structures. This, from the editorial board of Haaretz, a large center-left Israeli paper: Unpaywalled, next skeet

The Trump administration talking about illegal immigrants but make the footage federal agents

This is just a great photo from the local coverage in Portland, ME. This is a group of religious leaders who were arrested after holding a pray-in at Susan Collin's office to get her to defund ICE. The look on the face of the man on the right, really says "judge not lest ye be judged."

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

I wrote about the increasing use of overt Great Replacement rhetoric in ICE recruiting tools, and why American Jewish organizations like the ADL should be a lot more frightened of ICE than they are of Zohran Mamdani. forward.com/opinion/7983...

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand. "ICE presence has disrupted all aspects of life in Minnesota, and led tragically to the death of Renee Good. It’s the outcome of government overreach that favors force over legitimacy."

PLEASE ARE THERE NOT TEN RIGHTEOUS SENATORS IN SODOM WHO CAN SHOW UP AND GRAB THE WHEEL HERE

He really is doing all of it.

ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....

Any provost suggesting we use AI to prepare our lectures should be immediately subject to a no confidence vote.

With the stroke of a pen, the Trump administration is wiping out critical life-saving addiction and mental health support that has helped the US turn the tide on opioid overdose. If you want to be really enraged check out the math on our adventures in Venezuela: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...