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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀

@brilarson.bsky.social
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Philosophizing @ U Cincy. Thinking about identity, social epistemology, & philosophical pedagogy. In my spare time I like to fight, both ideas and people. Briannalarson.com

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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Luckily I have experience tenant organizing so I know this is for SURE a breach of contract and I’m going to get out of the lease and get my money back or I’ll take them to court for failing to provide a safe, habitable living environment but like…my credit card debt will never end
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thanks, I’m still so upset. Like I bought new decor abd have clothes and my rugs and food in there. I set off bug bombs but everything is double contaminated now and idk where to even begin sorting this out. It’s so fucked up 😭
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
All while making almost nothing as a PhD candidate!! I seriously cannot afford this. I need a CIGARETTE! 😭💀
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Had the absolute day from hell. Went to move in to my new apt. 90 degrees out, AC not working. On top of that, major roach infestation I didn’t notice until half of my stuff was moved in. Now in temporary housing while I figure out how to break my lease & get my money/stuff back
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I need an Alex Rails reveal immediately…they can’t keep getting away with this
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The American Association of Philosophy Teachers @theaapt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If memory serves, Plato was also a wrestler 🤓
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ah yes, what you should do at an academic conference is…grapple a fellow philosopher in a sand volleyball court? Anyway, I had a blast at the AAPT @theaapt.bsky.social conference talking about pedagogy with some of the best and kindest people in the profession 🤓 🤼‍♀️🧠
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New A24 horror movie concept: a Lin Manuel Miranda / Matthew Morrison collab
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My dream job is just whatever Nathan Fielder does. If any philosophy departments are hiring a “Nathan Fielder-style” position, you know how to reach me.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Today I had a fellow university employee/student ask me why packages on every floor of the building my department is in are going uncollected. I’m glad you found me, sir. While I am in an office called “graduate student office,” that is merely a ruse—for I am actually the Boss of University Packages
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Being gluten free in an airport is hell because I’m eating warm baby carrots I’ve have in my bag since 10am and a gluten free hot dog bun. Nothing in it. Just a bun.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Just watched a girl walk into the ocean, fill up a plastic cup with water, and CHUG half of it. Much to think about.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Adult only airlines when
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Writing 7,000 words in one day has me 🥴
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
See you next month, Boston! Anyone else heading to the PLATO Conference? 🥳😎
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just found out bones make blood. Have a lot to think about.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🥹💕
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
If you’d like to support the cause, I’m only $300 from my $3,000 goal. Consider donating to help patients like my grandma and fund critical research. ALL proceeds go directly to Project Purple. donate.projectpurple.org/TeamJoyce
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2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Don’t worry…I’m still out here running 🏃🏻‍♀️ 💜 I’m raising money for Project Purple in honor of my grandma and her journey with pancreatic cancer. My training for the 2025 Chicago Marathon has officially started. 🏃🏻‍♀️ 💜
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Like…one would think philosophers who value Goodness and Truth would not be a******* but here we are
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Fair enough 😂
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Ursula lowkey is a diva but still????
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
When I have professor money my younger siblings aren’t getting SHIT for Christmas because what the hell are these suggestions? 😂💀
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“Once the semester ends I might just do a backflip” - @valenciawhite.bsky.social
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
You ever try to stretch your travel funding in new creative ways and genuinely start looking into attending a time share presentation for cheaper accommodations? Yeah…me neither…totally wouldn’t do that…
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Like her goal was to INSPIRE WOMEN??? Hey….HUH?
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Imagine not being able to read a room as bad as Katy Perry and the rich ****s on that space flight. I’m so glad your 11 minute space trek made you feel “connected to love” … im sure the people without food, housing, and healthcare are so thrilled for your love connection!!!! Girlbosses in space 🤩🤩🤩
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
First antique show of the seasonnnn — Scored a 1977 oracle/tarot deck that’s rare-ish and goes for $300-$500 online for $60 🤩
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yesterday my roommates boyfriend (not a philosopher) asked me if Blade Runner was inspired by Descartes and I felt my brain do a hard reset
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
There is not enough soothing calming tea in the world to get me through the rest of this semester with my sanity in tact 💀 it’s crash out season 😀
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Taking some HUGE risks right now (I’m switching running shoe brands)
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
We’re the CEO of bioethics sorry I don’t make the rules 🤷‍♀️
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Today my students found out I’m 29 and one said “HOLY SHIT NO WAY…BRUH” and then laughed 💀💀
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Traveled with my 1000 & 3000 level Ethics Bowl students to Salt Lake City this weekend! They competed in the Collegiate Bioethics Bowl at Westminster University. We didn’t advanced to finals, but I’ve had a ton of fun teaching them this semester & learning from and with them! Now, time to explore. 😎
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
That’s exactly right
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The philosophy of math was created as a personal attack on my well being and sanity, and is thus an official, hostile enemy of Briopolis. Please stop the violence. Choose peace.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What if the spring semester ended right now instead of in May ahah that would be soooo wild (please I’m begging)
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Citing my prophetic dreams and my beautiful mind as the only sources in my dissertation ✨🥰
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My first publication is online! My coauthors and I argue for an Ethics Bowl-style pedagogical approach as one way to mitigate conflicts in the classroom. Hopefully some can find our insights valuable given ✨ everything that’s happening ✨ www.pdcnet.org/aaptstudies/...
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Navigating Controversial Terrain: Using Ethics Bowl–Style Pedagogy to Teach Philosophy in Polarized Contexts - published on March 27, 2025
In this essay, we explore two salient kinds of value conflict between instructors and students and how such conflict can cause both pedagogical and professional challenges for instructors. We delineat...
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thanks Martin!
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Excited to be a recipient of this award for my project, “Narrative, Identity, and Philosophy for Children: Empowering Self-Understanding in Disadvantaged Schools.” 🥳
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Congratulations to the 2025 URC Graduate Student Stipend Awardees!
University of Cincinnati researchers continue to blaze new trails — see our latest newsworthy research.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thanks to the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social and @apa-gsc.bsky.social for supporting this important outlet for graduate students!
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Check out our posts, and please think about contributing! A big thank you to the various graduate students who have contributed during the 2024-2025 academic year. blog.apaonline.org/category/iss...
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Category: Graduate Student Chronicles
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you’re interested, email me at larsonba@mail.uc.edu. I am happy to help you think through/workshop an idea, and we provide copyediting and revision support to all authors.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Posts are typically 1,000-1,500 words and informal. They can be about anything related to being a graduate student. Previous contributors have written about service in graduate school, well-being and mental health, auto mechanics and philosophy, pedagogy and teaching, and union organizing.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Hi Philosophers! I’m recruiting again for the APA Blog's Graduate Student Chronicles. I am currently recruiting for summer posts and have slots for June, July, and August. (recruiting for the 2025-2026 AYwill start in late summer, but feel free to reach out now, and I'm happy to pencil you in)
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For every math equation I see in a philosophy paper I gain one new grey hair. Stop the madness. Reject Big Math.
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Big discoveries today
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you’re a philosophy graduate student and would like to contribute to the blog, send me an email larsonba@mail.uc.edu
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Bri the Coffee Rat ☕️🐀 @brilarson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thanks to fellow @ucphilosophy.bsky.social grad @clif-clemotte.bsky.social for contributing to the Grad Student Chronicles on the Blog of the APA! Check out his post about auto mechanics and philosophy 🧰🧑‍🔧📚 shorturl.at/amzXH
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In praise of (auto) mechanistic philosophy
What skills do you need to be a philosopher? Common examples might include: strong writing skills, the ability to analyze an argument for background assumptions and the structure of inferences, an int...
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