We can and should ban gerrymandering in the United States, not just because we are being plunged into a new Jim Crow era but because every person deserves to vote in a competitive election where their vote actually decides elections. It’s about civil rights for all.

How the Supreme Court ushered in an era of rampant partisan gerrymandering and used it as a reason to further gut the Voting Rights Act:

There is no reasonable case for having Congressional districts subject to partisan gerrymanders, Supreme Court justices having lifetime appointments, members of Congress being allowed to trade stocks, a dozen other obvious things.

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good gardeners know their lists. but, at the end of the day, we are mystics. for we are merely witnesses and postulants to the strange mystery of life growing up out of the ground of being.

Disenfranchisement of Black voters is happening at a speed and scale unprecedented in my lifetime.

everyday rfk jr wakes up and asks himself how he can make more kids die sooner. inspiring level of commitment

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

I’m teaching a grad seminar next spring, and I’m trying to decide whether to do philosophy of music or philosophy of popular music. What are some of y’all’s favorite recent books and papers on philosophical issues in popular music?

The idea that one's identity in a group can make you inherently virtuous - and therefore whatever you do is virtuous - is an intrinsically right-wing one, but leftists often succumb to the temptation to apply this idea to groups who- again- are legitimately victimized!

This is what the Supreme Court conservative supermajority just enabled.

One day, we will ban gerrymandering in the US and that will be a beautiful day. For now, what a stupid and undemocratic time to be alive.

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

There are people still living who fought — and watched their compatriots be murdered — for the passage of this act and to attempt to democratize America. To see it completed felled in the span of their OWN lifetime is just absolutely devastating.

This is truly where we are

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Ableism--the belief that some bodies are inherently worth more than others, with worth often hinging on your capacity to be independent and productive for the economy--is a key organizing principle of the current administration. They do not see the inherent value of all citizens.

In exchange for being an excellent speller, I am cursed to never spell “perceived” the right way the first time. It’s my one constantly autocorrected word.

"The Republican apologist class will go on producing the long, articulate, disqualifying-in-what-sense replies that history will read with the same grim clarity it reads the German conservative intellectuals of 1933" this is very good:

A really interesting passage from The Dialectical Biologist by Levins and Lewiston:

there should be a French word for the anguish of being right about the mfers

I’m glad to share my new book on organisms, biology and Kant: When Metaphysics meets Biology. Kantian approaches to Concept of Organism. (Routledge) The book is open access so you can download the pdf, read, share #philsci #evobio #philbio #histbio #kant www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

I’m not surprised, the Catalogue of Ships is just really hard to digest

Daniel Dennett’s Real Patterns in Science and Nature— new collected volume is now out. All chapters open access, including my paper with Acyuth Parola on what emergence can possibly mean. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul

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I wish I had known earlier how interesting Hegel’s ‘Logic‘ is. Very good work to compliment Merleau-Ponty.

Name change reminder: my book “Philosophical Fragments” is now titled “Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Writings.” Translations of #Günderrode's most philosophical works with accessible introductions. Out now! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) The Muppets (1955 to present)

that you can simply pull out your phone at any time and place a bet is unacceptably low friction for such a dangerous activity

I got LA Olympics tickets! 🎟️ Preliminary men’s handball baby! Didn’t think there would be affordable tickets left but there were! 🎉

Congratulations to the people of Hungary!!🇭🇺 and all of us!

I made my own spin on the Misted Pines quilt! Such a beautiful pattern. Getting a variety pack of Stonehenge fabrics really made the blending work. #quiltsky

1/ “[W]hat he feels, what he lives, what the others feel and live… are not islets, isolated fragments of being: all this… is of being, has consistence, order, meaning, and there is a way to comprehend it. Even if what I live at present should reveal itself to be illusory, the critique of my illusion

1000 people started spontaneously chanting U-S-A in the San Diego air and space museum at splashdown And you know what? FUND AMERICAN SCIENCE. Imagine who we could be.

I am finding joy anywhere it can be found these days and the idea that Integrity has returned to earth is just... I really like it

Turns out getting affordable Olympics tickets is indeed difficulty, statistically, even if you get a place in the first half of the first ticket drop. No shocker there but still a bit of a bummer.

It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.

I'm deep down the rabbit hole on FROGFISH, 60 species of anglerfish in family Antennariidae. They are deeply, utterly WEIRD & MARVELOUS. Most walk on modified fins. Others use jet propulsion. Some are capable of air-breathing. Some are "hairy", others blend perfectly in sargassum.

Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...

I got my day reserved to try for Olympics ‘28 tickets, I was selected for a spot at halfway through the window of the first ticket drop. Which might mean all the good/cheap seats will be taken but I’m ever the optimist. Wish me luck! I’ll learn my fate this Monday.

ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.

What this also means: We should be grateful for our atmosphere 👀

"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

Following the road map laid out by philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, “Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature” examines how the concept of a pattern can address deep questions in science and philosophy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205203...

I recently decided to start sending a few dollars a month as a member to the Associated Press.

The truth is that his parents-in-law made the United States stronger by choosing to invest their talents in America’s future, massively benefiting all of us, as international students typically do. I’m grateful to them. So I don’t know why he would level such accusations at his own family.

It’s pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.