Reposted by David SpurrettJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.” 31371486
Reposted by David SpurrettSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Can confirm. This, for example, was at the top of my “for you” feed when I logged in to find an old post the other day. 532198388
Reposted by David SpurrettLiam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 02/10/2026I couldn't remember what genre this was going for and I started watching it on silent because I'm on a plane and then 2/3 of the way through the guitar riff from Salisbury Hill started twanging through my head. An absolute masterpiece 032
Reposted by David Spurrettlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Franklin-Eurythmic thought admits of one interpretation wherein each Sister is maximising her self-interest and one wherein each Sister acts for the good of the whole group, and while that ambiguity is ok (fruitful, even) for a dissident movement I fear it could cause problems when they take power. 082
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"We have learned from the mistakes of the past and are committed to ensuring sexual predators do not escape justice without writing at least 1,500 words first." 001
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sometimes The Onion really hit one right out of the park. 2126
Reposted by David SpurrettDr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comTrump and Hegseth want men to take risky testosterone boosters. It’s all based on shoddy scienceHoping to win back male voters, the Trump White House is pushing the regressive idea that one hormone could be a magic elixir of masculinity 172
Reposted by David SpurrettGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo. 17744691799
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You totally nailed it. I adore that movie and rewatch it every year. 000
Reposted by David Spurrettsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/09/2026another day, another bit of evidence that the scientists who willingly hand over proprietary information to AI firms may experience some consequences 7272120
Reposted by David SpurrettDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 11041821441
Reposted by David SpurrettAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9653063276
Reposted by David SpurrettLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The NY Times has repeatedly used the phrase “to heel” in reference to Trump’s crackdown on universities, implicitly clarifying that Trump goal is to establish dominance. And what exactly constitutes this “woke” ideology in higher education? 20868181
Reposted by David SpurrettRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interesting read, in which he acknowledges that one of the (few) examples used in the main Vanderbilt report as evidence for the hopeless politicisation of anthropology is, in fact, simply science working as it should www.chronicle.com/article/the-...chronicle.comThe Harvard Anthropologist Who’s Skewering His Own FieldJoseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make everyone happy.” 33811
Reposted by David SpurrettAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 12231351284
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is really good, and sharing it is very helpful! 000
Reposted by David Spurrettsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 23/09/2026after some in-depth discussions with my lab and also drawing on conversations on here, we've edited our new policy on AI usage in my lab feel free to adapt or re-use with attribution, or to reply to tell me how awful this policy is lol 1413341
Reposted by David SpurrettPierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026William Shoki: "I have stopped asking whether South Africa has lived up to its idea. It plainly has not. What I want to know is what we would lose if the idea stopped organizing our imagination altogether." africasacountry.com/list/campaig...africasacountry.comWeekend Special, Sep 21: The idea of South Africa 021
Reposted by David SpurrettMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 18/09/2026They really turned the internet into a distortion machine. Rendering it useless to sane people. Pt 2. This is fucking insane! & now AI will give inaccurate answers to questions we ask - because it's reading its own distortion slop. Worst. Timeline. Ever.futurism.comHow Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per MonthBrown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism. 3428
Reposted by David Spurrettlos 🦦 @los-los.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Started a painting of Billy Idol in the style of Monet Monet 1217462
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I agreed to be involved in adjudicating a book prize and realised a while into the process that it was ages ago, back to grad school days, that I had so much of my reading decisions made by others. Also, it's a general humanities thing, so the pile spans a bunch of disciplines. 030
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So it is hard to see this study as 'news'. Also, sitting in the dark watching three sets of projected slides while she talked masterfully from the back was the unchallenged highlight learning experience of my undergraduate years. 030
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That is to say she described the geometry of the building, then the proposed optical explanation of the curves, and argued (partly comparatively) that the story seemed like a serious stretch that we should know about but that seemed unlikely to be right on historical and aesthetic grounds. 141
Reposted by David SpurrettGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16/09/2026sort of just staring off into the middle distance at this lede 2133130
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My Greek & Roman archaeology lecturer (the stupendous Anne Mackay) taught this myth with careful scepticism nearly 40 years ago. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comUK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusionsStudy challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines 192
Reposted by David Spurrettvijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The genocidal billionaire scammers of the tech world are totally not scamming us this time. They’ve learned true compassion and are now heroically rescuing humankind from the problem they claim to have created. They are speaking out of benevolence, and have no other motives. Lucky us! 🙄 0228
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And, I guess, spun to deflect attempts to regulate or restrict. "Not to worry, we're on it. Also, we need even more money." 020
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This could help spin declining performance as a result of principled restraint. At least for a while. 362
Reposted by David SpurrettTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 432065933
Reposted by David SpurrettDr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns 522037941
Reposted by David SpurrettHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know. 2131398861
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Boozy Bronx Book Club as the evening wears on: "Poor old Supply Chain Distributing sad tech systems Tracked a million ships in mono... Come on, Aileen Come on, Aileen" 020
Reposted by David SpurrettDavid Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...kcl.ac.ukLecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London 02928
Reposted by David SpurrettLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The US has assumed control of a global anti-abortion campaign, integrating into the State Department and US foreign policy goals healthpolicy-watch.news/us-assumes-c...healthpolicy-watch.newsUS Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups - Health Policy WatchThe United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s 236
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This result generalizes. It is only a matter of time before there is a performance of the Cowabunga Chorus. youtube.com/shorts/a8zP3...youtube.comCowabunga, verse 2.YouTube video by Bruce Eskesen 000
Reposted by David SpurrettDennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Another fucking treasure gone. 61026319
Reposted by David SpurrettTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Me, a US-based academic: I don’t care what any scholar believes, we all need to stand up publicly whenever someone’s academic freedom is threatened Me, continuing: also, the first time this has happened, motivating me to sign my first ever open letter, is in late 2026, to a race scientist, in Ghent 172689470
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Released only five months ago. youtu.be/cqlyUZL1yuc?...youtu.beIn The Pines (feat. Dolly Parton)YouTube video by Renée Fleming - Topic 010
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I got around to watching "The Fall" (2006) which was hard to get until Mubi picked up the 4k restoration. It is extraordinary and gorgeous. (Unhurried, a bit weird, but with such total commitment to making the imagined story within the main one concrete and vivid.) 020
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Excellent - I've been looking out for it since you were raving! 110
Reposted by David SpurrettKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"Hon, you've barely touched your anus scampi" 641127115
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"In my unease with what is practiced in films schools [...] I started a thing called the Rogue Film School [...] where the only two things I actually teach are the forging of documentation and the cracking of Yale Locks." 🤌✊ 001
David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is extraordinary and lots of fun. "As far as I'm concerned, the twentieth century, in its entirety, was a mistake." 150