I did pull myself away from the great views to hear some great talks at the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Conference. And I hear that 20th Century philosophy of science really screwed neuroscience.

CNN: The ratings are in for the first day. 6.26 million viewers on ABC. That was four times Jimmy Kimmel's average. And that's despite the show not even being available in a quarter of all American homes.

Look at photos of US troops in Fallujah. (eg here: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... ) They're armed like these ICE agents in Chicago. But none of them are wearing the cowardly face masks of today's ICE thugs. Like the one throwing a young, female Congressional candidate to the ground.

One group calling for Jimmy Kimmel's ouster is Sinclair media. Even if you don't pay attention to media conglomerates, you probably remember Sinclair for this:

Ann Johnson Institute Writing Retreat for #HPS & #STS scholars, 6-12 July 2026 at Ampersand Inn, Newton New Jersey. Theme is "Context of Discovery in Science & Technology", and the objective is project completion. 10 scholars will be selected. Applications due 17 November 2025 sc.edu/study/colleg...

Before the Nazis engaged in mass murder of Jews, they did mass murder of people with mental illness and disabilities.

Thank goodness. New Jersey Is the Latest State to Expand Access to Updated Covid Shots www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/n...

More of this.

This is why you don’t negotiate with Trump. Mexico’s President Struggles to Escape Trump’s Growing Demands www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...

Coercive citation. Figures there would be a word for it and that I would not know it. #hps #philsci share.google/AVUjcTHNjodC...

In another instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. 😏

“Political movements … require trust. … When adult children discover their parents have been drained by political fundraising operations using tactics reminiscent of common internet scams—but bearing the brand of the Democratic Party itself—the damage extends far beyond the financial.”

Solidarity with our colleagues at Dal!

@marisakabas.bsky.social Happy birthday! You and Obama. Wish me happy birthday tomorrow. 😬

Over the course of 100 years, quantum mechanics has transformed from evolving theories into the kind of advancements and innovations that change lives. 1/3

I gather that the next International Congress for the History of Science & Technology, 2029 will be in Paris, returning to where it started 100 years earlier! #ICHST #histSTM

Paris is magnificent.

For anyone interested in the minds and social lives of wild animals, and in the moral and practical problems involved in trying to preserve their natural habitat. Available from Amazon and Apple books. www.amazon.com/Gift-Oryx-Ca...

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

4,000 in Morristown, NJ.

My interview with Hykel Hosni at The Reasoner. A little bit on my Compositional Abduction book. Not the same as getting to consider every word … riviste.unimi.it/index.php/th...

Christine Baranski, looking like she still loves the job at the TFF.

Cynthia Nixon slaying the high heels at TFF.

Cover proofs! #HPS #philsci

Thanks Ken! First talk since 2022. It’s nice to be getting back to doing some research and writing. #philsci

Also enjoyed Jamie Shaw’s “ ‘Fund people, not projects’: From Narrative CVs to Lotteries in Science Funding Policy” at CSHPS.

Great talk by Craig Fox @neohempelian.bsky.social and Chris Smeenk “Reconstructing the Past” at the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science. I say the topic is crying out for a causal abduction account!

If you are going to the Society for Philosophy and Psychology meeting, Watkins Glen State Park is about 40 minutes away. It was wet enough today that I mostly had the trails to myself! #hps #philsci

Road trip to the Canadian Society for History dnd philosophy of Science. Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, Toronto. cshps.ca/annual-confe...

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

Look who is defunding the police. Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.

values.utdallas.edu/2025/04/21/p... Starting today with online access. I will be presenting on day three (Friday, May 23). My talk is on Hodgkin-Huxley (of course) and Hacking’s entity realism. #hps #philsci

sites.google.com/view/underst... Just wrapped a great conference with an electric talk from John Krakauer. Great contributions from the Newark neuroscientists!

sites.google.com/view/underst... A great first day at the conference. Small but energetic and synergistic!

My father is an immigrant. My MiL is also an immigrant. They have both worked very hard in medical and physics research and education. My husband and I are each proud of our heritage. We wouldn't exist without migration. And nor would our kids. #ImmigrantsMatter

Compositional abduction rolls into philosophy of chemistry in my now forthcoming, “Singular Compositional Abduction and Van ’t Hoff’s Voorstel”. #philsci #hps

All, if you're hearing about what's happening at Newark, please, please read Bill's piece and follow him. I've said before: I trust Bill on how to fly and even whether it's safe to fly. He gives a pointed picture about what's happening right now:

Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? www.spoon-tamago.com/zombie-shink...

SPAN2025 was truly amazing-- a genuine feeling of community and belonging with 3 days packed with incredible talks and wonderful people. Photos are on our website now! www.philandneuro.com/photos

Can’t the airlines bribe Trump for more air traffic controllers?!

Leave the purpose. Take the funding. Medicaid cuts loom over House Republicans' budget reconciliation. Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo. says the "right reforms," like work requirements and stopping "imprope…

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On April 24, ICE agents broke into a home of a family of US citizens in Oklahoma. The family repeatedly said we are citizens, you have the wrong people. ICE terrorized the family, ripped apart the house. It's not "other people" that this is happening to. It's us. Open your eyes. Wake the hell up.

Go Paul Boxer. Rutgers Newark! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

Dipping our toes into the Tribeca Film Festival. tribecafilm.com/films/gilded...