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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very disappointing to see people delight in mocking queer people, because *checks notes* there were tensions at a single bar in Greenfield MA. Just desperate to find any examples of mistakes...seems a bit like "purity culture" no?

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 25/09/2026

New_ Public’s @joshpkramer.bsky.social shows what it looks like to manually control your social media algorithm with @mysky.social, a new experimental feed project. Just like the 🍔👑 says… Have it your way!

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In case anyone thinks the xphi wars are still on, this should set your mind to rest. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Lindauer, Matthew. The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 232. $99.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A review of my book The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts written by @markalfano.bsky.social is now out in Ethics. I’ve learned so much from Mark’s work, and it is very meaningful that he had this to say about it. @ethicsjournal.bsky.social #philsky www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Lindauer, Matthew. The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 232. $99.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Looking forward to giving a talk at the first International Society for Moral Psychology conference at Cornell next week! So many people to catch up with and hear about exciting work from. #moralpsych #philsky

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Nick @sregorn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

tangentially, reading about what carney said today I was immediately reminded of a recent liberal currents piece which contained this discussion of clausewitz's conception of moral courage

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I had a great time sitting down with The Dissenter Podcast to talk about my recent book, The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. Grateful to Ricardo Lopes for his characteristically deep engagement with my work. @thedissenteryt.bsky.social #philsky #moralpsych

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When you set quotas for arrests, you get things like this: ICE "re-arresting" people at check-ins, because those count towards their daily quotas.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A review of my book The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts written by Joe Ulatowski is now out in NDPR. I’m deeply honored by what Joe, whose work I’ve admired for a long time, had to say about it. ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-... #philsky #bookreviews

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Dash Silva @dashsilva.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

America really is a bizarre culture… where there is a famously openly homophobic chicken restaurant chain BUT ALSO an almost 80-year old Soap company that is staunchly pro trans rights.

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Absolutely insane story from @kashhill.bsky.social here. She spoke with an "AI biographer" who has used ChatGPT to create over 400 books to sell on Amazon. Amazon doesn't disclose that they are all AI-generated. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...

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Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It. (Gift Article)

Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The red skies over New York resemble Mars, a planet that any actual scientist will tell you is not plausibly habitable. And yet overgrown teenage boys, obsessed with science fiction and masculinity, are willing to make the one planet we know we can live on just as uninhabitable.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The ACLU has just detailed hundreds of cases of misconduct by immig agents: -kneeling on necks 52x -Agents choking people 10x -smashing car windows 47x -ramming cars 14x -Hit people w/ car 6x Report repeatedly cites ProPublica's reporting B/c transparency takes a village--when the govt blocks it

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmann

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The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmann

Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance

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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/06/2026

A new Science study shows that bumble bees can position a ball underneath a fake “flower” to reach a reward, suggesting they can exhibit spontaneous problem-solving and challenging the notion that such advanced cognitive abilities are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates. scim.ag/4vs08dC

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Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So much of our public discourse is distorted by whose voice gets a platform and is heard. The common sense of normal English people gets lost amongst intra-debates of weird elites and the production/boosting of extreme content.

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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Job opportunity! 🚨 Come work with me in Singapore. Up to *4.5 years* Research Fellow position in experimental bioethics, moral psychology and PPIE, supervised by me - in our wonderful Centre at the National University of Singapore. Apply here: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Meta implements AI to automate account recovery. Hackers simply ask the AI to change recovery email addresses to ones they control, get recovery codes and access accounts. @404media.co www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarly Achievement. Big thanks to my colleagues at @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @cuny.edu

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I’m pleased to share the video of my keynote lecture at the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making at Penn State, where I discussed my recent book The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. I am very grateful to @annepisor.bsky.social and @dcameron.bsky.social for their excellent comments. #philsky

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Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries - Matthew Lindauer

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 26/05/2026

Does belief in conspiracy theories correlate with less reflective thinking? A meta-analysis found that it did (doi.org/10.1017/S193...). Another paper found people with the highest and lowest consp theory belief *perceived* themselves as more reflective: doi.org/10.1111/sjop...

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Reflective thinking predicts lower conspiracy beliefs: A meta-analysis | Judgment and Decision Making | Cambridge Core

Reflective thinking predicts lower conspiracy beliefs: A meta-analysis - Volume 17 Issue 4

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Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New experimental philosophy from @ryandoran.bsky.social on the concept of the beautiful Argues that the concept BEAUTIFUL is different in some fundamental respects from concepts like PRETTY For example, participants think you can say "true beauty" but not "true prettiness"

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True Beauty

Abstract. What is the nature of the concept beauty? Does it differ fundamentally from nearby concepts such as prettiness? It is argued here that beauty, bu

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"The present study provides initial evidence that texting daily with a random human peer may be more effective in alleviating loneliness than texting with a highly supportive chatbot." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Is a random human peer better than a highly supportive chatbot in reducing loneliness over time?

AI chatbots are increasingly embedded in social life, offering accessible companionship. While brief interactions have been shown to provide immediate…

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Prism @prismreports.org · 17/05/2026

Incarceration complicates the desire to love & to be loved in ways most people never have to consider, writes Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. on his life after reentry. “Love after incarceration requires confronting the past without being shackled by it.”

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One bite at a time: Love is patient, love is kind

Behind bars, I strived to grow mentally and emotionally, but there was an absence I couldn’t fill on my own: companionship

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Aarti Bodas @aartibodas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

How much does it matter whether children think science is about stereotypical tools like microscopes and beakers—or about seeking evidence and building explanations for how the world works? New paper w/ @debkelemen.bsky.social suggests these ideas shape how children learn science.🧵 bit.ly/4u5FsYi

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 09/05/2026

Matt’s research shows how a philosopher can fruitfully interdisciplinary empirical research with deep theoretical advances in moral and political philosophy. Well deserved! philpeople.org/profiles/mat...

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Matthew Lindauer (Brooklyn College (CUNY)) - PhilPeople

Matthew Lindauer is an associate professor at Brooklyn College (CUNY), Department of Philosophy. Follow them to stay up to date with their professional activities in philosophy, and browse their publi...

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Very honored to learn that I was selected to receive a 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Achievement at Brooklyn College. Just in time for Mother’s Day. 🎁

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 20/04/2026

it is legitimately unfathomable how the US squandered its significant EV early lead primarily through entirely backwards short-sighted policy decisions in support of the oil industry which likely has already set the stages of the US auto industry's demise. a death in slow motion.

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Folks in State College! If you're around this Saturday, I encourage you to check out the reception that the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making is hosting at Webster's Bookstore, one of our independent bookshops. This is the opening, informal meet-and-greet with several of the invited speakers.

Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries Book Reception, 6-8 pm at Webster's in State College

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As if promoting peace, opposing unjust wars, and safeguarding democracy are not moral matters.

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Jamal's right: The story here isn't Trump; this is entirely consistent with what everyone's known about him for many years. The story is the complete degradation of a major political party. That said, committing war crimes & violating the Establishment Clause all in a single tweet is impressive.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Very much looking forward to serving as one of the keynotes for this event at Penn State's Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Lots of great talks and a chance to hear about some exciting new books at the intersection of moral psychology and moral theory. #philsky #socialpsych

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m honored to be giving the keynote at Moravian University’s Undergraduate Philosophy Conference this Friday! Can’t wait to hear from the next generation of philosophers – the program looks stellar. It’ll be a quick turnaround, but any Bethlehem PA recs much appreciated :)

Poster for Moravian University’s Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Delighted that this is now out (w. @sunelaegaard.bsky.social), along with all the articles it introduces. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Hopefully of interest to anyone thinking (methodologically) about how 'empirical' leaning pol-theory might become more 'experimental', e.g....

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From Empirical to Experimental Political Theory - Res Publica

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Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Hi Bluesky! 👋 We’re the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab, based at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. We use experimental philosophy and moral psychology methods to study morality, with the aim of contributing to normative and philosophical debates in ethics. Follow us to keep up with our work!

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Giving two talks in Chicago next week: 1) Wednesday at Loyola University Chicago 2) Thursday at the Morality Preconference at SPSP. Looking forward to presenting on my new book and seeing old friends. @loyolachicago.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social #philsky #psysky #moralpsychology

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data. Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

"a whopping 60 percent of overall Americans disapprove of how ICE is handling enforcement." New Marquette poll data shows significant opposition to ICE enforcement across demographics mistakenly thought to be MAGA strongholds.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... See also excellent recent work by @mattlindauer.bsky.social...

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Experimental Political Theory: Behavioural, Careful, Radical - Res Publica

On one level, the idea here is simple: organise people into small groups and see how they react to different ways of doing politics. On another, it is more challenging: evaluate different political pr...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Philosophy and This Moment: In these times we fight to remain positive, but it is beautiful to directly be exposed to evidence that people are cooperative, caring, and moral, willing to stand up for others even when it is hard. It makes it seem like the question “why be moral?,” while interesting /1

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

it's honestly amazing how many folks have never met a trans woman, never spoken to a trans woman, never spent any time in our proximity or heard us talk about our lives, but feel ABSOLUTELY confident opining about us at length

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

we have to, at some point, address the fact that there are thousands and thousands of people are behind these prompts. there are no guardrails against misogyny. it's a feature, not a bug, as they say bit.ly/452c8bj

In 2018, less than a year after reporting that first story on deepfakes, I wrote about how it’s a serious mistake to ignore the fact that nonconsensual imagery, synthetic or not, is a societal sickness and not something companies can guardrail against into infinity. “Users feed off one another to create a sense that they are the kings of the universe, that they answer to no one. This logic is how you get incels and pickup artists, and it’s how you get deepfakes: a group of men who see no harm in treating women as mere images, and view making and spreading algorithmically weaponized revenge porn as a hobby as innocent and timeless as trading baseball cards,” I wrote at the time. “That is what’s at the root of deepfakes. And the consequences of forgetting that are more dire than we can predict.”

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Gabe Waterhouse @gabrielwaterhouse.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I am very excited to announce that over the holidays, my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social) was published in Cognitive Science! Here, we describe a new illusion of *number*: The Crowd Size Illusion! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The “Crowd Size Illusion” and the Relativity of Number Perception

When we investigate busy visual scenes, how do we estimate the number of objects that we see? Most work on number perception answers this question by focusing on properties of the to-be-estimated set...

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

!! there's now a wiki page for reactionary centrism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactio...

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Society for Philosophy and Psychology @socphilpsych.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

‼️From Matthew Lindauer: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts

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