Even I am shocked by this

I recommend fruit popsicles. so good

“It is never too late to give up our prejudices.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

📢 Call for Papers Bodies of Culture: Somaesthetic Explorations 📅 6-7 Nov 2026, Florida Atlantic University The conference will examine, through a somaesthetic lens, the ways different cultures shape somatic experience. 📮 Deadline: 18 August 2026 More:

Super interesting data on education trends and political trends.

🚨 I have an article out at APR titled “Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide” in which i look at how educational attainment shapes public opinion and political behavior across the entire education spectrum, not just the across the degree/no degree binary 1/x

generation lead never fails

the norm in philosophy to have read—at least the bit relevant to the citation—everything you cite. you might be asked about it in a talk!

🚨 BSA POSTDOCTORAL AWARD 🚨 The British Society for Aesthetics invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral award in philosophical aesthetics, to the value of £30,000 per annum with up to £3,000 additional geographical allowance, to start in the Autumn term in 2026.

The civilization that would die if such threats were carried out is our own.

Important to point out here that AFT is receiving (at least) 23 million dollars from OpenAI futurism.com/openai-teach...

have taught English —but didn’t know how amazing she is

"Is Support for Authoritarian Rule Contagious? Evidence from Field and Survey Experiments" www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

How incredible: “The full delivery took about 30 minutes. For hours afterward, pairs of whales held the baby above the water until it was able to swim… What struck the researchers was how many mother, sister and daughter whales united to support the new calf, even ones that weren’t related.”

In the 1990s, shows like “In Living Color” and “Living Single” helped broaden how millions of viewers understood Black experiences. That moment, and the history that helped make it possible, are at the core of Geoff Bennett's new book, "Black Out Loud." https://to.pbs.org/41kR39A

Humans & nonhumans have what Darwin called shared “taste for the beautiful.” researcher found they prefer the same sounds w/ the same strength. “true across multiple different taxa, including birds, frogs, & amphibians“ wowza

if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either

It does seem harder to imagine a room full of this magnitude of stars, singing their line and then getting out of the way for the next person so as to not draw crazy amounts of attention to yourself. The attention economy is so warping....

Maybe this is not going to go great?

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One of the most influential groups in hip-hop honors its legacy and the late Trugoy the Dove with a set of classics and new material. n.pr/4cj2DZE

I guess the answer is that they will have to write papers in a lab, with a browser lockdown. But, how do you do this without allowing them to bring in their books etc and so a pre-written paper? Maybe we have to check their stuff that they bring in. So, never mind....

80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein. 16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.

BREAKING: DOJ to investigate Supreme Court for mortgage fraud.

Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something. www.ign.com/articles/tun...

question aside her explanation shows a much healthier perspective on than people pretend high performers have to have and everyone would be better off with it

Well, well, well. What have we here? academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics... #philsky

Peter Attia? smh

"I cannot remember a night so dark as to hinder or prevent the coming day: nor a storm so furious & dreadful as to prevent the return of warm sunshine & a cloudless sky"--John Brown, Nov. 8, 1859 Written to his wife, roughly one month before his execution. 🗃️

An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Thursday that would initiate a state committee to study the feasibility of adding wildlife crossings on certain highways, Cami Koons reports.

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."  Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...

@theguardian.com reviews THE SCORE by @add-hawk.bsky.social: “Nguyen is lucid, entertaining and precise, illustrating ideas with a mix of personal stories and real-world examples. The Score is a compelling read. . . I came away enriched and uplifted.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

I'd feel better about the legal academic endeavor and the search for knowledge if I didn't see authors that failed to: 1. Cite literature that already addresses the issue 2. Cite literature that contradicts the article's point 3. Read the sources but to go on and mischaracterize them.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

A vaccine to prevent colon cancer. Proof-of-concept for strong immune response and safety via neoantigens given to people carrying mutations for Lynch syndrome nature.com/articles/s41...

We are excited to announce that two ASA meetings are now accepting submissions for 2026: - The 84th ASA Annual Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT (November 18-21) - The 2026 Rocky Mountain Division Meeting: Santa Fe, NM (July 10-12) aesthetics-online.org/news/718192/...

The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students

Mind, Art, Knowledge Symposium | Call for Proposals Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2026 british-aesthetics.org/mind-art-kno...

Once in a while popping onto BSKY pays off...I am teaching cultural heritage and human rights this semester, and I want to do a section on sport and play. And BAM! thanks so much for posting.

People are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.

This... may not be the worst outcome? It almost seems like Trump as the executive was the SCOTUS equivalent of being forced to chain smoke the carton of cigarettes your mom found under your bed. It would be very on par for the Trump admins lawyers to lose power in a case where they wanted more.

Me when I cite myself:

Gang, starting to think that FIFA might be a bit corrup…ah never mind

I don’t like this timeline

Please, I am begging you. If you are considering making a podcast—ask yourself if we need to hear what you have to say.