Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Okay wait, I did not know this existed at all. Has made my day 000
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Truth. Not much is remembered for long. And yet that doesn’t mean nothing matters! Things still do matter. They just matter for us and for now. And that’s enough. 020
Reposted by Matheson RussellDan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"what we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism." Cornell philosophy prof @katemanne.bsky.social in The Cut:thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 09626
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Slow news day in New Zealand evidently www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...rnz.co.nzSeal pup who crossed busy Wellington road receives police escort back to waterA seal pup caught crossing a busy Wellington street over the weekend received a police escort back to the water. 000
Reposted by Matheson Russelllastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated. 7557105
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excellent concept - really has the potential to bring justice for victims of abuse and, just as importantly, to function as a serious deterrent 052
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Trump is in many ways the American id—especially for the white men who comprise the majority of his voter base. … To make American white men feel great again is Trump’s implicit promise. This will involve casting others down the relevant social hierarchies.” (Kate Manne in 2016) 242
Reposted by Matheson RussellNewsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 13/09/2026Fixing complex problems usually involves difficult, unpalatable decisions. One solution: randomly select a group of ordinary people to debate the pros and cons and find a way forward.newsroom.co.nzCan a room full of strangers solve problems MPs can't? 074
Reposted by Matheson RussellGaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The normalisation of far right rhetoric and policies across Western Europe and including Scandinavia is utterly depressing this centurytheguardian.comHow Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin GelinIn 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin 825675
Reposted by Matheson RussellRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Equal Earth projection is nice. But the UN rejected an alternative proposal from the New Zealand delegation, the Middle-earth projection: 721946
Reposted by Matheson RussellDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026New WoodMac report discusses "natural carbon sinks," which currently absorb about 40% of human carbon emissions ... but are not valued by carbon pricing schemes, are not captured in climate models, and are all basically in decline. And unlike engineered removals, you can't just build new ecosystems.globenewswire.comWood Mackenzie: Natural Carbon Sinks Absorb 40% of Human CO2 Emissions and Are Not Valued in Most Climate ModelsNew analysis finds land and ocean sinks are weakening and carbon prices and coverage fall short of what is needed to protect them, leaving net zero... 36416
Reposted by Matheson RussellDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 31/08/2026in 1989 francis fukuyama invented the clickbait title and has been punished for his sins ever since 271336217
Reposted by Matheson RussellRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I bumped into my Hungarian buddy on Friday, fresh back from a visit home. He said it's hard now to find anyone who'll cop to having been an Orban supporter. The regime is very rapidly disappearing into history. This how quickly things can turn. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on the new Hungary: de-Orbánising at pace | EditorialEditorial: As a Brussels deadline looms with over €10bn at stake, Péter Magyar’s first three months have been transformative in addressing a corrupt legacy 12391111
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Herbie Hancock Kurt Elling Arturo Sandoval Wynton Marsalis Snarky Puppy George Benson James Brown Hiatus Kaiyote Erykah Badu Bobby McFerrin 060
Reposted by Matheson RussellDavid Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Please consider signing. c.org/HbfvvGzVvDc.orgSign the PetitionSave the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University 032
Reposted by Matheson RussellJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026People on here are starting to forget why freedom of extramural unscholarly speech is part of academic freedom, even with the firings of people who said unkind truths about Charlie Kirk in recent memory and attacks on extramural pro-Palestinian speech ongoing. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgConceptualizing Academic FreedomAcademic freedom is an unusual and complex set of norms and practices. It arises out of the combination of the corporate self-governance of medieval universities and the spirit of disciplinary scienti... 4110025
Reposted by Matheson RussellTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing. 1373288889
Reposted by Matheson RussellMichael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Chris sacked Chris for plotting to replace Chris with Chris to stand against Chris #nzpol 1014629
Reposted by Matheson RussellOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026if the cheese banks fail we will have a problem worse than 2008 562017378
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026New publication: "Democracy and Rule over Others" doi.org/10.1017/S003... In this article, David Kelley and I offer some new reasons to abandon the idea of democracy as collective self-rule. /1doi.orgDemocracy and Rule over Others: The Boundary Problem and the Limits of Collective Self-Rule | The Review of Politics | Cambridge CoreDemocracy and Rule over Others: The Boundary Problem and the Limits of Collective Self-Rule 132
Reposted by Matheson RussellNathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy 363195013085
Reposted by Matheson RussellDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.dropsitenews.comIsrael Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence. 7123501231
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026To the the climate concerned - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...our.actionstation.org.nzStop the Climate Amendment Bill!This is important because climate change is the most serious and important issue facing humankind. We have a rapidly closing window of opportunity to prevent catastrophic damage to the natural world ... 000
Reposted by Matheson Russelllastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Matt Walsh complains that Nolan brought his obsession with nonlinear story telling to the Odyssey, undercutting the original's narrative. The defenders of western civilisation, folks. 1412396256
Reposted by Matheson RussellKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This is the fulfillment of a fever dream of the far right to punish universities for hosting new ideas of social progress since William F Buckley published GOD AND MAN AT YALE in *1951* It took this long for a group of short-sighted hate-fueled degenerates to rise to the pinnacle of national power. 316550
Reposted by Matheson RussellJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...desmog.comRevealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel InterestsReform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o... 23540752181
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Love this. If your solutions are not commensurable with the scale of the problems, I will give you a polite nod and move on 020
Reposted by Matheson RussellCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Suzanne Vega releases “Luka” 39 years ago this weekend. She said she once received a fan letter about it: “Dear Suzanne, Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it. I thank God 4 U, Prince” 252110021985
Reposted by Matheson RussellMarc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 16/04/2026No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/16/g...newsroom.co.nzGovt sets new record for bills skipping select committeesNo government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month, Marc Daalder reports. 413771
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We saw that press conference with Trump, JD and Zelenskyy. We know their negotiation style. It’s a masterclass in treating ppl like sh*t. 000
Reposted by Matheson RussellDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026People hear "judge" and they assume judicial independence. But the Trump administration has hacked away at immigration judges independence to the point that they can expect to be fired if they don't do the Trump administration's bidding. And the Supreme Court has blessed this loss of autonomy. 16853319
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Still one of my all time favs on the Tiny Desk. If you haven’t seen it, check it out youtu.be/dzgEjZyN9ec?...youtu.beLous and The Yakuza: Tiny Desk (Home) ConcertYouTube video by NPR Music 010
Reposted by Matheson RussellDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/03/2026Love this: a "universal basic neighborhood."usa.streetsblog.orgHow a 'Universal Basic Neighborhood' Can Help Americans Live Longer — Streetsblog USAWant to increase your chances of living to 80? A new paper argues we need to start with our neighborhoods — and we need to do it for everybody. 932872
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 28/03/2026To be honest, this is a big f*cking flaw in the US constitution. But it’s not that the constitution lacks mechanisms to remove illegal actors from power. The flaw is that it empowers partisans to be the judge and jury. 120
Reposted by Matheson RussellDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I'd strongly argue that a similar study conducted in New Zealand would result in comparable observations. | Foreign disinformation: “the new warfare and open liberal democracies are sitting ducks” committees.parliament.uk/committee/78... 34017
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026And people wonder why billionaires buy up loss-making media orgs 051
Reposted by Matheson RussellAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/03/2026I'm telling you, the first time some blonde white woman whose also a major sports star gets disqualified for being intersex, all hell is going to break loose. 512576489
Reposted by Matheson RussellDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026104 urgent bills for this government. The fuel supply is not a circumstance needing urgency. 13320
Reposted by Matheson RussellAgathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 20/03/2026The war in Iran could trigger a global food shock • More than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs is currently stuck in the Gulf • Shortages are starting during northern hemisphere’s planting season, raising the risk of lower harvests for staples like rice www.ft.com/content/1054... 431345739
Reposted by Matheson RussellDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026One measure of an authoritarian state is that people with ties to the regime use their connections to get personal enemies or troublesome family members disappeared, because the rule of law now depends on political connections. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u... 8449165
Reposted by Matheson RussellJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026“Guillo-teen” was right there. 2062667
Reposted by Matheson RussellGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Most of the media reflects neither reality nor public opinion. It reflects the views and demands of those who own it: the Oligarch Class. They employ editors and journalists to channel their demands and sell their fictions. Hence the endless attacks on net zero. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study findsReform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it 882186953
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 17/03/2026People like me who study democracy overwhelmingly come to think first-past-the-post is bad and that proportional representation (vote for the party you like best and they get seats in parliament proportionate to their vote share) is a superior system. So George is on point here 041
Matheson Russell @mathesonrussell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Just wanted you all to know that there are humans out there that can do this ... youtube.com/shorts/54H8k...youtube.comOne more time #beatboxYouTube video by Improver 011
Reposted by Matheson RussellMatt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 15/03/2026My obituary for Habermas in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/03/habe...jacobin.comJürgen Habermas Showed What Philosophy Could BeThe death of Jürgen Habermas has left philosophy and the Left poorer. Central to his work was a profound critique of irrationality in all its forms. Taken seriously, his philosophy provides an indispe... 14315