A lot of adopted children are human trafficking victims. I wouldn’t trust what adoptions agencies say about children’s families of origin.

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Sports has always been an arena for political conflicts to play out in a controlled setting. At the turn of the 19th Century, white supremacists were desperate to find a white boxer to defeat Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion...1/5

I just watched the first 2 minutes of the Charlie Sheen documentary & it’s off to a good start. Sheen relays a story about how he was invited to meet the pilot of a standard commercial passenger flight while he was ‘pirate drunk‘… 1/3

Mich Ciurria, “UnKoch My Philosophy Department: A Case Study in Billionaire Philanthropy” 2/4 @michciurria.bsky.social www.aaup.org/JAF16/unkoch...

I watched a YouTube video by a trans woman on Julius Evola’s fascist philosophy and the comments section was full of vile fascist hatred. All the other videos I could find on Evola described him as a hero and a prophet. We’re doomed.

I got some constructive, definitely not ableist feedback from a philosophy professor at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale.

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I was just informed that my friends have been giving money to an alleged photographer from Gaza, Sarah Murtaja. If you Google "Sarah Murtaja," there are multiple results stating that she is a scammer. 1/5

Is Trump going to invade Venezuela? The US navy destroyed ‘at least three’ Venezuelan boats for allegedly transporting drugs (but probably not), and Trump has been saying since 2017 that he wants to invade Venezuela. 1/6

What ‘evidence’ are they going to submit? A copy of Gender Trouble? The Second Sex? The only relevant evidence is in a book on gender theory.

None of these people defended Kirk’s death. None. This is just a smear campaign to get people fired.

Black man found hanged, no foul play suspected. It’s the same story over and over, isn’t it?

Trump’s friends are fascists. Who can deny it? Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade said that homeless people who ‘don’t use the resources given to them’ should be killed by ‘involuntary lethal injection… or something - just kill them.’

Despite popular opinion, I don't think that most leftists - even those who support political violence - are "celebrating" Charlie Kirk's assassination. One reason is that no one knows who assassinated him, or why...1/5

I’m writing a paper fluenced by Alison Jaggar’s work on how the professionalization of philosophy creates conflicts of interest between professional philosophers and the public..1/5

I wish I had looked into this sooner. In my interview for Dialogues on Disability, I noted that the Civil Society Initiative at WashU has engaged in both-sideism: the idea that we should always present “both sides” of an issue without regard to asymmetries of power...1/4

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Check out my interview for Dialogues on Disability! An excerpt: In March, Saba Fatima gave an excellent talk at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) on philosophers’ role in the rise of American fascism.

‘We’ll give the homeless a place to stay… kind of like a prison but worse… and the criminals will go to prison… as well as the immigrants... all of my political enemies… Prison for everyone! Everyone’s going to be afraid and my friends are gonna make a lot of money off of all these prisons! -Trump

I'm reading about how Rawls shaped professional political philosophy. He drew a lot of sketchy distinctions: between the domestic and the political, between nation states, between lucky and unlucky citizens... 1/2

I'm reading Rima Basu's excellent paper on why philosophers would publish bullshit. Can anyone recommend other resources on perverse incentives in academia that lead to bullshitting, bad faith, and other epistemic perversions?

When you show up to the philosophy conference like…

I googled "Vittoria Lion: animal" because I'm searching for her work on animal ethics, and Google AI auto-generated this result: "Vittoria Lion is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Toronto, not an animal." Well, actually, humans are animals, so...

If you’re a r@pist, you could even be President some day

‘At the end of the day, you all go into debt and you all hate each other. That’s called consumerism.’ This prof’s lecture on Marxism & alienation is pretty good!

Actually, I think part of the reason AI is unfunny is simple: it's programmed to be too polite. But jokes usually have bite. In fact, a lot of jokes are take-downs. For example, I saw a meme today that said... 1/3

It's so annoying when philosophers argue that no one's individual choices make any difference, so it doesn't matter if we kill animals or buy a yacht or commit any other harms. Then other philosophers write paragraphs in response to the no-responsibility premise: 1/4

This guy says that his life is ruined because all of his skills have been replaced by AI. One example: he wrote two scripts for animated YouTube videos on a growing channel. 1/4

I remember the first time I heard about ‘gender critical theory’ (years ago), I posted here that it’s mainly just just TERF activism rebranded, and a lot of people were like, No, It’s totally different and way more legitimate! 1/4

Declining population isn’t a problem if you take money from billionaires. Make Elon pay for pensions.

People starve in jail but the cause of death is misleadingly labeled ‘protein-calorie malnutrition.’ It is mainly disabled & Mad people who are starved to death. #eugenics

Interesting

What a terrible person - why make this your legacy?

If the 3 ‘sister wives’ hadn’t divorced Kody Brown after 8 seasons, some viewers might still think that he’s a half-decent person. Now he’s one of the most hated reality-TV villains, fittingly.

Philosophy rankings analogy: Adam Conover explains how star ratings entrench prejudices because they reflect the values & perspectives of a small group of privileged elites. 1/3

‘In fact, some studies have found that universal mental-health lessons actually make things worse…’

I told the doctor to stop & she didn’t www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours if more aid doesn't reach them Israel ended an 11-week blockade on aid entering Gaza on Monday - but Fletcher says only five lorries got in, and the aid hasn't reached anyone yet 1/3

Before

Witness protection, 5150 You couldn't wait to make the call Get me sedated, no need to feel guilty There's nothing you'll be liable for

Cows have political agency, too 💕

I’m very disappointed in this entry. References to feminist arguments for abortion are woefully inadequate, as are references for the (short) section on disability & abortion. plato.stanford.edu/entries/abor...

Life is unfair. Neuronormative. Ableist. Do you know what neoliberal society wants you to do about it? It’s in the chorus of this song.

I always thought the choice was mine And I was right, but I just chose wrong I start the day lying and end with the truth That I'm dying for the knife

Plotinus, Porphyry tells us, had the gift of reading men’s souls. One day, without any warning, he told his astounded disciple not to try killing himself but rather to take a journey...1/3

Sometimes I watch movies from the ‘40s & ‘50s and they’re all about the same problems. Seventy years later, same problems. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Reposting on why ChatGPT is ableist, and so is academia: "The popular solution is doomed to fail because it doesn’t get to the heart of the problem: the elitist academic standards that incentivize and encourage the use of ChatGPT....

There’s literally a rising eugenic regime in the most poweful country in the world, which could kill countless disabled prople… which could kill me and my friends… and academics are worried about… *checks notes*… academic dishonesty. Priorities, people!