This is pretty cool. I haven’t been on Bluesky all day, so I don’t know yet what everyone’s saying about this, but it seems easy to explain away this behavior so that it’s not “AI is choosing AI over humans.” apple.news/AXxrJRY3OTwG...

It's Trans Day of Visibility, which means it's the perfect time to boost the hell out if trans authors, especially the many indie and self-published ones

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Hey, y'all! This is my photo, so let me provide context to this awesome piece: it's a reprinting of the Oberlin letter in a mag called The Luddite Dispatch, a publication of The Luddite Club in Brooklyn. www.theludditeclub.org

“Imagine a humanoid educator named ‘Plato.’ Access to classical studies—literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics, and history—in your home. Plato will provide a personalized experience, adaptive to the needs of each student. Plato is always patient and always available.”

Another day, another violation of academic freedom in Texas. This time a university is firing a philosophy professor owing to complaints about an off-campus talk he gave on the Israeli-Palestine conflict...

Pre-orders have a disproportionate impact because they become self-fulfilling prophecies, much as the effect that algorithms create, as I argue in the book. 6/6 US: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692... UK: swiftpress.com/book/prophecy/

It’s supposed to be 101 degrees today, but it was below freezing on Monday. Do you think we’ll have any more freezing temps, or am I good to start gardening? Oklahoma City

To future-proof my book contract (better safe than sorry), I added an AI clause that says AI tools of any kind cannot be used in the review or preparation of my book (also no genAI art can be used for cover, etc) Very grateful to @slstalter.bsky.social for example from her most recent contract.

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There are at least three major news stories about sexual assault and abuse of power by men in prominent positions this week. Government, labor, academia; the culture is everywhere, and women disproportionally bear the weight of the consequences. If this week feels extra heavy, be kind to yourself.

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A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.

Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing AI is doing: Killing the human internet.

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A small crowd of pro-science advocates turned out on a cold and windy morning for the Stand Up for Science rally at the Capitol, part of a nationwide network of rallies. | Alex Gatley reports:

I've decided that instead of wasting my own time to see if Grammarly has stolen my name and writing for use their business, I'd just email them to opt out and make them waste some time cleaning up their own goddamn mess. www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

College writing teachers have spoken, y'all. The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6. Link to the full resolution below.

Deadline reminder: Submissions for the Journal of Value Inquiry Prize are due tomorrow, March 5. The JVI Prize is awarded for the best unpublished, article-length work in philosophy by a non-academically affiliated philosopher. Please share! www.apaonline.org/jvi

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Okay SOTU counter-programming in the form of Sneakers plot holes: Bishop could stay underground for 25 years but couldn’t check if the NSA had San Francisco offices?

I'm hiring a postdoc at @cmu.edu (w/ far.ai & @dgrand.bsky.social + @gordpennycook.bsky.social)! How do LLMs shape human beliefs — and what do we do about it? AI safety meets behavioral science. Open to technical and social science backgrounds.

Sometimes industry rhetoric involves dehumanizing people. Other times it involves humanizing AI. It’s important to recognize how both of these moves work together to serve industry goals. 2/

Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

Any movie recommendations? My spouse and I are out of the loop. Preference for action/fun. Nothing too emotionally draining.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities). Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

“Within each one of us there is some piece of humanness that knows we are not being served by the machine which orchestrates crisis after crisis and is grinding all our futures into dust.” —Audre Lorde 🌸🌸🌸 ❤️🖤💚

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

📚 Reading Women in Cognitive Science 📚 “Recommendations for readings are welcome, especially in the history of cognitive science (prior to 1950s, and the older the better).” irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/02/15/%...

"[P]ro Philosopher 2 can bring memorable entertainment while also being a very nice (and needed) first dip into political philosophy." Dídac Jiménez-Torras digs into Pro Philosopher 2, a game that lets you explore some of the most famous philosophical arguments:

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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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Spent my Sunday afternoon writing scholarship recommendation letters for 3 stellar students. I hope they’re all successful!

More from the annals of 'no one asked for this' ~ SpaceX adding a *million* satellites & data centers to orbit means seeing oligarchs' mess even in the heavens That's a 6800% increase in #astronomy (& beauty) -killing space junk from today's < 15,000 satellites Public comment period is open:

AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

Hoooooly crap. The Chronicle article is paywalled, but here’s the executive order: www.sos.ok.gov/documents/ex...

"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification. But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?

Job posting: Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Closing date: 02/18/2026; Salary GS14 $143,913- $187,093/yr Onsite, Washington, DC Role leads and supervises the Museum's historical research, collections, and archives functions.

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

GET IN, DORKS! The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026. Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7 Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/ #Standupforscience #takebackourscience

TODAY: the myth the icon the legend the peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the making of a myth, and how it became ubiquitous (alas, george washington carver did not invent peanut butter) buttondown.com/theswordandt...

New Book on Women and Republicanism Just out on Oxford Academic Online and in print in March or June (depending where you are in the world), this book features eleven chapters on women political philosophers who engaged with republican thought from the 18th to the early 20th century, in Brazil,…

Overflow attendance at the OKC city council meeting, where there was discussion of a proposed ICE facility. None of the people making public comments expressed support. www.koco.com/article/okla...