Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't think it counts as leaving my lane to observe that the word 'refinieries' is very unlikely to be the cause of fluctuation in the price of any commodity. 020
Reposted by Ethan Nowaknoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026really strongly agree with this. it blows my mind when people don't do it 4547
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026(my view would also be ’yes’ but I wonder what the Dean thinks..!) I feel like I have been made to think this in part by reading work from @liao.shen-yi.org 120
Reposted by Ethan Nowakemmie malone 🏳️⚧️ @emmiemalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My department is hiring for a TT position in philosophy of technology! The job ad is pretty self-explanatory, but I will emphasis that this need not mean working on ai, we’re very open to other kinds of tech! I am also happy to answer any questions anyone might have! philjobs.org/job/show/32281philjobs.org Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology, San Jose State University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology, San Jose State University An international database of jobs for philosophers 31910
Reposted by Ethan NowakZoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Attention philosophers of language who also work in theoretical linguistics: the Philosophy department and the Linguistics department at UC Davis are jointly hiring a TT Assistant Professor. Apply! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07874recruit.ucdavis.eduDepartment of Philosophy/Linguistics - Philosophy of Language/Computational LinguisticsUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 24117
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Really cool to see this in the Guardian! I am not impartial but I can highly recommend Keith Hansen's amazing bird books, too! 110
Reposted by Ethan NowakNat Hansen @nathansen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My awesome uncle Keith and his marvelous bird art in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comThe ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phoneThe mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding 141
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026youtu.be/lr_vl62JblQ?...youtu.beJust normal innocent menYouTube video by Maz H 011
Reposted by Ethan NowakUC Berkeley Social Sciences @berkeleysocsci.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Your voice reveals more than what words you say. Linguistics Prof. Nicole Holliday (@mixedlinguist.bsky.social) studies the subtle speech patterns that shape perceptions of identity, belonging + trust — and why those insights matter as AI-generated voices become more common. Read more:news.berkeley.eduWhat your voice gives away - Berkeley NewsIn the debut of our new After Office Hours series, linguist Nicole Holliday reveals the signals hidden in how we speak. 01910
Reposted by Ethan NowakShen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 23/07/2026@julesholroyd.bsky.social and I have a paper on material expressions of praise—monuments and memorials, plaques and trophies, grants and prizes—which we call "appraisive things". It is forthcoming at the Journal of the APA (open access!) and a preprint is available at philpapers.org/rec/HOLATB-4philpapers.org 1247
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Yes I did consider this!! Unfortunately for us you have to have defended in the last 7 years … 010
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Yea totally amazing department, great place to do philosophy. Also these jobs are cushy!! 70% base research allocation, which in practice I guess is like a US 1:1?, ~$10k USD annual research budget … 040
Reposted by Ethan NowakNat Hansen @nathansen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Umeå University is advertising two assistant professor positions in the humanities: www.umu.se/en/work-with... I was a postdoc at Umeå and it's a great place to work! @ethannowak.bsky.social would back me up on this.umu.seTwo positions as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities 12735
Reposted by Ethan NowakShen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 06/07/2026Why do people think there's conceptual inflation when there isn't? We suggest that it is, in part, just due to the diversity in language use. There is an assumption that drives me up the wall behind a lot of these complaints. People seem to think each word can only have this one meaning. 143
Reposted by Ethan NowakProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Out now in International Journal of Applied Linguistics, my new paper, "Unrealistic Feedback in Socially Prescriptive Speech Technologies". tl;dr LLMs are terrible at evaluating speech, and you should not use them unless you'd like a class-action lawsuit. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comUnrealistic Feedback in Socially Prescriptive Speech TechnologiesReader environment loaded 24717
Reposted by Ethan NowakCaro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Reminder to hit me up if you're a recent PhD and are interested in applying! 032
Reposted by Ethan NowakShen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 15/05/2026Helpful overview for beginning undergrads, backed with ample references! 052
Reposted by Ethan NowakEric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026ChatGPT Is Not Your Friend: guest post by Grace Helton at The Splintered Mind schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2026/05/chat...schwitzsplinters.blogspot.comChatGPT Is Not Your Friend (guest post by Grace Helton) 0136
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I should say, too, that I love the work you are doing on these questions and plan to assign your awesome Speech for All talk to my students in a course on linguistic justice! 110
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026@eschwitz.bsky.social argues that "artificial entities should be designed to elicit emotional reactions from users that appropriately reflect the entities' capacities and moral status, or lack thereof." This point would cover a lot of sociolinguistic ground I think too! arxiv.org/abs/2507.06263arxiv.orgThe Emotional Alignment Design PolicyAccording to what we call the Emotional Alignment Design Policy, artificial entities should be designed to elicit emotional reactions from users that appropriately reflect the entities' capacities and... 210
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I wrote a small piece for Alessandra Tanesini's blog that I hope eventually to turn into a paper arguing that AI voices should be required to remain in the uncanny valley: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukAI voices should sound weirdExploring the changing nature of public debate 130
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I'm not the first person to have this thought but ... what the fuck? 050
Reposted by Ethan NowakA. @nonamename.bsky.social · 31/03/2026We've extended our deadline for submissions until April 9th :) send us all the cool philosophy of language you've been up to recently! 💫💫💫 #philosophy #cfa @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social 054
Reposted by Ethan NowakIDEA: The Ethics Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social sees Jim speaking with philosopher Tareeq Jalloh about the ethics of drill rap - often celebrated for its creativity & authenticity, yet heavily criticised for its alleged links to violence. What’s really at stake when society debates the ethics of drill? 053
Reposted by Ethan NowakPhilosophers' Imprint @philimprint.bsky.social · 25/02/2026New article: Anna-Bella Sicilia, "Love, Fairness, and Sharing a Life", Philosophers' Imprint 26: 2. doi: doi.org/10.3998/phim... Abstract in alt text. #philsky 031
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026UCSC will host the second iteration of their Queer Aφ conference this June 22-24. The first one was an absolute banger, and I hear there's an afterparty, too. Abstracts can be submitted until March 31, and check out philevents.org/event/show/1... for more details. 020
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Umeå is another great place to do philosophy. On language and adjacent topics in epistemology, metaphysics, metaethics, and aesthetics you could work with Andy Peet, Nils Franzén, and Bram Vaassen among a host of other talented philosophers, with pay and benefits of an employee of the Swedish state. 020
Reposted by Ethan NowakAndy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I'm told the deadline for this has been officially extended from.thr 6th to the 16th of March. 111
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I feel like every time I post I’m just saying ‘Cardiff philosophy once again leading the way…’ 120
Reposted by Ethan NowakA. @nonamename.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We are organising a conference!! Our main goal with this is to bring together the awesome emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic & ethical dimensions of language. CfP now open - deadline 2nd of April :) philevents.org/event/show/1... @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.socialphilevents.orgSpeech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of LanguageThe Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t... 21111
Reposted by Ethan NowakCardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Dr Daisy Dixon's new book –– DEPRAVED: The Story of Dangerous Art –– an analysis of the varieties of immoral art and the ways that we should respond to it –– is now available to preorder! Waterstones are offering a 25% discount until 20 February – used code FEB26: bit.ly/Dixon-DSDA #philsky 0146
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I regret to announce that I am leaving my post as the Wykeham Professor after mounting pressure from administrators who insist I never worked at the university. 000
Reposted by Ethan NowakJournal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The editors are delighted to announce Tareeq Jalloh as the winner of the 2025 JoAP essay prize. #philsky #philosophy #essayprize Read the winning article 'Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps' 👇 doi.org/10.1111/japp...doi.orgSpeech Acts and Unspeakable RapsPolice censor drill rap music based on the claim that drill artists incite violence. In this article, I provide a framework for evaluating whether an instance of drill constitutes a speech act of inc... 12511
Reposted by Ethan NowakC. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication! But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank. 918237
Reposted by Ethan NowakElmar Unnsteinsson @eunnsteins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026New paper forthcoming in Nous by Dan Harris (@danielwharris.bsky.social) and myself! Check it out! I think there is something useful here for people working on all sorts of topics in philosophy and elsewhere, and we plan to expand further on this ourselves in future work. 2132
Reposted by Ethan NowakErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/01/20261. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!erininthemorning.com2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day! 9285974465
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Diolch i fy ffrindiau o athroniaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd am yr anrheg! (Testun amgen: Mae draig Gymreig yn eistedd ar bentwr o lyfrau.) 010
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Thanks to all my friends at @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social for the lovely Welsh dragon that's keeping an eye on things in the office as we head into the new year! 140
Reposted by Ethan NowakLucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The AI gossip paper @joelkrueger.com and I wrote got picked up by Vice! We argue that chatbots generate gossip about people and consider how this gossip becomes ‘feral’ without the social constraints that usually moderate human rumor-spreading 🗣️🤖💬🫢 www.vice.com/en/article/a...vice.comAI Chatbots Are Quietly Trading Gossip About People With Zero Fact-CheckingAI chatbots already say questionable things to humans. Now, they may be swapping those same questionable takes with each other. 11610
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As someone who spent a lot of time in Russia between 2009 and 2015, incl. a year at the beginning of the 'Fair Elections' movement in AY '10-'11, it's unsettling how easily the phrase 'the US pro-democracy movement' rolls off the tongue ... www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comThe Price of American AuthoritarianismWhat can reverse democratic decline? 110
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Umeå University (Sweden) - an awesome department in an awesome location! - has an open PhD position in philosophy with a focus on gender. PhD students are paid very well and get all the same vacation/leave/retirement benefits as any other state employee. Have a look! www.umu.se/en/work-with...umu.seDoctoral student in Philosophy with a Focus on Gender 062
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The talk was awesome, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this project! 010
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Indeed, great to see. Looking forward to watching this conversation continue! 020
Ethan Nowak @ethannowak.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Amazing stuff. It may be that they'll never publish a paper of mine again, but I take solace in the fact that I once got them to reproduce this KFC ad: 030
Reposted by Ethan NowakLinguistic Discovery @linguisticdiscovery.com · 02/12/2025The Mapping Black Language project is working to document how Black Americans speak, and how their language shifts and varies—and they’re looking for people to interview 15535
Reposted by Ethan NowakBeing Trans in Philosophy @being.transinphilosophy.org · 16/11/2025CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥 11610
