Philosophers of emotion, the call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Hosted at Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Southern Germany by our lovely president Imke von Maur on 24-26 June 2026 💕 #philsky

A long-trusted physician’s reference finally catches the AI wave: Hundreds of thousands of doctors ask specialized chatbots for help with clinical decisions. www.statnews.com/2025/10/02/u... via @statnews.com

Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.

Postmodern Dog

“This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives,” a message suggesting an uncertain future for years’ worth of taxpayer-funded data, jeopardizing millions of dollars of research spending. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”

The university compact being offered to universities requires colleges to eliminate the recognition of trans people and ban them from bathrooms, locker rooms, and gender segregated dorms. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

a gentle reminder for folks to stop using the word "insane" when what you actually mean is "evil"

Great story from Lizzy Lawrence Fights over Tylenol, SSRIs highlight the enduring lack of pregnant women in drug trials www.statnews.com/2025/10/02/c... via @statnews.com

Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin: Cases in #Bioethics - Health Research Ethics in Southeast Asia, Sentient Insects, Stranded Drugs -> Dead Children, AI for Mental Health, Public Trust in Science, Blaming Mothers, Frankenstein's Sheep, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...

#Postdoc at U. of Vienna in philosophy of science, with focus on scientific modeling, interdisciplinarity &/or philosophy of engineering, w/ Prof. Tarja Knuuttila. English & German language proficiency required. Deadline: Oct 9th #philsci jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Is rice a noodle?

Memory hole is a great dogs name

#OCDTalkHour for other people whose OCD centres around "untestable" fears (about the afterlife, about stuff in the distant future like will your actions give you/your kids cancer in 10+ years, about whether you're a good person, etc.) - do you find this makes CBT harder? There are people who say -

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply! apply.interfolio.com/174371

The Management Department & Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Business Ethics. Candidates in philosophy w/AOS in business ethics are welcome to apply. ffd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Employ...

If I was the sort of person who owned a racehorse I would name it Colt of Personality. What would you name your racehorse?

Reminder that we are seeking submissions to a rad special issue! Send us your coolest papers that apply a feminist lens to the mind and to cognitive science! Deadline is January 15. #philsky hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...

Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare: Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog recently migrated and we're ready to get back to featuring essays by and scholar spotlights on feminist bioethics folks from around the world. Get in touch with your posts or recommendations for posters! www.fabnet.org/blog

Day 1 of our five-day series, "The Unraveling Safety Net," takes a look at one of the first states that carried out the "defunding" of Planned Parenthood and other family planning: Texas. Within the first two years, Texas lost about 25% of all clinics, most of which were not Planned Parenthoods.

Disabled friends! I am thrilled to be overseeing @fiddlehd.bsky.social's Summer 2026 issue--DISABILITY: THE REVOLUTION. Our theme is REVOLUTION and you can interpret that as widely as you like. If you identify as disabled and want to answer this call, please submit! thefiddlehead.ca/revolution

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

I've only just arrived, and to this horror.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!! reactormag.com/reading-rain...

“Complexity in medicine cannot be reduced to a billing code. A patient with hypertension, diabetes, or depression may look “routine” on paper, yet the visit may involve reconciling medications, coordinating referrals, addressing side effects, screening for complications, and navigating barriers…”

Call for papers: Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Guest editors: Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsoc #philpsy

New special issue out on psychedelic treatments! Guest editor Elly Vintiadis, who also authored the introduction: doi.org/10.1080/0951... Free access! Follow this thread to know more about the other contributions #vol38issue7 #psychedelics #philsky #philpsy 1/14

Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”

EMTALA requires universal care for “emergency medical conditions” regardless of a person’s insurance status. In the decades since its passage, some patients have died hours after failing to receive care they were legally entitled to. By @emcahan.bsky.social

R gaps in the wild!

Bronze standard science: we should carefully test this drug for therapeutic effect and a risk profile against standard of care, using blinded studies and careful analysis Gold standard science: LET ER RIP! Daddy needs a new pair of eyebrows

I'm often asked about my ideas for the future & wow Ta-Nehisi Coates says it so beautifully, I'll be pointing people to this interview in the future. I frequently say that I'm part of a legacy of people who fought every day to end slavery who still died in bondage so my idea of success is different.

I don't know how Ta-Nehisi Coates could come away from this interview still thinking Ezra Klein is his friend.

“Landmark study” where openai comes to understand what we’ve been telling them about their own software for three years. (I’m sure many have been saying it for longer.)

The "lung float" test is being used to charge women with murder. Many experts say it's unreliable. “There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.” (Pub. Oct. 2023)

Wow: “Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent, saying decided cases are not "the gospel" and suggesting some may have been based on "something somebody dreamt up and others went along with."” abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...

I don’t, personally, think that mummies are zombies. They’re undead, for sure. But are they driven by a desire for brains? Property rights seems more likely.

Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci

Opinion: Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

I want a sweatshirt that says SINÉAD but in black metal lettering

"HHS--through the FDA--is conducting its own review of the evidence" re: mifepristone's safety + effectiveness. Signed by RFK and Makary. Given what we just saw w/ tylenol + leucovorin, I'm sure this will be done to the absolute highest scientific standards. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

Our #projectEPIC on #EpistemicInjustice in healthcare is 2 years old, our blog reached 103k views and our open access book had 15k downloads… curious? Here’s our website! epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org @jelliedsours.bsky.social @histloneliness.bsky.social @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social #philsky

Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) and Peter Hotez (@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social) discuss their new book Science Under Siege with Yale Climate Connections. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/its-... #booksky #scibooks

Here’s your reminder that it’s #MadSkyChat soon at 8pm BST.

Join us! Now hiring a Research Fellow in Ethics of Decarceration. Vacancy ID: 182236 This 2-year post would suit those who have a doctorate in #moralphilosophy #criminaljustice ethics, #publichealth ethics, #legal theory, or #humanrightslaw. www.jobs.ox.ac.uk #hiring @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

CDC: Kindergarten Vaccine Exemptions Rise jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...