The fast-and-frugal heuristics crowd must be so pleased: finally somebody is following their advice! I guess we'll see how things work out.

📣 We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Lakatos Award 2027! Deadline: 1 September 2026. 📚 Submit in your nominations for the best monograph in the philosophy of science! More information: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/n... #PhilSci #Lakatos #LSEPhilosophy #Philosophy

Apropå bidrags- & skattefusk borde någon ta en närmre titt på utlandssvenskar. Av de svenskar vi kände i USA (ofta välbärgade) var en chockerande andel skrivna i Sverige för att ha tillgång till svenska trygghetssystem, men undslapp svenska skatter genom att inte deklarera sina utländska inkomster.

Kan någon förklara hur det här förslaget är tänkt att fungera: en akademikerfamilj som flyttar till Sverige ska betala svenska skatter utan tillgång till trygghetssystemen i fem år? www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/9p...

Who said it: ”Wars can be fought ’forever,’ and very successfully”? (a) Napoleon about Russia; (b) Putin about Ukraine; or (c) Trump about Iran.

We started a war bc Trump had FOMO

#AnalogLife #FTW

You might think the first order of business for a nationalist-liberal-conservative gov’t would be to preserve our cultural heritage, but 🤦

Who’s even in charge around here?

Iran has had decades to prepare for this exact kind of attack. When we’re this predictable, we should assume they have prepared a response | “U.S. Closes 2 Gulf Embassies as Iran Steps Up Retaliation” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Nobody could have anticipated this: “Mideast Conflict Widens Across Multiple Fronts” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Tocqueville is genuinely one of the midt underestimated commentators of the US in political philosophy. People always look to Rawls and Nozick as the two sides of American political imaginary, but Tocqueville is far more spot on.

“What is most repugnant to me in America is not the extreme freedom that reigns there, it is the lack of a guarantee against tyranny.” – Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835/40)

The Rausing Professorship at the Department of History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University is now open for applications (deadline 30 April). Great department; lovely city.

the guy who wrote the literal book on this stuff is dunking on the admin:

WOTD: "escalation situation" – a cycle in which some effort fails to have the intended effect, which leads to increased efforts, which also fail to have the intended effect, which leads to even more efforts, etc. (From A Course in Behavioral Economics, p. 36) www.bloomsbury.com/us/course-in...

Two criminal regimes bombing a third

This will not end well: “U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

”Xenophobia is, then, spiritually speaking, an illness, a failure to see people as God does, to treat them as God demands they be treated.” CC: Purportedly Christian politicians everywhere.

Det är klart man kan ha vilka examinationskrav man vill, men då behöver man ju inte kalla det en "doktorsexamen" heller.

Bokrea! Köp En bättre värld är möjlig till 71% rabatt: www.adlibris.com/sv/bok/en-ba... Den har aldrig varit billigare 💫

Just reached inbox <200! Doesn't sound like a big accomplishment, but

Fin dokumentärfilm om det svenska njurbytesprogrammet STEP, en tillämpning av den gren av nationalekonomin som kallas matchningsteori. Med nationalekonomen @proftommyandersson.bsky.social 👍

Today's gig: Swedish Houses of Parliament, at the invitation of the Chief Ombudsman for Justice. The office of the Ombudsman for Justice was established in 1809 as a cornerstone of constitutional protection for fundamental freedoms and basic rights in Sweden.

Clay feet: www.ft.com/content/dbe5...

“I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the USA, who benefited from our education system, from the freedoms and liberties that make this country a great place, I would hope that they want to compete with the USA.” Then why is Vance working for Russia??

Living on the edge

Ser ut som en fälla (men jag tar risken)

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

"We call it the Pet Sematary, after the heartwarming comedy by Stephen King"

New double-blind study of gender bias in course evaluations in remote teaching finds no effect: www.uu.se/en/departmen... (The result doesn't mean there isn't gender discrimination elsewhere, obviously.)

Problem about the loneliness epidemic is, it's everywhere except in representative survey data. Let's look at where the claim comes from. 1/

Ice everywhere ⛸

AI enthusiast podcasters recreating labor alienation from first principles while repeatedly pulling the lever on the labor alienation machine

OH in the shower at the fitness center: Gym bro 1: “The only thing girls want is fucking flowers” Gym bro 2: “So why didn’t you get her any??” Gym bro 1: “…” Me, inside my head: “Seriously dude why didn’t you buy her flowers!?” Youth really is wasted on the young.

#PhilosophyHands 📸 Edwin Rovers

The world really is upside down when Americans 🇺🇸 apologize at every turn, and Canadians 🇨🇦 are like “YOU CAN FUCK OFF I DON’T GIVE A FUCK” #Olympics #Olympics2026 #MilanoCortina

Canada 🇨🇦 cheating at curling was not on my bingo card 😳

The Swedish gov’t has bragged about their “maximally restrictive migration policy” for years now, but suddenly they’re shocked, shocked to find out what that means for families and the economy. They’re playing us for a fool.

This picture (credits to the creator I don't know) represents the the feelings of living in this world.

The Swedish gov’t intends to deport an 8-month-old baby to Iran, even though he was born in Sweden and both parents are legal residents: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/migr...

Deadline coming up! The 2026 Swedish Congress of Philosophy (”Filosofidagarna”) will be hosted by the @stockholm-uni.bsky.social Department of Philosophy, June 12–14. www.su.se/english/divi... #philsky #philsci

Deadline coming up! The 2026 Swedish Congress of Philosophy (”Filosofidagarna”) will be hosted by the @stockholm-uni.bsky.social Department of Philosophy, June 12–14. www.su.se/english/divi... #philsky #philsci

Interrupting my regularly scheduled programming to announce the happy news that the Baltic Sea froze over, generating vast surfaces suitable for long-distance skating. My old friend Jens Liljestrand and I took some time off to explore the edge of the archipelago today, and it was glorious ❄️❄️❄️

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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

The positively genocidal language really is the cherry on top: "Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation" by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

I will never get tired of my favorite traffic-calming device.

Apposite: "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." – Charles Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1...