Some Thousand Should Oaks Something! Find me at Cal Lutheran this Thursday (in Thousand Oaks CA)! Huge thanks to fellow philosopher -- and CPP alum! -- Ashli Anda for making it happen! @mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @callutheran.bsky.social

State College friends, check it!

Top 10! austin.culturemap.com/news/enterta... @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Our Core Conversation based on Somebody Should Do Something made @culturemapatx.bsky.social's Top 10 at @sxsw.com! Check out their other recs (for film, music, comedy, and coffee!) here: www.msn.com/en-us/news/t... @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Compare “No Kings” by the numbers: every round gets bigger and it’s not just Democrats. The discontent with Trump is clearly growing, and it’s too big to ignore. If Republicans up for reelection aren’t terrified right now, they should be.

Happening tomorrow in St. Louis! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Happening Sunday in Montgomery! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

the event I organized with @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social ky.social and the Center for Ethics in Public Life, featured in The Irish Times today! at MoLI tomorrow at 2pm, register here buff.ly/mvyj9dY @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @camillafitz.bsky.social @matthewjcull.bsky.social

Big thanks to Joe Humphreys for the interview opportunity and for plugging our event at University College Dublin tomorrow! Tickets sold out but will be recorded! @dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ledaberio.bsky.social

There will also be a keynote presentation from Carlos Alberto Sanchez, a philosopher at San Jose State University and author of books including Blooming in the Ruins: How Mexican Philosophy Can Guide Us Toward the Good Life.

Come to Philosophy Day tomorrow, 3/23! This event will feature CPP Philosophy faculty, students, and alumni. Register for the event with the QR code and see details \ below. Lunch will also be provided for participants. We hope to see you there!

Just got through security at LAX. Right in front of me, a guy dropped his keys and didn't notice. I stopped him to let him know. It was David Alan Grier. I was like, "is this a bit? Are there cameras around?" Nope...

Donations matched dollar for dollar 7:00 p.m. Pacific tonight!

Donations matched dollar for dollar at 7:00 p.m. Pacific tonight!

Donations matched today (Mar 19) dollar for dollar at 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern!

#BroncosGive Learn more about our new AI Ethics and Policy major here: www.cpp.edu/class/scienc... You can also get your donation matched if you time it right! (Pacific times!) Today 6 p.m. | Thursday March 19 at 6 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.

#BroncosGive ! You can also get your donation matched if you time it right! (Pacific times!) Today 6 p.m. | Thursday March 19 at 6 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.

Link: givingday.cpp.edu/giving-day/1...

You can also get your donation matched if you time it right! (Pacific times!) Today 6 p.m. | Thursday March 19 at 6 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.

Wonderful writeup by Brianna Caleri for @culturemapatx.bsky.social of our @sxsw.com session! Both Socrates and James Talarico get shout outs! austin.culturemap.com/news/city-li... @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

A few weeks ago, Erin Beeghly said @kathleencreel.bsky.social discusses how people with names like "Donald" and "Elon" suffer from algorithmic bias now. Hypothesis: We with names starting with "A" are systematically more likely to receive butt dials. Alex can only imagine what Aarons must endure

Still time to RSVP! www.eventbrite.com/e/workers-an...

Meet us in St. Louis on March 27th!!

Some photos from the inaugural Environmental Humanities Symposium last Friday! Thank you to everyone who spoke, organized, and came.

Saw Christof Koch give a talk today @sxsw.com, more or less arguing that psychedelic mystical experiences support idealism over physicalism. He also said there was a "trick" for surrendering the ego and losing the fear of losing the self. Someone asked him what the trick was in the Q&A...

Haber no mas

South by SouthWUUUTTT!!?? @dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social Skip Larry David's session at 4pm and come find us in 410 in the Hilton Austin

👀 Breaking News🌵 Philosophers are heading to South by Southwest to talk about how anyone can help create social change 🌵 Catch @dryan149.bsky.social + co-authors on March 13th: sxswedu.com/about/#:~:te....

Super Bowl champions forever. Thank you both. #Eagles Photo by Mitchell Leff (Getty Images).

🚧📚 Workers and Learners: Building the Future of the Labor Movement ✊✨ Join us for an online conversation on how workers and students are shaping what’s next for labor! Event Info: 🗓 Wednesday, 03/18/2026 ⏰ 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM 💻 Online via Zoom

You asked -- We answered! Somebody Should Do Something is an audiobook! 🎧 Sit back and enjoy the dulcet tones of John Keating in 14, story-packed chapters about people making social change. 📘 How it starts: www.youtube.com/shorts/shz5r...

Sounds like was quite the spicy session at @spspnews.bsky.social! "Is SPSP a healthy organization?" Luke Conway's talk here: theapologeticprofessor.substack.com/p/the-scient... Compelling pres, but hard to hear indictments of others as incoherent when the indictment itself is fallacious (~4:45)

Check out the launch of the *Why Choose CLASS?* Podcast! 6 episodes on what makes CPP's College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences a transformational place to learn and lead! youtu.be/vQ-VP-vjdGQ?...

We are getting there! Come to beautiful MoLI to chat about social change! Registration here buff.ly/mvyj9dY @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Cutting-edge research from CPP faculty and students, plus contributors from the broader Southern California region. An excellent opportunity to connect across disciplines, support student scholarship, and engage in conversations about environmental ethics, sustainability, and the humanities.

Free Lunch Will be Provided 📅 Friday, March 13, 2026 🕘 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 📍 Student Services Building (Building 121), Rooms 1963 & 1967–1969, Cal Poly Pomona

Free registration is open for the 2026 Environmental Humanities Symposium, hosted by the Environmental Humanities Initiative together with CCEP! Keynoted by Javiera Barandiaran, who will speak about her brand new book *Living Minerals* for @mitpress.bsky.social Register: shorturl.at/NauHZ

Systems are made of people (and people are made of systems!) #socialchange #futurethinking #positivechange #tippingpoints @dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/4bWcQ...

Check out the full video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Ic...

Looks like I forgot to skeet about this last week but: Fair Pay for the CSU Teamsters! Here's a good explainer from my university's newspaper thepolypost.com/news/2026/02... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @cfaunited.bsky.social

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a ring is a good guy with a ring... youtube.com/shorts/T1lXu...

🧠 Stereotyping in a Digital Age 📅 Friday February 27th, 12pm-3pm 📍 Cal Poly Pomona CBA: Building 163, Room 1005 and on Zoom 🌮 Lunch served at 12pm! AMC for Erin Beeghly, *What's Wrong With Stereotyping? Please share widely! Open to all! Register here: stereotyping-in-a-digital-age.eventbrite.com

On the Reflective Altruism blog 🙏 Effective altruists think a lot about systemic change...Somebody Should Do Something is an important trade book backed by decades of scholarly research related to systemic change. I think it is important to examine this book. reflectivealtruism.com/2026/02/20/p...

New short essay out today with @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social on all kinds of ways to do good visibly. Thanks to @reflectivealt.bsky.social for the opportunity to share ideas with the EA crowd. reflectivealtruism.com/2026/02/20/p...

today at 10am Pacific! events.zoom.us/ev/AjbgeQFT5...

today at 3:30pm pst! serving-up-power-la.eventbrite.com

See you tomorrow! ✊

On 2/27, Erin Beeghly will be coming to Cal Poly Pomona for an author meets critics on her book "What's Wrong with Stereotyping", with an emphasis on stereotyping in a digital age! Join us at noon for comments from Gabbrielle Johnson, Eylül Zeynep Başkaya, and Connor Ruiz! More information on flyer!

Somebody Should Do Something & that Somebody Could Be in the CSU! CSU's Got Talent on Wed 2/18, 10a (online)! Come for the TLDR of my book, stay for the exploration of concrete strategies for applying the book's lessons through our roles in the CSU! Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AjbgeQFT5...