/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.

Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci

‼️ Please share widely ‼️ This is the text Texas politicians do not want students to read. It's a fascinating discussion about sex, gender, and desire set at a lively drinking party. It's very important that students know NOT to read it: www.amazon.com/Symposium-Pe... Please help me spread the word.

In the end, as Hannah Arendt pointed out, the only thing that saves us from a particular atrocity is that some people can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s all we are relying on

tl;dr "L'État, c'est moi" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

These ICE agents in gas masks are so embarrassing. Nobody is gassing them. They're gassing themselves! They're like a man who wears a jock strap because he knows he'll spend all day kicking himself in the balls. (Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...)

We should all include a DO NOT READ section on our syllabi, with the texts politicians prevent us from discussing in the classroom (the complete reference with URLs and page numbers, obvs.)

Ahead of a showdown about Greenland, the EU ought to get ready to seize Trump's personal property – his hotels, golf courses, savings, anything – just like they should have seized the Russian oligarchs'. Have they mentioned this at all?

Cool new Blue Monday cover by Matt Berninger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLf...

My keynote address at the Open Eyes Economy Summit in Kraków, Poland is up. It's about rational optimism as a starting point for action in a world of uncertainty. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaW0...

🚨 BANNED IN TEXAS 🚨 Come study the works US politicians don’t want you to read: www.su.se/english/educ... Application deadline January 15 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

”You don’t protect students by banning 2,400-year-old philosophy.” Powerful statement by FIRE:

Öppen föreläsning: "Är en bättre värld möjlig?" på Tranströmerbiblioteket vid Medborgarplatsen i Stockholm den 28/1: biblioteket.stockholm.se/evenemang/ar... Evenemanget är gratis och öppet för alla, men man måste boka plats i förväg.

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At the University of Alabama at Birmingham we had students protesting the module on evolutionary game theory on religious grounds. So we renamed it "the dynamic theory of games" and the students were none the wiser. >

So glad we got rid of cancel culture though

Was there ever a bigger mark than the Trump voter? Every campaign promise was a brazen lie.

So the gym will be intolerably crowded now for like two weeks, huh?

”Last night in Sweden,” in contrast to what you may have heard, rates of lethal violence were at record lows ⤵️

Vet ingenting om händelserna i Lund, men det är sånt här som gör filosofiämnet avskräckande för många och mindre intressant för alla: www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/fylla-g... Jag är tacksam till de som sagt ifrån, och hoppas universitetet agerar med kraft. (via @kallekn.mastodonsweden.se.ap.brid.gy)

”Givetvis kan inte gängbrottsligheten bekämpas genom att utvisa fast anställda undersköterskor i Norrlands inland, men ändå låter vi den skändliga politiken dirigeras av mobbare. Det är bisarrt och beklämmande att bevittna” www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...

Are we ”mission accomplished” in Venezuela or are we just moving on to the next country anyway?

”We’re closely monitoring the situation” is the geopolitical equivalent of ”thoughts and prayers.”

Great survey of world reaction. China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested. France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.

The new Swedish–American Defense Cooperation Agreement gives Trump effectively unlimited use of Swedish military bases, which he can use to threaten Denmark and seize Greenland www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

‘Scholars agree: Regime change doesn’t work. Neither does occupation… Trump has apparently decided, like so many presidents before him, that This Time Is Different.’ @profsaunders.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...

Pål Wrange darrar inte på någon manchett. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

So Russia is the only major power which has (correctly) denounced the US attack on Venezuela as a violation of international law? I wish the major Western powers were less hypocritical, but here we are. www.dn.se/varlden/kuba...

Idag vore en bra dag för Regeringen att tydligt stå upp för folkrätten, om den fortfarande är beredd att göra något sådant.

The Nobel Peace Prize Winner who encouraged the FIFA Peace Prize Winner to start a war of aggression must be pleased: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

"We're going to do big things in 2026. The tide is turning against the administration, but there is much more to be done." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberal-curr...

Being the father of tweens and a teenager turns out to be a lot less like being (co-)CEO of the family unit and a lot more like mid-level management.

Swedish 🇸🇪 WOTD: "Snösmocka" (n.) a snowy punch in the face ❄️

10yr-old insisted on dyeing her hair in accordance with the latest tiktok trend. Unhappy with the result, she now says she won’t leave her room for the next three months. Nobody could have predicted this.

"Jaka dziedzina nauki odpowie na pytanie, jak najlepiej usypiać dziecko: w łóżeczku, czy też na rękach? Szwedzki filozof i ekonomista Erik Angner twierdzi, że… ekonomia." kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/12/23/j...

Öland critters

”Sådär, nu går det bra att kila vidare!” – sköterska på närakuten till min mamma, 80+. Personalen är tydligen för ung för att veta vad ”kila vidare” betyder.

The most friendless place on earth www.economist.com/christmas-sp... From The Economist

På SVT:s Aktuellt om varför det är ett misstag att maximera lyckan, hur höga förväntningar och sociala jämförelser kan ställa till det, hur man får en glad jul och varför det är OK att vara sur ibland. En lagom god jul till alla 🎄 www.instagram.com/reel/DSpO1fC...

Behöver du en julklapp nu – liksom NU!? Det är inte försent! Att skänka ett digitalt gåvokort från Ge Effektivt kan vara det bästa du gjort: geeffektivt.se/gavokort Ge Effektivt stödjer organisationer som gör mest nytta – för att alla ska få en maximalt God Jul 🎄 Tack på förhand :)

Om jag förstår saken rätt så har det i svenska fängelser funnits max en transsexuell mördare i Sverige på en och samma gång. Detta låter som något man löser från fall till fall och inte något som kräver utredningar, reformer och debatter på ledarsidorna. www.dn.se/sverige/inte...

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

Se hela inslaget här: www.svtplay.se/video/8qPyWN...

So I was on national television and the clip leading up to my segment was several minutes of Bhutanese 🍆 *You* try to keep a straight face during the interview 😳 #GNH #GrossNationalHappiness #Bhutan #happiness #eggplants

Ikväll kl 21 kommer jag prata lycka med Cecilia Gralde på Aktuellt 📺 www.svtplay.se/aktuellt Jag kan inte lova att man blir lyckligare av att titta, men försök ändå 🙂

The days are getting longer, and this morning everything was covered with confectioner's sugar. Maybe there's hope, after all.

On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in. open.substack.com/pub/digressi... Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges

Happy Winter Solstice to all who celebrate 🌞

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