2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint. She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

Dear friends, We at the Center for European Studies @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social are opening a position of Assistant Professor in political science, with a focus on climate transition policies. Please apply if you're super good (and not afraid to work with me ;). www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Trumpians going all Soviet Union …

More of the same: “Europe risks becoming a collection of fiefdoms of the great empires of the world right now. Some of them will be under Russia's thumb, some of them will be under America's thumb, maybe some of them will be influenced more by China.” www.thenerve.news/p/robert-kag...

We have academic vacancies at all seniority levels & open to a range of disciplines @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...

@ict.bsky.ugent.be Inspirerend initiatief! community-edtech.npuls.nl/groups/view/...

Wasn’t it a Dane who wrote ”The Emperor’s New Clothes”?

January 19, 2026

De vakgroep Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschap organiseert dit voorjaar een lezingenreeks rond het thema eugenetica. Als filosofen en moraalwetenschappers zijn wij bezorgd over de heropleving van het eugenetische discours. humanitiesacademie.ugent.be/eugenics

Very excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal

A colleague at Texas A&M pointed out that they will now have to censor their own buildings.

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.

When the government says they want to protect children by banning puberty blockers for trans kids, then 5 minutes later says that the app where grown men can remove children's clothing at will is important for "free speech", it does make you wonder if they actually fucking listen to themselves

NEW paper w. Max Lobeck & Chloé de Meulenaer: How do people in the United States and Norway argue for redistribution? In the U.S., pro-redistributive arguments mainly appeal to fairness. In Norway, arguments about the societal consequences of inequality are central. Thread ↓

At least better than the weak reaction of @kajakallas.bsky.social

It's like the FIFA peace prize doesn't mean anything anymore.

Utterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...

For future reference, the verbal diarrhea of Mike "We’re DOGE-ing the heck out of the UN" Waltz: usun.usmission.gov/u-s-represen...

#Trumpland #USFascism

The ICC will have a lot of work to do to bring all complicit genocide-enabling tech bros to justice! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit

"Don't look back in anger", schreef Noel Gallagher, maar helaas. Wat een jaar. www.mo.be/column/een-j...

THREAD: on Friday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would recognize Somaliland, an autonomous breakaway republic in northern Somalia, as an independent state. This makes Israel the first state to officially recognize Somaliland, since it's 1991 declaration of independence.

Good piece! “One-third of all newspapers in America closed between 2004 and 2025. When newspapers close, local businesses commit more legal violations, local government borrowing costs grow because of decreased public scrutiny of spending decisions, people vote less …” thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...

POLLUTOCRATS. There is precious little carbon dioxide left humanity can emit and still avoid climate breakdown. Yet some of the richest people in the world are pumping out CO2 with abandon, and minimal regard for the global impacts of their poisonous pollution. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...

#PhilJobs 2x 3-year #Postdoc Fellowships in Geneva Symmetry Group (part of Philosophy Dept) @ University of Geneva. Candidates must have a track record in independent research in philosophy of physics #philsci Dossier sent to Prof. Christian Wüthrich @ [email protected] by 20 January 2026

The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions. @hayleysmith.bsky.social @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

Editors at a Springer Nature logic journal resign and launch new open-access journal, Philosophical Logic.

🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!

The French city of Lyon is dropping #Microsoft software in favor of #opensource alternatives. It doesn't want to depend on proprietary, closed-source software, and it doesn't want to depend on *American* software. It doesn't want "potential [US] governmental surveillance." […]

Philosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Position is in the Philosophy (PHI) group led by @rachelankeny.bsky.social Deadline is 12 January 2026 www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a... #philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio

Confirmed: Another big jump in atmospheric CO2, (still) measured at Mauna Loa: the November average was ~426.5 ppm, that's 2.6 ppm higher than last year!

I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Goede samenvatting: ‘Wat zouden financiële gevolgen zijn van Euroclear-lening? "Europa schiet in eigen voet".‘ www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...

Wykeham Professorship of Logic: Faculty of Philosophy in association with New College, Oxford. The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking applications for the Wykeham Professorship of Logic, available from 1 October 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

November 30, 2025

In bijna heel Europa wordt grondwater schaarser.

"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."

AI, the gift that keeps on giving … @nature.com

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones