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@benbraun.eurosky.social asked me to share my latest rant on chatbot's use in academic writing. Here it is. The main message is: using chatbots to write your paper is bad practice, making us loose much time for nothing and exposes you to reputational risk. Journals must adapt policies accordingly

Edgar Morin nous a quittés. En 2011, la @revue-hermes.bsky.social lui consacrait un numéro entier (@cnrseditions.bsky.social). A (re)découvrir en libre accès sur @cairninfo.bsky.social. shs.cairn.info/revue-hermes...

»Der Lehrer braucht nicht nur Mut, sondern auch Gleichmut.« Ein Grundlagenwerk aus dem Nachlass über die Erziehung der Gesellschaft, das keineswegs ausschließlich für Soziologen geschrieben wurde. Auch Pädagoginnen und Erzieher können noch etwas lernen. Out!

Organiser, réglementer ou démocratiser le travail ? Lectures croisées de Durkheim, Taylor et Friedmann shs.cairn.info/revue-l-homm...

Lu pour vous... ds.hypotheses.org/19040

Lu pour vous... ds.hypotheses.org/19050

Anciennes guerres ou nouveaux conflits shs.cairn.info/revue-apres-...

"Turn to the Right: Ideas, Ideologies, and Culture of the Right, Fascists, and Neo-Fascists" May 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM PDT over Zoom Panelists: Alvaro Bianchi André Kaysel Cinzia Solari Kat Fuller Discussant: Hulya Arik Register: ucla.zoom.us/j/96526227118

Now available: 'Extrajudicial Communication' edited by Hélène Tyrrell and Conall Mallory Offers a detailed examination of what judges say outside of the courtroom, when, why, and to what end ➡️ https://bit.ly/3PJ5eDc #PublicLaw #LegalProfession

Happy to organise this event with @jkom.bsky.social THE LABOUR THE LAW FORGOT. THE COMMODIFICATION OF EVERYONE’S COGNITIVE-RELATIONAL WORK IN THE AI ECONOMY www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/michel... cc @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Jesus Christ this is the most chilling thing I've read in ages. The "new understanding of truth" described here is not new in any way, it is basically a return to pre-literate dark ages & the inevitable result is going to be fascism.

ADVANCE ARTICLE: Benjamin STRAUMANN, "From Individual virtue to the just state: Cicero and the legal nature of Roman political thought" (The Journal of Roman Studies) [OPEN ACCESS] @universitypress.cambridge.org esclh.blogspot.com/2026/05/adva...

Word of the day: “quash”

What’s going on with closed caption on YouTube?

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models go.nature.com/4eFGLZK

🗣️"If a translation is not in a database, it is functionally invisible. For smaller languages, this is not a technical inconvenience. It is a form of cultural erasure." #Translation #Bibliodiversity

Heute ist ein Beitrag von mir im Politischen Feuilleton des Deutschlandfunk Kultur erschienen. 🎙️ www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/warum-der-un...

New World Order same Old Wars

“The world seems to be heading for a catastrophe, or, more precisely, already to be in its throes… Humans do not appear as subjects of their destiny, but rather as objects of a blind process of nature, and the reaction of moral sentiment to this state of affairs is compassion.” Max Horkheimer

At the beginning of April, Vincent Oberhauser successfully defended his dissertation. His work examines why social norms sometimes lose their regulating power and under which conditions rule-breaking becomes more likely. Using experimental and survey data, the dissertation offers new insights ...

Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy by Sandrine Baume and David Ragazzoni. The volume explores the historical genesis, normative foundations, and legacy of Kelsen's theory of liberal constitutional democracy. 📚 https://cup.org/4b9H0tz #constitutionallaw

Beyond Anthropic’s Red Line: Human-in-the-Loop and the Illusion of Legitimacy in AI Decision-Support Systems opiniojuris.org/2026/04/13/b...

Not All Aggression is Equal: Why Force for Regime Change is the Graver Breach opiniojuris.org/2026/04/14/n...

👀ICYMI | "Le Petit Prince is one of the most translated books ever published. It exists in well over a hundred languages. But if you tried to find all those translations in a single database, you would fail" @ausiastsel.com #Books #Translation #Bibliodiversity

On 5 May, Prof Javier Auyero of UT Austin will be in Glasgow to present findings from his latest book, Dark Governance: Illegal Organisations and State Power. Please join us for this joint event of GLARN and IPED. 16:00 - 5 May 2026 Room 916, 42 Bute Gardens Followed by a drinks reception

JUST PUBLISHED 👀 Heine Andersen on the recent passing of Jürgen Habermas and his legacy in critical theory and sociology more widely: 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...

“The Obsolescence of Homo Faber” open.substack.com/pub/andersce...

1970’s are so back!

One month left for prospective PhD students to apply for the AIM PhD programme. We provide support for each part of the application process, tailoring it for each person depending on where they need the most help. Apply by 10 May. Learn more and apply: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/aim-phd

De l’esprit du capitalisme et du rôle de la critique shs.cairn.info/le-nouvel-es...

SSRN PAPER: Alessandro VOLPI, "Legal and Political Constitutionalism from Schmitt and Kelsen to Contemporary Debates: Notes on Constitutional Guardianship and Democracy" [OPEN ACCESS] @ssrn.bsky.social esclh.blogspot.com/2026/04/ssrn...

Now you can quote him on the definition of the crimes against humanity…

"But the urgent question for any human translator remains: How, after overcoming the shock of obsolescence, should this future be managed?" From our new issue, read Lawrence Venuti's "The Human Translator versus the Machine": www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

"The new five-year plan calls for the Chinese government to keep research and development spending growing at least 7 percent per year...That means China’s national labs, universities, and industrial clusters will be flush with cash at a time when the United States is slashing those same budgets."

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL

Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war ft.trib.al/00iuYNQ

US bond market shows signs of strain as Iran war sparks Treasury tumult ft.trib.al/z6ugvOG

Life youtu.be/XlM9sBhhx1g?...

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals by Matilda Carter. Drawing on her professional experience, Matilda Carter offers a political analysis of the social position of people living with dementia. 📚 https://cup.org/3NJWFqp #bioethics #medicallaw

We are very pleased to invite you to the conference Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice, which will take place on 28–29 May 2026 at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. We are honored to host keynote lectures by Jonathan Wolff, Kanchana Mahadevan, and Caesar Atuire.

Edinburgh staff urge university to ditch OpenAI deal: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...

Weltgeist auf Papier Zum Tode von Jürgen Habermas von Hauke Brunkhorst www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026). Read his "Work and Weltanschauung: The Heidegger Controversy from a German Perspective" in our 1989 symposium on Heidegger and Nazism. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

CI remembers Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026). Read his essay "Georg Simmel on Philosophy and Culture: Postscript to a Collection of Essays" (1996). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...