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JJ @jjdotbiz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?
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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
how have I called a kind of speech act an "undertaking," and only just realized that that makes the speaker "the undertaker"
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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 10/03/2026
“AI will exacerbate a widening divide in US #HigherEducation [so] that small numbers of elite students will have access to a more traditional, largely tech-free liberal arts education, while everyone else has a ‘degraded, soulless form of vocational training administered by AI instructors’” #GenAI
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/03/2026
I remain fascinated by people who are 100% all-in on using LLMs at their jobs (and telling everyone that they're doing it) and who appear to have never paused to consider "what value am I personally adding in here, at this point, and why do I think my employers won't eventually figure this out"
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I can't compete with this.
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Society for Disability Studies @disstudies.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Coming up tomorrow! Registration open and free to attend!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
the only place this should happen is academic conferences
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/11/2025
It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be. The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
A formal statement from the University of Oklahoma appears on a white background with red accents. The text explains that the university is reviewing a student’s concern about grading and religious freedom. It states that college leaders contacted the student promptly, conducted a formal grade appeals process, and ensured no academic harm occurred. It also notes that the student filed a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs, which triggered a university review process. The graduate student instructor was placed on administrative leave, and a full-time professor assumed teaching duties for the rest of the semester. The statement reaffirms OU’s commitment to fairness, respect, and protecting students’ rights to express sincerely held religious beliefs. At the bottom is the University of Oklahoma logo.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 01/12/2025
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
oh word, other academics would have designed the assignment and graded it differently? wow, that changes everything
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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Why Wearing a Barrel As Pants is The New Hot Style”
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/10/2025
Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Submit a Claim
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
he's right and he's right to say it
screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."
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Being Trans in Philosophy @being.transinphilosophy.org · 11/06/2025
We printed the first batch of the zine today! And of course we made the cover in 13 different colors 🌈 #beingtransinphilosophy
Photo of six copies of the Being Trans in Philosophy zine spread out to show the differently colored covers. The cover says "our stories" and "we are not trans in a theoretical way." The photo also says in captions "Issue no. 0 release date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025."
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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this ‪@us.theconversation.com‬ piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...
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Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength
Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/06/2025
The FBI is seeking to criminally investigate gender affirming care providers, even in blue states with shield law protections. www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...
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FBI Posts Ominous Call for "Tips" on Gender Affirming Care Providers
This is an alarming escalation by the Trump administration and it's campaign of eradication of trans people. Today, the FBI tweeted a call for the public to report hospitals or clinics performing gen...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2025
RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/03/2025
Donald Trump said he'd abolish the Department of Education, and that's exactly what he's doing. If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.
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Education Department to Fire 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/03/2025
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
it is the moral duty of every person to protect as many as we possibly can from this fucking monster. anything less than the most we can do is unacceptable. whatever power you have, use it
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I'm giving my first lecture for the year tomorrow at this event on queer feminist translation, affect & decoloniality. Glad I can be there all day to absorb & listen & learn. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
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Queerfeministtranslatiion
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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, the elementary schools in this economically depressed area have produced better readers than some of the wealthiest places in the country. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
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Most school districts have lots of kids who struggle with reading. This one is different.
The third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, 93% or more of them have scored proficient on state reading tests. In fact, the elementar...
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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Philosophers: At least one thing in America doesn't suck. The Central APA (starting tomorrow) is looking really good. Lots of innovative sessions, a smooth online platform, and a bunch of great people involved. Please consider tuning in - several sessions are free and open to the public.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/02/2025
the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns
The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.
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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Philosophers: Please get your department to host a Watch Party for the Central APA! A great way to build community and watch live philosophy in chaotic times.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see 1. The data it was trained & evaluated on 2. The code 3. Model architecture 4. Model weights. DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/12/2024
Skrmetti oral arguments live thread. First question is from Justice Thomas asks why it's not an age based classification rather than sex based classification.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 20/11/2024
Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources. 1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
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The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
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Juniper @boringjuniper.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
The soft animal of my body yearns for more microplastics
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lila graham (mere finite mode) @deussivenatura.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
people on bluesky are way too self-congratulating about the ~community~ here when simply most of the posts aren't good. very few bangers here. mostly barren
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
welcome all the new users! pull up a virtual chair and join the conversation! now here's a condescendingly obvious set of suggestions and also some rules i made up for using the site. the only point of this is to say im above you in the hierarchy. im your posting supervisor
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erica bigelow @ericabigelow.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
real indictment of the seattle pizza scene that whole foods hot bar easily makes the top 20%
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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
inventing a new personality for bluesky like a kid going to college out of state
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dr. hazel 🕸️ @hazelmonforton.com · 02/07/2023
People following you here who followed you on twitter feels very “in every timeline, in every universe, I will find you and love you.”
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erica bigelow @ericabigelow.bsky.social · 01/07/2023
it’s so cool that now we have two apps that don’t really work
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erica bigelow @ericabigelow.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
hello
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