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Catharine Diehl

@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent), Theoretical Philosophy, Leiden University I work primarily on metaphysics and the philosophy of logic.

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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We are delighted to announce a new specialization in the Philosophy of the Arts! I'm really excited we were able to put this together in a time of austerity.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The Netherlands is a lovely place! The cities are charming and walkable, the people friendly and honest, the food is often sufficient for typical calorific needs.
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
@Eurostar just denied passage to me, a single mother travelling alone with my two small children. We tried to show our tickets on the app to the worker on carriage 15 of the 15:53 from Brussels to Amsterdam. No help, no sympathy for a mother travelling alone. Shame on Eurostar!
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
America’s young men need to spend more time outdoors and less time texting with their friends. by Pete Hegseth
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Please consider signing this petition opposing cuts to arts education in the Netherlands: chng.it/H4FdFw6Y
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In Defense of Art Research: A Call to Support ACPA, PhDArts, and docARTES
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The collegium musicum is a cooperation between Leiden University and the conservatory in the Hague and lets LU students combine academics w musical training. It is an innovative and valuable cooperation! Now LU wants to cut it for piddly savings. To support, sign here: petities.nl/petitions/un...
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Universiteit Leiden (UL): zet kunst en cultuur niet bij het schroot!!
In NL unieke samenwerking tussen de Universiteit Leiden en de Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag: studenten volgen als onderdeel van hun universitaire studie een 3-jarige minor op conservatorium of beeld...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"Harvard pushed back on the White House’s claim that it should have checked with the administration lawyers...'It remains unclear to us exactly what, among the government’s recent words and deeds, were mistakes or what the government actually meant to do and say.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 16/04/2025
HERE WE GO: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds probable cause for contempt of court against the Trump administration. In a masterclass move, he asks the government whether they’ll purge the contempt (by complying) or identify the people in the administration who should be subject to sanctions.
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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/80/jgg-v-trump/?redirect_or_modal=True
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/04/2025
US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations
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US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations
Judge also warned White House that if it stonewalled contempt proceedings he would appoint independent prosecutor * US politics live – latest updates A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that there was probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt for violating his temporary injunction that barred the use of the Alien Enemies Act wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. In a scathing 46-page opinion, James Boasberg, the chief US district judge for Washington, wrote that senior Trump officials could either return the people who were supposed to have been protected by his injunction, or face contempt proceedings. Continue reading...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
BREAKING: Last night, the Harvard faculty chapter of the AAUP and the national AAUP filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump administration from illegally demanding that we keep quiet and change how we teach and research at the point of a financial gun. actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Analysis | One week ago, Pete Hegseth's embarrassing Signalgate dominated the news, and Trump needed to change the narrative. By tanking the world economy, he's done exactly that. The grand master of four-dimensional chess remains undefeated. by Chris Cillizza
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
De minister van Onderwijs doet alsof de bezuinigingen een goddelijke beslissing zijn, in plaats van ideologisch gedreven keuzes van dit antiwetenschappelijke kabinet.
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Okay, before I had toddlers I would have missed the genius here! So I guess having twins did have some benefits to my academic life.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/04/2025
We could not agree more today has given us new life and we will are so grateful!
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
frankly, I'm shocked that the guy who went broke running casinos would turn out to be shit at running an economy
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who surrender their eggs to the US market. by Howard Lutnick
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate: “There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"Ozturk was sent to Louisiana even after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani ordered Ozturk to remain in the state and that the government give 48 hours’ notice before moving her." www.masslive.com/news/2025/03...
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Tufts grad student sent to Louisiana after federal agents arrest her, lawyer says
A Tufts University graduate student who was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents was sent to a detention facility in Louisiana, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/03/2025
Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
one of the most baffling parts of this. I spent the last decade or so prepping to make the "first they came for ethnic studies" version of the Niemoller point to libs. while they did (see the CRT offensive and book bans) I absolutely did not think children's cancer researchers would be next in line
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Omg 😱. This is *awful*. I was expecting to push hard on submission to CDMRP funding opps for our cancer research this year, and it looks like cancer opps are gone. $1.5B total funding, slashed by 57% www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...
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Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
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Alice Roberts @hjcovitz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Incredible. Gift version of article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I fear this strategy will be effective in undermining one of the currently most robust avenues for fighting the authoritarian overreaches of the Tr*mp admin. As ideologically and economically backward and incoherent as the Admin is, the tactics are at least somewhat means-ends rational.
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Women In Logic @womeninlogic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🚨Call for Papers🚨 WiL 2025: 9th Women in Logic Workshop Are you a woman working in logic? Please join us on July 14, 2025 at our annual workshop (Birmingham), give a talk, and enjoy a day with Women in Logic! Deadline: 1-2 pages by May 5, 2025, via EasyChair. sites.google.com/view/wil2025
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Birmingham, UK Affiliated with FSCD 2025 Free online attendance
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Today Groningen strikes against the devastating cuts to Higher Education planned by the current Cabinet!
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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Over 120 full professors of VU Amsterdam signed an open letter in support of the strike on April 7! #WOinActie woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/meer...
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Meer dan 120 hoogleraren van de VU: Staak met ons mee op 7 april!
WOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst.
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
From CMV to pancreatic cancer and melanoma, mRNA vaccines are super promising — the Admin is throwing this away too.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
On strike today 🟥 Against cuts in higher education and science. Against damaging future generations and stifling innovation. #DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place. Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This really looks like the Administration is now ignoring Court orders? That's a bright line.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is where science is at. Amplify the message: when NIH is cut, science in this country stops. Science depends on the stability of the NIH +others. Funding cuts, delays, and uncertainties mean we can't do our work. Support KLAB, and also call your legislature and tell them this is unacceptable!
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
An excellent account of all the ways that the Administration's letter to Columbia was improper and, itself, violated Title VI. A particularly useful primer if, like me, you don't know the details of the conditions around Federal Funding and Title VI procedures.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is a superb primer by @stevevladeck.bsky.social on President Trump’s radical invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemy Act. Everyone needs to read this:
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Catharine Diehl @catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Philosophers on strike! (Please don't) ask ChatGPT. @woinactie.bsky.social
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