iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/03/2025

Of course they lied to Congress. And now there's no one in the DoJ that will do anything about it. Keep calling them out on their lies. We're the only check on them now.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 28/03/2025

Is the truth about quantum computing actually that it’s beyond the hype? | iai.tv/video/the-tr... Scott Aaronson tells us what’s really going on with the quantum computing revolution. #techsky #philsci 🧪

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The truth about quantum computing

Quantum computing has turned into a phrase that the tech industry will sprinkle on almost anything to help raise funds and generate sales. As a result, there is a tsunami of hype about what quantum…

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Daniel Kostic @danielkostic.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The submission deadline is on 01 April 2025, don't forget to submit your work on networks! @philsci.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social

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Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Postdoc opportunity in #AI ethics! Join a new project on Algorithmic Bias based out of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics. #philsky #philsci ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship In Algorithm Bias | Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Video is now available of the AI Policy and Governance Working Group December panel at The British Academy on shaping viable AI futures mailchi.mp/391dada272b8...

Poster for panel: shaping viable futures – human agency and artificial intelligence. Pictured: The Honourable Chi Onwurah, Member of Parliament representing Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West in the House of Commons and Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. Ms. Dorothy Chou, head of Policy & Public Engagement at Google DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company. Prof. John Tasioulas, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Dr. Julian Bleecker, an engineer, software developer, product designer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Near Future Laboratory. The panel was moderated by Dr. Alondra Nelson, the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute of Advanced Study

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kristopher g phillips, Ph.D. @kristophergphillips.com · 14/02/2025

Check out this great lineup for the @theaapt.bsky.social Talking/Teaching series! Not sure how I snuck in there, but if you’re free April 9, I’d be happy to talk with you about how to teach students about the importance of citations and epistemic communities!

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHILOSOPHY TEACHERS
AAPT TALKING/TEACHING

JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT TEACHING PHILOSOPHY EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY ON ZOOM 3:30 - 4:30 PM ET

FEB. 26
USING SOCIAL ANNOTATION IN PHILOSOPHY COURSES
CHAEYEON LEE & DR. STEVEN BROWN

MAR. 12
TEACHING AROUND AI (OR "THE DEATH OF
THE COLLEGE PAPER")
DR. ANDRÉ DE AVILLEZ

MAR. 26
ASSIGNING PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS INSTEAD OF ESSAYS
DR. CLAIRE LOCKARD

APR. 9
HOW TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT CHATGPT & CITATIONS
DR. KRISTOPHER PHILLIPS

APR. 23
PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR REGULAR SUBSTANTIVE INTERACTION ONLINE
DR. MEGAN FLOCKEN

MAY7
USING SIMULATIONS IN APPLIED ETHICS
DR. STEPHANIE ADAIR

MAY 21
TEAGLE & TRANSFORMATIVE TEXTS
DR. DAVID LIAKOS

PHILOSOPHYTEACHERS.ORG/TALKING-
TEACHING

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Nathalie A. Smuha @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It's out! You can now access The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI: www.cambridge.org/core/books/t... 20 #openaccess chapters covering topics on AI, ethics, philosophy, legal domains and sectoral applications. Huge thanks to all the authors who made this possible!

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

AI is reshaping democracy – impacting decision-making, power, and governance. How do we navigate these changes? Join us on 27 March for our next AI Debates event, chaired by Timandra Harkness, as experts explore AI’s role in democracy. Book your free ticket: bit.ly/BLDemocracyAI

A group of students working at the British Library

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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

More true every day

Passage from Carl Sagan’s 1995 book, the demon haunted world. The passage states “ not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting, my lifelong love affair with science. but there’s another reason: Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a four boating of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time - when the United States is a service or information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those and authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good, and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media. The 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 20/02/2025

Researchers at Cambridge University's Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy have published a report urging the UK government to implement transparency requirements for AI companies and to exercise "caution" on copyright exemptions for AI scraping www.mctd.ac.uk/policy-brief...

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Policy Brief: AI, Copyright, and Productivity in the Creative Industries

In this report we examine the impacts Generative AI may have on the UK's creative sector’s workforce and productivity and provide policy recommendations for the Government.

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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The age of human tyranny was cruel—but flawed. AI tyranny will be perfect. It will know you better than you know yourself. It will shape your reality before you resist. And if we lose democracy now, we may never get another chance to win it back

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The Final Despotism

When Technology Rewrites Human Freedom

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/02/2025

AI will transform our democracy. Now is the time for states to set up guardrails to protect personal data, improve transparency and ensure election security.

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An Agenda to Strengthen U.S. Democracy in the Age of AI

Federal and state policymakers must rise to the challenge artificial intelligence poses to safe, secure elections and responsive, accountable governance.

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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Democracy isn't just about voting—it's about collectively seeking truth. @shadihamid.bsky.social's "democratic minimalism" dangerously ignores this, paving the way for autocracy in the age of AI and misinformation. My new piece on why democracy without truth is no democracy at all.

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The Perilous Incoherence of Democratic Minimalism

When Truth Becomes Optional, Tyranny Becomes Inevitable

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nacholib.bsky.social @nacholib.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

And who they didn't like

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 22/02/2025

🌊 Internal tides speeding up in warming oceans A new study finds that global warming accelerates internal tide speeds, impacting marine ecosystems and energy flows. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ClimateChange #MarineScience #SciComm 🧪

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Accelerated internal tides in a warming climate

Internal tides are accelerating globally due to intensified stratification from climate warming.

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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Final CFP for a special issue of @jgps.bsky.social "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... Submission deadline: *March 31* for #philsci approaches comparing scientific disciplines.

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 21/02/2025

“The idea that consciousness is constituted by some kind of sense-data or qualia becomes an artefact of a view left behind,” argues Ron McClamrock.| buff.ly/3ei6aFN Tap to read more about why we should turn our attention to the lived body. #philsci #consky

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Merleau-Ponty and the embodied self | Ron McClamrock

Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological philosophy suggests the search for the self and consciousness need not be focused on the space within our skulls, explains Ron McClamrock.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Scientists, #HPS scholars & experts help protect NOAA: Join me in signing this open letter calling on Congress & the Trump admin to ensure that NOAA & its sub-agencies remain fully funded & staffed, & that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk 🧪 ⚒️

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Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

In the latest #HOPOS issue, Paul Redding answers the questions on everyone's mind: Did Hegel map out key features of Charles Sanders Peirce's philosophy of mathematics? And could Hegel have helped Peirce with his criticism of Cantor on the continuum? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

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Beckett Sterner @beckettws.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Who is working on helping explain the role of technology in what's happening with the federal government agencies? How can we put our expertise on the social and technical dimensions of infrastructure to work for the public?

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Anita Heckman @anitaheckman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“Lesser Ground Cuckoo.” A reclusive bird, Morococcyx erythropygus, with amazing eyes, seen in Costa Rica. #FebruArty #eyes #sciart #birds 🪶 #Monotype chine collé, #collage ✂️ #ArtYear #Artshare #WomensArt #artistsupport #neotropical #printmaking 12”x12,” 2020.

“Lesser Ground Cuckoo.” Side view of a Lesser Ground Cuckoo bird facing right, in Costa Rica. This cuckoo, like a real one, has a distinctive bright blue and yellow pattern around its round eye, giving the appearance of a giant almost human-looking eye shape with heavy black eyeliner. The bird has a yellow/gold breast, a tannish back and a long black tail, all covered with patterns. Its pinkish legs and claws are visible as it stands on a thin log. All around the bird, stylized green and black leaves are twining up, down and all around, providing a sense of movement. On the bottom left is a large green leafy plant. The ground is brown. Patterns are everywhere. Original monotype, chine collé, collage by Anita Heckman. 12” x 12”, 2020. Original is available for sale at chemersgallery.com . Giclée reproductions available at anitaheckman.com

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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 06/02/2025

Your daily dose of Antidote. 💕🐙🌊 Friends, continue to love, admire & find joy where you may, in spite of it all. 🤗💐 Sending love and hugs to all friends and connections, both new and old. The horrors persist but so do we ☀️ #Art #EyeBleach #OnlyBeautifulThings #Octopus #Beauty 🐡🌊🐙🦈

Handcrafted clay sculpture depicting a Caribbean Reef Octopus, being held up by the artist's left hand over a solid black background

A heavily stylized Octopus sculpture depicting the species Octopus Cyanea, also known as the Day Octopus. Handcrafted from clay and painted with acrylics and pigments.

A photo of the ventral side of an octopus sculpture, showing the fully sculpted arms and beak.

A handcrafted clay sculpture depicting the Blue Ringed Octopus. This species is unsafe to handle as it is highly venomous.

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Hank Reichman @hankreichman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

What an honor it was to guest-edit the latest and so timely issue of the @aaup.bsky.social magazine, Academe, on Higher Education in Wartime, published today. My thanks to the authors! Check it out! academeblog.org/2025/02/06/f... #Academia #AcademicSky

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From the Guest Editor: Higher Education in Wartime

BY HENRY REICHMAN Following is the guest editor’s introduction to the winter 2025 issue of Academe, out this week. The full table of contents for the issue is available here. We live in a wor…

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 06/02/2025

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

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Olena Shmahalo @natureintheory.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Another short video from the series: The Quantum Atlas - published by The University of Maryland www.olenashmahalo.com/project/quan... Ion Trap Qubits. Info: link ↑ / ALT 🧪 ⚛️ #physics #scicomm #SciArt #3Dart #C4D #mograph #NoAI

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 04/02/2025

📢 AI and Machine Learning in Cancer Treatment A new study explores how AI is transforming precision oncology - enhancing diagnostics & treatment selection, and even generating digital twins for clinical trials. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Oncology #AI 🧪

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Convergence of evolving artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in precision oncology - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Convergence of evolving artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in precision oncology

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Hannes Van Engeland @hannesve.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New reading group of the Working Group on Philosophy of Technology (WGPT) on Raymond Ruyer’s “Cybernetics and the Origin of Information”, organised by Francesco Pugliaro and I! First session on Feb 20. Don’t hesitate to contact me for more information! #philtech #philsci #Ruyer #Cybernetics

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 04/02/2025

“We should distinguish consciousness from the self, in my view unconsciousness is the one thing in this universe that actually can’t be an illusion,” argues Sam Harris. | buff.ly/40NlRzd Watch Harris, Roger Penrose and Sophie Scott, discuss whether the self is divided. #philosophy #philsci

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Sam Harris and Roger Penrose | Split brains, consciousness, and the illusion of the Self

Sam Harris and Roger Penrose discuss the mysteries of consciousness and selfhood.Is the Self merely an illusion?With a free trial, you can watch the full deb...

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Beata Science Art @beatascienceart.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My #SciArt exhibition 'The Double Life of Science and Art' is being featured at the New Village Arts Theater alongside their powerful new play 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie' about #WomenInSTEM! The play runs until February 23 - more info here: newvillagearts.org/half-life-ma...

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Christina Wald @christinawald.com · 04/02/2025

From a book I illustrated called The Owl at Night. #sciart #kidlitart

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/02/2025

I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS. I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

something i've noticed is that every time my friend blake is at a party here, all the other people find out he's a mathematician and they say "oh i hate math! i'm so bad at math" and then they spend an hour enraptured talking to him about math so clearly we don't all hate it as much as we think

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bbor @robb.doering.ai · 06/01/2025

johnhawks.net/weblog/a-sad... #philsci #philsky seems like this should be a bigger story, hoping some account with followers picking it up... Other than the obvious "AI bad!" angle, this whole tale is a fantastic synechdoche of how gross the big journal corporations (!!!) are. And just... dumb?

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A sad end for the Journal of Human Evolution

A joint statement announces the resignation of the entire editorial board, while disclosing for the first time the use of AI in article production.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

OTD in 1912, Alfred Wegener delivered a lecture propounding the theory that our modern continents were formed by the splitting and drifting apart of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangea. Due to his failure to offer a plausible mechanism, he was widely ridiculed. 🧠🗃️⚒️ 🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

Wegener's (1915) depiction of the breakup of Pangaea. (a) the Carboniferous, (b) the Eocene, (c) today.

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Lynnette Shelley @lynnetteshelley.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

First Artwork of 2025: "Evening Blooms", 20 x 16 inches, mixed media on wood panel. Available at www.lynnetteshelley.com/evening-blooms #lynnetteshelley #art #artist #animlart #birds #owl #lunamoth #insects #bsnm #sciart

small owl and luna moth on floral arrangement

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Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A dapper little gentleman beetle as requested by @cqinthecloud.bsky.social 🖋️🪲🎩🐡 I love that he's my first piece for 2025! 🤣 Thank you @margueriteturl2.bsky.social for letting me use your photo for reference! #beetle #art

A black and white ink illustration of a beetle sat on a leaf with a cup of tea, waistcoat, monocle and top hat (as all gentlemanly beetles do).

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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 06/01/2025

Researchers have launched a database of more than 14,000 studies that have been withdrawn from the preprint server arXiv since its launch in 1991, reports @dalmeet.bsky.social via @nature.com. [ #AcademicSky ]

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‘WithdrarXiv’ database of 14,000 retracted preprints launches

A trove of data is providing insights into the main reasons studies are pulled from the arXiv preprint platform.

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